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The Origins and Development of Silicon Valley
Nicholas, Tom; Lee, JamesCase HBS-813098-EEntrepreneurshipOn October 1, 1891, as Senator Leland Stanford cut the ribbon at the ceremony gifting 8,000-acres of his Palo Alto, California, stock farm to a new, 559-student university bearing his name and seeking to produce "useful" in addition to "cultured" graduates, the majority of onlookers were orange groves and wildflowers. There was, as Gertrude Stein would remark of nearby Bay Area city, Oakland, nearly 50 years later, almost "no there, there." That ...Starting at €8.20
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Steven B. Belkin (Spanish Version)
Stevenson, Howard H.; Von Werssowetz, Richard O.Case HBS-318S11EntrepreneurshipSteven Belkin, 26 años y 2 1/2 años fuera de la HBS, ha decidido dejar una empresa de viajes en grupo que ha funcionado durante el último año para iniciar su propio negocio similar. En el transcurso de varios meses que ha escrito un plan de negocios, atraído a varios socios y empleados, que se inició la creación de la primera gira que ofrecerán, y se acercó a empresas de capital riesgo y los individuos ricos para recaudar $ 250.000 en equidad. To...Starting at €8.20
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Crosley
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-809160-EEntrepreneurshipIn October 1941, a top secret envoy from the U.S. military was sent to Crosley Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio to request their assistance to construct a weapon that would drastically strengthen the defenses of U.S. troops: the proximity fuze. Such a fuze would allow enemy aircraft to be shot down with a rate of accuracy well above that of previous weaponry. The task would be a challenging one, as conventional wisdom held that it took at least fo...Starting at €8.20
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Arthur Rock
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Kind, LizCase HBS-813138-EEntrepreneurshipArthur Rock was known as one of the country's first venture capitalists and was instrumental in launching major Silicon Valley firms, such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne Incorporated. He was the first venture capitalist to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rock was adamant that his success was due to luck and being in the right place at the right time. Others argu...Starting at €8.20
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Seaside Organics, Teaching Note
Stevenson, Howard H.; Zalosh, AlisaTeaching Note HBS-916527-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 916526.Starting at €0.00
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Neoprene
Nicholas, Tom; Tamega Fernandes, FelipeCase HBS-810084-EIn 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in US history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product - neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still being erected and production remained at laboratory scale. Rubber synthetics had been developed in Russia, Germany and even in the United States before, but large scale production had ...Starting at €8.20
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Orchid Partners: Case Epilogue
Stevenson, Howard H.; Spence, Shirley M.Case HBS-809001-EEntrepreneurshipDescribes the real-life outcome of the case Orchid Partners: A Venture Capital Start-Up (9-804-138).Starting at €8.20
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R&R, Teaching Note
Stevenson, Howard H.; Spence, Shirley M.Teaching Note HBS-914409-EEntrepreneurshipThis a revised teaching note for R&R case(9-386-019).Starting at €0.00
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Neoprene, Teaching Note
Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-811058-ETeaching Note for 810-084.Starting at €0.00
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The American Dream in History
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-808134-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20