Case | HBS Case Collection | 1992
by Howard H. Stevenson
Focuses on the problem of determining whether to continue with a start-up after the first market test. The company has seen product success but is far from break-even and needs additional financing. Focuses on opportunity analysis and the use of market data to assess whether progress is being made.
Keywords: Product Launch; Product Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business or Company Management;
Citation:
Stevenson, Howard H. "Vintage Directions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 393-043, September 1992.
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Technical Note | HBS Case Collection | 2012
Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund Model
Howard Stevenson, Michael Roberts and Jim Sharpe
Keywords: Search Funds; search; leveraged buyouts; 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;
Case | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2012 version)
Dragonfly Corporation
Howard H. Stevenson and Jim Sharpe
Keywords: entrepreneurship; 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;
Peter Jepsen
Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and James M. Sharpe
Keywords: Acquisitions; bankruptcy; crisis management; entrepreneurial management; entrepreneurial finance; entrepreneurship; 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;