Andres Galindo
Babson Case Number: BAB124| Length: 17 Pages Abstract Andres Galindo is a young Colombian from an upper-middle class family in Bogotá. With his brother Carlos serving as the sole importer
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Lenta of St. Petersburg, Russia
Babson Case Number: BAB123| Length: 28 Pages Abstract Lenta is a cash and carry retail business located in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the time of the case, it was operating
Jim Poss
Babson Case Number: BAB096 | Length: 19 Pages Abstract Jim Poss’s enterprise, Seahorse Power Company (SPC), was an engineering start-up that encouraged the adoption of environmentally friendly methods of power
DayOne
Babson Case Number: BAB091 | Length: 24 Pages Abstract DayOne opened for business in January 2001. The first store, located in San Francisco, provides products and services to pre-natal and
USA Golf Holidays
Babson Case Number: BAB088 | Length: 12 Pages Abstract USA Golf Holidays is a five-year-old business specializing in customized vacations for golfers. Its 2003 revenue was $5.8 million with a
Neverfail Computing
Babson Case Number: BAB069 | Length: 22 Pages Abstract This case is positioned as the first high–potential startup in a new ventures course to increase the understanding of what constitutes
Adam Aircraft
Babson Case Number: BAB010 | Length: 23 Pages Abstract This case, intended to be positioned towards the end of a course in new ventures, chronicles the evolution of Adam Aircraft,
ILinc
Babson Case Number: BAB111 | Length: 21 Pages Abstract This case presents a situation that many students will face who are seriously considering launching their own new venture. It allows
Elderline Communications
Babson Case Number: BAB110 | Length: 17 Pages Abstract This case was written for graduate and undergraduate courses in entrepreneurship. Elderline Communications was a voice-application technology enterprise founded by two
Vayusa
Babson Case Number: BAB109 | Length: 8 Pages Abstract This case was written as a “B” case to be taught with the “Ajay Bam” case, BAB 070. The cases deal
Malincho
Babson Case Number: BAB098 | Length: 15 Pages Abstract The case is about a recent U.S. immigrant from Bulgaria who starts an import business because he probably has no better
Fundación Chile: Creating Innovative Enterprises
Babson Case Number: BAB089 | Length: 27 Pages Abstract Fundación Chile shows how a private non-profit corporation contributes to technological innovation and develops productive links, adds value and generates technological
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Matt Grant
Babson Case Number: BAB073 | Length: 15 Pages Abstract Matt Grant, a part-time MBA student, is developing a free publication that lists a calendar of upcoming athletic events including road
The Path to a Spin-off�Nortel Networks to NetActive
Babson Case Number: BAB067 | Length: x Pages Abstract Forthcoming
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Corporate Entrepreneurship for Dummies
Babson Case Number: BAB114 | Length: 11 Pages Abstract As the new Millennium dawned, many ‘old economy’ companies faced the challenge of transitioning into the Internet era, making ‘Go Web
Andrew Zenoff
Babson Case Number: BAB090 | Length: 28 Pages Abstract This case is designed to be used early in the basic new ventures course. A video of Andrew Zenoff answering questions
BetterLiving Patio Rooms
Babson Case Number: BAB072 | Length: 21 Pages Abstract This case could be positioned early in a new venture course. It is a good transition case from very early startups
Beautiful Legs By Post
Babson Case Number: BAB071 | Length: 42 Pages Abstract Beautiful Legs BY POST describes the startup of a mail order business selling women's tights in Britain. The principals are Elizabeth
Ajay Bam
Babson Case Number: BAB070 | Length: 17 Pages Abstract This case deals with a nascent high-potential business that is conceived by two MBA students who have no experience in the
Solidworks
Babson Case Number: BAB068 | Length: 7 Pages Abstract The SolidWorks case is a sequel to the Jon Hirschtick case (BAB 061). It describes the second round of financing. The
Grupo Assa, S.A. (D)
Babson Case Number: BAB031 | Length: 3 Pages Abstract The Grupo ASSA case series is targeted towards executive and graduate level courses in international mergers & acquisitions, negotiations, particularly when
Grupo Assa, S.A. (C)
Babson Case Number: BAB030 | Length: 17 Pages Abstract The Grupo ASSA case series is targeted towards executive and graduate level courses in international mergers & acquisitions, negotiations, particularly when
Grupo Assa, S.A. (B)
Babson Case Number: BAB029 | Length: 11 Pages Abstract The Grupo ASSA case series is targeted towards executive and graduate level courses in international mergers & acquisitions, negotiations, particularly when
Grupo Assa, S.A. (A)
Babson Case Number: BAB028 | Length: 20 Pages Abstract The Grupo ASSA case series is targeted towards executive and graduate level courses in international mergers & acquisitions, negotiations, particularly when
Quality at Gillette Argentina
Babson Case Number: BAB003 | Length: 12 Pages Abstract This case is appropriate for use in undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in human resource management, team dynamics and design, and
Peter Richterich
Babson Case Number: 057-C00 | Length: x Pages Abstract An 18-month-old biotech software development company seeks seed money to develop DNA sequencing software. The entrepreneur is a scientist/software engineer who
EveryCD
Babson Case Number: 058-C00 | Length: x Pages Abstract An online music retailer struggles to keep pace with rapidly changing Internet technology and competition. Competing with industry giants such as
Chrysler: Rebirth of an Automaker
Babson Case Number: 059-C00AB | Length: x Pages Abstract Chrysler was Forbes magazine's "Company of the Year" in 1997. Eighteen years earlier, however, a loan guarantee by the Federal government
Scott Perry 2000
Babson Case Number: 060-C00AB | Length: x Pages Abstract x
The Beard Food Company
Babson Case Number: 061-C00AB | Length: x Pages Abstract A family owned and operated manufacturing firm is faced with the issue of succession as the father/owner decides to retire after
Educational Marketing Specialists
Babson Case Number: 062-C00 | Length: x Pages Abstract x
Monty Python
Babson Case Number: 063-C00 | Length: x Pages Abstract The owner and founder of an established licensing agency, Jerry Houle, who was also a former Muppet, has always been a
Database Technologies Inc.
Babson Case Number: 064-C00AB | Length: x Pages Abstract A young software company about to be harvested nearly comes to a tragic end when a truck accident kills a key
Cover-It
Babson Case Number: 065-C00 | Length: x Pages Abstract The founder of Cover-It, a business that sells advertising space on free book covers for high schools, is faced with the
Active International
Babson Case Number: BAB024 | Length: x Pages Abstract Forthcoming
Barter Industry Note
Babson Case Number: BAB025 | Length: x Pages Abstract Forthcoming
Diana Mondino and Viviana Zocco at S&P Argentina
Babson Case Number: BAB016 | Length: 14 Pages Abstract In the first eighteen months after Mondino and Zocco had sold their credit rating firm to S&P, business had soared. The
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Eureka! Ranch
Babson Case Number: 046-C99 | Length: x Pages Abstract Providing an environment conducive for the generation of new ideas, the Eureka! Ranch, a corporate resort, enjoys fabulous success with numerous
Glow Dog
Babson Case Number: 047-C99 | Length: x Pages Abstract Her friends called her a "serial entrepreneur." After selling one company to Microsoft for $5 million, the M.I.T. PhD in biomechanics
Wink Communications
Babson Case Number: 048-C99 | Length: x Pages Abstract An interactive television (I-TV) company, in the early-stage growth period, is continuously searching for large amounts of additional financing to support
Xerox New Enterprise
Babson Case Number: 049-C99 | Length: x Pages Abstract Xerox Corporation, founded as a copier company in 1958, decides in the late 1980s to take advantage of the products and
College Coach
Babson Case Number: 051-C99 | Length: x Pages Abstract A college admissions advisory service, started by two Babson College graduates, wrestles with critical marketing decisions on how to boost their
ClearVue
Babson Case Number: 010-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract ClearVue Products is a wonderful David versus Goliath story in the consumer products industry. It deals with a tiny company in
Fjord Trading Company
Babson Case Number: 025-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract Fjord Trading (A) is a case about a management buy-in (MBI). The founding entrepreneurs cornered the market on a species of
Kronos Incorporated
Babson Case Number: 037-C98AB | Length: x Pages Abstract A company providing software for corporate intranets to facilitate the collection and management of time and labor-related data must contend with
Go Fish
Babson Case Number: 039-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract The entrepreneurial founder of a credit and collections service for the seafood industry decides to start an on-line sales and information
Scott Berggren
Babson Case Number: 040-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, there appeared to be tremendous opportunities for American businesses. There were deals
David Perlman
Babson Case Number: 041-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract A young aggressive salesman attempts to change employers when he receives a summons in the mail notifying him that his previous
Jim Nahill
Babson Case Number: 043-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract A pharmacist looking for a career change enrolls in Babson's MBA program and begins planning his new business venture in the
Patio Rooms of America
Babson Case Number: 044-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract Six months after becoming the Boston area dealer for the manufacturer of BetterLiving Patio Rooms, the founder, John Esler, is anxious
Sten-Tel Inc
Babson Case Number: 045-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract Sten-Tel is a family owned business that provides transcription services for lawyers, insurance and medical companies and various government agencies such
Rocky's Ace Hardware (A, B, and C)
Babson Case Number: 053-C98 | Length: x Pages Abstract When hardware giant Home Depot opens up a new store, local hardware stores scramble to survive. In cases A and B,
Gary Mueller
Babson Case Number: 017-C97A | Length: x Pages Abstract x
Internet Securities
Babson Case Number: 017-C97B | Length: x Pages Abstract x
Netmarquee
Babson Case Number: 022-C97 | Length: x Pages Abstract Two entrepreneurs start an Internet company that provides content enhancement for existing web sites just as the Internet industry was taking
Alexander Norman and Toni Randolph-Norman
Babson Case Number: 033-C97 | Length: x Pages Abstract x
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Vincent Langone and David Schneider
Babson Case Number: 034-C97A | Length: x Pages Abstract x
Formica Corporation (A & B)
Babson Case Number: 034-C97B | Length: x Pages Abstract Two executives contend with persistent and severe financial problems, sometimes due to success, sometimes due to duress. During the early years
Family Education Network 2001 (A) (B) (C)
Babson Case Number: 036-C97A | Length: x Pages Abstract At age 32, and after starting four businesses during and after his Babson College days, Jon Carson knew he wanted to
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AirTech
Babson Case Number: 001-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract This case describes how a successful serial entrepreneur launched and harvested increasingly complex business ventures. AirTech was twelve years old in
American Financial System
Babson Case Number: 003-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract The case focuses American Financial Systems' (AFS') efforts to enter the international market. After unsuccessful attempts to sell the product in
Mike Bellobuono
Babson Case Number: 004-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract This is a classic case study of a student who is compelled to launch a career as an entrepreneur right out
Bagelz
Babson Case Number: 004-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract Bagelz is the sequel to the Mike Bellobuono case. Mike and his three partners owned Bagel Boys, a seven store Connecticut-based
Paul Tobin
Babson Case Number: 005-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract x
Boston Communications Group, Inc
Babson Case Number: 005-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract x
ENOX Technologies
Babson Case Number: 013-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract This case enables students to understand the process that many inventors-cum-entrepreneurs go through as they strive to develop their inventions and
Internet Fashion Mall, LLC
Babson Case Number: 016-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract This case describes an entrepreneur's efforts to build a successful Internet-based business. Students must evaluate a rapidly changing environment based on
Take-A-Break Travel
Babson Case Number: 027-C96B | Length: x Pages Abstract Two partners in the college spring break travel business must decide whether to expand into the high school travel business. The
Winsales
Babson Case Number: 032-C96 | Length: x Pages Abstract Bill and Lisa Pernsteiner created a best-of-class sales automation software product but agonized over their marketing campaign, which consisted of magazine
Alco Equipment
Babson Case Number: 002-C95 | Length: x Pages Abstract This case focuses on the relationship between two manufacturers and a common distributor in a consolidating industry. Alco Equipment had three
Jack Sprat's Restaurant
Babson Case Number: 018-C95 | Length: x Pages Abstract Jack Sprat's Restaurant is a case about Chris Harami's quest to start a high-potential restaurant chain. It should be positioned early
SeaFax
Babson Case Number: 028-C95 | Length: x Pages Abstract The (A) case follows a top Dunn & Bradstreet salesman after he resigned and launched a company to fill an under-served
Shaker Circuits
Babson Case Number: 029-C95 | Length: x Pages Abstract This case focuses on the buy-out of a private printed circuit manufacturer. Friends from childhood, David Gray and Peter Mullin want
Jon Hirschtick's New Venture
Babson Case Number: BAB061 | Length: x Pages Abstract The Jon Hirschtick case is the first in a two-case series. The second case is SolidWorks, which is the company that
John Roughneen
Babson Case Number: 031-C95A | Length: x Pages Abstract John Roughneen is the first case in a series. Streamline Business Systems is the second case. The John Roughneen case deals
Streamline Business Systems
Babson Case Number: 031-C95B | Length: x Pages Abstract Streamline Business Systems is the second case in a series; the first case is John Roughneen, which deals with the following:
DTG
Babson Case Number: 012-C93AC | Length: x Pages Abstract x
Diamond Technology Group
Babson Case Number: 012-C93B | Length: x Pages Abstract The Diamond Technical Group case is used in both New Ventures and a Managing Growing Businesses courses to illustrate the difficulties
Quick Lube Franchise Corp. (QLFC)
Babson Case Number: 019-C92 | Length: x Pages Abstract QLFC is a franchisee of Super Lube, the number one franchisor in the quick lube and oil-change business. In ten years,
Scott Tompkins
Babson Case Number: 027-C88A | Length: x Pages Abstract These cases are examples of students getting their first entrepreneurial experience by starting a campus business. It illustrates that there are