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Professor Wei-Skillern's research is focused in the field of Social Enterprise. Her research examines the creation of social value in both commercial and nonprofit organizations. In the former stream of research on corporate social responsibility, she has studied...
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- 12 Apr 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
From Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark
- Teaching Interest
Launching Technology Ventures
This course takes the perspective of founders struggling to achieve product market fit in their early-stage startups. Our cases focus on founder decision during this search and discovery phase, both in the experiments that they design and run as well as the... View Details
- June 2012
- Case
The Atavist: Reinventing the Book
By: Mukti Khaire and Mary Tripsas
Atavist, a start-up founded by journalists, publishes enhanced ebook singles as well as the software to create enhanced ebooks. The company is currently engaged in both publishing and software development, but as they raise funding and grow, must decide whether to...
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Keywords:
Disruptive Technology;
Growth Strategy;
Innovation;
Publishing;
Software Industry;
Technological Change;
Disruptive Innovation;
Applications and Software;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Publishing Industry
Khaire, Mukti, and Mary Tripsas. "The Atavist: Reinventing the Book." Harvard Business School Case 812-177, June 2012.
- October 2016
- Case
Supercell
By: William R. Kerr, Benjamin F. Jones and Alexis Brownell
Supercell is a young Finnish smartphone game company with an unusual team structure and company philosophy. It is already one of Finland’s most valuable companies, and despite being only six years old, it has put up some impressive numbers: as of 2016, it has released...
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Keywords:
Supercell;
Finland;
Video Games;
Firm Structure;
Startups;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Groups and Teams;
Video Game Industry;
Finland
Kerr, William R., Benjamin F. Jones, and Alexis Brownell. "Supercell." Harvard Business School Case 817-052, October 2016.
- February 2024
- Case
AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup
By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney
The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Small Business;
Transformation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financial Strategy;
AI and Machine Learning;
Digital Platforms;
Technological Innovation;
Copyright;
Management;
Growth and Development;
Market Timing;
Ownership;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Competition;
Open Source Distribution;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Computer Industry;
Europe;
Germany
Nagle, Frank, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein, and Susan Pinckney. "AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup." Harvard Business School Case 724-444, February 2024.
- October 2016
- Case
Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery
By: Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
In 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid—a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the...
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Keywords:
Digital Health Interventions;
Substance Use Disorder;
Addiction Treatment;
Addiction Recovery;
Scale;
Innovation;
Health;
Health Disorders;
Health Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Huckman, Robert S., and Sarah Mehta. "Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery." Harvard Business School Case 617-018, October 2016.
- June 2024
- Case
Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform
By: Ariel D. Stern and Susan Pinckney
In 2023, Israel-based AI health care company Aidoc evaluated its future. The company, founded in 2016, had grown from commercializing a single AI product for radiologists to a software platform that could detect 20 conditions and immediately notify care teams of...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
Business Startups;
Disruption;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Private Sector;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Governance Compliance;
Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Policy;
Growth and Development;
Health;
Medical Specialties;
AI and Machine Learning;
Digital Platforms;
Digital Transformation;
Technology Adoption;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Laws and Statutes;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Distribution;
Product Development;
Success;
Performance Efficiency;
Strategic Planning;
Research and Development;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation;
Health Industry;
Israel
Stern, Ariel D., and Susan Pinckney. "Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform." Harvard Business School Case 624-046, June 2024.
- Research Summary
Overview
Dr. Crawford conducts research on innovation in the energy industry, with a special focus on emerging business models. She is developing several cases for the EC course, "21st Century Energy," that specifically examine innovations at the interface of IT and Energy — ...
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Keywords:
Electricity;
Prosumer;
Smart Grid;
Blockchain;
Microgrid;
Electric Vehicles;
Batteries;
Energy Storage;
Ride-sharing;
Smart Cities;
Smart Buildings;
Smart Meters;
Demand Response;
"GMOs,";
Corporate Accountability;
Responsibilities To Society;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Competitive Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Disruptive Innovation;
Research and Development;
Leadership;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Technology Industry;
Europe;
Asia;
United States
- December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Nestle S.A.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
Peter Brabeck wants to focus Nestle as a wellness company in the global food system and do so in a way that provides both growth in sales and margins in both developed and developing countries.
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Keywords:
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Supply Chain Management;
Food;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Sales;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Switzerland
Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Nestle S.A." Harvard Business School Case 902-419, December 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- August 2018
- Case
BlackBuck (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case presents the challenges of scaling an asset-heavy company (that relies on its operations). It highlights how decisions on the early team impact a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high...
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- April 1982 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Quality of Earnings Analysis
Westinghouse had just issued its annual report to shareholders for the year ending December 31, 1973. The report indicates that sales have increased to a record $5.7 billion but that net income is down almost 20% from its record level of $199 million in the previous...
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Bartczak, Norman. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Quality of Earnings Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 182-239, April 1982. (Revised June 1985.)
- September 2005
- Article
Decolonising Barclays Bank DCO? Corporate Africanisation Programmes in Nigeria, 1945-1969
The reaction of British business to the decolonisation of the Empire has been the focus of much recent research, but few studies have shed light on the continued presence of commercial activities after independence. Barclays Bank DCO in Nigeria began indigenising its...
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Keywords:
International Relations;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Banks and Banking;
Macroeconomics;
Banking Industry;
Great Britain;
Nigeria
Decker, Stephanie. "Decolonising Barclays Bank DCO? Corporate Africanisation Programmes in Nigeria, 1945-1969." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 33, no. 3 (September 2005): 419–440.
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
depth in a focus group.—Gerald Zaltman Underhill shuns academic market research as being too theoretical. Yet some of this research supports Underhill's commonsense findings. Such is the case with the work of Gerald Zaltman, a Harvard...
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- November 2020
- Supplement
Integrating Beam Suntory (B)
By: David G. Fubini, Rawi Abdelal and David Lane
Supplements (A) case: The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan’s Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 billion...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Communication;
Borrowing and Debt;
Globalization;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Retention;
Leadership;
Supply Chain;
Organizational Structure;
Ownership;
Relationships;
Conflict and Resolution;
Integration;
Value Creation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Japan;
United States;
Chicago
Fubini, David G., Rawi Abdelal, and David Lane. "Integrating Beam Suntory (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-004, November 2020.
- April 2011
- Article
Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation
By: Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Stromberg
A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds themselves are driven by short-term profit motives and sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495...
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Lerner, Josh, Morten Sorensen, and Per Stromberg. "Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation." Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011): 445–477.
- December 2017 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
OCP Group
By: Kristin Fabbe, Forest Reinhardt, Natalie Kindred and Alpana Thapar
This case explores the strategy of OCP Group, the 95% state-owned Moroccan firm charged with managing the North African country’s vast reserves of phosphate. Phosphate was one of the most vital macronutrients for plant health, along with nitrogen and potassium, and...
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Keywords:
OCP;
OCP Group;
Casablanca;
Chemicals;
Operations;
Transformation;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Chemical Industry;
Morocco
Fabbe, Kristin, Forest Reinhardt, Natalie Kindred, and Alpana Thapar. "OCP Group." Harvard Business School Case 718-002, December 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
- July 2021
- Case
Bessemer Venture Partners: Century Fund
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In July of 2021, Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) contemplated the future of its growth investing practice, known as “Century.” While still relatively new as a focused initiative, BVP’s growth investing already had significant momentum. The fund’s investment pace had...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Financial Institutions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment Banking;
Competitive Strategy;
Public Sector;
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Acquisition
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Bessemer Venture Partners: Century Fund." Harvard Business School Case 822-009, July 2021.
- October 2020
- Case
Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'
By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris
In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time—the highs and lows,...
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Keywords:
Mental Health;
Talent and Talent Management;
Training;
Health;
Success;
Performance Improvement;
Personal Development and Career;
Family and Family Relationships;
Sports;
Competition;
Sports Industry;
United States;
Baltimore;
Arizona;
Sydney;
Athens;
Beijing;
London
Groysberg, Boris, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Michael Norris. "Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'." Harvard Business School Case 421-044, October 2020.
- June 2008 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Cook Composites and Polymers Co.
By: Deishin Lee, Michael W. Toffel and Rachel Gordon
This case describes how a company improves resource efficiency and process quality in its manufacturing process by developing a waste by-product into a new product. The case describes how CCP cleans production equipment between batches using styrene, which becomes a...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Product Development;
Business Processes;
Performance Efficiency;
Natural Environment;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Pollutants;
Environmental Sustainability;
Chemical Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Lee, Deishin, Michael W. Toffel, and Rachel Gordon. "Cook Composites and Polymers Co." Harvard Business School Case 608-055, June 2008. (Revised May 2017.)