4 case(s) found.
Case A describes the creation and growth of Nuru Energy. Starting from nothing, the founder 'bootstraps' a social venture with the goal of providing affordable and effective lighting solutions for 800 million people without access to the electricity grid in sub-Saharan Africa and India.
Reference 5847
Published 26 Feb 2013
Length 2 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Other Regions
Industry Renewables & Environment
Case A describes the creation and growth of Nuru Energy. Starting from nothing, the founder 'bootstraps' a social venture with the goal of providing affordable and effective lighting solutions for 800 million people without access to the electricity grid in sub-Saharan Africa and India.
Cumberland Entertainment, a niche music producer, was looking for capital to finance its planned expansion. CEO, Tom Smith, entered into negotiations with private equity firms, and struck an agreement that turned out to be incomplete. As a result, serious problems arose between financial investors and management.
Reference 5242
Published 01 Dec 2004
Length 27 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Other Regions
Cumberland Entertainment, a niche music producer, was looking for capital to finance its planned expansion. CEO, Tom Smith, entered into negotiations with private equity firms, and struck an agreement that turned out to be incomplete. As a result, serious problems arose between financial investors and management.
This is the second of a four-case series. Cumberland Entertainment, a niche music producer, was looking for capital to finance its planned expansion. CEO Tom Smith entered into negotiations with private equity firms, and struck an agreement that turned out to be incomplete. As a result, serious problems arose between financial investors and management.
Reference 5242
Published 01 Dec 2004
Length 5 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Other Regions
This is the second of a four-case series. Cumberland Entertainment, a niche music producer, was looking for capital to finance its planned expansion. CEO Tom Smith entered into negotiations with private equity firms, and struck an agreement that turned out to be incomplete. As a result, serious problems arose between financial investors and management.
In Fall 2003, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man and the CEO of Yukos, the second-largest Russian oil producer with a market capitalization of US$26 billion, was arrested and thrown into jail on charges of fraud. Several days later he resigned as CEO of Yukos.
Reference 5176
Published 01 Jul 2005
Length 20 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Other Regions
Industry Oil & Energy
In Fall 2003, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man and the CEO of Yukos, the second-largest Russian oil producer with a market capitalization of US$26 billion, was arrested and thrown into jail on charges of fraud. Several days later he resigned as CEO of Yukos.