CASE: E-323 DATE: 11/18/08 IDENTIFYING VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs‚ then I proceed to invent. —Thomas Edison INTRODUCTION One of the biggest questions on every hopeful entrepreneur’s mind is‚ ―how do I come up with a compelling idea for a new venture?‖ While there is no right or wrong answer to this question‚ there are several things to be aware of and thinking
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1. Having in regard all the information that is given in the Case Study‚ what is‚ in your opinion‚ the best Investor/Partner choice for NatuRi Corporation? Is it the Angel Investor‚ the Strategic Investor‚ Waltham Partners or Westlake Partners? Please justify your answers. We are going to discuss each investor separately before coming to our conclusion. 1. The Angel Investor An angel investor bears extremely high risk and is usually subject to dilution from future investment rounds. Therefore
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special connections to the firm * Placement agent role - getting personal kickbacks for directing them to investment vehicles * Calpers fraud problem with pension funds and personal incentives 2. Compensation * 2nd five years of venture capital firms is called – harvesting – don’t have to work that hard‚ essentially let the investments run themselves * Management fees should decline over time‚ lower during harvesting season * Carried interest – where VC’s make their money
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to use joint venture as their favorite entry mode due to its unique advantages‚ such as: directly access to the local partner’s knowledge‚ sharing development costs and risks. Meanwhile‚ it is important to figure out the factors that will cause failure of joint venture. Generally‚ 3 major factors: culture difference‚ poor leadership and insufficient planning which are all fatal to the operation of joint venture. Cultural differences have direct influences on international joint venture performance
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What Is A Joint Venture Joint venture is a collaboration of two or more businesses to undertake a common economic activity. A joint venture then is a partnership‚ a contract between to parties‚ or a corporation. However‚ the difference between business partnership and a joint venture is that a former may be established before a company is formed while the latter is a collaboration of 2 or more existing entities forming a tie. It must be cleared though that a joint venture is still a partnership
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General Electric’s Joint Ventures General Electric (GE) formerly entered a foreign market by either acquiring an established firm or establishing a greenfield subsidiary (which is a wholly owned from ground up turnkey project). Joint ventures with a local company were almost never considered. The prevailing philosophy was that without full control‚ the company didn’t do the deal. However‚ times have changed. Since the early 2000s joint ventures have become one of the most powerful strategic tools
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A joint venture is a contractual agreement joining together two or more businesses in which each agrees to share profit‚ loss‚ and control in a specific enterprise. While a joint venture might seem similar to a partnership‚ there is one key difference that sets them apart. Members of a partnership have joined together to run a “business in common‚” while members of a joint venture have joined together for a particular purpose or project (Ward 1). The joint venture in our case is between Hangzhou
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for Joint Ventures in China. Danone and Wahaha Case Study. 1 Lessons for Joint Ventures in China Danone and Wahaha Case Study 8/17/2012 MSc International Management programme Management across Cultures Prague College Lessons for Joint Ventures in China. Danone and Wahaha Case Study. 2 Contents 1. 2. 3. Objectives and scope. ........................................................................................................................... 3 Joint Venture: definition
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suppliers of telecom solutions in Malaysia. The case involves a possible joint venture with Sakari‚ the leading manufacturer in Finland of mobile phones and telecom systems. There is a large potential in the future development of telecom facilities in Malaysia and the two enterprises have discussed a joint venture. Nora is a leading supplier of telecommunication services in Malaysia. They are looking for a Joint Venture to manufacture and commission digital switching exchanges to meet the needs of
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Authors: Armin Schwienbacher & Benjamin Larralde CROWDFUNDING OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES Book chapter forthcoming in Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance (Oxford University Press) Date: September 28‚ 2010 (final version) Armin Schwienbacher‚ Professor of finance‚ Université Lille Nord de France‚ Faculté de Finance‚ Banque et Comptabilité‚ Rue de Mulhouse 2 - BP 381‚ F - 59020 Lille Cédex (France); +33 3 20 90 75 34 ; armin.schwienbacher@univ-lille2.fr. SKEMA Business School‚ Avenue Willy
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