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  • August 1988 (Revised October 1988)
  • Background Note

Business Plan

Describes the various uses for a business plan and focuses on writing a business plan to attract financing for a new venture. View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital; Management
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Roberts, Michael J. "Business Plan." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-020, August 1988. (Revised October 1988.)
  • June 1990 (Revised January 1993)
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Dynatronics, Inc. (Abridged)

By: Thomas R. Piper
Provides an opportunity to evaluate an investment in a new product line in strategic, competitive, organizational, and economic terms. The economic analysis involves an estimation of the relevant cash flows and discounting them at an appropriate hurdle rate. View Details
Keywords: Product; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Capital Budgeting
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Piper, Thomas R. "Dynatronics, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 290-064, June 1990. (Revised January 1993.)
  • June 2022
  • Teaching Plan

GreenLight Fund

By: Brian Trelstad and Mel Martin
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-053. As Tara Noland, the Executive Director (ED) of GreenLight Cincinnati, reflected on her first few years on the job. Noland had delivered on what she had been hired to do in the city: work with leading philanthropists and nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Venture Philanthropy; Replication; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Venture Capital; Social Issues; Decision Making; Cincinnati
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Trelstad, Brian, and Mel Martin. "GreenLight Fund." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 322-089, June 2022.
  • April 2016
  • Supplement

Preparing a Concession Bid at TAV Airports Holding

By: C. Fritz Foley and Çiğdem Çelik
In 2013, TAV Airports Holding prepared a bid for the concession to build and operate the third Istanbul airport. This process involved input from various parts of the firm with operating and financial expertise. Burcu Geriş, the CFO of TAV Airports Holding, and her... View Details
Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure Development; Equity Cash Flows; Capital Budgeting; Valuation; Financial Management; Financing and Loans; Air Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Turkey
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Foley, C. Fritz, and Çiğdem Çelik. "Preparing a Concession Bid at TAV Airports Holding." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 216-709, April 2016.
  • 2016
  • Chapter

Financing Entrepreneurial Experimentation

By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Keywords: Innovation; Investing; Abandonment Option; Failure Tolerance; Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship
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Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Financing Entrepreneurial Experimentation." Chap. 1 in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 16, edited by William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 1–23. National Bureau of Economic Research, and University of Chicago Press, 2016.
  • August 2010
  • Teaching Note

Flash Memory, Inc. (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson
Teaching Note for 4230. View Details
Keywords: Forecasting; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting
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Fruhan, William E., Jr., and Craig Stephenson. "Flash Memory, Inc. (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 104-232, August 2010.
  • June 2008
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From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
Wang Xing, the founder of Hainei.com, one of the fastest growing social networking service (SNS) providers in China, was preparing to raise funds from venture capitalists. Since late 2003, Wang had established several Internet startups in China. Xiaonei.com, which he... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Internet; China
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China." Harvard Business School Case 808-164, June 2008.
  • February 1999 (Revised June 2010)
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Car Wash Partners, Inc.

By: Paul A. Gompers
Examines the investment decision of Cabot Brown and Bill Burgin, two venture capitalists, to finance Car Wash Partners (CWP). CWP intends to purchase automatic car washes around the country. Investment strategy and deal structuring are discussed. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Auto Industry; Service Industry
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Gompers, Paul A. "Car Wash Partners, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 299-034, February 1999. (Revised June 2010.)
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Catching Outliers: Committee Voting and the Limits of Consensus When Financing Innovation

By: Andrey Malenko, Ramana Nanda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Savitar Sundaresan
We document that investment committees of major VCs use a voting rule where one partner `championing' an early-stage investment is sufficient to invest. Their stated reason for this rule is to `catch outliers'. The same VCs use a more conventional `majority' rule for... View Details
Keywords: Optimal Voting Rules; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Investment; Decision Making; Voting
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Malenko, Andrey, Ramana Nanda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Savitar Sundaresan. "Catching Outliers: Committee Voting and the Limits of Consensus When Financing Innovation." Journal of Finance (forthcoming).
  • January 2020
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Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru

By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
Teaching Note for HBS No. 219-030. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Capital Markets; Transition; Strategy; Peru
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Terrence Shu. "Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 220-056, January 2020.
  • November 2000
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UPromise

By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman
Describes the development of UPromise, a company that has developed a loyalty program through which corporate partners can contribute to funds that finance the education of consumers' children. Presents the accomplishments prior to the company's second round of... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Markets; Programs
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Roberts, Michael J., and William A. Sahlman. "UPromise." Harvard Business School Case 801-321, November 2000.
  • May 2013
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Education in Brazil: Waiting for a Revolution

By: Aldo Musacchio and Alejandra Meraz Velasco
This case describes the situation of the education system in Brazil circa 2012. The case discusses first some of the problems of the Brazilian education system. Then, the case summarizes the findings of a recent study of high performing schools in Brazil and outlines... View Details
Keywords: Quality Of Education; Federalism; Elementary Education; Quality; Human Capital; Education; Education Industry; Brazil; Korean Peninsula
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Musacchio, Aldo, and Alejandra Meraz Velasco. "Education in Brazil: Waiting for a Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 713-095, May 2013.
  • 2003
  • Case

What's the True Cost of Your Capital?

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Keywords: Cost of Capital
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Luehrman, Timothy A. "What's the True Cost of Your Capital?" 2003. Electronic.
  • 1990
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The High Price of Land and the Low Cost of Capital: Theory and Evidence from Japan

By: David S. Scharfstein, Anil Kashyap and David Weil
Keywords: Cost of Capital; Japan
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Scharfstein, David S., Anil Kashyap, and David Weil. "The High Price of Land and the Low Cost of Capital: Theory and Evidence from Japan." August 1990.

    History's Guiding Light

    Having worked on the issues of the hour at the White House and the World Bank, I was keen to step back and understand the evolution and impact of business on society as I embarked on my journey at HBS. The role of companies in shaping and being shaped by economic... View Details
    • 29 Mar 2017
    • News

    Effie Epstein Hired As COO of Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures

    • Career Coach

    Sarah Bua

    public sector, health care consulting, venture capital and new business creation.  Sarah helps her coachees identify, strategize a path towards, achieve and sustain their unique career visions.  Her skills and interest span the entire... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital
    • 18 Oct 2010
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

    MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
    • September 2006 (Revised February 2011)
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    Empemex

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
    Studies an entrepreneurial venture in Mexico City. The protagonists, two MBAs from HBS, started a pawn shop chain funded from their private equity office after finishing business school. This is timed at a point where the protagonists have to decide how to grow the... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Mexico City; United States
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    Applegate, Lynda M., and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Empemex." Harvard Business School Case 807-031, September 2006. (Revised February 2011.)
    • 01 Jun 2012
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    Faculty Books

    as venture capital and buyouts but excluding hedge funds—has become a much larger, more influential part of the global economy over the past two decades. The authors—Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking; Leamon, an... View Details
    Keywords: Professor Amy C. Edmonson; Professor Boris Groysberg; Professor Josh Lerner; Teaching Fellow Ann Leamon; Professor Leslie A. Perlow; Professor of Management Practice Felda Hardymon;; social media; Finance
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