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- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
Bhusri,Greylock "I talk to customers about their business problems, not their technology problems," he added. Developing Web services solutions is different from working on a product, because the customer drives the results more... View Details
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
and improved services in the same area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new View Details
- September 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?
Harley-Davidson manufactures and sells motorcycles. It also provides financing for retail purchases and dealer stock. Although Harley's performance has been very strong, analysts and the press have questioned its use of a special-purpose entity to sell securities... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Financial Services Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Retail Industry
Miller, Gregory S., and Jacob Cohen. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?" Harvard Business School Case 105-027, September 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
from a Field Experiment, authored by Harvard Business School marketing professors Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas. “With so many people and resources at stake, the design of the sales force compensation plan becomes of great strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- December 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Doug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Ryan Johnson
Keywords: Food; Policy; Social Issues; Business Model; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Alvarez, Jose B., and Ryan Johnson. "Doug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox." Harvard Business School Case 512-022, December 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- 01 Jun 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Building India’s First $100 Billion Company
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
profitability of a vertically integrated monopoly. We then use our model to compare open and closed standards regimes, to understand how commoditization affects a cluster, to determine the relative profits of platform firms and firms that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
Date: January 9-10, 2008 Faculty Chairs: Josh Lerner, William Sahlman Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: Venture Capital What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The VC Conference is one in a series of 14 alumni and practitioner forums Harvard View Details
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
achieve social value." REDF recently hired a full-time financial analyst, formerlywith J.P. Morgan, to help build models for SROI. REDF also practices venture philanthropy through efforts such as targeted View Details
Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR
By: Boris Groysberg, David Lane, Susan Pinckney and Alexis Lefort
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 424-004. Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management... View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Business Plan; Disruption; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Decisions; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender; Nationality; Race; Residency; Higher Education; Learning; Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Platforms; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Job Offer; Job Search; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Product; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Equality and Inequality; Valuation; Value Creation; Employment Industry; United Kingdom
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
theoretical model that looks beyond its idiosyncratic elements. Looking at prices alone is insufficient to look at the relative viability of globally standardized vs. locally customized products.— Pankaj Ghemawat The case concerns STAR... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
performance and succession, corporate strategy, and executive compensation. In a recent interview at Harvard Business School, governance expert Jay Lorsch, the School's Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations, offered his insights.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
electronic commerce than in the B2B segment, since industry standards for characterizing color and fabric are more familiar forms of communication for business partners than for individual consumers. Compounding the difficulty in... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
October issue of the Harvard Business Review by Scott Cook, Co-Founder and Chair of the Executive Committee of Intuit. Cook argues that a number of successful organizations have gotten that way by making it easy for "volunteers"... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
can be profitable while doing good, suggests new research from Benjamin N. Roth, a Harvard Business School assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. “This idea that you're increasing your impact by leveraging capital,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
in Confluent. Initially very excited about the deal, Warden becomes concerned about Confluent's valuation and its ability to succeed as a business when he learns about restrictions placed upon Confluent by the licensing agreement. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
professionals. New roles and responsibilities must be clearly defined in advance, and teamwork models that include factors common in successful redesigns such as leadership, shared objectives, and training should be promoted. The focus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2000
- Background Note
Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur, The
By: Robert J. Robinson and Noam T. Wasserman
Introduces students to negotiations between venture capitalists (VCs) and the limited partners who provide the VCs' capital. Also discusses negotiations between VCs and other VCs, including those within a VC firm itself. Explores interests, sources of negotiating... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Venture Capital; Capital; Negotiation Tactics; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
Robinson, Robert J., and Noam T. Wasserman. "Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-237, March 2000. (2000.)
- Winter 2021
- Article
How Would-Be Category Kings Become Commoners
By: Rory McDonald and Keith Krach
Category creation is the holy grail in business, but more often than not, the very companies that establish lucrative new markets don’t end up being the category kings. Why? Many executives undermine their own ventures’ standing by misinterpreting and misfiring on... View Details
McDonald, Rory, and Keith Krach. "How Would-Be Category Kings Become Commoners." MIT Sloan Management Review 62, no. 2 (Winter 2021): 76–82.
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-005.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAmerican Cancer Society: Access to Care Harvard Business School Case 109-015 CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy of the American Cancer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace