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E Ink: Financing Growth

By: William A. Sahlman and Matthew C. Lieb
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:20 
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Abstract

A set of financial and strategic decisions confront the management of a company trying to develop a technology for creating "electronic ink." If successful, the company will be able to create "radio paper," essentially turning a piece of paper into a computer monitor that has all the characteristics of paper but is digitally controlled.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Technological Innovation; Growth And Development Strategy; Strategy; Hardware

Citation

Sahlman, William A., and Matthew C. Lieb. "E Ink: Financing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 800-252, December 1999.
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William A. Sahlman

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