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Celebrating our Student Fathers - MBA

Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion Women View Details

May 2017
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ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers

By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard

An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must... View Details

Keywords: Balancing Innovation And Control; Performance Evaluation; Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Risk Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Profit; Geographic Location; Governance Controls; Innovation and Invention; Management Succession; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
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Online Content Providers

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown

Describes the business model for online content providers, companies that distribute copyright content via the Internet. Focuses on their revenue and cost drivers and on the ways that online content providers create value for consumers. Also investigates the benefits... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Customers; Value Creation; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Cash Flow; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Profit; Information Industry

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Consolidated Balance Sheet - Annual Report 2014

Financials Balance Sheet 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Supplemental Financial Information Assets IN MILLIONS for the Fiscal Year {FY} ended June... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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A New Platform for Alumni Engagement

experiences of the alumni community?” Lakhani also notes that “a crucial element of the Learning Network is to ensure that we can create a community of alums across View Details

Keywords: April White

February 2013 (Revised December 2015)
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Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira R. Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice

Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and industrial... View Details

Keywords: Groom Energy Solutions; Jon Guerster; Salem, MA; Energy Management; Energy Efficiency Paradox; Sustainability Management; Manufacturing; Cold Storage; Commercial Real Estate; Enterprise Smart Grid; Carbon Accounting; LED Lighting; Sustainability Research; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Entrepreneurship; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Services; Electricity; Startup; Expansion; Growth; Sustainability; Business Startups; Forecasting and Prediction; Energy Conservation; Revenue; Geographic Location; Human Resources; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Service Delivery; Strategic Planning; Science; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Society; Social Issues; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; United States; Boston

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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Department of Commerce. It depicts the recycling of aquaculture and agriculture-derived cash flowing through a community: "If the community sets up its own business such as a... View Details

November 2017 (Revised November 2021)
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Irene Rosenfeld at Mondelēz International: Crafting a Corporate Strategy

By: Raffaella Sadun, David J. Collis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman

The case focuses on Irene Rosenfeld’s tenure as CEO of the global snack food company Mondelēz International. Beginning in 2006, she had led the company through many acquisitions, including France’s LU Biscuit and British confectionery company Cadbury, before, in 2012,... View Details

21 Jul 2010
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HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

open and never failed to clear trades. By providing the means to make these markets transparent and secure, we might be able to bring them back to life and thereby reactivate the flow of credit that... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices. Discounted cash flow and net present value, as commonly... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Kurt Piemonte

worked in several immigration law firms and the Harvard International Office where he filed non-immigrant and immigrant petitions for corporations, universities, medical facilities, musical institutions & individuals. Work Experience: Fragomen; Harvard University;... View Details

Keywords: Education; Emerging Markets

September 2010 (Revised December 2011)
Case

WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled

By: Mukti Khaire, Daniel Isenberg, Victoria Song and Shirley Spence

This case deals with supplier difficulties faced by WildChina—a travel service provider in China. WildChina is a classic case of a company that is trying to bring a local, within-country product to a market outside the country (in this case, travelers to China from... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Local Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Supply Chain Management; Conflict Management; Travel Industry; China

01 Sep 2008
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Farming for Fuel

Education programs. “One objective of the case is a greater understanding of the way materials and energy flow in the modern American agricultural system. As our economy... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2015
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Case Study: Golden Ticket

other gate-related event services. The company—which formed in late 2014 in a merger of a ticket-selling operation and a youth sports–focused custom commemoratives business—currently works with about two dozen schools in California, has... View Details

June 2017
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AKB48: Going Global? (A)

By: Juan Alcácer, Kotaro Sasamoto, Tee Chayakul and Mayuka Yamazaki

After a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities overseas for his artistic creation. This case introduces the business model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what... View Details