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- 2008
- Working Paper
Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
By: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine and Dean Karlan
In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted...
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Agribusiness;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Trade;
Profit;
Product Marketing;
Standards;
Failure;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Service Industry;
Kenya;
Europe
Ashraf, Nava, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan. "Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-065, February 2008. (forthcoming, American Journal of Agricultural Economics.)
- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 2
boundaries of firms. And it also studies the development of British industrial science in universities and efforts to promote innovation through the formation of industry clusters. Overall, the evidence supports the traditional story of British View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog
ideas—is challenging. Signals are biased and noisy. Designing experiments is non-trivial, and running tests is expensive. Failure is hard to admit and learn from. Getting to and listening to feedback is challenging. The ideas with the...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
that failure is an inevitable and necessary part of life. It happens whether you like it or not — sometimes as a result of your own (or someone else’s) error in judgment and sometimes simply because time and circumstance had a vote. Once...
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- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Purdue University in the early 1970s, Harris saw lots of classmates veer down the wrong path. Seeing the high failure rate among minority students, he joined a campus group of black engineers, where, he says, "Our entire objective was to...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
Success Leads to Failure (and What to Do about It) by Michael E. Raynor (DBA ’00) (Doubleday Publishing) Managers make choices with far-reaching consequences based on assumptions about an uncertain future. This collision between...
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- December 1996 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Studio Realty
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
Studio Realty created an "electronic open house" technology, by which home buyers sitting in a comfortable setting, could tour a home, viewing its rooms, its exterior, and surroundings, by clicking on digital images. Studio Realty attempted to sell or license its...
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Technological Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Sales;
Demand and Consumers;
Failure;
Innovation and Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Real Estate Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Bret J. Baird. "Studio Realty." Harvard Business School Case 697-036, December 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the...
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- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
in the air, Lerner initially found the results surprising. But not for long. "When you consider why so many initial public offerings do poorly, much of the failure is due to the poor preparation of many firms prior to going public....
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- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
saving, accumulation of capital or resulting improvement in income. Without capital, innovation is not rewarded. In fact, it is regarded as risky. Failure can produce starvation. Therefore, labor-intensive practices do not change. What...
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by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
says. “Our goal is simply to backpedal away from this narrative that somehow post World War II, in a world where the current household debt drives everything, everything else is relatively inconsequential in macro terms." You Might Also Like: What Does the View Details
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by Rachel Layne
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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog
success. In this course, you will think about: How should teams be structured? How can a founder see his or her own blind spots? Can you augment a founder’s weaknesses by hiring a complimentary team? When should a CEO be replaced? We observe how both successes and...
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- October 2004 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
AT&T 2000-2004
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kerry Herman
Provides an update on CEO Michael Armstrong's "Project Grand Slam" strategy to build the value of AT&T by offering a complete, integrated telecommunications solution to both corporate and residential customers, including wireless and wire line telephone, Internet,...
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Business Exit or Shutdown;
Customers;
Business or Company Management;
Failure;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Networks;
Corporate Strategy;
Internet;
Wireless Technology;
Value Creation;
Telecommunications Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Kerry Herman. "AT&T 2000-2004." Harvard Business School Case 705-425, October 2004. (Revised July 2011.)
- December 2004 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (A)
Presents a brief historical overview of Enron's rise, its strategic successes and failures, the evolution of its business model, and the organizational processes relied upon by Enron's management to drive and monitor the business. A rewritten version of an earlier...
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Adaptation;
Success;
Business Model;
Business History;
Growth Management;
Governance Controls;
Innovation and Management;
Failure;
Business Processes;
Energy Industry;
United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (A)." Harvard Business School Case 905-048, December 2004. (Revised October 2005.)
- January 2023
- Case
Proday: Calling the Right Play
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
Sarah Kunst knew the elements of a successful startup from her tenure at venture capital firms. In April 2018, however, her own app – Proday, a home fitness platform featuring exercises filmed by professional sports stars – was floundering. Kunst theorized that...
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Social Media;
Entrepreneurship;
Advertising;
Digital Marketing;
Product Launch;
Social Marketing;
Failure;
Sports;
Applications and Software;
Business Startups;
Technology Industry;
United States
Hyde, Lindsay N., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Tom Quinn. "Proday: Calling the Right Play." Harvard Business School Case 823-005, January 2023.
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
2018 by Charles Scharf, who has focused on cleaning up the messes and restoring the confidence of regulators. These succession failures illustrate some of the risks companies face during CEO transitions, and they raise some obvious...
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by Bill George
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
on one model of success. Technology and financing landscapes change constantly, and you have to adapt.” Biotech ventures have what Simons refers to as “many potential failure modes,” and raising capital can be tough. Akouos netted $224...
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Deb Blagg
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
begin with, some CEOs find the prospect of succession downright depressing. For them it means failure or organizational death. They love the job; it is their identity. They think of building a cohort of potential leaders, not as the path...
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- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
right away. He was with E Ink for 12 years, six as CEO, guiding it through multiple near failures to runaway success. The company sold in 2009 for $215 million. Wilcox then followed through on a fatherly promise to his wife—and former...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
now facing the consequences of the many failures of American and world leadership in the previous century. It appears likely that we are now in the position of standing on the deck of a sinking ship, and all we can do is argue about the...
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