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- 11 Aug 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements
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by William Schmidt & Ryan W. Buell
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
receive higher valuations and less restrictive covenants when they raise capital? Sarah Jane Gilbert: Can you explain the concept of "performance persistence" and what it entails? Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner: Essentially, entrepreneurs...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Indra Reinbergs
Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,...
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Private Equity;
Valuation;
Business Model;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Entrepreneurship;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Service Industry;
Belgium;
France;
Sweden;
United States;
Europe
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Indra Reinbergs. "Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe." Harvard Business School Case 804-112, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
important, widely shared problem. What then makes a blockbuster? Here are the Five S's, the five defining characteristics of blockbusters. How does your brand stack up? Sheer size. A blockbuster has a transformational impact on a company and an industry, often View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
the proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism, which are crucial ingredients in a...
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Re: Michael E. Porter
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
recession ends? Or are they developing coping mechanisms that will endure, especially if the recession is lengthy? What new products and services will consumers be open to embracing? If, as in the financial services category, consumer...
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by John Quelch
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
identifying the Joneses like you. Immigration. The prevalence of immigrants among America's successful entrepreneurs is well documented. But the same curiosity and openness to new things also characterizes consumer demand in the American...
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by John Quelch
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
history, HBS assistant professor Noel Maurer considers these questions and opens the door to other queries involving issues of economics and governance that reach well beyond the United States and its neighbor to the south. Mexico makes a...
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by Julia Hanna
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
the Internet, to what extent they can capitalize on these transformations remains an open question. HBS professor David Yoffie moderated the session on "The Technology Revolution and its Implications for the Future," with...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2023
- Book
You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance
Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card, which explains how to treat work-life calibration as you would a financial portfolio, through concepts like diversification. “There’s a calculus of:...
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by Kara Baskin
- 03 Feb 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Accountability and Control as Catalysts for Strategic Exploration and Exploitation: Field Study Results
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by Robert L. Simons
- 16 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Platform Competition Under Partial Belief Advantage
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
quickly as it began. "The offshoring of activities is predicated on a huge number of non-obvious, sensitive policy choices," Rivkin says, citing India's economic liberalization efforts of the early 1990s and the Chinese government's relatively recent decision to View Details
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by Julia Hanna
- 08 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Federal Reserve’s Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles
- 10 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Evolving Basis for Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement and the Rebalancing of Global Interests
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by Arthur Daemmrich
- 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.)
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to...
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by Rachel Layne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
and similar. These stores had few customers and did little business, but were open long hours, often seven days and six nights. These stores were obviously short of help, shelves were poorly stocked. What carriages were on hand were...
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- 14 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises
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by Robert Gibbons & Rebecca Henderson