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KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy
Nanda, Ramana; Stuart, TobyCase HBS-809092-EEntrepreneurshipBiofuels start-up KiOR was developing a proprietary technology that had the potential to dramatically impact the emerging renewable energy landscape: a process that converted cellulosic biomass into "bio-crude," a hydrocarbon mixture with properties to those of crude oil. KiOR had been operating as a virtual organization, but with venture financing in place, founder and chief technology officer Paul O'Connor and the KiOR board needed to decide wh...Starting at €8.20
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Tennant Company
Stuart, Toby; Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-810040-EEntrepreneurshipTennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine how to create, finance, structure, staff, govern, measure and manage a new venture for developing a fundamentally new product line. In 2005, Tennant Company had developed an innovative, environmentally friendly, cleaning technology that could potentially revolutionize cleaning. Historically, Tennant was a producer of floor and carpet washing machines for industrial and commer...Starting at €8.20
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Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer (Abridged)
Stuart, Toby; Webber, JamesCase HBS-813029-EEntrepreneurshipDescribes a set of key strategic decisions facing the scientific founder and CEO of a promising, early stage bio-pharmaceuticals company. Should the company establish a proposed alliance with a pharmaceutical firm? Should it create a nutraceuticals business in parallel to its effort to develop anti-aging therapeutics? And, should it in-license a second drug development candidate?Starting at €8.20
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Wooden Bakery: Should It Enter the U.S. Market
Hagop Panossian; Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B16M128-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA leading family-owned Lebanese bakery-convenience store chain, Wooden Bakery, was in the process of deciding the company’s next options for growth in Lebanon and in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The owner was pondering the use of aggressive growth strategies such as franchising and area-development franchising. Additionally, the founder of the company and its board members were facing the biggest decision in the company’s history as th...Starting at €8.20
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BLC Bank and the Quest for Women's Empowerment in MENA
Farah Matar; Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B15M106-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2010, the assistant general manager and head of strategic development at Lebanon’s BLC Bank attended the annual summit of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, a leading organization of financial institutions that drove the creation of women’s wealth worldwide. On her return to Beirut, she encouraged her bank to capitalize on the inclusion of women as a relevant differentiator from both a business and societal perspective. The result of resea...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability in the Arab World: The Aramex Way
Dima Jamali; Cedric DawkinsCase IVEY-9B11M060-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn 1982, Fadi Ghandour founded Aramex, a leading provider of logistics and transportation solutions with headquarters in Amman, Jordan. From its early inception, Ghandour strategically included principles and practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in the company’s culture in order to align business interests and competence with stakeholders’ needs. The community and environment were regarded as key stakeholders driv...Starting at €8.20
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Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer
Stuart, Toby; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808112-EEntrepreneurshipDescribes a set of key strategic decisions facing the scientific founder and CEO of a promising, Early stage bio-pharmaceuticals company.l Should the company establish a proposed alliance with a pharmaceutical firm? Should it create a nutraceuticals business in parallel to its effort to develop anti-aging therapeutics? And, should it in-license a second drug development candidate?Starting at €8.20
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GSK's Acquisition of Sirtris: Independence or Integration, Teaching Note
Stuart, TobyTeaching Note HBS-811012-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 809026.Starting at €0.00
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GSK's Acquisition of Sirtris: Independence or Integration
Stuart, Toby; Weber, JamesCase HBS-809026-EEntrepreneurshipAn executive from pharmaceutical company GSK must choose how much to integrate a recently acquired biotechnology firm, Sirtris. Moncef Slaoui, GSK's Global head of R&D, championed the acquisition of Sirtris to gain access to its potentially revolutionary science. Slaoui must balance the need to recoup shareholder value after paying a two-times premium for Sirtris with his desire to retain Christoph Westphal, Sirtris's co-founder and CEO, and othe...Starting at €8.20
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Sirtis Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer, Teaching Note
Stuart, TobyTeaching Note HBS-809050-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [808-112].Starting at €0.00