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KiOR: The Quest for Cellulosic Biofuels - Teaching Note
Reichelstein, S; Rosenthal, S; Sahoo, ATeaching Note SGSB-E427TN-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2012, KiOR was in the process of starting biofuels production at its first plant in Columbus, Mississippi. This initial plant was to provide a commercial scale proof-of-concept of KiOR’s production technology, and the company expected to build another set of plants in Natchez, MS using “copy exact” principles. These latter plants would be three times the size of the Columbus plants, and KiOR anticipated a number of improvements in its produc...Starting at €0.00
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Vestige Capital - Teaching Note
Kelly, P, B; Wismer, LTeaching Note SGSB-E450TN-EEntrepreneurshipThe Vestige Capital case follows a search fund team comprised of two 2009 Stanford GSB alumni as they decide to raise a search fund in Mexico, procure search capital from U.S. and Mexican investors, and source deals over the ensuing two years. The case chronicles the difficulties the team faced during their search, including the departure of one partner from the firm and several near misses with acquisition. At the end of the case, the reader ...Starting at €0.00
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Trunk Club - Teaching Note
Grousbeck, I; Kissick, RTeaching Note SGSB-E458TN-EEntrepreneurshipThe Trunk Club case begins with a description of the company’s business model and the path that led the main protagonist, Brian Spaly, to the CEO post. Four vignettes compose the main body of the case. The first vignette outlines a series of challenges faced by Spaly during his first ninety days running the business, most notably a situation in which Spaly’s top salesperson threatens to leave with the company’s top five sales reps to start a co...Starting at €0.00
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Waypoint: Reinventing Single Family Home Rental - Teaching note
Foster G; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-E467TN-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2009, following the collapse of the housing market, Doug Brien and Colin Wiel began buying single family homes (SFH) to renovate and rent. SFH rental had previously been a mom-and-pop business due to scaling difficulties—buying and managing large properties such as apartment complexes was well suited to institutional investors, but no one had solved the problem of buying and managing large numbers of relatively inexpensive SFHs. Brien a...Starting at €0.00
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Intuit's Health Business Health Insurance Solutions - Teaching note
Levav J; Kiessig A; Sigelman RLTeaching Note SGSB-E474TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case E478Starting at €0.00
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Novartis’ Gilenya: Navigating the Interplay Between Drug Innovation, Pricing, and Reimbursement in Different Countries’ Health Care Systems - Teaching Note
Chess, R; Luthre, JTeaching Note SGSB-E489TN-EEntrepreneurshipInternational healthcare and reimbursement systems underwent a radical transformation in the 2000s, resulting from growing financial pressures incited by economic depression and a steady rise in healthcare spending. This phenomenon was most pronounced in the United States, where the health-spending share of GDP rose from five percent in 1960 to 17.9 percent in 2011. In Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries on a...Starting at €0.00
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Kirk Riedinger and Jamie Turner – Teaching Note
Grousbeck, H.I.; Dodson, DavidTeaching Note SGSB-SB102TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product SB102Starting at €0.00
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El sistema de transbordadores de Roaboke Island - Nota del instructor
Riverola, JosepTeaching Note PT-63Service and Operations ManagementUna empresa dedicada al transporte de vehículos por mar trata de determinar la capacidad que necesita en sus transbordadores para dar el servicio adecuado.Starting at €0.00
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Startup as a Service: The Prehype Model - Teaching Note
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyTeaching Note DPOT-88-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case outlines how Henrik Werdelin, the founder of Prehype, launched a new model for large companies to create growth through innovation, based on the idea of "start-up as a service." The case describes Prehype's core offering, namely a predefined process for building new ventures, combining the client's internal resources with Prehype's entrepreneurial expertise. The underlying business model was aimed at providing long-term, shared-interest ...Starting at €0.00
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Apturja Power Limited: Human Resources Analytics - Teaching Note
Shweta Jaiswal Thakur; Rishabh SharmaTeaching Note IVEY-8B21C001-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B21C001.Starting at €0.00