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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs

strong economy is also going to buoy Latinx entrepreneurs, who had difficulty both accessing funds through the Paycheck Protection Program and finding alternative sources of financial support—in addition to dealing with other barriers to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

From 1988 to 1993, Juan Enriquez-Cabot was CEO of SERVIMET, a for-profit urban development entity of the Mexico City government which grew 4,000 percent during his tenure and became the city's largest revenue source after taxes. In 1993,... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016

when you're unemployed for months on end and there are no sources of validation in sight. But doing justice to the process of discovery can be just as meaningful as the outcome. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat." View Details
  • March 2025
  • Case

Hurtigruten: Sea Zero

By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. Toffel
Hurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessel's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the... View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Alternative Energy; Ship Transportation; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Management; Green Technology; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Battery Industry; Norway; Europe
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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

Compiled by HBS Business and Environment Initiative and Katie Kross, this list is included as a part of the Sustainability research guide via Baker Library's website.   Section Resources Top News sources (subscription... View Details
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Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog

existing sources of revenue or involves risky and uncertain investments. History is littered with established companies (Blockbuster, Kodak, etc) that failed to meet these challenges and innovate. This course centers on how to innovate... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

Perception versus Reality

regions around the world entered this year’s competition, with the finals taking place on campus in late April (see article). Without a doubt, the entrepreneurial ferment so evident today traces its source to the legacy of Professor... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; contests; awards; meta
  • 22 May 2020
  • In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

world for the better over the next two years, and will prepare us for the inevitable pandemics that follow. William A. Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. John... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

In the process, he shows how organizations can best equip themselves to take advantage of potential sources of competitive advantage that arise in the global setting. In International Finance: A Casebook, Desai provides case studies on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
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Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity

proportion of white women and women of color investing this amount was roughly the same.) Proportion of tech founders receiving funding over $1 million from personal money, friends, or family Women of Color White Women Men of Color White Men This pattern continues when... View Details
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

million from advertising. The new CEO had to decide which of these three revenue sources he should focus on in the future and how this choice would influence the target customers, the service offerings, and the required capabilities.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

business start-up. Furthermore, most women have learned that they need help to create and build their businesses. They are assembling multi-talented entrepreneurial teams that bring a broad base of resources—including initial financial investment money. Outside View Details
Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart
  • April 1994 (Revised September 1994)
  • Case

KENETECH Corporation

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Involves a strategic decision about how fast to ramp up sales. Improvements in technology have driven down the cost of electric power generated from wind turbines to the point where they are competitive with fossil-fuel plants. KENETECH needs to raise equity capital to... View Details
Keywords: Renewable Energy; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Initial Public Offering; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Going Public; Sales; Competition; Energy Industry
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  • November 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Mid-Missouri Energy: Ethanol from Corn

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Noel Michele Holbrook, James Weber and Karla Sartor
Mid-Missouri Energy (MME) is a farmer-owned cooperative that produces ethanol from corn. The cooperative has performed well in comparison to other producers, but margins in the industry had declined as industry production levels neared market demand limits. MME farmers... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Cooperative Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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  • November 2003 (Revised May 2016)
  • Case

Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (A)

By: Geoffrey Jones and Lisa Bud-Freirman
Taught in the MBA Evolution of Global Business course, a business history course on the growth of multinationals. Explores the role of the British entrepreneur Weetman Pearson in developing the Mexican oil industry before 1914. Shows this entrepreneur's evolution from... View Details
Keywords: History; Risk and Uncertainty; Non-Renewable Energy; Growth Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Industry; Mexico
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  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Growing Together

institution to donate funds and expertise to build a half-way house for homeless teenagers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the bank has a major presence, and to link up schoolchildren in New England and Latin America over the Internet. "What we're doing boosts employee... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
  • Profile

Lily Wu

to gain from your internship experience? A broad hands-on understanding of museum administration and operations. I'm intrigued by the complexity and nuances of running a public serving non-profit cultural organization with mixed income View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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Entrepreneurial Sales

Suggested starting points for your research. Articles Business Source Complete: Access relevant academic journals, such as Journal of... View Details
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Bloomberg Basics | Baker Library

Help Center Bloomberg Basics How can I get help using Bloomberg? Bloomberg is a comprehensive source for financial markets data, including equities, indices, currencies, commodities, futures, and more. On this page, you'll find... View Details
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Phil Wong

operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance companies. His investing role focused on View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship