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Reference no. 9-603-084
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: H Kent Bowen (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2002
Version: 27 February 2015
Revision date: 13-Mar-2015
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Agile software development; Financial capital needed; Subordinated debts; Zero sum negotiations; Long-term financing; Bank loans; Mergers & acquisitions (M&A); Social security; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Entrepreneurs; Incubators; Change management; Technology; International operations
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Abstract

Jim Sharpe, 11 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% oner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his employees on the first day.
Location:
Massachusetts
Industries:
Aluminum; Securities & investment banking; Electron microscopes
Size:
USD3.8 million revenues, 100 employees
Other setting(s):
1987
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-806-175
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Paul W Marshall (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2006
Version: 29 February 2012
Revision date: 12-Apr-2012
Length: 4 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract

Jim Sharpe, 11 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% oner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his employees on the first day.

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Location:
Massachusetts
Industries:
Aluminum; Securities & investment banking; Electron microscopes
Size:
USD3.8 million revenues, 100 employees
Other setting(s):
1987

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-806-175
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Paul W Marshall (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2006
Version: 29 February 2012
Revision date: 12-Apr-2012
Length: 4 pages
Data source: Field research
View full details