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The First 10 Questions for Would-be Searchers
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-15-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis note answers ten of the most common questions asked by people who are relatively new to the search fund model, or have never heard of a search fund before. The content of this note is based on the experience of search funds from around the world, and will help prospective entrepreneurs become familiar with the search fund model and the important questions that should be answered before considering the model more seriously. At the end of each...Starting at €8.20
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Consideraciones a tener en cuenta en las adqquisiciones empresariales
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-16Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeEsta nota técnica sintetiza algunas entrevistas con compradores y financieros empresariales de todo el mundo. Las opiniones y recomendaciones que aparecen a continuación reflejan las diversas experiencias de los profesionales que se dedican a las adquisiciones empresariales, a la vez que pretende resumir las consideraciones que cualquier empresario potencial debe tener presente cuando se embarca en una oportunidad de adquisición empresarial.Starting at €8.20
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Diez preguntas a tener en cuenta antes de hacer una adquisición emprendedora
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-15Entrepreneurship, FinanceEsta nota técnica responde a diez de las preguntas más frecuentes que se plantean las personas que nunca han oído hablar del modelo de search fund o aquellas para las que es relativamente nuevo. Su contenido se basa en la experiencia de los search funds en todo el mundo y ayudará a los futuros empresarios a familiarzarse con este modelo y con las respuestas que deben dar a esas diez preguntas antes de plantearse más seriamente crear un search fun...Starting at €8.20
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GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence
Bernstein, Ethan S.; McKinnon, Paul D.; Yarabe, PaulCase HBS-418020-ELeadership and People ManagementOver 10% of all 2017 university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics startup IGS, to recruit for a job. This case puts participants in the shoes of IGS founder and CEO Masahiro Fukuhara, a first-time entrepreneur, as he considers the varied ways the "big data" he is collecting is being used--and whether some uses promised more meaningful (or less potentially mis...Starting at €8.20
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Tata Nano - The People's Car (Spanish version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Anand, Bharat N.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-711S33StrategyThe case explores how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (Chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, Managing Director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price - quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionar...Starting at €8.20
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Transitioning to a Marketplace Model (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Gupta, Sunil; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-518S12MarketingSachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, co-founders of India's largest e-commerce company, Flipkart, were reviewing the foregoing Facebook post, which had gone viral and received more than 20,000 likes. A third-party seller listed a pair of women's sandals on Flipkart's website at 799 Indian rupees and offered it on promotion at 399. However, upon close examination of the product's display photo, consumers noticed a 399 price tag printed on the strap. Co...Starting at €8.20
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Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi (Spanish version)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Marton, StephanieCase HBS-418S11Leadership and People ManagementInspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in developing new "people analytics" technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer's activity patterns. Data from these devices revealed an unusually high correlation between certain patterns of activity and a person's subjective sense of happiness at work. Unlike mood rings or even f...Starting at €8.20
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Schneider Electric: Becoming the Global Specialist in Energy Management
Macomber, John D.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-212082-EFinanceGlobal electrical products company assesses growth and market demands in India. Company must decide between a products acquisition or developing a service business. Students need to be aware of different country conditions, demands on implementation of different strategies, impact on culture. Also discusses energy performance contracting in the context of making India energy generation capability more efficient.Starting at €8.20
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Blackstone's Investment in Intelenet
Lerner, Josh; Bapat, Sandeep; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-213036-EEntrepreneurshipThree years had passed since Blackstone's investment in Intelenet Global Services, their third largest investment in India. Great progress had been made, but now a new challenge loomed. Globank, a large global bank, was Intelenet's largest customer. Intelenet's contract with Globank was set to expire in the next seven months, and all of Intelenet's assets and people working on the account, would move to Globank. Amit Dixit, managing director at t...Starting at €8.20
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Trouble at Tessei, Teaching Note
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Buell, Ryan W.Teaching Note HBS-616031-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen (""bullet"") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the demands on Tessei continued to grow. Given previous leaders' failed attempts to fix Tessei's problems with increased managerial monitoring and controls, Yabe seeks a creative approach...Starting at €0.00