Case | HBS Case Collection | January 2000 (Revised May 2000)

Patagon.com: Building (and Defending) the First Financial Destination in Latin America

by William A. Sahlman, Ramiro Montealegre and Luis Pereiro

Abstract

Describes Patagon.com, a company trying to build a financial portal in Latin America. The company's founders, Wenceslao Casares and Constancio Larguia, must deal with complex financial and strategic challenges as they guide the company in a difficult context.

Keywords: Strategy; Internet; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Finance; Financial Services Industry; Latin America;

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Citation:

Sahlman, William A., Ramiro Montealegre, and Luis Pereiro. "Patagon.com: Building (and Defending) the First Financial Destination in Latin America." Harvard Business School Case 800-185, January 2000. (Revised May 2000.)

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William A. Sahlman
Baker Foundation Professor, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
Entrepreneurial Management

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