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  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

management friendly provisions, we identify the economic determinants of the resulting trade-offs for shareholder value. Consistent with the theory, our empirical analysis shows that provisions that allow View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

Using information collected during a customer’s first purchase, a new marketing tool that leverages machine learning technology can provide firms with valuable predictions about the customer’s future behavior, says Eva Ascarza, a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service
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By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
  • Web

2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

professional services firms (PSFs) today. We will address questions such as: How are big global events like the pandemic, the Russia/Ukraine war, rise in inflation, affecting the functioning of PSFs? How is... View Details
  • October 2006 (Revised January 2008)
  • Case

Allianz AG: Becoming a European Company

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
Focuses on the decision made by leadership at Allianz AG, the German insurance and financial services company, to complete a cross-border merger with the Italian insurance and financial services company, RAS. Allianz, however, could not complete the cross-border merger... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing and Advisory Boards; Laws and Statutes; European Union; Germany; Italy
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  • Web

1.10 Cross-Registration - MBA

of Management at MIT. Cross-registration takes place at the beginning of the term in which the course is offered. Availability may be limited at the host school, and it may not be possible to be placed in... View Details
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

Zou Abstract—There is relatively little prior evidence on the potential impact of rank and file employees on financial reporting choices outside union negotiations. We contribute to the literature by providing new evidence that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2019
  • News

Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Parthenon Group 2008 Named Managing Director, Parthenon Group 2011 Cofounds Social Finance 2011 Named Board Chair, Facing History and Ourselves 2013 Social Finance launches first Social Impact Bond 2017... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • February 2022 (Revised February 2023)
  • Case

TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea—helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platform; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Mobile App; Mobile App Industry; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; China
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  • 16 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

the MBA program. Kareem Stanley (JD/MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Queens, New York. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was in Energy in Project Management / Process Engineering. Post-MBA industry... View Details
  • 13 Sep 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

through the red tape of academia to negotiate with an institution’s technology licensing department. Knowing where to look for the most interesting scientific advancements and how to filter for reliable studies isn’t every manager’s... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 18 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 18

  PublicationsTechnology Manager's Journey: An Extended Narrative Approach to Educating Technical Leaders Authors:Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Academy of Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

Abstract—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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
  • Case

Jumia's Path to Profitability

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in September 2019 as Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, co-founders and co-CEOs of Jumia, the leading Pan-African e-commerce platform, are contemplating the company’s path to profitability in the aftermath of a fragile investor sentiment, as the company... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Business Models; Business Model; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Africa
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Business Opportunties in Climate Adaptation

By: John D. Macomber

This is a Short Intensive Program or SIP at Harvard Business School.  It’s an optional student offering prior to the formal start of the Spring semester the following week.  SIPs tend to cover new material on current topics, to be less formal than the HBS Case Study... View Details

Keywords: Resilience; Climate Risk; Climate Impact; Fire Protection; Insurance Risk Exposure; Hedge Fund; Public Health; Public Health Measures; Climate Change; Adaptation; Infrastructure; Real Estate Industry; Transportation Industry; Insurance Industry; United States; Africa; Latin America
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

unregulated regions and increase global emissions in the process. Carbon tariffs have emerged as a possible mechanism to address these concerns by imposing carbon costs on imports at the regulated region's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

upgrading its management techniques. Hoping to spur employees to develop ideas for bettering the company’s performance, the firm launched a system in which workers who put forth ideas were recognized with... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 18 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

professional relationships may "bridge" the asymmetric information. This bridge may be particularly strong if both firms were financed by the same venture capital firm. Third, geographic proximity may also reduce the asymmetric... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2023
  • News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Director of External Relations. With Dean Srikant Datar in his third year, the Dean's priorities continue to unfold and are cross-cutting: the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society; the... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Enterprise Track, 2008 Diagnostics-for-All Hayat Sindi Roozbeh Ghaffari Carol Waghorne Gilbert Tang, HBS Jon Puz, HBS Krishna Yeshwant, HBS Social Enterprise Track Winner Point-of-care tools to address the diagnostic and clinical View Details