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      • March 2013
      • Teaching Note

      Entrepreneurial Finance in Finland? (TN)

      By: William R. Kerr
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      Kerr, William R. "Entrepreneurial Finance in Finland? (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 813-166, March 2013.
      • 5 Feb 2013
      • Conference Presentation

      Financing Entrepreneurial Growth

      By: Tom Alberg, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler and Sharon Vosmek

      Despite recent innovations in entrepreneurial finance, particularly at the early stage of business creation, many new and young companies continue to face hurdles to acquire capital.

      The Kauffman Foundation addressed current challenges and opportunities in... View Details

      Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
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      Alberg, Tom, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler, and Sharon Vosmek. "Financing Entrepreneurial Growth." Paper presented at the State of Entrepreneurship Address, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Washington, DC, USA, February 5, 2013.
      • January 2013
      • Teaching Note

      INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL (TN)

      By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
      In their second year, two Mexican HBS MBAs joined forces to start a search fund based in Mexico City. They had raised money to acquire an existing private company in Mexico with an initial enterprise value between $5 million and $15 million. Just seven months after... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Finance; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Mexico
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      Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 813-087, January 2013.
      • December 2012 (Revised May 2014)
      • Case

      Hotel Ivory

      By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Jonathan Lo
      Cheick Sanankoua is an MBA student who believes that he has found the perfect investment property, a small, independently owned hotel, on the Ivory Coast. However, he has had trouble raising money for the investment beyond friends and family. Through contacts in the... View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate; Emergent Countries; Investing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Debts; Cash Flow; Quantitative Analysis; Financing; Development Stage Enterprises; Small & Medium-sized Enterprises; Africa; Ivory Coast; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Property; Investment; Accommodations Industry; Real Estate Industry; Africa
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      Segel, Arthur I., Nicolas P. Retsinas, and Jonathan Lo. "Hotel Ivory." Harvard Business School Case 213-050, December 2012. (Revised May 2014.)
      • December 2012 (Revised January 2015)
      • Technical Note

      Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund Model

      By: Howard Stevenson, Michael Roberts and Jim Sharpe
      The funded search model is one alternative for individuals who, at some point in their career, want to run their own companies. This note looks at the funded search, as a means to entrepreneurship through acquisition and describes the path to buy and run a business... View Details
      Keywords: Search Funds; Search; Entrepreneurial Finance; Investor Behavior; Career Planning; Entrepreneurial Management; Fundraising; Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt; Personal Development and Career; Private Ownership; Acquisition; Finance; Leveraged Buyouts
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      Stevenson, Howard, Michael Roberts, and Jim Sharpe. "Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund Model." Harvard Business School Technical Note 813-119, December 2012. (Revised January 2015.)
      • November 2012 (Revised December 2017)
      • Case

      TerraPower

      By: William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade
      John Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear... View Details
      Keywords: Nuclear Power; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Energy Industry; United States; China; India
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      Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III, and James McQuade. "TerraPower." Harvard Business School Case 813-108, November 2012. (Revised December 2017.)
      • November 2012
      • Case

      Sugar Bowl

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Alisa Zalosh
      Shelby Givens, a recent business school graduate, returned home to Raleigh, North Carolina, to help rescue her family's ailing and outdated bowling alley, Westlake Lanes. Although she cut costs and addressed inefficiencies, moving the business from near-bankruptcy to... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Performance; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Raleigh
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Sugar Bowl." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-537, November 2012.
      • October 2012 (Revised July 2014)
      • Background Note

      The Role of the Government in the Early Development of American Venture Capital

      By: Josh Lerner and Tom Nicholas
      Whether the government or markets, or a mixture of both, can provide efficient and effective incentives for encouraging entrepreneurial activity and new venture financing is an age-old question. Public promotion efforts are controversial and in most cases they tend to... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Business and Government Relations; United States
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      Lerner, Josh, and Tom Nicholas. "The Role of the Government in the Early Development of American Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 813-096, October 2012. (Revised July 2014.)
      • September 2012 (Revised March 2013)
      • Case

      Entrepreneurial Finance in Finland?

      By: William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda and Alexis Brownell
      This case describes a new venture attempting to bring early-stage entrepreneurial financing to Finland and other Nordic countries. Entrepreneurship is taking off in Finland, an area that historically has had little venture capital or high-growth start-up activity, but... View Details
      Keywords: Angels; Angel Investors; VC; Micro-VC; Accelerator; Incubator; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; Finland; Scandinavia; Europe
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      Kerr, William R., Ramana Nanda, and Alexis Brownell. "Entrepreneurial Finance in Finland?" Harvard Business School Case 813-068, September 2012. (Revised March 2013.)
      • July 2012 (Revised November 2012)
      • Case

      Dragonfly Corporation

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Jim Sharpe
      After 3 years of losses and under legal threats from their landlord, a husband and wife team are faced with shutting the company down, buying time with the landlord or turning to their parents for additional funds. Despite opening a new location and seeing that sales... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Turnarounds; Bankruptcy; Bank Loan; Crisis Management; Family Business; Retail Trade; Financial Crisis; Financial Analysis; Entrepreneurship; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Retail Industry; United States
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Jim Sharpe. "Dragonfly Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 813-042, July 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
      • July 2012 (Revised April 2013)
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      Peter Jepsen

      By: Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and James M. Sharpe
      About to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen has to deal with a contentious prior owner, improve profitability and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors, in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year. View Details
      Keywords: Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Crisis; Turnarounds; Financial Distress; Negotiation; Entrepreneurs; Bank Loan; Search Funds; Liquidation; Boards Of Directors; Ethics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Stevenson, Howard H., Michael J. Roberts, and James M. Sharpe. "Peter Jepsen." Harvard Business School Case 813-046, July 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
      • June 2012 (Revised March 2015)
      • Teaching Note

      PunchTab, Inc.

      By: Ramana Nanda and William R. Kerr
      A Teaching Note for the PunchTab case, which discusses how high-tech startups structure seed financing, merits of angels vs. super angels vs. VCs, and related topics (e.g., convertible notes, priced versus non-priced financing rounds, entrepreneurial finance networks). View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship
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      Nanda, Ramana, and William R. Kerr. "PunchTab, Inc." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 812-141, June 2012. (Revised March 2015.)
      • May 2012
      • Technical Note

      Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing

      By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
      Social Impact Investment is a rapidly expanding field, but terminology in the field is poorly defined and imprecise. This note suggests frameworks that help to clarify important dimensions of SII projects, distinguishing and clarifying key differences in approaches to... View Details
      Keywords: Development Stage Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Instruments; Performance Measurement; Balanced Scorecard; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Research; Framework; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
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      Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch". "Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing." Harvard Business School Technical Note 312-091, May 2012.
      • May 2012
      • Supplement

      Brennan Warranty Corporation (B)

      By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
      Keywords: Private Equity; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Mergers And Acquisitions
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      Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Brennan Warranty Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 212-075, May 2012.
      • January 2012
      • Case

      Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market

      By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty
      As a joint-stock insurance company in China, with both state-owned enterprises and foreign firms as investors, Taikang Insurance was becoming a force in the industry. It not only competed with well-entrenched state-owned rivals, but it was also seen as an... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Industry Structures; Insurance Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market." Harvard Business School Case 312-109, January 2012.
      • April 2011
      • Case

      The Sandbox: Creating a Bottom-Up Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

      By: Shikhar Ghosh, Lynda M. Applegate, Rhea Ghosh and Amar Kumar
      Discussion of new model of Social Enterprise that applies the venture capital model to social enterprise. View Details
      Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Non-Governmental Organizations; Venture Capital; Business Model
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, Lynda M. Applegate, Rhea Ghosh, and Amar Kumar. "The Sandbox: Creating a Bottom-Up Entrepreneurial Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 811-053, April 2011.
      • March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
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      Harmonic Hearing Co.

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig H. Stephenson
      Harmonic is a small, privately held manufacturer of hearing aids. Harriet Burns and Marc Davis, two employees at Harmonic, have an opportunity to purchase the company from the founder. As well-informed insiders who understand the industry, Burns and Davis believe the... View Details
      Keywords: Debts; Quantitative Analysis; Financing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Development Stage Enterprises; Small & Medium-sized Enterprises; Small Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Cash Flow; Mathematical Methods; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Manufacturing Industry
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Craig H. Stephenson. "Harmonic Hearing Co." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-271, March 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
      • March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
      • Teaching Note

      Harmonic Hearing Co. (Brief Case)

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig Stephenson
      Teaching Note for 4271. View Details
      Keywords: Debts; Quantitative Analysis; Financing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Development Stage Enterprises; Small & Medium-sized Enterprises; Cash Flow; Mathematical Methods; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Craig Stephenson. "Harmonic Hearing Co. (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-272, March 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
      • March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
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      Harmonic Hearing Co., Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig Stephenson
      Keywords: Debts; Quantitative Analysis; Financing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Development Stage Enterprises; Small & Medium-sized Enterprises; Analysis; Cash Flow; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Craig Stephenson. "Harmonic Hearing Co., Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 114-275, March 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
      • 2011
      • Chapter

      Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

      By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
      Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting potential entrepreneurs around the world. Given the important role that entrepreneurship is believed to play in the process of economic growth, alleviating financing constraints for would-be entrepreneurs... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment; Policy; Research
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      Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship." Chap. 8 in Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich, 88–103. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011. (NBER WP 15498, HBS WP 10-013.)
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