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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital firm called Accel Partners. He figured he’d stay a... View Details
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
but that makes firms vulnerable to innovative upstarts over the long haul. Would this trend also hold true for companies engaging in business processs innovation? McElheran wondered—a question not much studied by researchers. To find out,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
and gave social networking companies the confidence to remain independent rather than be acquired by existing players (witness upstart Groupon's recent rejection of Google's $6 billion offer, for instance). And for what it symbolizes, let... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
claim a fair share of that value—enough to justify building the system in the first place? One possibility is to seek government funding. That's not a bad idea—so much transit is government-funded—but it's a tough requirement for an View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
exceptionally talented big stars can (and often will) create a less effective play than one made up of ordinarily talented artists who have, through hard work, learned how to collaborate. Business history too provides numerous examples of underdog View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
School of Business, be sure your competitive position is closer to that of a leading-edge, perpetually paranoid warhorse like Microsoft or Wal-Mart than to a depthless upstart like Netscape or a resting-on-its-laurels Kmart. D'Aveni... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
which other online upstarts such as Amazon.com changed retail and Square changed the small business payments business. A few factors account for the rapid growth of the entrants. First, institutional debt and equity investors have been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
and Amazon are the established players in this new frontier—but the number of upstart media companies vying for viewers means that the landscape could look completely different down the road. “It’s a gold rush,” says HBS senior lecturer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
different from large, traditional Madison Avenue agencies. Instead of having stable teams based around individual clients, this upstart agency used ad hoc teams that formed and disbanded with every project. Clients commissioned specific... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
work and get paid, and the growing role of design in management. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607026 eDonkey-Deciding the Future of File Sharing Harvard Business School Case 707-482 Sam Yagan, CEO of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
charge the members for successful transactions. In choosing between the two options he has to consider other upstart networks, particularly in the field of mobile social networking. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
is as competitive, as global Uber and region-wide Grab compete with local startups. In China, Uber was up against Alibaba-backed Didi Chuxing until that company purchased Uber China in late July. In India the home turf favorite is Ola, and in Hong Kong and Singapore,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Australia (formerly “The Office” Business Academy), was doing swimmingly, ensconced on the 26th floor of an upscale downtown high-rise. The stunning views from the city’s tallest building inspired her company slogan: “See You at the Top.” That’s exactly where her View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
a relatively young, upstart company. The case is framed from the perspective of an emerging markets financial analyst presented with the financial statements and operational data for both companies. The analyst has to compare and contrast... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
have shaken up incumbents and threatened the status quo. For disruptors to pose a threat to an industry, they have to successfully break the link in choosing, purchasing, or consuming a product or service. Upstarts do not try to compete... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Antebellum New York (A) Harvard Business School Case 708-038 Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks and the onset of a nationwide financial panic. Amid the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707419 Lenovo: Building a Global Brand Harvard Business School Case 507-014 Announced in December 2004, the $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC division by Lenovo, China's largest PC maker, made headlines... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
billion to legacy transporter Boeing, $2.7 billion to upstart SpaceX—was a sign of changing attitudes. It also showed the benefits of market competition: Since the space shuttle program shut down, the United States has relied on Russia... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
by Reebok, an upstart competitor. Knight closeted himself in his office, faced the wall, and sat there, weak and sick and devastated for hours. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810077-PDF-ENG Moral Decision-Making:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
specialized in failing companies," said the former management consultant in a 1985 HBS interview. "No matter what a firm's problem was, I always said it was my specialty to take care of it." MCI, an upstart telecommunications firm that... View Details