• July 2015
• Case

Uncharted Play (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Ali Huberlie

The case recounts the process of launching an early stage venture, from idea conception through initial efforts to validate the concept, followed by product launch, and fund raising. It emphasizes the Customer Value Proposition of the business model, and asks – Who is... View Details

Keywords: Early Stage; Female Protagonist; Value Proposition; Team Building; Founders' Agreements; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Business Startups; Sports; United States; North America; Nigeria; Africa

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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Ali Huberlie. "Uncharted Play (A)." Harvard Business School Case 816-018, July 2015.

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

Faculty & Research July–August 2025 Article Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our Workforce? By: William R. Kerr More Research August 2025 Article Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business... View Details

• 27 Oct 2002
• Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

even more difficult than in the past. Why the concern about coordination between sales and marketing? Every business exists for financial performance—making money. We know generally how to measure it across different companies and... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

• 26 Jun 2018
• First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

increases demand. Results also show that small third-party sellers affected by Amazon's entry appear to be discouraged from growing their businesses on the platform subsequently. The results have... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Technology & Operations Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

Technology & Operations Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students Unit Head Robert S. Huckman Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business View Details

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Overview - Doctoral

Download Catalog (pdf) “ Doctoral students are vital members of our intellectual community. They challenge existing ideas, develop new theories and techniques, and serve broadly as catalysts for innovation. ” Dennis Yao Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of View Details

• 10 May 2010
• Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

people you would expect to be most active in the field: scholars. "If we look at the leading research universities and at the business schools within them, the topic of leadership has been actually given fairly short shrift,"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

• February 2010
• Case

Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Growth and Maturation; Multinational Firms and Management; Logistics; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Trade; Equity; Corporate Finance; United States; Europe

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Hamermesh, Richard G. "Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 810-102, February 2010.

• September 2006 (Revised November 2008)
• Case

Supergrid

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Supergrid is a mammoth wind-power development scheme for Europe, recently proposed by Airtricity. This firm, founded in 1997, is a fast-growing power-development company focused on wind. Already having built about 600 megawatts of wind turbines in Scotland and Ireland,... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Performance Capacity; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Europe; United States

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Vietor, Richard H.K. "Supergrid." Harvard Business School Case 707-016, September 2006. (Revised November 2008.)

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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

at Blank Corporation: Bridging Content and Commerce ." Harvard Business School Case 125-021, May 2025. Data-driven Technologies and Local Information Advantages in Small View Details

• 14 Jun 2022
• Blog Post

Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

The Jewish Student Association (JSA) serves as a resource to develop, inform, support, and enrich Harvard Business School’s Jewish students and those interested in learning more about the Jewish faith and heritage. Open to the full gamut... View Details

• 14 Nov 2023
• Research & Ideas

The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

conclusion—professional social networks “may have potential benefits to companies, and not only to the individual,” says Frank Nagle, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. “What we’re trying to say is there are many more jobs... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

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Marketing Faculty - Faculty & Research

Business Administration Eva Ascarza Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration Jill J. Avery Senior Lecturer of View Details