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CV Ingenuity (A): How to Evaluate the Commercial Viability of New Health Care Technologies
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Otazo, AndrewCase HBS-315045-EEntrepreneurshipA medical device startup seeks to complete its clinical trials with very little startup funding and a small staff when compared to its competitors.Starting at €8.20
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Caso de estudio: Un inversionista ngel con una agenda personal
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Munoz-Seca, BeatrizArticle HBS-R1103MEntrepreneurshipGloria Londoño, el dueño de una cadena de centros de día innovadoras e integrales para las personas mayores en España, se ofrece 3 millones de euros por Victor Serna, un acaudalado médico-inversor. A cambio, Serna quiere una participación del 25%, un puesto en la junta, un voto en todas las decisiones estratégicas, y la posibilidad de liquidar su posición en cinco años, ya sea a través de una oferta pública o una venta. Sus términos no son negoci...Starting at €8.20
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Taino Construction Supplies: Managing Innovation Risks at an SME in a Small, Developing Nation
Carmen Rios Figueroa; Julia SagebienCase IVEY-9B09M085-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president of Taino Construction has to make several strategic decisions that can guide the firm during very difficult times for the construction industry - globally and locally. He is trying to find ways to capitalize on the company's innovations and international advantages. At the same time, he is trying to adapt the company to the needs of the local market, which requires smaller volumes and simpler products. In order to do this, managemen...Starting at €8.20
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Windhorse Farm's Eco-Woodshop Guitar Top Decision
Julia Sagebien; Annika TamlynCase IVEY-9B08M066-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Windhorse Farm (WHF), a sustainably run woodlot and woodshop in Nova Scotia that produces building products as well as tonewood (wood used for guitar, mandolin, violin tops), is reaching retirement age. Since there is no heir apparent to run the businesses, he needs to determine whether he should stay in or exit the building products business and/or the tonewood business. The decision must conform to the criteria set out by the four ...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Puerto Rico: Promoting Development Through a Public-Private Partnership
Myrna Comas; Julia SagebienCase IVEY-9B10M024-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategySowing the Development of the Country (SDC) was a public-private partnership between Wal-Mart Puerto Rico (Wal-Mart PR), the island's Department of Agriculture as well as its Economic Development Bank (EDB), two NGOs Caborroje's Pro Salud y Ambiente (Caborroje's Pro Health and Environment) and ConectaRSE (a corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotion non-governmental organization(NGO)), and a group of local farmers. The objective of the proje...Starting at €8.20
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Just Us. Community-based Tourism
Ian McKillop; Julia Sagebien; Alba BruguerasCase IVEY-9B10M108-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe development coordinator for Just Us! Development Education Society (JUDES) was reviewing the preliminary agenda for the JUDES Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting would take place some time between May 1 and May 14, 2010, during Canada’s National Fair Trade Weeks. The coordinator was preparing her to-do list for the event. Just Us!, a Nova Scotia-based cooperative that offered fair trade products, had a very loyal regional following, and...Starting at €8.20
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Pan Boricua: Developing a Market Strategy for the Hispanic Market in the United States (Spanish version)
Julia Sagebien; Jennifer Catinchi; Eva Perez; Marisol Perez-Savelli; Victor QuiñonesCase IVEY-9B09AS20Entrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyDos inexpertos, pero fuertemente confiado, empresarios hacen frente a los molestias de una nueva empresa: exportando la masa hecho en Puerto Rico a las ciudades en los Estados Unidos donde se encuentran una gran cantidad de inmigrantes puertorriqueños que están deseando nostálgicamente para su querido pan sobao (pan hecho con manteca vegetal). Con millares de puertorriqueños que viven en y/o que se mueven a los Estados Unidos y después de varios ...Starting at €8.20
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An Angel Investor with an Agenda (HBR Case Study)
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Munoz-Seca, BeatrizArticle HBS-R1103X-EEntrepreneurshipGloria Londono, the owner of a chain of innovative, holistic day care centers for the elderly in Spain, is offered 3 million euro by Victor Serna, a wealthy physician-investor. In exchange, Serna wants a 25% stake, a board seat, a vote on all strategic decisions, and the ability to liquidate his position in five years, either through a public offering or a sale. His terms are not negotiable; his objectives are not transparent. The money would ena...Starting at €8.20
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The Global Sight Initiative
Herzlinger, Regina E.Case HBS-311034-EEntrepreneurshipHow to replicate a 'one of' social entrepreneurship effort: To cure blindness, Seva took the Aravind Eye Hospital & scaled it up to 100 hospitals globally.Starting at €8.20
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An Angel Investor with an Agenda (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Munoz-Seca, BeatrizArticle HBS-R1103M-EEntrepreneurshipGloria Londono, the owner of a chain of innovative, holistic day care centers for the elderly in Spain, is offered 3 million euro by Victor Serna, a wealthy physician-investor. In exchange, Serna wants a 25% stake, a board seat, a vote on all strategic decisions, and the ability to liquidate his position in five years, either through a public offering or a sale. His terms are not negotiable; his objectives are not transparent. The money would ena...Starting at €8.20