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- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
also discusses the German health care system, its regulatory constraints, and Schön's attempts to change the paradigm of competition in the sector. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712475-PDF-ENG SecondMarket - Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
At last year's Grammy Awards, singer Pharrell Williams wore such an outlandish hat—a cross between Smokey the Bear's forest-brown lid and The Sorting Hat at Gryffindor—that it quickly received its own Twitter account. Then some marketing...
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- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
TerraPower has received multiple rounds of funding—and its chairman, Bill Gates, is the wealthiest person on earth. (Last year, Lassiter coauthored a business case about TerraPower's funding issues, along with HBS colleagues William View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
structuring. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-003 Pershing Square 2.0 In June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and founder of New...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
The Time for Hope," HBS No. 310-070. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/313010-PDF-ENG CSN Stores William A. Sahlman and Neil TolaneyHarvard Business School Case...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
Tysons Corner, Teaching Note
By: Donald A. Brown and William J. Poorvu
Teaching Note for (9-390-052).
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Retail Industry
- September 1985 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
Ohio Building
By: Donald A. Brown and William J. Poorvu
Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities
Brown, Donald A., and William J. Poorvu. "Ohio Building." Harvard Business School Case 386-066, September 1985. (Revised May 1990.)
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
Professor William A. Sahlman calls "the problem of simultaneity." If, as the business school defines it, entrepreneurship is the pursuit of a business opportunity...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
prices. Implications for research on the substantive and symbolic effects of inter-organizational affiliations are discussed. Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us.) Authors:William A. View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2020
- Article
How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?
By: Paul A. Gompers, William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal firm organization, and relationships...
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Gompers, Paul A., William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev. "How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?" Journal of Financial Economics 135, no. 1 (January 2020): 169–190.
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
Canadian GAAP, (2) adopting U.S. GAAP, or (3) adopting IFRS. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110023-PDF-ENG Nantucket Nectars: The Exit Joseph B. Lassiter, III, William A. Sahlman,...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
Authors:Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson, William A. Sahlman, Paul W. Marshall, and Richard G. Hamermesh, eds. Publication:New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Abstract New Business Ventures and the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 1990 (Revised December 1990)
- Case
Kaiser Steel Corporation, 1972
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William Schiano
Addresses corporate restructuring. Asks students to consider how Kaiser should respond to strong competition from imported steel. Focuses particularly on labor relations in the U.S. steel industry and the feedback from contract negotiations and wage settlements into...
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Restructuring;
Decisions;
Investment;
Contracts;
Negotiation;
Labor and Management Relations;
Competition;
Steel Industry;
United States
Luehrman, Timothy A., and William Schiano. "Kaiser Steel Corporation, 1972." Harvard Business School Case 291-012, September 1990. (Revised December 1990.)
- August 2008 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Nantero
By: William A. Sahlman, Dan Heath and Caroline Perkins
This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional venture capital. Potential investors have competing visions for the company, and its business model. Some...
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Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Product Development;
Production;
Technology;
Semiconductor Industry
Sahlman, William A., Dan Heath, and Caroline Perkins. "Nantero." Harvard Business School Case 809-031, August 2008. (Revised December 2009.)
- Article
Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective
By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William A. Kahn and Robin J. Ely
This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. organizations and to inform an approach for disrupting it. We treat White men as the dominant group and Black people as the archetypal subordinate group...
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Equality and Inequality;
Race;
Prejudice and Bias;
Organizational Culture;
Gender;
Power and Influence;
Employees;
Attitudes
Mobasseri, Sanaz, William A. Kahn, and Robin J. Ely. "Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective." Academy of Management Review (in press). (Pre-published online January 4, 2024.)
- October 2022
- Case
EducationSuperHighway 2.0
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
In 2012, Evan Marwell launched EducationSuperHighway (ESH) to address a major problem: though most public K-12 schools in the US had access to the Internet, only roughly 30% had true broadband access that would enable every student to have high speed connectivity. ...
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Nonprofit Organizations;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Social Issues;
Leading Change;
Early Childhood Education;
Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Telecommunications Industry;
Education Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
San Francisco
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Emily Grandjean. "EducationSuperHighway 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 823-060, October 2022.
- November 2021 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
QuantumScape CEO Jagdeep Singh juggles the many activities required to lead the next-generation battery pioneer. Founded in 2010, QuantumScape’s mission was to develop new “solid-state” car batteries that would improve upon traditional lithium-ion batteries in key...
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Batteries;
Electric Vehicles;
SPACs;
Innovation and Management;
Technological Innovation;
Science-Based Business;
Environmental Sustainability;
Auto Industry;
Energy Industry;
California;
San Jose
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future." Harvard Business School Case 822-044, November 2021. (Revised May 2022.)
- August 2018
- Technical Note
Evaluating Start Ups
A framework for assessing new business opportunities and the business plans used to describe them is developed. Useful for aspiring entrepreneurs in MBA programs.
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Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, and Robert F. White. "Evaluating Start Ups." Harvard Business School Technical Note 819-039, August 2018.
- March 2015
- Case
West Coast Chill
By: William A. Sahlman, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
The fall of 2010 marked the 20th year that Mitchell Joseph, a fourth generation beverage executive, serial entrepreneur, and the founder of the Joseph Company (the "Company"), had been working on developing the technology for a self-chilling can. Mitchell was at an...
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Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Sahlman, William A., Robert F. White, and Stephanie Puzio. "West Coast Chill." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 815-704, March 2015.
- November 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
FairMarket: Managing Business Development
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Cathy Taylor
Describes the evolution of FairMarket, a provider of turnkey auction services to community and merchant Web sites. Describes several deals that the CEO must negotiate, requiring a view of the company's valuation.
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Partners and Partnerships;
Internet and the Web;
Valuation;
Negotiation Deal;
Auctions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Cathy Taylor. "FairMarket: Managing Business Development." Harvard Business School Case 800-212, November 1999. (Revised June 2000.)