Business Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jun 2023
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Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society

Cassidy Wald (MBA 2023) has been named the recipient of the School’s Dean’s Award. This award celebrates the extraordinary achievements of a graduating student who, during their time in their program, has made a positive impact on Harvard, Harvard View Details

September 2021 (Revised December 2023)
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On the Bubble: Startup Bootstrapping

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Tom Quinn and Annelena Lobb

Bubble was a software company in the low-code/no-code market, making tools that allowed users without traditional programming backgrounds or technical skills to build software. The case covers cofounder Joshua Haas’s engineering background, as he experienced a high... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Enrollment Stories FAQs Start Anytime Key Concepts Master frameworks and tools to execute a high-quality, profitable business model Discover how to conduct experiments to determine your venture’s value proposition, go-to-market strategy,... View Details

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

Sometimes executive education has little to do with what happens in a classroom. Mentoring and coaching are the time-tested ways for wisdom and knowledge to be passed through an organization. Harvard Business School professor Dorothy... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Reunions 2024 Reunion Presentations At Reunions, HBS faculty and other thought leaders address a range of issues facing business and society. Program recordings and materials (slide deck, handouts, etc.) are made available only when... View Details

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-024.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Center for Creative Leadership Harvard Business School Case 308-013 The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) was founded in 1970 on the notion that leadership... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

Harvard Business School Case 118-055 Michael Belkin: Personal Financing Planning as an Entrepreneur No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118055-PDF-ENG Harvard View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Kiran Gandhi

heroines. At the very least, I felt grateful that “girl power” was the marketing message they chose to sell. I want to first be someone who contributes to making the music industry a healthier business space for musicians to exist in.... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

20 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

incremental to the effects of other forms of organizational structure, namely business and geographic diversification. I also find that the level of debt at subsidiaries affects the parent company's borrowing costs. However, the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Sep 2015
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Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

continued success once the downturn ends.” As business leaders begin planning for the coming year in the midst of all the market turmoil and uncertainty, this is one lesson it might pay to remember. View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

20 Oct 2011
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Getting the Marketing Mix Right

Businesses rely on solid marketing strategies to boost sales—yet the tools used to evaluate these strategies often provide misleading results, leaving managers with the inability to accurately measure how they can get the best bang for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

March 1999 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Steady Earner, Inc.

By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard

An employee is permitted to choose any one of three stock option plans. The first involves options that are in the money and must be exercised within 10 years. The second involves options that are at the money and must be exercised within 10 years. The third involves... View Details

Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Taxation; Stock Options

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01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

preventing diabetes in indigenous populations. “I quickly realized that business alone was not enough to reverse the dysfunction of some tribal economies,” says Keen. Earlier, he’d experienced the fallout of an LBO at Maine shipbuilder... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

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Life & Leadership After HBS - Race, Gender & Equity

results from the first Life & Leadership survey. 2015 Report In the News Even Among Harvard Graduates, Women Fall Short of Their Work Expectation 28 NOV 2014 | The New York Times Rethink What You “Know” About High-Achieving Women DEC 2014 | Harvard View Details

25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

like several of the panelists, believe that the stickiest problems lie at the intersection of technology deployment, capital access, and policy acceleration. I plan to spend more time building bridges to my colleagues on the policy and... View Details

07 Jan 2025
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Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

$100mm to expand nationally, and has partnered with major retailers, developed products, launched campaigns, and digitized consumer experiences. With a passion for high-growth businesses and a commitment to helping underrepresented... View Details

20 Oct 2017
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Taking Care to Prepare Leaders: Lessons in Leadership Development from DaVita Kidney Care

been aiming throughout her earlier career and subsequent business school education. The Redwoods Program, especially its hands-on practicum component, “drew me to DaVita,” Coyle says. Now that she has successfully established herself as a... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

09 Jun 2024
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The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

I. She will join Ayala Corporation, the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines, as a corporate strategy manager, where she’ll be charged with active portfolio management across its business units and investments. During your EC year, what... View Details

20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

complexities into the expansion plans of this entrepreneurial firm. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910404-PDF-ENG IDFC India: Infrastructure Investment Intermediaries John D. Macomber and Viraal BalsariHarvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2017
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BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead...

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud and Caroline Caltagirone

In 2017, the co-founders of BlaBlaCar—the world’s largest long-distance carpooling company—reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. BlaBlaCar had reached critical mass and size; yet staying still was not going to be enough to be relevant and... View Details