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- February 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Casuarinas Educational Corporation
By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson and Matthew C. Leib
Casuarinas has developed a very successful elementary, now secondary, school based on excellence in teaching, service, and multilingual education. Peru lacks similar high-quality post-secondary institutions. This case focuses on the potential entry of Casuarinas into... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised August 2006)
- Background Note
New Venture Financing
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the various alternative financing alternatives available to new ventures. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
- December 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Compilation
"Doer's Profile" Donald John Trump (1946-)
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Laura L. Nash
Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. View Details
Keywords: Success
- December 2001
- Compilation
"Doer's Profile" Jimmy Carter (James Earl, Jr.)
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Laura L. Nash
Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. View Details
- December 2001
- Compilation
"Doer's Profile" Katherine Graham (1917-2001)
By: Laura L. Nash and Howard H. Stevenson
Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. View Details
- October 2001
- Supplement
R&R
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Amy Blitz
Outlines alternative mechanisms for getting into business. Shows the means by which an experienced entrepreneur can gain control over the necessary resources to lower the fixed costs of business entry. Provides a mechanism for discussing the role of experience,... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Teaching Note
Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company (TN)
By: Nancy F. Koehn and William Grundy
Teaching Note for (9-801-361). View Details
- February 2001 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Investigates the entrepreneur's strategic initiatives to develop a mass market for specialty coffee in the 1980s and 1990s. These initiatives included the development of premium products, rapid expansion of company-owned stores--each with attractive retail environments... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Entrepreneurial History: A Conceptual Overview
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes HBS cases on five entrepreneurs and the companies they built: Josiah Wedgwood, Henry Heinz, Marshall Field, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Michael Dell. These five cases and their accompanying teaching notes comprise a course module on entrepreneurial... View Details
- October 2000
- Case
CDNow (A)
By: Stephen P. Bradley, Christina Akers and Howard Reitz
With CDnow's acquisition of N2K's Music Boulevard web site, this case deals with capturing value in the music industry with online sales. CDnow has the advantage of being one of the exclusive music online retailers on AOL but faces fierce competition from Amazon.com.... View Details
- February 2000
- Background Note
Angel Investing
By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson and Kenneth B. Morse
Discusses the industry practices of angel investors, individuals who invest privately in new ventures. View Details
- January 2000 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Cachet Technologies
By: Paul A. Gompers and Howard Reitz
Describes the decision facing Danny Lewin, Jonathan Seelig, and Tom Leighton, the founders of Cachet Technologies, an MIT spin-out. The firm has done poorly in the annual MIT business plan competition and the founders have to decide whether to continue. View Details
- April 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
Davis Boatworks
By: Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and Matthew C. Lieb
A successful entrepreneur is considering his need for growth financing and his desire to achieve some personal liquidity. He has arguably the most successful sportfishing boat made, but sees the need both to grow further and to reduce his personal exposure to a... View Details
- February 1999 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Sunbeam Television (C)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Howard Reitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- 1999
- Book
The Entrepreneurial Venture
By: William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J Roberts and Amar V. Bhide
- December 1998 (Revised July 2016)
- Background Note
Tools of Cooperation, The
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Howard H. Stevenson and Jeremy Dann
Presents a theory about the tools a manager can use to get people to agree on a coordinated course of action and effect change in his or her organization. The extent to which people in the organization agree on the way the world works, and agree on what they want,... View Details
- November 1998
- Case
Holts (A), The
Focuses on the decision of whether to sell a business or to continue it. Issues regarding the family's roles, the replacement of the business's earning power, and the owner's future roles are discussed. Among the issues raised are the values being transmitted. View Details