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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
(PhDOB 2019) has studied the issues facing local papers from multiple angles. Now, as cofounder and CEO of the National Trust for Local News, she has developed a first-of-its-kind model to preserve local View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
kicking off a panel discussion at Cyberposium 2000. "But I think it's fair to characterize the incubator space as rather a sleepy one." Until now, that is. Once largely the domain of universities and public economic development...
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by Kenneth Liss
- March 2023
- Article
Developing Moral Muscle in a Literature-based Business Ethics Course
By: Inge M. Brokerhof, Sandra J. Sucher, P. Matthijs Bal, Frank Hakemulder, Paul G. W. Jansen and Omar N. Solinger
Moral subjectivity (e.g., reflexivity, perspective-taking) is a necessary condition for moral
development. However, widely used approaches to business ethics education, rooted in
conceptualizations of ethical development as objective and quantifiable, often neglect...
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Brokerhof, Inge M., Sandra J. Sucher, P. Matthijs Bal, Frank Hakemulder, Paul G. W. Jansen, and Omar N. Solinger. "Developing Moral Muscle in a Literature-based Business Ethics Course." Academy of Management Learning & Education 22, no. 1 (March 2023): 63–87.
- January 2013 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
The New Carolina Initiative
By: Michael E. Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo
The New Carolina Initiative case explores the process of fostering competitiveness in the subnational region, South Carolina, one of the poorest states in the United States. The case has been developed primarily for use in the course "Microeconomics of...
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Public Sector;
Poverty;
Competitive Strategy;
Private Sector;
Economic Growth;
South Carolina
Porter, Michael E., and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo. "The New Carolina Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 713-462, January 2013. (Revised November 2016.)
The Comingled Code: Open Source and Economic Development
Discussions of the economic impact of open source software often generate more heat than light. Advocates passionately assert the benefits of open source while critics decry its effects. Missing from the debate is rigorous economic analysis and systematic economic... View Details
- July 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Millipore New Product Commercialization: A Tale of Two New Products
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Kevin Bartus
Millipore, the worldwide leader in separations technology, was in the process of launching two key new products: one a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometer and the other a virus separation membrane. The case documents the product development and commercialization...
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Kevin Bartus. "Millipore New Product Commercialization: A Tale of Two New Products." Harvard Business School Case 594-010, July 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- 22 Aug 2018
- News
Developing a Strategy for the Digital World
- September 2008 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
By 2008, a number of the firm's early cleantech investments were showing promise, and the companies were starting to need significantly more money to create the massive scale required in the energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Marketing;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
New Product Development;
Partnerships;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Venture Capital;
Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Renewable Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment Funds;
Environmental Sustainability;
Product Development;
Biotechnology Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, William A. Sahlman, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 809-004, September 2008. (Revised July 2012.)
- November–December 2019
- Article
Pivoting Isn't Enough? Managing Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures
By: Rory McDonald and Cheng Gao
New ventures often experience deviations from their plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and their target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how managers explain such changes and justify their ventures in...
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Keywords:
Strategic Reorientation;
Technology Entrepreneurship;
Innovation;
Product Development Processes;
Organizational Adaptation;
Qualitative Methods (General);
Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Development;
Communication Strategy
McDonald, Rory, and Cheng Gao. "Pivoting Isn't Enough? Managing Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures." Organization Science 30, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 1289–1318.
- October 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Team New Zealand (A)
By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
The case describes the development process used by Team New Zealand to design their two yachts for the 1995 America's Cup. During development, the team makes extensive use of simulation and physical prototyping to improve the initial design concept. As they approach...
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Keywords:
Product Design;
Design;
Product Development;
Sports;
Ship Transportation;
Research and Development;
Situation or Environment;
Decisions;
Sports Industry;
New Zealand
Iansiti, Marco, and Alan D. MacCormack. "Team New Zealand (A)." Harvard Business School Case 697-040, October 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 07 Oct 2015
- Webinars: Career
Stand Out: How to Develop your Breakthrough Idea
Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they'll succeed. But that's simply not true anymore. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, ideas matterand it's become essential for both companies and individuals to innovate. In this...
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- 2019
- Working Paper
Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
By: Kristin Sippl
While much is known about voluntary sustainability standards' contributions to certain issues in certain sectors, less is known about their contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper helps balance the...
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Keywords:
Sustainability Standards;
Gold;
Certification;
Eco-labeling;
International Law;
Extractive Industries;
Fair Trade;
United Nations;
Sustainable Development;
Environmental Sustainability;
Standards;
Adoption;
Governance;
Global Range;
Luxury;
Mining Industry
Sippl, Kristin. "Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-024, September 2018. (Revised April 2019. Revise and Resubmit.)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
How should employers and workers adapt to the new demands in today’s technologically driven workforce? Two recent reports by HBS professor Joseph Fuller examine innovative paths to training and building talent pipelines. The first report...
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Dan Morrell
- November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Amul and India's National Dairy Development Board
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder
Amul Dairy has been a successful change maker in India's dairy system. How does it move from this success to the new challenges facing the Indian food system--is it an appropriate model?
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Leading Change;
Success;
Cooperative Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Food and Beverage Industry;
India
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Srinivas Sunder. "Amul and India's National Dairy Development Board." Harvard Business School Case 599-060, November 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Training managers in the developing world
Through the Southern African Development Community Business School Network he established with the University of Botswana and the University of Pretoria, Richard America (MBA 1965) is on a mission to help train first-rate managers in the...
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- June 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Background Note
New Product Commercialization: Common Mistakes
Addresses the common mistakes made in new product development and launch. Many times customers' and suppliers' perceptions of the degree of product/market innovation do not match. One of them may view the innovations as a "breakthrough," but the other may view it only...
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Rangan, V. Kasturi. "New Product Commercialization: Common Mistakes." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-127, June 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- Program
Launching New Ventures
Summary Successful entrepreneurship takes more than an innovative idea—it also requires the right mindset and skillset. Whether you're developing new business, launching new...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Faculty News
With the 2000-2001 academic year in full swing, the expanding HBS faculty — now more than two hundred members strong — has seen a number of promotions, accessions to chaired professorships, movement of previously chaired professors to vacated chairs, and, in two cases,...
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- March 2014 (Revised May 2016)
- Technical Note
Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding
By: Lynda Applegate, Vincent Dessain, Emilie Billaud and Daniela Beyersdorfer
This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types of angel investors, focusing on their investment preferences and practices. It then details the new trends in the...
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Keywords:
Angel Investors;
Crowdfunding;
Financing and Loans;
Investment;
Financial Services Industry;
Europe
Applegate, Lynda, Vincent Dessain, Emilie Billaud, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding." Harvard Business School Technical Note 814-047, March 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- Web
Developing the Plan - Advancing Racial Equity
Action Plan Developing the Plan One-Year Action Plan Update Re: Srikant Datar, Terrill Drake, Jan Hammond & Brian Kenny 23 SEP 2021 Dean Srikant Datar discusses the School’s Advancing Racial Equity action plan at the one-year...
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