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TRX, Inc.: Initial Public Offering
Chaplinsky, Susan; Morita, Kensei; Zeng, XingCase DARDEN-F-1568-EFinanceThis case provides comprehensive coverage of a firm’s decision to undertake an IPO and the process of going public. The case follows the sequence of events from the company’s incorporation in 1999 through the completion of an IPO in September 2005. In addition to raising capital, the TRX IPO case also includes consideration of another motivation for going public. At the time of its incorporation in November 1999, TRX attempted to go public but in...Starting at €8.20
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OutReach Networks: First Venture Round - Teaching Note
Chaplinsky, SusanTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1683TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1683Starting at €0.00
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The One Thing You Need to Know About Managing Functions
Martin, Roger L.; Riel, JenniferArticle HBS-R1904G-EService and Operations ManagementThere's a secret about strategy that no one tells you: Every function has one, whether or not it is written down and whether or not it is the product of an official strategic-planning process. If functions do not adopt a strategy consciously, they almost inevitably end up defaulting to one of two unconscious models, both of which are likely to result in their becoming a drag on corporate performance rather than a driver of it. Most leaders acknow...Starting at €8.20
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What Managers Get Wrong About Capital
Martin, Roger L.Article HBS-R2003E-EFinanceWhy do large corporations sell off business units to PE firms that make a fortune by selling them a few years later? The author, a former Rotman School dean, argues that the answer is rooted in the way many corporations value their businesses and projects. Their basic mistake is to compare estimates of future cash flow with the amount of cash put into a business as a capital investment. Although this sounds perfectly reasonable (and largely follo...Starting at €8.20