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09 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

The Economics of Structured Finance

Keywords: by Joshua D. Coval, Jakub Jurek & Erik Stafford

September 2021
Case

Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

By: John J-H Kim, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

Founded in 1989, Posse Foundation was a nonprofit organization with a mission of developing future leaders who reflected the U.S.’s rich diversity. The organization ran a selective, localized admissions process in 10 U.S. cities to identify outstanding students with... View Details

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February 2025
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eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell

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... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya

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April 2024 (Revised February 2025)
Teaching Note

eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-360.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... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Product Marketing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya

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12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

get adequate sunlight; and the Follo, a roving robot that would act as its owner's personal assistant. Conducting consumer research on a completely new product idea is a dilemma for many entrepreneurs. "When you come to consumers with a View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

was much tastier. On my lunch and dinner breaks, I would make myself a free barbecued dog (perk of the job), but I could not seem to convince the customers to wait the extra few minutes for a more delicious outcome. That was my first introduction to the View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

at HBS I was introduced to the concept of a search fund which I found fascinating. In an ideal world, I would have done a search fund, but I realized I needed to be able to repay my loans and knew a search fund would require taking on... View Details

03 Jul 2013
What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

So where does that leave us? What are the appropriate criteria on which to determine the limits of transparency? What is transparency's "sweet spot." What do you think? Original Article Transparency has become a popular concept... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

help to quiet that voice in someone else's head that questions who they are.” David Robertson (he/him), Class of 2023 “One of my favorite aspects of the LBGTQ+ community is the concept of chosen family, which is the idea that people can... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) Prize Challenge, Phase 1: Concept Development, for “MusCAT (a multi-scale federated system for privacy-preserving pandemic risk prediction)” with Hyunghoon Cho, David Froelicher, Denis Loginov, David... View Details

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

positive effects are being most keenly felt in the organizations we cite in our article—the Army, Chrysler Group, and Canadian Blood Services since they are the earliest adopters. As the concept of the OSM matures and as we hear more and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

for payments. Well, that is true only for about two billion of the world's six billion people. Government officials, public policy makers, non-governmental organizations, non-profits, program managers, project managers, policy officers, could all benefit from the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Nov 2018
Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

interesting startup ideas, I never felt like I had the oomph to get me from idea to reality. That was about to change. Building Confidence I came to HBS wanting to start my own thing – with the rough concept of AirBnB for event venue... View Details

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

of them, unfortunately, gave their lives to save guests." A dozen employees died. Most Difficult Case Deshpandé, a native of Bombay (now Mumbai), says it took a full week to conduct the interviews. "This is the hardest case I've ever worked on. One reason is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations