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Women and Equity Capital: An Exploration of Factors Affecting Capital Access
By: Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene, Myra M. Hart, Nancy M. Carter and Elizabeth Gatewood
Brush, Candida G., Patricia G. Greene, Myra M. Hart, Nancy M. Carter, and Elizabeth Gatewood. "Women and Equity Capital: An Exploration of Factors Affecting Capital Access." In Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2000: Proceedings of the 20th Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, edited by Paul D. Reynolds, Erkko Autio, Candida G. Brush, and William D. Bygrave. Wellesley, MA: Babson College, 2000. (in collaboration with Julie Weeks, National Foundation of Women Business Owners (NFWBO))
- November 2000 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Tellme Networks, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest
Tellme, an early-stage, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley, leverages speech-recognition technologies to provide: 1) a "voice portal" with news and other information accessible through any telephone, and 2) turnkey application development and hosting...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Digital Platforms;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Startups;
Internet and the Web;
Venture Capital;
Technology Adoption;
Internet and the Web;
Brands and Branding;
Information Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
Technology Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Nicole Tempest. "Tellme Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 801-319, November 2000. (Revised November 2005.)
- November 2000
- Case
Geocast Network Systems, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Christina L. Darwall and Elizabeth Kind
Geocast, a venture-backed start-up, had developed innovative technology for "datacasting" broadband information and entertainment content to an external hard drive, where it was cached for later retrieval by a Web-enabled PC. By using terrestrial TV, direct broadcast...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Information Management;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing Channels;
Corporate Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Web Services Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Christina L. Darwall, and Elizabeth Kind. "Geocast Network Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 801-211, November 2000.
- October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Editora Abril S.A.
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
Brazil's media conglomerate Editora Abril S.A. is Latin America's largest publishing and printing company; it publishes books, and comic books, videos, maps, travel guides, music, and textbooks. It also owns Brazil's largest database marketing company, its...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Communications;
Market Design;
Media;
Service Delivery;
Private Ownership;
Expansion;
Web Sites;
Publishing Industry;
Service Industry;
Brazil
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Perry Fagan. "Editora Abril S.A." Harvard Business School Case 301-062, October 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- April 2000
- Article
The Fable of Fisher Body
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Daniel F. Spulber
General Motors' (GM) acquisition of Fisher Body is the classic example of market failure in the literature on contracts and the theory of the firm. According to the standard account, GM merged vertically with Fisher Body in 1926, a maker of auto bodies, because of...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Failure;
Contracts;
Vertical Integration;
Market Transactions;
Investment;
Trust;
Production;
Assets;
Supply Chain;
Opportunities;
Technology;
Auto Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Daniel F. Spulber. "The Fable of Fisher Body." Journal of Law & Economics 43, no. 1 (April 2000): 67–104.
- February 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
BET.com
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Pauline M Fischer
Black Entertainment Television, a leading cable programmer, is launching BET.com, an Internet portal targeted toward African-Americans. This case examines the challenges facing BET management as it defines its service offerings and target customer segments in a...
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Keywords:
Product Positioning;
Ethnicity;
Internet and the Web;
Age;
Race;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Startups;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Pauline M Fischer. "BET.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-283, February 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- December 1999 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
Excite@Home: Betting on a Broadband Revolution
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Matthew Sandoval
In January 1999, @Home, a high-speed Internet access provider, announced the $6.7 billion purchase of Excite, the second largest of the major Internet "portals." This purchase marked a continuing consolidation of companies in the Internet "content" and "access"...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Joint Ventures;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Matthew Sandoval. "Excite@Home: Betting on a Broadband Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 700-069, December 1999. (Revised September 2000.)
- October 1999 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Women's World Banking: Catalytic Change Through Networks
By: James E. Austin and Susan Hamerling
Describes the evolution of Women's World Banking, an international microfinance nonprofit promoting financial access for poor women. Explores the organization's development of different types of networks to achieve its mission.
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Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
History;
Networks;
Microfinance;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Gender;
Growth and Development Strategy
Austin, James E., and Susan Hamerling. "Women's World Banking: Catalytic Change Through Networks." Harvard Business School Case 300-050, October 1999. (Revised October 2000.)
- September 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Technical Note
Last Mile of Broadband Access, The: Technical Note
By: Jay O. Light, Lynda M. Applegate and Daniel J. Green
Provides an overview of broadband access technology. Includes technical overviews of cable, DSL, fixed wireless, and satellite systems, and suggests the technical suitability of each to accommodate broadband applications.
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Light, Jay O., Lynda M. Applegate, and Daniel J. Green. "Last Mile of Broadband Access, The: Technical Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 800-076, September 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- April 1999 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
1-800 Buy Ireland
By: Willis M. Emmons III, Adele S. Cooper and J. Richard Lenane
After decades of poor economic performance, the Irish government adopted major changes in economic policy in 1987. By the end of the 1990s, Ireland's real GDP growth rate of almost 10% per year exceeds that of all member nations of the European Union (EU). A key...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Development Economics;
Supply and Industry;
Policy;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Macroeconomics;
Republic of Ireland
Emmons, Willis M., III, Adele S. Cooper, and J. Richard Lenane. "1-800 Buy Ireland." Harvard Business School Case 799-132, April 1999. (Revised June 1999.)
- February 1999 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Bloomberg L.P.
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Richard G. Hamermesh and Jeremy Dann
Michael Bloomberg founded his company to provide customers quick access to financial market data and analytical tools for understanding that data. As Bloomberg L.P. grew quickly,entered the ranks of "large, established companies," it grappled with a whole new range of...
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Keywords:
Human Resources;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges
Christensen, Clayton M., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Jeremy Dann. "Bloomberg L.P." Harvard Business School Case 399-081, February 1999. (Revised June 1999.)
- January 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
MindSpring
In a business environment where Internet Service Providers (ISP) has become increasingly commodity-like, Charles Brewer, founder and CEO of MindSpring, the nation's sixth largest ISP and the recognized leader in customer satisfaction, ponders a proposed merger with...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Customer Satisfaction;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Web Services Industry;
United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Joseph Keough, and Cathy Olofson. "MindSpring." Harvard Business School Case 899-178, January 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
- December 1998
- Background Note
Cash Management Practices in Small Companies
By: H. Kent Bowen, Andrew R. Jassy, Laurence E. Katz, Kevin E. Kelly and Baltej Kochar
Most small business managers claim that cash management is their leading concern. Often walking a tightrope between growth and illiquidity, small business managers face different cash management challenges than their counterparts in larger companies. Compared to larger...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Working Capital;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Design;
Cash;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Policy;
Business Strategy
Bowen, H. Kent, Andrew R. Jassy, Laurence E. Katz, Kevin E. Kelly, and Baltej Kochar. "Cash Management Practices in Small Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-047, December 1998.
- June 1998 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Clear Communications Ltd. vs. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (A)
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Martin Calles
Features the challenges facing an entrant in the New Zealand telecommunications market during the period 1989-1994. Clear Communications Ltd. (CCL), a joint venture owned by Bell Canada, MCI, New Zealand Television Corp., and Todd Companies, begins offering long...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Competition;
Emerging Markets;
Privatization;
Monopoly;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Corporate Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Expansion;
Law;
Telecommunications Industry;
New Zealand
Emmons, Willis M., III, and Martin Calles. "Clear Communications Ltd. vs. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 798-085, June 1998. (Revised December 2006.)
- March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Biotti
Xedia, a networking equipment manufacturer that helps provide high-speed Internet service for corporate clients through access routing, wants a bridge loan to fund daily operations until it raises its next round of equity financing.
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Negotiation;
Production;
Internet;
Banking Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Biotti. "Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-119, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- January 1998
- Article
The Adam Smith Address: Location, Clusters, and the 'New' Microeconomics of Competition
The new microeconomics of competition is contained in frameworks that structure the complexity of competition and inform managers of the choices they must make. The role of location has shifted from factor endowments and size to productivity growth; factor inputs are...
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Keywords:
Economics
Porter, Michael E. "The Adam Smith Address: Location, Clusters, and the 'New' Microeconomics of Competition." Business Economics 33, no. 1 (January 1998).
- November 1997
- Case
Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996
By: David B. Yoffie
Explores Microsoft's decision to enter the online services industry in the light of its competition and the growing importance of the Internet. Significant issues include the cost and availability of content, telecomm/Internet access costs, competition with the World...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Growth and Development;
Market Entry and Exit;
Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Web;
Information Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996." Harvard Business School Case 798-019, November 1997.
- October 1997 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)
By: James L. Heskett, Jody H. Gittell and James Slayton
Describes an innovative approach to organizing health care proposed by Oxford CEO Steve Wiggins. Wiggins contends that the primary care physician "gatekeeper" model typically used by health maintenance organizations to control access to and coordinate specialist care...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Groups and Teams;
Innovation and Management;
Medical Specialties;
Health Care and Treatment;
Cooperation;
Management Teams;
Health Industry;
United States
Heskett, James L., Jody H. Gittell, and James Slayton. "Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-042, October 1997. (Revised March 2000.)
- September 1997
- Case
Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)
By: W. Earl Sasser, Josep Valor and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Information Technology Services Director Mohamed Muhsin planned to restructure the World Bank's information technology in response to President Jim Wolfensohn's call to build a knowledge bank. Several reorganization efforts taken by the bank in the 1980s led to a...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Information;
Knowledge Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Technology;
Public Administration Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, Josep Valor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-053, September 1997.
- June 1997
- Case
VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A) Abridged
Describes VeriFone's new organizational model and its role in catapulting VeriFone to a market leadership position. Examines the impact of information technology and information access on the ability to leverage global resources, market responsiveness, and...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Organizational Structure;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Information Management;
Strategic Planning;
Resource Allocation;
Leadership Development;
Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren. "VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A) Abridged." Harvard Business School Case 397-116, June 1997.