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- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
three options regarding the exit strategy to be deployed to ensure sustainability. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/616040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-019 Whirlpool Corp.: View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2011 (Revised October 2011)
- Case
PureTech Ventures in 2011
By: Andrei Hagiu, Cesar Castro and Sarah Murphy
In early May 2011, Daphne Zohar, founder and managing partner of PureTech Ventures, a life science venture creation company in Boston, MA, was reviewing a term sheet she had just received from a venture capital (VC) firm for one of PureTech's portfolio companies. The...
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Business Ventures;
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Innovation and Invention;
Negotiation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Science-Based Business;
Opportunities;
Boston
Hagiu, Andrei, Cesar Castro, and Sarah Murphy. "PureTech Ventures in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 712-419, August 2011. (Revised October 2011.)
- 08 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know
In an AI-world, leaders who speak technology’s language gain an edge. But that doesn’t mean every manager needs a computer science degree. A handle on a handful of basics goes a long way toward preparing strategic leaders for today’s reality: Almost all View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
in prototype forms before being released. Why? Because designers know that no matter how good their initial efforts, they will miss the mark on the first try. There will be something about the design of the overall system structure or...
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- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
Among the most popular elective courses at Harvard Business School is Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE). Developed by Professor Clayton M. Christensen, the course teaches future leaders how to use well-researched...
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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
Strategy, published by Oxford University Press. Contributors to the book include Harvard Business School's Clayton M. Christensen, Walter Kuemmerle, and Thomas R. Eisenmann, as well as nine other scholars. Bower and Gilbert recently sat...
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by Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
for success, such as the role of the senior team, and that also have distinct disciplines. Incubation is a frequent point of breakdown for firms that seek to build new businesses inside existing corporations; promising ideas often simply...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
structure the background against which business operates. The aim is to develop a plausible framework for managerial decision-making that respects the fact of value pluralism in a global economy and that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
to in July and December. Now, we’ll look at what they have been doing to cope with the circumstances. Forced to stop and rethink every aspect of their businesses from the morning commute to the mission statement, these inspiring CEOs have...
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- May 2001
- Supplement
Asian Strategies: Ian Buchanan
By: Tarun Khanna
Ian Buchanan, senior VP of Booz-Allen & Hamilton, comments on Sime Darby and the Asian financial crisis. He also discusses the value propositions of different types of business groups in Malaysia.
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Financial Crisis;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Consulting Industry;
Service Industry;
Asia;
Malaysia
Khanna, Tarun. "Asian Strategies: Ian Buchanan." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-805, May 2001.
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
the top 10 leaderboard this year. But the fact is, America has been slipping since the year 2000, long before the housing bubble burst and recession swept the country, say Harvard Business School Professors Michael E. Porter and Jan W....
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Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
fund.” The group surveyed 13 fund managers about 28 funds, and conducted qualitative interviews with six anchor investors. The paper was written by Shawn Cole, the John G. McLean Professor at Harvard Business School; Rob Zochowski,...
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- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
Many companies can double or even triple their capacity to invest in strategic assets and competencies by properly managing their "risk balance sheet," argues Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton. In a provocative...
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- 2012
- Book
The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being
By: Scott Snook, Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
The last 25 years have witnessed an explosion in the field of leadership education. This volume brings together leading international scholars across disciplines to chronicle the current state of leadership education and establish a solid foundation on which to grow...
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Change;
Business Education;
Leadership;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Style;
Organizational Structure;
Perspective;
Diversification;
Technology
Snook, Scott, Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, eds. The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2012.
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
Publications June 2015 Science Financing Experiments By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49313 July-August 2015 Harvard Business...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
"outsiders," such as Elizabeth Arden, created their own road to success, overcoming significant odds. The new book Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership explores the demographics of...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
The bottom line is, after all, the bottom line when it comes to business success. No profit, no business. But should money be the sole measure for evaluating and rewarding the effectiveness of a leader? In a new Harvard View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
March 27, 2017 Harvard Business Review How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg Abstract—Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical...
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by Sean Silverthorne