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Strategic Networks and Entrepreneurial Ventures
Much research suggests that social networks shape the emergence and development of nascent ventures. Scholars have argued that founders' and firms' networks influence innovation and the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as facilitate the...
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Stuart, Toby E., and Olav Sorenson. "Strategic Networks and Entrepreneurial Ventures." Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 1, nos. 3-4 (December 2007): 211–227.
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
What do Sir Thomas More, Chinua Achebe, and Sophocles have to offer today's business leaders? For MBA students in HBS professor Sandra Sucher's course, The Moral Leader, great literature helps them find their own definition of moral...
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Social Enterprise Social Enterprise April 2013 Article Who Is Governing Whom? Executives, Governance, and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms By: Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee We examine how organizational View Details
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
paper, "Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization," written by Harvard Business School postdoctoral fellow Adam M. Kleinbaum, and professors Toby E. Stuart and Michael L. Tushman. In an unnamed company with over...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- February 2024
- Case
More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company
By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
In August 2022, CEO Yasuo Takeuchi reflected on Olympus Corporation’s recent transformation from being known as a Japanese consumer camera company to becoming a leading global medical technology (MedTech) company. Over the past dozen years, Takeuchi and prior...
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Global Human Resource Management;
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Globalization;
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Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Japan;
United States
Collis, David J., and Haisley Wert. "More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company." Harvard Business School Case 724-426, February 2024.
- 29 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
work prestige. And in Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men, we discover, with regret, that VC prefers to give money to men—and good looking men at that. But sometimes business glory goes to those who succeed the old-fashioned...
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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
police killings of Black people; the Jan 6th invasion of Congress by election-result deniers, goaded on by our very own former President; the passage of racist voter suppression bills; and increased violence against Asian Americans, particularly older women. all...
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- December 2017
- Supplement
Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands (Vegemite—the iconic Australian spread,...
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Iconic Brands;
Australia;
Corporate Finance;
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Retail Industry;
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Australia;
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- December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lauren G. Pickle and Greg Saldutte
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands such as Vegemite, the iconic Australian...
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Mergers & Acquisitions;
Value Drivers;
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF);
Dairy Industry;
Corporate Scope;
Diversification;
Consumer Goods;
Iconic Brands;
Australia;
Corporate Finance;
Bidding Strategy;
Cross Border;
Financing;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Business Divisions;
Capital Structure;
Food;
Bids and Bidding;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Australia;
United States
Ivashina, Victoria, Alexey Tuzikov, and Abhijit Tagade. "Valuation Techniques in Private Equity: LBO Model." Harvard Business School Background Note 218-106, June 2018.
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Resources Case Teaching & Learning Case Writing External Links Please find below links to a variety resources on Case Method teaching resources and student-focused resources on learning by the Case Method. Case Method Teaching Books 2014 Harvard View Details
- March 2020
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ZEISS Group: Organize by Customer Culture?
By: Willy C. Shih
How should ZEISS, the German manufacturer of precision optical and optoelectronic systems manage two historic businesses that operated fairly autonomously? The Industrial Quality Solutions (IQS) business sold measurement equipment to manufacturing companies in sectors...
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Shih, Willy C. "ZEISS Group: Organize by Customer Culture?" Harvard Business School Case 620-103, March 2020.
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
indications to academics that small changes to the structure of microfinance contracts could have big consequences for how people spend the money and its impact on their businesses and their livelihoods....
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
evolve its offerings so that they appeal to radiologists and cardiologists, the largest purchasers of ultrasound systems. March 2014 (Revised December 2014) Case Vision 2020: Takeda and the Vaccine Business By: John A. Quelch and Margaret...
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- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Working PapersA Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa Authors:Linda A. Hill and Maria T. Farkas Author's Abstract Through her efforts to recruit, hire, and develop minority executives at MTN, a South...
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Sean Silverthorne
- May 1994 (Revised November 1994)
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PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office
Describes the three business segments of PepsiCo (beverages, snack foods, and restaurants). It then explores the competitive environment within each segment and the response of PepsiCo's businesses. It seeks to show how PepsiCo CEO, D. Wayne Calloway, in a very...
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Situation or Environment;
Competitive Strategy;
Value;
Food and Beverage Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office." Harvard Business School Case 694-078, May 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
December 4, 2017 Harvard Business Review How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Mattson Abstract—It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic
interactions they needed to succeed. When managers understand the building blocks for team work, they can allocate time better and select the right communication tools, whether teams are dispersed or together, a new study from Harvard View Details
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by Kristen Senz
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
Yet this literature has had much more to say about international trade and institutional structures than about entrepreneurship and MNEs. Indeed, the story of the creation of the nineteenth-century global economy has been written about...
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Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
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10 Reasons Why HBS Peek Weekend was worth the trip across the pond - a british perspective - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 13 Mar 2023
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Should Leave
revisit the organization’s structure and assignments in multiple positions, in which case an interim successor may be announced. In either case, it’s best if the announcement of your departure is coordinated with and precedes, perhaps...
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by John Quelch