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- February 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Nuritas
By: Mitchell Weiss, Satish Tadikonda, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
Nora Khaldi had built a technology “to unlock the power of nature” in the service of extending human lifespan and improving health, and now in April 2020 was debating telling her Board of Directors she wanted to put on ice some of her discoveries. Nuritas, the company... View Details
Keywords: Cash Burn; Cash Flow Analysis; Pharmaceutical Companies; Founder; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Entrepreneurship; Health Testing and Trials; Health Care and Treatment; Decision Making; Market Entry and Exit; AI and Machine Learning; Pharmaceutical Industry
Weiss, Mitchell, Satish Tadikonda, Vincent Dessain, and Emer Moloney. "Nuritas." Harvard Business School Case 822-080, February 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research
By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred
This case examines the strategy implementation and risk management decisions at Sydney IVF, a research-based in vitro fertilization and stem cell company based in Australia. Drs. Robert Jansen and Jock Anderson, who co-founded Sydney IVF in 1986, developed novel... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Genetics; Commercialization; Health Industry; Australia
Simons, Robert L., Kathryn Rosenberg, and Natalie Kindred. "Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research." Harvard Business School Case 109-017, January 2009. (Revised February 2009.)
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt
By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-023. Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized... View Details
- January 2022
- Teaching Plan
Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden
By: Brian Trelstad and Emilie Billaud
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-040. Just Arrived is an online platform that matches newly-arrived immigrants in Sweden with employment opportunities. As one of several for-profit and non-profit start-ups in Europe that is looking to address the refugee crisis, the... View Details
- June 2017
- Case
MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid
By: Lynda M. Applegate, José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a company providing affordable housing to low-income... View Details
Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta, and Aldo Sesia. "MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid." Harvard Business School Case 817-073, June 2017.
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle The Harvard Climate Entrepreneur’s Circle is a selective incubation program for high-potential ventures working to address climate change. Climate Circle participants have access to world-class coaching, View Details
- May 2002 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
SG Cowen: New Recruits
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
Chip Rae, director of recruiting at SG Cowen, must decide which recruits to keep after the final interview process for new outside associate hires. Along with team captains assigned to each school, he reviews the criteria used to make hiring decisions. Their new... View Details
Keywords: Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Decision Making; Management Practices and Processes; Service Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan. "SG Cowen: New Recruits." Harvard Business School Case 402-028, May 2002. (Revised January 2006.)
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet
sectors; and supports more than 700 venture teams each semester. What are the support systems and resources provided at the labs to student and alumni ventures? What sustains this community is the incredible team here that works fully in View Details
- March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk
By: Michael Chu and Jean Hazell
The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its microfinance network leads Opportunity International to launch the first global specialized microinsurance company, the Micro Insurance Agency (MIA). Building on the experience in 10 countries... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Cost Management; Microfinance; Globalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Infrastructure; Nonprofit Organizations; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America
Chu, Michael, and Jean Hazell. "Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk." Harvard Business School Case 307-089, March 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
authority over the entire canal project, including the right to fire commission members. Secretary of War William Howard Taft had doubts about the legality of granting the chief engineer control over the commission, which was technically... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
is not to make an airtight case about the state of contemporary management, but rather to raise important questions. By comparing management with the legal and medical professions, we hope to stimulate discussion and debate that can lead... View Details
- January – February 2012
- Article
When One Business Model Isn't Enough
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jorge Tarzijan
Trying to operate two business models at once often causes strategic failure. Yet LAN Airlines, a Chilean carrier, runs three models successfully. Casadesus-Masanell, of Harvard Business School, and Tarziján, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, explore how... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Failure; Business Model; Service Operations; Asset Management; Value; Complexity; Competency and Skills; Business Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk and Uncertainty; Customer Relationship Management; Air Transportation Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jorge Tarzijan. "When One Business Model Isn't Enough." Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2012).
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2350805 Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government Services By: Buell, Ryan W., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—As Americans' trust in government nears historic lows, frustration with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
recommendations for review. Projects run from October to April. If you think your organization could benefit from the services of our club, please complete the interest form by September 4. Created by Harbus News Corporation at HBS, the... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
the problems in participants' incentives and in legal rules. Publisher's link: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/pitfalls-and-fraud-in-online-advertising-research-jar-jun2014.pdf August 2014 Economic Journal Highway to Success: The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
NOV 2020 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal system will need to deal with a surge of financial distress in the business sector. In this paper, the authors try to size up the coming surge of financial distress,... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
levels, and prices and show that competition with privacy has several effects on the marketplace. First, competition drives the provision of services with a low level of disclosure. Second, competition ensures that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
invests in companies providing services, products and technologies for the energy industry. They have traditionally focused on services for the Oil & Gas industry but are now committing capital to... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details