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Fighting the Financial Crisis of 2008 - Teaching Note
Bruner, Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1833TN-EFinanceTeaching Note for product F-1833Starting at €0.00
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IguanaFix, Teaching Note
Cespedes, Frank V.; Eisenmann, Thomas R.Teaching Note HBS-819029-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 817056.Starting at €0.00
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The Panic of 1907 and the High Tide of Progressivism (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bruner, Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1781TN-EFinanceTeaching Note of product F-1781Starting at €0.00
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The Panic of 1861 and the Advent of Greenbacks and National Banking (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bruner, Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1822TN-EFinanceTeaching Note for product F-1822Starting at €0.00
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Entrepreneurship Reading: Experimenting in the Entrepreneurial Venture, Teaching Note
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Ries, Eric; Dillard, SarahTeaching Note HBS-8078-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for Product #8077Starting at €0.00
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Steve Carpenter at Cake Financial, Teaching Note
Eisenmann, Thomas R.Teaching Note HBS-814121-EEntrepreneurshipAfter investing $9 million of venture capital, Cake Financial had failed to reach critical mass. In early 2010 Cake's assets were sold and the company was dissolved. Founded in 2006, the San Francisco-based Internet company allowed users to monitor their investments and communicate with each other about their portfolio strategies. The case recounts key decisions made by founder and CEO Steve Carpenter, including several "pivots" -- shifts in busi...Starting at €0.00
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MuMate
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Godden, AlexCase HBS-813085-EEntrepreneurshipMuMate, a fictional cult beverage company, requires capital to fund national expansion. Its cofounders, who have bootstrapped to this point, are now negotiating with venture capital firms to raise a $3 million funding round. The case describes MuMat 's inception, early history, business model, and factors that have fueled its rapid recent growth. As the case ends, the cofounders are debating whether to raise funds from VCs, angels, or asset-base...Starting at €8.20
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Guna Fibres, Ltd.
Schill, Michael J.; Bruner, Robert F.; Pham, Thien T.Case DARDEN-F-1687-EFinanceThe chief executive of a small yarn-production company in India must resolve an unexpected cash shortage. The task for the student is to evaluate the causes of this shortage (using a completed “base-case” forecast given in the case) and assess the usefulness of various possible remedies suggested by managers. The company is unable to liquidate a seasonal working-capital loan for the requisite 30 days each year, a difficulty arising from two class...Starting at €8.20
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The South Sea Bubble and the Rise of the Bank of England (B)
Bruner, Robert F.; Miller, ScottCase DARDEN-F-1821-EFinanceIn October 1720, John Hanger, governor of the Bank of England (BoE), and his fellow directors confronted the imminent collapse of the South Sea Company (SSC). The SSC directors urgently appealed to the BoE for funds to prevent collapse. Should the bank rescue the SSC? The answer to this question hinges upon an assessment of the origins of the market bubble, Britain’s strategy of creating trading monopolies, the development and role of the new BoE...Starting at €5.74
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Britannia Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Antwerp Projects
Schill, Michael J.; Bruner, Robert F.; McTigue, Frank H.Case DARDEN-F-1976FinanceBritannia Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance because of the accumulation of the firm’s common shares by a well-known corporate raider. Earnings had fallen to 180 pence per share at the end of 2017 from around 250 pence per share at the end of 2016. This B case reviews the same project as the A case (F-1906) but from one level higher: the executive vice president faces an either/or investment decisio...Starting at €5.74