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- June 2022
- Teaching Plan
GreenLight Fund
By: Brian Trelstad and Mel Martin
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-053. As Tara Noland, the Executive Director (ED) of GreenLight Cincinnati, reflected on her first few years on the job. Noland had delivered on what she had been hired to do in the city: work with leading philanthropists and nonprofit...
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- January 2020
- Teaching Note
PROOF: Pro Rata Opportunity Fund
By: Josh Lerner, Shai Bernstein and Terrence Shu
This is a teaching note meant to accompany "PROOF: Pro Rata Opportunity Fund," HBS Case No. 820-030.
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- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
For the last 25 years, the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition (NVC) has provided a forum for founders trying to tackle some of the world’s most challenging business problems. Student and alumni founders refine their ideas...
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- July 2021
- Teaching Plan
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism
By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-098. In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied...
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- April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism
By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied directly to one primary resource—in this case...
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Keywords:
Place Making;
Non-profit;
Hotel;
Economic Development;
Tourism;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Development Economics;
Economic Systems;
Tourism Industry;
Canada
Trelstad, Brian, Wendy Smith, and Natalie Slawinski. "Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 320-098, April 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
- January 2000
- Case
Selecting a New Name for Security Capital Pacific Trust
A methodology for selecting a new corporate brand name is explored, highlighting different types of names, criteria and hurdles in securing new names, and legal implications. Brand identity consultancy Lippincott & Margulies guided a real estate investment trust...
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Fournier, Susan M., and Andrea Carol Wojnicki. "Selecting a New Name for Security Capital Pacific Trust." Harvard Business School Case 500-054, January 2000.
- 2012
- Chapter
The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies
By: Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan
Gompers, Paul A., and Yuhai Xuan. "The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies." In Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance, edited by James Barth, Chen Lin, and Clas Wihlborg. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.
- May 1990
- Supplement
Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (A1), Video
Applegate, Lynda M. "Westinghouse Electric Corp.: Automating the Capital Budgeting Process (A1), Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-519, May 1990.
- March 1987
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (Q): Pruning the Capital Budget
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (Q): Pruning the Capital Budget." Harvard Business School Supplement 587-150, March 1987.
- June 2003
- Case
Ford Argentina: Transforming a Global Industry in a Local Market
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Laureano Berasategui and Paula Rodriguez Etchard
The president of Ford Argentina has to decide on the e-business approach at this subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. The approach must take into consideration the ambitious global e-business transformation proposed by the parent company within the context of a major economic...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Financial Crisis;
Global Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Problems and Challenges;
Internet
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, Laureano Berasategui, and Paula Rodriguez Etchard. "Ford Argentina: Transforming a Global Industry in a Local Market." Harvard Business School Case 803-093, June 2003.
- 1977
- Chapter
The Debasement of Contracts and the Decline of Capital Markets
By: Michael C. Jensen
Jensen, Michael C. "The Debasement of Contracts and the Decline of Capital Markets." In The World Capital Shortage, edited by Alan Heslop. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1977.
- December 2007
- Article
Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization
By: Aldo Musacchio and Ian Read
The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the...
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Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Networks;
Business History;
Market Entry and Exit;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Markets;
Supply and Industry;
Banks and Banking;
Brazil;
Mexico
Musacchio, Aldo, and Ian Read. "Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization." Enterprise & Society 8, no. 4 (December 2007): 842–880.
- June 2016
- Case
Advika Consulting Services: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Human Capital
By: Alison Wood Brooks, Francesca Gino, Julia J. Lee and Bradley R. Staats
Brooks, Alison Wood, Francesca Gino, Julia J. Lee, and Bradley R. Staats. "Advika Consulting Services: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Human Capital." Harvard Business School Case 916-033, June 2016.
- Teaching
Overview
Course Requirements
Students are required to prepare a business plan, which employs the framework of this course, to explore an entrepreneurial opportunity in health care, and to evaluate their classmates' plans.
Career Focus
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Students are required to prepare a business plan, which employs the framework of this course, to explore an entrepreneurial opportunity in health care, and to evaluate their classmates' plans.
Career Focus
For... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
companies' presentations and tours were outstanding, he says, those of Silicon Graphics, 3Com, and Adaptec were particularly well-received, as was a small gathering with Enterprise Director Doug Hawkins of the NASA Ames Technology Center. Students interested in View Details
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Daniel Penrice
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
and yes. With less time to eat, many Americans rely on fast food and have no real knowledge or expectation of quality. But many other Americans - consumers and chefs - have traveled in recent years to places where food is celebrated. Diners now have heightened demands...
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- 2010
- Case
New Heritage Doll Company: Capital Budgeting: Brief Case No. 4213.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Heide Abelli
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Industry Groups and the European Commission
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Keywords:
Restructuring;
Corporate Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Europe
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Industry Groups and the European Commission." Harvard Business School Case 385-210, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- 2004
- Book
Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
By: C. M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony and Erik A Roth
Christensen, C. M., Scott D. Anthony, and Erik A Roth. Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
- September 2020
- Teaching Note
First Aid Beauty
By: Karen G. Mills and Annie Dang
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 319-082.
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