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    Andy Wu

    Andy Wu is the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. He researches, teaches, and advises managers... View Details

    Keywords: software; e-commerce industry; venture capital industry; biotechnology; video games
    • 11 Jan 2022
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?

    Keywords: Re: Mitchell B. Weiss; Technology

      Shikhar Ghosh

      Shikhar Ghosh is a Professor of Management Practice in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He currently teaches in the elective curriculum and is the course head for 3 Technologies that will Change the World. Shikhar received the Apgar Award for innovation in... View Details

        Julie Battilana

        Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details

          James L. Heskett

          James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

          • May 2020
          • Case

          Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?

          By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet
          Four college friends market a beverage that combines ingredients like those in a drink they consumed in college bars. It includes a caffeinated energy drink, malt liquor, and a soft drink flavoring. They launch the business, Big Boom Beverages (BBB), with their own... View Details
          Keywords: Alcoholic Beverages; Energy Drinks; Regulation; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Marketing Communications; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Reputation; Communication Strategy; Decision Making
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          Ben Schlatka

          Ben (HBS '05) has deep experience in technology driven organizations - including fund raising and venture formation, product marketing, product management, business development and managing technical professionals in large public and... View Details
          Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship
          • January 2005
          • Case

          Launching the Bronx Lab School

          By: Stacey M. Childress
          Examines the start-up process of a new, small high school inside the New York City public school system, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Covers the entrepreneurial process, the specific performance challenges in public high schools in the... View Details
          Keywords: Secondary Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Education Industry
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          • March 2008 (Revised November 2009)
          • Case

          New Schools for New Orleans 2008

          Founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as a catalyst for the transformation of the public education system in New Orleans, President Sarah Usdin and CEO Matt Candler must adapt their strategy to respond to a continuously shifting local context. By 2008, conditions on... View Details
          Keywords: Transformation; Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Situation or Environment; Adaptation; Value Creation; Education Industry; New Orleans
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          • 03 May 2022
          • Cold Call Podcast

          Can a Social Entrepreneur End Homelessness in the US?

          Keywords: Re: Brian L. Trelstad

            Andy Zelleke

            Andy Zelleke is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. A member of the General Management unit, he is the Faculty Chair of HBS’ Middle East & North Africa Research Center.

            Since Spring 2021, Dr. Zelleke has taught “Unpacking... View Details

            Keywords: federal government; professional services; defense; financial services
            • November 1997
            • Case

            Colly Cotton Ltd.

            By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
            Colly Farm is an entrepreneurial cotton farm complex that has to compete on a world market. In going public it has to satisfy the market that it can remain profitable in volatile times. View Details
            Keywords: Earnings Management; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Balance and Stability
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            • October 2020 (Revised August 2022)
            • Case

            Epic Games: Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite

            By: Andy Wu, Miaomiao Zhang and Christopher Zhang
            In the midst of intensifying public and political attention towards the market power of big technology, Epic Games in 2020 challenged the status quo that has existed for years in the Apple iOS and Google Android mobile application marketplaces and payment systems.... View Details
            Keywords: Mobile Platforms; Mobile App Industry; Mobile Payment Systems; Antitrust; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Lawsuits and Litigation; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy; Digital Platforms; United States
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              Joseph B. Lassiter

              Joe is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired. He focuses on one of the world’s most pressing problems: developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost energy all around the world. He... View Details

              Keywords: green technology; high technology; internet; oil ＆ gas; private equity (LBO funds); utilities; software; energy
              • December 1997 (Revised December 2013)
              • Case

              CCBN.COM

              By: William A. Sahlman
              A new service is being developed to help investor-relations managers at public companies communicate with investors over the Internet. View Details
              Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Internet
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              • June 2023 (Revised July 2023)
              • Case

              Social Media Background Screening at Fama Technologies

              By: Joseph Pacelli, Jillian Grennan and Alexis Lefort
              Fama Technologies is an online screening company that uses AI to analyze job applicants' publicly available online content for signs of risk and culture fit. The case opens with Ben Mones, founder and CEO, looking to secure funding from venture firms. He is running... View Details
              Keywords: Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; AI and Machine Learning; Social Media; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
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              • September 2016
              • Case

              Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

              By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Ricardo Andrade
              Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number... View Details
              Keywords: Business Model; Management Practices and Processes; Entrepreneurship
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              • December 1992 (Revised September 1996)
              • Case

              ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation (Abridged)

              By: Josh Lerner
              ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp., a development-stage biotechnology company, is considering making an initial offering of common stock. The rationales for and problems of high-technology start-ups are explored. The challenges posed by "windows" for public offerings are... View Details
              Keywords: Decisions; Initial Public Offering; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Business Startups; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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              • 09 Aug 2016
              • First Look

              August 9, 2016

              insurance expenditure is approximately 1.9. Overall, our results suggest that UI has a beneficial effect on the economy by decreasing its sensitivity to shocks. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51410 Immigrant View Details
              Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
              • 12 Jan 2016
              • First Look

              January 12, 2016

              But we find that the development stage and maturity of startups that apply for angel funding (and those that are ultimately funded) is inversely correlated with the entrepreneurship friendliness of the country, which may reflect... View Details
              Keywords: Carmen Nobel