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Martin Smith: May 2002 (Spanish Version)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809S07EntrepreneurshipMartin Smith, recién graduado de HBS, acaba de empezar a trabajar con una empresa apalancada compra. Su primera tarea es evaluar tres ofertas diferentes y hacer recomendaciones a los socios. Al estudiar las ofertas, se da cuenta de que cada uno tiene diferentes ventajas y desventajas y que su recomendación debe tener en cuenta no sólo las características específicas de cada empresa objetivo, sino también la situación de su empresa. Además, se deb...Starting at €8.20
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Quilts of Denmark: Managing Open Innovation
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B16M213-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyQuilts of Denmark was a Danish start-up company founded in 2000 with the goal of producing high-quality, functional quilts and pillows that contributed to healthy sleep. The company’s open innovation with a space agency and technology company resulted in an “intelligent” quilt that regulated body heat, providing users with an elusive but much-desired experience: a good night’s sleep. Selling a premium product in a commodity market was a challenge...Starting at €8.20
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Jaga: Managing Creativity and Open Innovation (B)
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B18M120-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJaga suffered negative economic effects from the 2008 financial crisis. As the crisis persisted in 2011, management planned to substantially reduce the number of employees, but the founder instead chose to fire half of the management team and reorganize the company. Although this decision was considered counterintuitive, it was perfectly aligned with the philosophy of this creative company.Starting at €5.74
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Village Ventures, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808010-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (806-080).Starting at €0.00
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Presans: Building Business Models for Innovation Intermediaries
Wim Vanhaverbeke; Oana-Maria PopCase IVEY-W27510-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyPresans was founded in Paris, France in 2008 as an an open innovation intermediary, often referred to as an “innomediary.” Using a specific business model that combined open innovation services with state-of-the-art data-mining technology, Presans leveraged a network of over six million experts worldwide to solve problems for its corporate clients. In February 2017, the chief executive officer of Presans had to make some strategic decisions. Base...Starting at €8.20
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Porfolio & Partnership, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-809017-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [806036].Starting at €0.00
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Avid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809086-EEntrepreneurshipThe CEO of a promising biotech company must decide how to respond to the macro-economic slump of late 2008. He had planned to pursue an aggressive schedule moving the firm's Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease imaging compounds through clinical trials and into the market. This involved expanding the firm's facilities and headcount and he planned to fund this by taking venture debt. Although clinical trial data is extremely encouraging, questions ...Starting at €8.20
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Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809109-EEntrepreneurshipTwo entrepreneurs have just been told by their venture capital backer to prepare a list of possible cuts to help them weather the 2008-2009 economic downturn. The impact on each firm is very different: one is a later-stage company with revenues in excess of $100 million; the other a pre-revenue company trying to raise its first institutional round. The entrepreneurs must consider their options and the impact on their companies' growth and, perhap...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft's IP Ventures
Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810096-EEntrepreneurshipMicrosoft's IP Ventures program, through which Microsoft spun out promising but unused technologies into new companies, is a new approach to corporate venture capital. The program provides "IP for equity" and has proven very successful in achieving its main goals-improved morale among researchers who like knowing their technology is being used, improved relationships with the venture capital community particularly in Silicon Valley, and good PR. ...Starting at €8.20
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Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-812070-EEntrepreneurshipThe growth of companies that facilitate the sales of unregistered stock, such as that granted to employees of successful but long-private companies, has raised a number of questions among regulators, investors, and company founders. This brief vignette sketches out some of the benefits and drawbacks of alternative methods of liquidity.Starting at €8.20