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United Housing - Otis Gates, Teaching Note
Rogers, Steven S.; Cook, MercerTeaching Note HBS-317060-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 317059.Starting at €0.00
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United Housing - Otis Gates
Rogers, Steven S.; Cook, MercerCase HBS-317059-EEntrepreneurshipOtis Gates has built a successful affordable housing firm. Along the way, he and his partners have engaged in large amounts of community service in the neighborhoods wherein they own properties. Now 80 and ready to retire, Gates is creating a request for proposal for his firm. In doing so, he has to evaluate his firm's total value and decide whether their social-good mission is helping or harming their bottom line.Starting at €8.20
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John Rogers, Jr. - Ariel Investments Co.
Rogers, Steven S.; White, GregCase HBS-318099-EJohn Rogers Jr., the founder and CEO of Ariel Investments, an enormously successful finance firm with $12 billion of invested capital, is one of the few African Americans in the asset management industry. As one of the high profile leaders in the black business community, John has decided to encourage Fortune 500 companies and major foundations to increase the volume of business that they do with black and other minority-owned companies. His enco...Starting at €8.20
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Dr. William Carson-Intrapreneurial Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Rogers, Steven S.; Haywoode, AlyssaCase HBS-318005-EEntrepreneurshipDr. William Carson, an African-American psychiatrist who grew up in South Carolina. He had a thriving career in academic medicine as a professor and he also treated patients. After a decade in academic medicine he moved into the pharmaceutical industry where he ran drug trials. As the Group Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Carson worked on the drug Aripiprazole, an antipsychotic drug that is more famously known as Abilify. Abilify had been devel...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria - Condensed
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-690-EMarketingThis is a condensed version of case Puig Doria (M-663). The present condensed version has been prepared for publication in a book. Wherever possible, it is recommend that the full version be used in class. Puig Doria is a famous designer of jewels in Barcelona, where he has his only retail establishment. After describing two previous attempts at exporting, the case centers on the present opportunity to export to Japan, with the help of C. Itoh, o...Starting at €8.20
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Corey Thomas and the IPO
Rogers, Steven S.; Collins, DerrickCase HBS-317082-EEntrepreneurshipCorey Thomas, CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year old startup public, as it stood poised to capitalize on what appears to be the next frontier for digital technology markets - cybersecurity. In spite of positive industry trends, there are some nagging concerns that this might be a risky time in the public capital markets. The company had just completed an acquisition and he had additional concerns th...Starting at €8.20
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Tecalum - Poland
Wyszomierski, Marcin; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1174-EMarketingIn November 2003, only a few months before the planned enlargement of the European Union through the accession of ten Central and Eastern European and Mediterranean countries, the Tecalex-Tecalum group has to decide whether or not to enter the Polish market. Its decision will be based largely on a marketing research report produced the previous summer. The company must also decide on the best penetration strategy. One option is to set up an alumi...Starting at €8.20
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Frank Baker: Siris Capital Group and Titan Systems
Rogers, Steven S.; Collins, DerrickCase HBS-317036-EEntrepreneurshipPrivate equity firm, Siris Capital Group must decide if they should raise their offer to take Titan Telecom private by acquiring its publicly-traded stock. Siris' decision to pay a premium for Titan must be made in the context of their unique (and somewhat complex) investment strategy that focuses on investment targets that have both mission-critical products or services that are approaching obsolescence but producing predictable cash flows, and ...Starting at €8.20
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Bausch & Lomb India
Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.; Sahay S.Case M-962-EMarketingIn May 1990, Bausch & Lomb decided to launch a new subsidiary in India. A new plant was set up in Bhiwadi to manufacture soft contact lenses, eyecare, products, metallic frames for prescription glasses, and the leding premium sunglasses in the world: Ray-Ban. The launch took place between July and October, 1991. In June 1993, actual sales achievement is below forecast, and the managers of the Indian subsidiary are considering the opportunity to l...Starting at €8.20
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Spainsko
Parés C.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1005-EMarketingIn mid-1993 a husband and wife start up a new family business importing "comfort shoes", a special type of shoe that is very comfortable but relatively highly priced and somewhat unusual and unfashionable in appearance. The case describes the various direct marketing actions they undertake, detailing the costs of each and the sales achieved, and formulates various options for marketing actions to be carried out in 1995. This case was winner of th...Starting at €8.20