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Strategy - Faculty & Research
not, they focus on security and digitization—a defensive posture that fails to consider the bigger opportunities emerging from new materials, space science, and a better understanding of the genome—to name just a few areas of opportunity....
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- 01 May 2024
- What Do You Think?
Have You Had Enough?
(Illustration created using image generated by Midjourney, an artificial intelligence tool.) Last month, I posted a column in HBS Working Knowledge titled, “What’s Enough to Make Us Happy?” Over the last few months, I’ve been asking...
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by James Heskett
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
from true private equity operations; the other is a government agency charged with creating a clean energy economy for the United States. Each opportunity will help Iris achieve her long-term goal of a...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
in press Academy of Management Annals Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures By: DeSantola, Alicia, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—Entrepreneurial ventures face unique challenges related to growth, particularly in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
explains. At least once a month Zobel gathers the CEOs of Ayala's disparate businesses for informal brainstorming sessions. "We're constantly looking for synergies. There's excitement in collectively View Details
- July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Property Finder's Strategy for Online Classifieds in the MENA Region
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Gamze Yucaoglu and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2020 as Michael Lahyani, founder and CEO of Property Finder, Dubai’s leading online real estate classifieds portal, contemplates the company’s five-year growth strategy.
Since its founding in 2005 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Property...
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General Business;
Real Estate;
Entrepreneurship;
Property;
Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Growth Management;
Online Technology;
Real Estate Industry;
Technology Industry;
United Arab Emirates;
Saudi Arabia;
Egypt;
Turkey
Palepu, Krishna G., Gamze Yucaoglu, and Fares Khrais. "Property Finder's Strategy for Online Classifieds in the MENA Region." Harvard Business School Case 321-009, July 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- Career Coach
Meredith Hamilton
Meredith [she/her] has served as a mentor and coach to innumerable mid-career staff as well as several CEOs in the social sector. She is committed to creating a safe space for students and alumni to explore...
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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Social Impact Since its inception, the Social Enterprise Initiative has explored the role of business in creating social value. Today, SEI continues to examine the challenges and opportunities in harnessing...
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- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
escalating, high-profile campaign against Third World debt, poverty, war and disease. “Any CEO who thinks his or her job is about maximizing shareholder value is living in the past.” Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian who has...
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- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
to the supply side toward catering to the demand side. Building on the initial 1,000 After surpassing 1,000 customers, organic opportunities for the companies to acquire more customers and suppliers in bulk became increasingly rare. So...
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- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
had been given the opportunity to manage teams, and they had done so with mixed success and consequences for both company success and employee retention. Reflecting on Clever’s progress as of early 2017, co-founder and View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive
Absenteeism is so pervasive in Latin America and Asia that 10 percent of a business’ workers might not show up on any given day. This risk can create tremendous uncertainty, especially for businesses running on low margins, says Jorge...
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- August 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the...
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Business Model;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Bicycle Industry;
Africa;
Kenya
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa." Harvard Business School Case 724-360, August 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- July 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Supplement
United Rentals (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
In April 2012, Jenne Britell, the Chairman of the board of directors of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) was preparing her notes for an upcoming stockholders' meeting. It was a meeting unlike most other meetings she had chaired. Stockholders were about to vote on a...
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Boards Of Directors;
Board Committees;
Chairman;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Construction Industry;
North America
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "United Rentals (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 414-031, July 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
business strategy today exist largely as a set of alternative views and frameworks not entirely connected to one another. These notes contribute an integrated sequence of steps for creating or evaluating a strategy and associated company...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Leadership Fellows
second year students in October of each year, and offer students the opportunity to recruit directly with the selected organizations Student-Proposed: Offers second-year students the chance to create a...
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- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Campaign and the Upside of CEO Activism By: Chatterji, Aaron, and Michael Toffel Abstract—When Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz asked his baristas to engage customers in a discussion about race in America, it...
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
investment concern. It then was an early entrant into China's telecom and IT wave of the early 1990s, and became a market leader. Li is a man who seeks to establish a positive legacy. He created a foundation in 1980 to help young Chinese...
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by D. Quinn Mills
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South Asia - Global
is both necessary and economically beneficial. He also stressed the urgency and our collective responsibility to address climate change. The event concluded with an interactive Q&A with Mr. Sinha, which was an opportunity for students to...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
with CEOs of large, well-known companies around the table. However, I have built confidence that I bring a unique perspective. I try to keep an inventory of all the wins I have, instead of things I missed, skills I lack, or perspectives I...
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