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  • May 2019 (Revised September 2019)
  • Case

Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Haibo Zhao
This case address pacing issues – how fast does a company need to scale? It also examines the role of investors in determining company strategy and exit.
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Competition; Value Creation; Governance; Economics; Business Startups; Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; China
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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Haibo Zhao. "Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)." Harvard Business School Case 819-135, May 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
  • 16 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

because they're driven by mutual funds or hedge funds and are rewarded in the short term. Long-term funders can expect to see more opportunities coming their way, he continued. According to moderator Josh Lerner, a Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Be an Angel Investor

was not able to exit but was generating positive cash flow. The deal structure can impact the attractiveness of an investment opportunity by addressing contextual or other factors. Challenges with the View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
  • May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
  • Case

Motorola-Elma

By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
Motorola's old automative electronics plant in Arcade, outside Buffalo, New York, faced the prospect of closure in the mid-1980s, but leading customers persuaded Motorola to give the plant a second chance. The new plant manager, Dennis Fiehn, recognized that existing... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Exit or Shutdown; Customers; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Telecommunications Industry; New York (state, US)
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Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola-Elma." Harvard Business School Case 494-136, May 1994. (Revised August 1994.)

    Alexander Civetta

    levels of complexity, in addition to negotiating or advising on hundreds of technology, IP and commercial contract matters every year.  Alex has been nationally ranked in Chambers USA for Start Ups and Emerging Companies every year since... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2017
    • News

    The Exchange: Venture Forth

    and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms and Professor Ramana Nanda’s study... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • April 1993 (Revised June 1998)
    • Case

    Time Inc.'s Entry into the Entertainment Industry (A)

    Richard Munro, Time Inc.'s chairman and CEO, must respond to a hostile tender offer from Paramount Communications. Paramount conditioned its bid on cancellation of Time's plans to merge with Warner Communications. Several months before the hostile Paramount bid, Time... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Market Entry and Exit; Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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    Meulbroek, Lisa K. "Time Inc.'s Entry into the Entertainment Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 293-117, April 1993. (Revised June 1998.)
    • Web

    Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog

    uncertainty. Global ventures, or “born globals”, are enterprises that become distributed across multiple countries very early in their life cycle. For these businesses, globalization is a core component of their View Details
    • 02 Jul 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: July 2

    religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be correlated with constituency level voter preferences or characteristics that make religion salient, we use quasi-random variation in legislator... View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • 01 Jun 2006
    • News

    One-on-One with Tom Oreck

    Oreck Illustration by Zachary Pullen When Tom Oreck (OPM 26, 1998) took over the family vacuum cleaner business seven years ago, his biggest challenge was to transform the firm from an entrepreneurial “one-man band” founded by his father,... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
    • September 2009
    • Teaching Note

    Odyssey Healthcare (TN)

    By: Robert F. Higgins
    Teaching Note for [809052]. View Details
    Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Initial Public Offering; Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Service Operations; Revenue; Business Exit or Shutdown; Health Industry
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    Higgins, Robert F. "Odyssey Healthcare (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-025, September 2009.
    • September 2000 (Revised November 2000)
    • Case

    GetConnected.com

    By: Rajiv Lal, Nilanjana R. Pal and Jodi L. Prins
    Describes the situation faced by GCI.com in April 2000, soon after raising $12 million for their new venture. After hiring an advertising agency, management needs to decide on the nature of the advertising campaign to target the right set of customers with the right... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Business Startups; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Strategy; Web Services Industry
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    Lal, Rajiv, Nilanjana R. Pal, and Jodi L. Prins. "GetConnected.com." Harvard Business School Case 501-025, September 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
    • 22 Sep 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

    performance on average. Silverthorne: For entrepreneurs who decide to stay the course, what does the funding outlook look like? Roche: Funding opportunities may dry up as venture capitalists increasingly struggle to raise new funds or... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

      Rob Gierkink

      Rob (MBA 1991) has founded or co-founded six companies, with combined exits totaling more than $2.25 billion. He is an Executive in Residence at General Catalyst Partners where he principally invests in... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital;#1;#Advertising;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods
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      Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

      availability and access to talent, financing sources, legal and regulatory environments, local culture, and exit markets. Career Focus: Global Entrepreneurship (GV) is a course for a variety of students. First, individuals potentially... View Details
      • 21 Feb 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      The VC Quandary: Too Much Money

      It might be hard for the ordinary business owner or consumer to imagine having "too much" money. But that's exactly where the venture capital industry finds itself: with too much money available... View Details
      Keywords: by Julie Jette; Financial Services
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      Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

      companies. Those who will join early-stage startups (typically in a product manager, business development, sales, marketing, or growth role). Those who will work at growth stage technology firms (in a... View Details
      • 15 Dec 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

      value. Their owners and initial investors will, just as naturally, want to find some appropriate exit point (or, at least, liquidity event). And, for a variety of reasons, being acquired (through a well-designed acquisition agreement!)... View Details
      Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
      • August 2007
      • Module Note

      Managing Networked Businesses: Platform Evolution Module

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
      Offers an overview of conceptual content and pedagogical guidance for instructors using a six-session module, "Platform Evolution," from "Managing Networked Businesses" (MNB), a case-based MBA elective course on platform-mediated networks. The module explores the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Networks; Business or Company Management; Rights; Business Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Multi-Sided Platforms; Market Transactions; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Competition; Market Entry and Exit
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Managing Networked Businesses: Platform Evolution Module." Harvard Business School Module Note 808-063, August 2007.
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      Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

      in Health Care, (Q2) and Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care (Q3,Q4) that culminate in students’ either obtaining funding their business plan or... View Details
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