Saturday, December 27, 2008

The Competent Manager or Entrepreneurial Finance

The Competent Manager: A Model for Effective Performance

Author: Richard E Boyatzis

Offers an empirical, "total" system approach that determines which characteristics of managers enable them to be effective in various management jobs. Presents a large-scale, intensive study (2,000 managers holding 41 different jobs in 12 organizations) that provides a context for identifying the special characteristics, as well as assessing and developing managerial talent. Develops a logical, integrated model of managerial competence that explains the relationship of these characteristics to each other, to the functions of the management job, and to the key aspects of the internal organizational environment. Also introduces a model of individual competence.



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Entrepreneurial Finance: A Casebook

Author: Paul Gompers

Gompers and Sahlman are two of the leading researchers and authorities in this field.



Table of Contents:
SECTION I. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

Module I.A. SOURCES OF VALUE.

1. Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance.

2. The Knot.

3. Beta Group.

4. Cachet Technologies.

5. Some Thoughts on Business Plans.

6. NSK Software Technologies Ltd..

MODULE I.B. UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PRO FORMA MODELS.

7. Tutor Time (A).

8. Fenchel Lampshade Company.

MODULE I.C. PURCHASING FIRMS, BUYOUTS, AND VALUATION.

9. A Note on Valuation in Entrepreneurial Ventures.

10. Digital Everywhere, Inc.

11. The Carlton Polish Company.

12. Record Masters

MODULE I.D. REAL OPTIONS.

13. Capital Projects as Real Options: An Introduction

14 Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones.

15. E-ink: Financing Growth

16. Genset: 1989.

SECTION II. FINANCING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRM:

MODULE II A. VENTURE CAPITAL.

17. A Note on Private Equity Securities.

18. edocs, Inc. (A)

MODULE II.B. ANGEL FINANCING.

19. A Note on Angel Financing.

20. Honest Tea

MODULE III.C. VENTURE LEASING.

21. Note on the Venture Leasing Industry.

22. Efficient market services: August 1993 (A).

MODULE II.D. FRANCHISING.

23. A Note on Franchising.

24. Tutor Time (B).

MODULE II.E. BANKS.

25. Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (A).

MODULE III.F. LICENSING/STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.

26. A Note on Strategic Alliances.

27. Parenting magazine.

MOCULE II.G. GOVERNMENTS FINANCING

28. A Note on Government Sources of Financing for Small Businesses.

29. TorrentSystems.

SECTION III. HARVESTING :

MODULE III.A. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS.

30. A Note on the Initial Public Offering Process.

31. Amazon.com--Going Public.

32. Arthrocare.

MODULE III.B. ACQUISITIONS.

33. Nantucket Nectars.

34. HIMs Corp, Inc.

SECTION IV. RENEWAL IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRM.

35. Dell Ventures.

Glossary.

Index

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