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  • August 2018
  • Technical Note

Evaluating Start Ups

By: William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda and Robert F. White
A framework for assessing new business opportunities and the business plans used to describe them is developed. Useful for aspiring entrepreneurs in MBA programs. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Plan; Opportunities
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  • 15 Oct 2021
  • News

Where’s All Your Stuff? It’s Complicated.

  • February 2006 (Revised April 2006)
  • Case

Grove International Partners

By: Robert F. Higgins, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Suzanne Petrela
Grove International Partners, one of the world's largest international real estate private equity funds, is actively seeking new investment opportunities in the seniors housing industry. The firm has identified two potential opportunities--one located in Japan and one... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Investment; Opportunities; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry; Japan; United Kingdom
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  • September 1991 (Revised September 2010)
  • Case

Dore-Dore

By: Janice H. Hammond and Audris Wong
Dore-Dore, a French manufacturer of socks and children's knitwear, has just converted a portion of its knitwear operations to a flexible modular system to allow faster response and greater flexibility. The case provides an opportunity to assess the changes in knitwear... View Details
Keywords: Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Production; Performance Productivity; Apparel and Accessories Industry; France
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  • 07 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

With over 500 tickets sold, the Symposium, held on HBS campus on November 6, 2022, facilitated conversation and reflection between leaders and experts from all areas and... View Details
  • January 2002 (Revised October 2005)
  • Case

General Electric Medical Systems 2002

By: Tarun Khanna and James Weber
Discusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity to examine a multinational confronting massive technological and demographic changes around the world. Genomics has... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Model; Change Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Genetics; Customer Value and Value Chain; Age; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; China; United States
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  • October 2013 (Revised January 2017)
  • Case

Walmart around the World

By: Juan Alcácer, Abhishek Agrawal and Harshit Vaish
After reaching the limits of its successful expansion in the United States in the early 1990s, Walmart sought growth opportunities in markets abroad. This case describes Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil,... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Success; Globalized Markets and Industries; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Failure; Retail Industry; Germany; China; Argentina; South Korea; Canada; Japan; Brazil; Africa; United Kingdom; United States; Mexico
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    Christina R. Wing

    Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. Her research focuses primarily on topics surrounding families in business, and the course she created, titled Demystifying the Family... View Details

      Core Readings in Entrepreneurship Series

      • Becoming an Entrepreneurial Leader
      • Recognizing and Shaping Opportunities
      • Developing Business Plans and Pitching Opportunities
      • Attracting Talent and Building Ecosystems
      • Financing Entrepreneurial... View Details
      • June 2015
      • Article

      Understanding Ordinary Unethical Behavior: Why People Who Value Morality Act Immorally

      By: F. Gino
      Cheating, deception, organizational misconduct, and many other forms of unethical behavior are among the greatest challenges in today's society. As regularly highlighted by the media, extreme cases and costly scams are common. Yet, even more frequent and pervasive are... View Details
      Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior
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      • January 1995
      • Background Note

      Note on Foreign Direct Investment

      By: Debora L. Spar
      Between 1985 and 1990, the global economy witnessed an unprecedented surge in flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). This sudden increase called back into prominence the range of questions that have long surrounded FDI. What causes firms to expand or contract their... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment
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        Joseph B. Fuller

        Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and Entrepreneurship. He founded and co-leads the school’s project, Managing the Future of Work, as well as the Harvard Project on the Workforce. He currently leads the FIELD Global Capstone... View Details

        • Career Coach

        Manuel Llano

        Manuel wants to help students explore the opportunities available to HBS students in the Investment Banking, Investment Management, and Venture Capital industries. Manuel can provide insights into how these... View Details
        • 06 May 2022
        • News

        Prithwiraj Choudhury - The Future of Remote Working: Working from Anywhere?

        • November 1997 (Revised October 2000)
        • Case

        Interactive Minds (A)

        By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
        The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet are recounted. Raises the question of what the nature of this opportunity is, how well-positioned the protagonists... View Details
        Keywords: Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Market Entry and Exit; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Consulting Industry
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        • July 2005
        • Background Note

        Guth v. Loft: Synopsis

        By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
        Provides a brief overview of the Supreme Court of Delaware's opinion in the 1939 case of Guth v. Loft, a widely cited application of the "corporate opportunity doctrine." Explores the corporate law principles regulating when a corporate manager can or cannot take... View Details
        Keywords: Courts and Trials; Lawfulness; Management; Opportunities
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        • 2010
        • Working Paper

        Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

        By: Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul
        Two trends are likely to define the 21st century: threats to the sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to... View Details
        Keywords: Communication Technology; Investment; City; Infrastructure; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Urban Development; Information Technology; Green Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry
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        • April 1992 (Revised April 1996)
        • Case

        Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

        By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
        The board and management of General Cinema has to determine whether the acquisition of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ), thereby entering the publishing business, makes strategic sense. The case describes HBJ's involvement in several segments of the publishing industry:... View Details
        Keywords: Competition; Boundaries; Supply and Industry; Segmentation; Publishing Industry
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        • March 2022 (Revised February 2024)
        • Case

        Emeritus: Achieving Impact, Providing Access (A)

        By: Ashish Nanda and Zack Kurtovich
        In June 2019, Emeritus cofounders Ashwin Damera (HBS MBA 2005) and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu were thrilled with the rapid growth of Emeritus. Damera and Kalipatnapu believed that Emeritus, established in July 2015 to offer online executive education, was only in the early... View Details
        Keywords: Education Technology; Professional Service Firm; Startup; Digital Strategy; Global Business; Global Firm; Platform Business; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Executive Education; Strategy; Education Industry; India
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        • 21 Mar 2024
        • Blog Post

        SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail

        vulnerability involved in the process prompted me to reflect and truly determine my motivation and what I hoped to gain from the experience. Throughout the program, we were encouraged to take risks View Details