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Crosley
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCaso HBS-809160-EIniciativa emprendedoraIn 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...Desde 8,20 €
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Arthur Rock
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Kind, LizCaso HBS-813138-EIniciativa emprendedoraArthur 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...Desde 8,20 €
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Neoprene
Nicholas, Tom; Tamega Fernandes, FelipeCaso 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 ...Desde 8,20 €
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Neoprene, Teaching Note
Nicholas, TomNota del Instructor HBS-811058-ETeaching Note for 810-084.Desde 0,00 €
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OvaScience
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Stuart, Toby; Fisher, NoahCaso HBS-815058-EIniciativa emprendedoraIn early April 2012, Michelle Dipp, MD, Ph.D, CEO and co-founder of OvaScience, had just received a buyout offer from PG Ventures, a private equity firm interested in acquiring the innovative fertility treatments company. The company's first promising fertility treatment, AUGMENT (Autologous Germ-line Mitochondrial Energy Transfer), had the potential to improve egg quality, increase the success of IVF cycles, and decrease the incidence of multipl...Desde 8,20 €
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The American Dream in History
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCaso HBS-808134-EIniciativa emprendedoraDesde 8,20 €
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Maidenform Bras
Nicholas, TomCaso HBS-808095-EIniciativa emprendedoraUses Ida Rosenthal's entrepreneurship in brassieres to explore how economic, social, and demographic changes reshaped gender and business enterprises in early- to mid-20th century America. It shows the importance of timing and geography to Rosenthal's new firm in New York City, as well as the significance of her own entrepreneurial agency. Explores the challenges Rosenthal faced in defining products, consumers, and the company's image in an envir...Desde 8,20 €
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Al Capone
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCaso HBS-809144-EIniciativa emprendedoraIn 1929, Chicago, IL mob boss Al Capone was at the height of his power. As head of the extensive crime organization known as "The Outfit" during most of U.S.'s Prohibition Era (1920-1933), Capone oversaw hundreds of brothels, speakeasies, and roadhouses which served as venues for gang-administered gambling, prostitution, and illegal alcohol sales. At their peak, yearly revenues from all of his enterprises combined totaled over $100 million. Capon...Desde 8,20 €
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Whaling Ventures
Nicholas, Tom; Akins, Jonas PeterCaso HBS-813086-EIniciativa emprendedoraWhaling was a prominent global industry in the nineteenth century and the United States was dominant. By 1850 there were about 900 whaling ships in the world and 700 of these were American. Rates of return on capital were high compared to benchmark investments, at least in the early years of the nineteenth century. The whaling industry was one of the earliest to grapple with complex issues in relation to the provision of high-risk investment capi...Desde 8,20 €
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Silicon Fen
Nicholas, Tom; Chambers, David; Preble, MatthewCaso HBS-815082-EIniciativa emprendedoraThe region around Cambridge, England (known colloquially as Silicon Fen) is home to a cluster of high-tech startups and established businesses. It has a deep history stretching back to the foundation of the city's elite university in 1284. Silicon Fen shares many characteristics with Silicon Valley (a leading research university, a large pool of skilled workers, a robust startup environment, and the presence of leading high technology firms) but ...Desde 8,20 €