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You Are no Longer a Technical Specialist: Senior Managers and Technical Specialists: Two Ways of Working
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Fraguas, Rafael; Palencia, Luis; Rosenberg, Mike; Weber, Eric; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note ASNN-14-ELeadership and People ManagementManagers take decisions whose contents are the everyday work of the people they manage. By their very nature, managers deal with their subordinates' liberty; as such their decisions must be prudential. This case is based on the case from Juan Carlos Vázquez-Dodero, Rafael Fraguas, Luis Palencia, Mike Rosenberg y Eric Weber, "You are not a Technician", ASNN8, IESE, 2005.Starting at €8.20
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Decide cómo actuar y piensa por ti mismo
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Fraguas, Rafael; Palencia, Luis; Rosenberg, Mike; Stein, Guido; Weber, EricTechnical Note ASNN-13Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementLa complejidad y discrecionalidad de las decisiones directivas aconsejan dejarse de esquemas mentales preconcebidos, y usando lo que pueden tener de buenos, generar el propio "aparato de mirar" para las cuestiones no técnicas o de alta incertidumbre. Esta nota está basada en la nota "Piensa por ti mismo" de los mismos autores, ASNN-7.Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power: Scaling the Venture
Roth, Benjamin N.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Rigol, NataliaCase HBS-819069-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2018, Husk Power had just raised $20 million to scale operations for a second time. From 2007 through 2013, Husk built 80 biomass waste (primarily rice husk from rice mills) plants that provided electricity to 250,000 villagers and shop owners spread across 350 villages in India and Africa.
By 2015, Husk underwent a major pivot. Rather than a rural electrification vision aimed at providing power to rural households through biomass...Starting at €8.20
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Climate Change: An Unfolding Story
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Misra, Sid; Puzio, StephanieCase HBS-815079-EEconomicsIn some parts of the world, the impacts of climate change will prove to be relatively manageable, particularly for the rich. In some parts of the world, these will not, particularly for the poor. The only certainty is that humanity's collective actions will force every individual to answer that classic question, "Are you feeling lucky?"Starting at €8.20
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Solar Geoengineering
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Puzio, StephanieCase HBS-815081-EEntrepreneurshipOn December 8th 2013, as Dr. David Keith was leaving the set of the Colbert Show, he couldn't help but replay the interview over and over in his mind. Did he actually get his point of view on solar geoengineering across or had he just added to the stereotype that he was more of a 'mad scientist' than a scholar? Science knew, beyond doubt, that volcanoes cooled the planet by forcing sulfates high into the stratosphere. This cooling effect had been...Starting at €8.20
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Carbon Engineering
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Misra, SidCase HBS-814040-EEntrepreneurshipDr. David Keith, President of Carbon Engineering, a company based in Calgary, Alberta, is commercializing a technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in markets such as California where regulation, derived from a state law designed to manage climate change, restricts the maximum carbon intensity of transportation fuel.Starting at €8.20
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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana; Richardson, Evan; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812133-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had ...Starting at €8.20
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Foro Energy (A)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-812136-EEntrepreneurshipForo Energy developed proprietary and patent-pending fiber-laser technologies that could disrupt existing processes and services for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. These breakthrough laser technologies were protected by a strong intellectual property (IP) portfolio, which provided Foro with the flexibility to pursue a number of different business models. The market potential for oilfield applications was large, as global s...Starting at €8.20
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison Berkley; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-812035-EEntrepreneurshipSamir Kaul, a Partner at Khosla Ventures, looked out his office window. It was late June, 2011, and like almost every day in Menlo Park, the sun was shining. Kaul was reflecting on what had been a very positive 10 months in the venture capital business. Over that span, he had helped three of his portfolio companies through IPOs, and helped Khosla Ventures raise its third fund, bringing the total outside capital raised by the group to more than $2...Starting at €8.20
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The Fox Islands Wind Project (A)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Corcoran, James; Gazor, Max; Hogarty, Dylan; Somers, Alexander H., Jr.Case HBS-810129-EEntrepreneurshipThe market for electricity on the Fox Islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, Maine is unique and costly for residents. Historically, electricity prices on the islands had been three times the national average because of the high cost of importing electricity via an underwater cable and maintaining the distribution network on the islands. George Baker, a professor at Harvard Business School, decided to lower the energy costs of the island's reside...Starting at €8.20