t was in February 2012, and the founder of Parenting green plants as gifts firm faces important business decision. Reflecting the transaction, given to him by an investment company, he asked for wisdom gives up to 50 percent control of his company in return for a proposed investment of $ 10 million in capital funding. Will investors take control over the company from his hand, or do they provide the necessary capital and rewarding experience of doing business? In addition, if he has acquired venture capital, as well as where it should allocate resources and its efforts to maximize their business can benefit from the influx of capital? Does it need to invest in the construction of warehouses to better serve their customers by achieving a shorter period? Does it need to invest in research and development to increase the knowledge capital of the business, or he must consider other options? "Hide
by Nakul Gupta, DP Goyal Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 9 pages. Publication Date: September 5, 2012. Prod. #: W12182-PDF-ENG
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