Publications

April 2012
Supplement

Meli Marine, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Sunru Yong

Keywords: Asia; Singapore; Industry Structure; Operations Management; Capacity Analysis; Packaging Cartons ＆Containers; Supply Chain Management; Competitive Strategy; Logistics; Industry Structures; Performance Capacity; Singapore

August 2009 (Revised June 2015)
Case

MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron

Several top surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) are receiving financial and administrative support to advance their surgical device inventions through the earliest stages of commercialization. View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Hospital; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Commercialization; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; New York (state, US)

January 2006 (Revised May 2007)
Supplement

Endo Pharmaceuticals (C): An "At Risk" Launch?

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Brian DeLacey

Keywords: Product Launch; Risk and Uncertainty; Pharmaceutical Industry

December 2004 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Cutlass Capital, L.P.

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Brian DeLacey

David Hetz and Jon Osgood are forming a new venture capital fund in 2001 to invest in health care start-ups. Describes their fundraising activities at a time when venture capital investing has reached an all-time high. Although their background skills and experiences... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Negotiation Process; Entrepreneurship; Investment Funds; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Health Industry; United States

March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Indra Reinbergs

Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Business Model; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Service Industry; Belgium; France; Sweden; United States; Europe

March 2002 (Revised June 2003)
Case

MAC Development Corporation

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Colleen McCaffrey

Deals with MAC Development's efforts to develop a 41-acre site near Chicago. Reviews two years of efforts and highlights the remaining issues of: 1) gaining town approval for development and tax reductions, 2) meeting the bank's debt covenants, including finding a... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Taxation; Financial Instruments; Borrowing and Debt; Asset Pricing; Construction Industry; Chicago

May 1985 (Revised March 1993)
Case

General Electric Co.--1984

By: Francis Aguilar and Richard G. Hamermesh

Describes the first four years of Jack Welch's tenure as CEO of the General Electric Co. Deals with the ways Welch has tried to change GE's strategy and planning activities and his attempts to make the company more entrepreneurial. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Management Style; Change Management; Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation

April 2008
Supplement

ProfitLogic (CW)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael J. Roberts

This interactive spreadsheet accompanies the ProfitLogic case (#802-110) to enable analysis of the cash flow implications of three business models that the company is considering. Students are able to change key assumptions and see the impact on cash flow. View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Business Model

02 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 2

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Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 1975 (Revised October 1985)
Teaching Note

Federated Department Stores, Teaching Note

By: Joseph L. Bower and Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Retail Industry

December 1974
Supplement

Fuqua Industries (B)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Richard G. Hamermesh

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June 21, 2017
Article

A New Approach to Safely Sharing Cancer Patients' Data

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathryn E. Giusti

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November 2005 (Revised November 2011)
Background Note

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare Fall Term 2011: Course Outline and Syllabus

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Robert F. Higgins

Provides an overview of the second-year MBA elective course Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment

October 2005
Supplement

ProfitLogic: Scott Friend, CEO (DVD)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael J. Roberts

March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
Case

Resourcery, Ltd.

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Feyi A. Boroffice

Recounts the story of how a successful Nigerian entrepreneur has expanded his systems integration/networking business. He now faces the problem of raising growth capital in a developing country. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth Management; Expansion; Race; Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies