Chapter $5$ Case $$ Management at Work $-$ Leaping to Constructions pg$\mathrm{.}140-142$

Fundamentals of Management by Ricky Griffin $10$th edition

$1.$What are Project Frog$$s distinctive competencies? In what ways has it succeeded in emphasizing them?

$2.$ Now that it has a foothold in school construction, Project Frog has set its sights on an even more promising sector$$healthcare construction. Why is the construction of healthcare facilities consistent with Project Frog$$s distinctive competencies? Why does the company see this sector as such a promising area of growth?

$3.$ The Center for Green Schools reports that students$$ ability to learn can be enhanced by improvements in indoor air, acoustics, thermal comfort, and daylighting. Former president Bill Clinton says that $$we should be right now engaged in retrofitting every school in America for sustainability.$$ What about you? Judging from your own experience$$whether positive, negative, or somewhere in between$$do you think that the environmental quality of school facilities is an important factor in helping students to learn? How did the schools that you attended measure up on environmental support for learning? How about the classroom that you$$re sitting in now?

$4.$ As the case informs us$,$ RockPort Capital played a crucial role in providing Project Frog with financing at an early stage of its development $($$$8$ million in $2008).$ In $2011,$ GE Energy Financial Services led a second round of funding totaling $$22$ million. A third round, in $2013,$ netted $$20$ million, mostly from Convergent Capital Management $($CCM$),$ bringing the total to $$50$ million. All three investment firms are venture capital companies. Check out each of these companies online $($you probably don't have to go much further than the home page$).$ You$$ll find that each company has different investment criteria. It should also be clear that Project Frog was a good investment match for each one. Why?

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