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- December 2002 (Revised February 2015)
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Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, 10 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his...
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Keywords:
Search Funds;
Search;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Operations Strategy;
Acquisitions;
Work/family Balance;
Unions;
Union;
Turnarounds;
Funding Model;
LBO;
Bank Debt;
Bank Loans;
Equity Investment;
Career Management;
Small Business;
Work-Life Balance;
Negotiation;
Operations;
Labor Unions;
Investment;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Business Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged) ." Harvard Business School Case 603-084, December 2002. (Revised February 2015.)
- December 2002 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Tympani Board, The
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Mike Tarkington, a partner at Reality Venture Partners, must recommend a course of action to his colleague, Steve Bonhomme. Bonhomme is trying to decide whom he should put on the board of a company that is acquiring one of Reality's portfolio companies. Reality will...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Making;
Equity;
Venture Capital;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Finland;
United States
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Tympani Board, The." Harvard Business School Case 803-105, December 2002. (Revised November 2003.)
- November 2002 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Forest Stewardship Council
By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco
In just a few years the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) made impressive progress toward its mission of promoting "environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests." By 2001, 25.5 million hectares of forests in...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Corporate Governance;
Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Competitive Strategy
Austin, James E., and Ezequiel Reficco. "Forest Stewardship Council." Harvard Business School Case 303-047, November 2002. (Revised May 2006.)
- October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
eShip-4U
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter
eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Service Operations;
Logistics;
Corporate Strategy;
Information Technology;
Competitive Strategy;
Value Creation;
Saving;
Innovation and Invention;
Transportation Industry;
Service Industry;
Shipping Industry;
Israel;
United States
Shapiro, Roy D., and Timothy M. Laseter. "eShip-4U." Harvard Business School Case 603-076, October 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
- September 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Environmental Power Corporation: Changing Manure Into Gold?
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Laure Mougeot Stroock
In 2002, Environmental Power Corp. (EPC), a small company developing renewable energy projects, was attempting to commercialize its "digester," a facility that extracted methane from manure, reduced manure's environmental impact, and generated electricity. The company...
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Keywords:
Commercialization;
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment;
Projects;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Corporate Finance;
Business and Government Relations;
Energy Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Laure Mougeot Stroock. "Environmental Power Corporation: Changing Manure Into Gold?" Harvard Business School Case 903-403, September 2002. (Revised March 2006.)
- August 2002
- Case
MassEnvelopePlus
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Brooke Bartletta and Michelle Heskett
Describes the challenges Steve Grossman, a fourth-generation owner of a small commercial printing company, must face amid industry consolidation, technological changes, and his own run for public office.
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Family Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Information Technology;
Personal Development and Career;
Service Delivery;
Service Industry;
Massachusetts
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Brooke Bartletta, and Michelle Heskett. "MassEnvelopePlus." Harvard Business School Case 302-103, August 2002.
- July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Preston Resources, a small Australian gold mining company, bought the Bulong nickel mine for A$319 million in November 1998 and financed the acquisition by issuing a US$185 million (A$294 million) project bond. At the time, mining had been underway for several months,...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Projects;
Restructuring;
Bonds;
Borrowing and Debt;
Business Startups;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Valuation;
Mining Industry;
Australia
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt." Harvard Business School Case 203-027, July 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
- January 2002 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Strategic Planning at NFTE
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), is a successful nonprofit poised on the verge of explosive growth. The senior management contracted with McKinsey consultants to help guide the process. The founders of NFTE brought it from a small program...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Partners and Partnerships;
Nonprofit Organizations
Grossman, Allen S., and Daniel F. Curran. "Strategic Planning at NFTE." Harvard Business School Case 302-002, January 2002. (Revised November 2010.)
- January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Space Data Corporation
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Jay Wynn
Space Data Corp. plans to partner with the U.S. National Weather Service to place transceivers on weather balloons and thereby create a national mobile communications network. The company is in the late development stages and is planning to launch a regional test that...
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Keywords:
Wireless Technology;
Business Startups;
Business Processes;
Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Telecommunications Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
MacCormack, Alan D., and Jay Wynn. "Space Data Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 602-121, January 2002. (Revised April 2002.)
- December 2001
- Case
Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden and Susan Saltrick
Sarah Vickers-Willis, HBS MBA 1999, faces a critical career decision: Does she redirect the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for-profit firm with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has always strived to "find space"...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Leadership;
Internet and the Web;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Gender;
Business Startups
Hart, Myra M., Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden, and Susan Saltrick. "Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-111, December 2001.
- December 2001
- Case
Qwest Communications International Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Christopher Hackett
Describes the evolution of Qwest from a small fiber-optic construction firm in 1996 to a global telecommunications giant in 2001. Focuses on Qwest's pivotal acquisition of "Baby Bell" US West, a regional Bell operating company many times Qwest's size. Discusses the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Asset Pricing;
Business History;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Organizational Culture;
Partners and Partnerships;
Vertical Integration;
Telecommunications Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Christopher Hackett. "Qwest Communications International Inc." Harvard Business School Case 802-133, December 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Smartix (A): Dancing with Elephants
By: Donald N. Sull, James K. Sebenius and Noam Wasserman
This case describes issues facing the founder-CEO of a high-tech start-up in Boston, as he negotiates with multiple large potential partners and investors. The negotiations include a potential business partnership with FleetCenter and Madison Square Garden, and a...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Venture Capital;
Negotiation;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Power and Influence;
Technology Industry;
Boston
Sull, Donald N., James K. Sebenius, and Noam Wasserman. "Smartix (A): Dancing with Elephants." Harvard Business School Case 902-156, November 2001. (Revised October 2006.)
- August 2001 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Surface Logix
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Michael J. Roberts and Kim Slack
Describes a start-up in the field of nano technology--very small physical structures measured in the billionths of a meter. The company, Surface Logix, has assembled a portfolio of intellectual property and completed some of the R&D work required to develop actual...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Research and Development;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Product Development;
Intellectual Property;
Investment Portfolio
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Michael J. Roberts, and Kim Slack. "Surface Logix." Harvard Business School Case 802-050, August 2001. (Revised April 2005.)
- August 2001 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Operations at the Donner Company
By: H. Kent Bowen
A small manufacturer of circuit boards faces product and operations-management problems. This case analyzes the production capacity at various stages and examines bottlenecks and product flow decisions. A detailed look at the problems and a discussion of the tools and...
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- March 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
International Profit Associates
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Monica Mullick
Describes the work environment, systems, and processes that allow International Profit Associates (IPA) to follow a systematic four-step approach to providing advisory service to small business owners.
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Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Monica Mullick. "International Profit Associates." Harvard Business School Case 801-397, March 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
- January 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Lawyers & Leases
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Profiles Rajath Chaundry, an aspiring entrepreneur, as he attempts to secure office space for his growing team, select a lawyer, and continue to build his fledgling enterprise, eLearning.com. Designed to be used in an entrepreneurial management or small business course...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Business Ventures;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Intellectual Property;
Management Succession;
Leasing;
Negotiation;
Education Industry;
Legal Services Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Lawyers & Leases." Harvard Business School Case 801-166, January 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- November 2000 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
CMR Enterprises
By: Das Narayandas and Mary N. Caravella
Sam Marcus recently purchased a small cabinet-making company, and is looking for dramatic growth. The company competes in commercial and residential construction markets; shortly after the acquisition, the company gains a large new residential customer. The case traces...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Customer Relationship Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
Marketing Strategy;
Performance Evaluation;
Relationships;
Segmentation;
Construction Industry
Narayandas, Das, and Mary N. Caravella. "CMR Enterprises." Harvard Business School Case 501-012, November 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
- October 2000 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Software Associates
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The president of a small consulting firm has just seen his second-quarter profit and loss statement, showing an increase in revenues but a substantial decline in profits. He asks his chief financial officer to explain the results. The CFO works hard to accumulate...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Cost;
Financial Statements;
Production;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Information Technology Industry;
Consulting Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Software Associates." Harvard Business School Case 101-038, October 2000. (Revised March 2004.)
- August 2000
- Case
Project ACHIEVE - January 2000
By: H. Kent Bowen and Elizabeth Kind
Education services target public schools to assist the school with technology and services that will improve their communication with students, parents, and the community. There is also the goal of increasing scores of measured learning. How does a small company do...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Service Delivery;
Learning;
Interactive Communication;
Measurement and Metrics;
Performance Consistency;
Business and Community Relations;
Expansion;
Technology Adoption;
Education Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Elizabeth Kind. "Project ACHIEVE - January 2000." Harvard Business School Case 601-044, August 2000.