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26 Nov 2019
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Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

is highlighted in her new book: Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream. KEY THEMES Small business is critical to the American economy. Artificial intelligence and big... View Details

Keywords: fintech; Artificial intelligence; Small business

03 Apr 2015
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What Popular Baby Names Teach Us About Data Analytics

Keywords: big data; data analytics; business strategy

August 2015 (Revised February 2017)
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Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (A): Developing a New Model

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox

Bridj, a Boston startup that provides Big Data-powered, "pop-up" bus routes that respond to transportation demand, has been in operation for a little over a year and has recently launched service in Washington, D.C., its second market. Despite media acclaim and... View Details

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02 Mar 2012
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HBS Profs on 3 Big Co. Lessons from Start-ups, and 3 So-Whats

03 Jan 2022
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Some Big Wall Street Banks Reverse Their Back-To-Office Plans—Again

03 Aug 2010
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Analysis: Rare diseases lure Sanofi, other big drugmakers

May 2022
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Grupo Big Exit: Options for Advent and Walmart

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

After conducting an impressive turnaround in Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil, Private Equity firm Advent International has to decide how to exit this investment: through an IPO or selling the business to Carrefour. View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Divestiture; Finance; Strategy; Private Equity; Brazil; Latin America

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January 2017
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Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (A)

By: William W. George and Monica Baraldi

In 2014, Medtronic was about to execute a $50 billion acquisition of Ireland-based Covidien. Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak was committed to building the largest medical technology company in the world while broadening its ability to fulfill its mission of “alleviating... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Medtronic; Covidien; Mission; Tax Inversion; Business Strategy; Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Republic of Ireland; Europe; Minnesota; United States

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28 Aug 2012
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Got a big decision to make? Sleep on it

29 Feb 2016
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Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

cities” field. “I wanted to explore the opportunities and challenges of selling to government in a company that is moving from selling hardware in big chunks to selling software as a service,” says Weiss, the MBA Class of 1961 Senior... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

16 Oct 2012
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‘This Comes As a Big Surprise’: GS Board Member

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

unusual application of an economic term delighted Christensen, a management professor known around HBS and the globe as both a brilliant business thinker and a deeply religious man. For more than a decade he has been a go-to consultant... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Sep 2015
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Why 2 Startups Are Betting Big on Legalized Gambling

January 2017 (Revised January 2017)
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Sesame Workshop: Bringing Big Bird Back to Health

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Jonathan Cohen

Sesame Workshop was transforming in 2016. CEO Jeff Dunn had reorganized and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This case examines his efforts to turn Sesame Workshop around. It notes Sesame's storied history and the... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Technology; Education; Education Industry

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