Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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Alltech

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky–based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018), sales in 120 countries, 5,000 employees, and 100 manufacturing plants worldwide. For nearly four decades, Alltech... View Details

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01 Dec 2017
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The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)

When did you and your cofounder come up with the idea for Bubble (Bubble is a visual programming tool that empowers anyone to build software, apps, and websites without writing any code)? Josh Haas, my cofounder, came up with the idea View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

the fact that they are often breaking new ground. Pathfinders In China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and around the Pacific Rim, top managers are confronting the realities of globalization, navigating through major shifts in... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

the growth of younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53689 forthcoming Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature By: Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule, or intimidate. Not every idea is good, and yes there are stupid questions, and yes dissent can slow... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2007
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Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

providers, abetted by legislators and insurance companies, have made it virtually impossible for them to succeed. Unlike any other U.S. industry, consumers do not set prices, yet they provide all the money through taxes for government... View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

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Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

Shi, Thales S. Teixeira, and Michel Wedel Abstract—Consumers have an increasingly wide variety of options available to entertain themselves. This poses a challenge for content aggregators who want to effectively promote their video content online View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

27 Aug 2019
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Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland

exclusively on stretching. After the 50-minute workout, guests enjoyed a brief cool-down with healthy refreshments, followed by an hour-long discussion. “Teaching this group was a lot of fun,” says Freeman. “It was a whole new experience for most of them, but they all... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12

Harmonization Author:Karthik Ramanna Abstract The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007

issues is brief and non-technical. Provides actual deferred tax information from AOL's Form 10-K, where net operating loss carry forwards result in a large deferred tax asset and the accounting for software and deferred subscriber View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

subordinates to become entrepreneurs. In fact, entrepreneurship has been defined (by Howard H. Stevenson and J. Carlos Jarillo) as "the process by which individuals—either on their own or inside organizations—pursue opportunities... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

under the bridge — ancient history, like the history of imperial China. Markets have short memories. Many young traders today did not even experience the Asian crisis of 1997–1998. Those who went into finance after 2000 lived through... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Staff Directory Chelsea Barrett Research Data Acquisition Specialist Baker Research & Data Services chbarrett@hbs.edu Areas of Expertise: data licensing and vendor relationships, data sourcing and access. Jen Beauregard Information... View Details

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regulators and Innovators By: Gordon, William J., and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Software has become an increasingly important component of medical device technology. Through legislation like... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’

acquisition costs. These results suggest that eBay's foray into leveraging the social Internet for profit reveals a replicable strategy that benefits both the company and the consumer and can be succinctly summarized as: eBay increases... View Details

03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for separating these two effects. We implement the methodology in a... View Details