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- Faculty Publications (75)
- February 2020
- Case
Halftime for Heidelberg
By: Debora L. Spar
The case follows President Rob Huntington as he seeks to find a viable way forward for Heidelberg University.
Located in Tiffin, Ohio, Heidelberg is a small, private, four-year university. As with many similar institutions of higher education, it currently faces a...
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University;
University Administration;
University Endowment;
Endowments;
Brand Management;
Higher Education;
Strategic Planning;
Brands and Branding;
Education Industry;
Ohio
Spar, Debora L. "Halftime for Heidelberg." Harvard Business School Case 720-021, February 2020.
- August 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
NextView Ventures
By: Jo Tango and Nori Gerardo Lietz
David Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower are non-partners at different-and-established venture capital (VC) firms. They decide to leave their positions to start a new seed-stage VC firm. The case covers the genesis of the firm, the formulation of its strategy and...
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Tango, Jo, and Nori Gerardo Lietz. "NextView Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 821-031, August 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- 2021
- Book
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most...
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Family Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Family and Family Relationships;
Outcome or Result;
Business Model;
Conflict and Resolution;
Organizational Culture
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise. Harvard Business Review Press, 2021.
- January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
By: Tatiana Sandino, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad and Stacy Straaberg
In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price’s hire in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist rock ‘n’ roll culture led to variability in teaching styles,...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Plan;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Communication Strategy;
Decisions;
Curriculum and Courses;
Teaching;
Employee Relationship Management;
Knowledge Sharing;
Leadership Style;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Style;
Marketing Strategy;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Franchise Ownership;
Performance Expectations;
Performance Improvement;
Strategic Planning;
Attitudes;
Conflict Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Applications and Software;
Technology Adoption;
Education Industry;
Music Industry;
Massachusetts;
United States
Sandino, Tatiana, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad, and Stacy Straaberg. "School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-043, January 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- February 2009 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
In his role as Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis Fed), Art Rolnick and his colleague, Rob Grunewald, had written "Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return." The...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Early Childhood Education;
Investment Return;
Demand and Consumers;
Supply and Industry;
Performance Effectiveness;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Minneapolis;
Saint Paul
Childress, Stacey M., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank." Harvard Business School Case 309-090, February 2009. (Revised September 2009.)
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Faculty - Faculty & Research
Professor of Business Administration Alan D. MacCormack MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration Rob Markey Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Edward McFowland III Assistant Professor of Business...
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- 20 Dec 2023
- News
New School
In three and a half weeks, Curriculum Associates added 1 million students. (In the previous eight years, it had enrolled 8 million.) “The things that mattered most were not the things we did in that moment. It took a decade to be ready for a week I never thought we...
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
(MBA 1985) and Dana Weiss Smith. This fellowship will support MBA students from Boston and Greater New England who have a background or interest in entrepreneurship or working at a social enterprise organization. Rob is a founding partner...
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- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind...
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Robert Bochnak
- 04 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Can a Continuously-Liquidating Tontine (or Mutual Inheritance Fund) Succeed where Immediate Annuities Have Floundered?
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
art as science. It is incredibly easy to lead a witness, bias answers, and hear what we want to hear in an interview. The best guide for conducting a proper discovery interview is Rob Fitzpatrick’s book The Mom Test, which I encourage...
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by Julia Austin
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
Book Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer More Harvard Business Publishing Seminars & Conferences Oct 03 03 Oct 2024 Charles...
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- 26 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest
What went wrong on Mount Everest on May 10, 1996? That day, twenty-three climbers reached the summit. Five climbers, however, did not survive the descent. Two of these, Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, were extremely skilled team leaders with...
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by Michael A. Roberto
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Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship
Co-Founder & CEO, Bedrocket Venture Partners, Sag Harbor Kitchen, Kittch MBA 1985 Peter W. Bell Chairman, Amity Ventures MBA 1993 Louis Beryl Founder & CEO, Rocketplace MBA 2012 Vinay Bhagat Founder & CEO, TrustRadius MBA 1998 Rob...
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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
HBS Alumni News A New Chapter Joe Wolf (MBA 1999) is delivering transformative education in sub-Saharan Africa Re: Joe Wolf (MBA 1999); Michael Horn (MBA 2006); By: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford Webinars HBS OnBoard: Introduction to Nonprofit Board...
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Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program - Entrepreneurship
approved. Marty Blue Board Member/Consultant/Advisor Formerly Reebok, CarGurus Boston, MA Rob Gierkink General Catalyst Partners, Datalogix, Air Miles, Flashfood, Index Boston, MA Jeff Goldman Goldman & Partners Immigration Law LLP...
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
Greenwood , Denise Han, Dave Habeeb and Ruth Page 2021 Book Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer More Harvard Business Publishing
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Professor Rob Huckman (PhDBE 2001) + More Info – Less Info Amidst calls to increase consumerism in health care, large tech companies and retailers are making bold moves into the industry. These health care “entrants” aim to leverage their...
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work
Ioannou 13 Feb 2019 | CNBC Trump's war on immigration is sacrificing his best weapon against China William R. Kerr 09 Feb 2019 | Business Insider Modest praise for US reform of visa program for skilled workers Rob Lever 09 Feb 2019 | AFP...
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