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- March 2025
- Supplement
Intuition Robotics: An AI Companion for Older Adults (B)
By: Amit Goldenberg, Elie Ofek and Orna Dan
Two years after Intuition Robotics opted to pursue a business-to-government contract with the New York State Office of the Aging, and put direct-to-consumer efforts on the back burner, it was at a crossroads. The partnership had been successful, and the company had... View Details
- 11 Jul 2025
- News
Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast
supply chains and exports.” Discussing deglobalization in aerospace and defense in Denver. At the same time, Mobius adds, rapid advances in defense technology and an increase in the flow of venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- April 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Randy Komisar: Virtual CEO
Randy Komisar serves as "virtual CEO" to numerous hi-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Explores Randy's role, his perspective on general management, and a choice between two opportunities in which he is considering investing his time. View Details
Keywords: Technology; Business or Company Management; Leadership; Business Startups; Management Teams; Technology Industry; California
Roberts, Michael J., and Nicole Tempest. "Randy Komisar: Virtual CEO." Harvard Business School Case 898-078, April 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- October 2017
- Supplement
Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Will Hurwitz. "Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-049, October 2017.
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
path. It works for recruiting too, allowing companies in search of specific personality traits to find ideal workers. Today I talk with neuroscientist Frida Polli, cofounder and CEO of pymetrics, about what characteristics make for, say, a great consultant or a View Details
- October 2016 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
PTC: A Transformation to IoT
By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
In the 2010s, PTC, a leading provider of software for discrete manufacturers, faced maturing markets and changing customer needs as smart, connected products took hold—the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). PTC saw a first mover advantage in entering the IoT space... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students
Internal Revenue Service. Senior advisor, The Carlyle Group. He upgraded technology and information systems and stressed customer service in a dramatic turnaround of the IRS. Daniel L. Vasella, M.D. (PMD 57, 1989), chairman and CEO of... View Details
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
integrated-circuit testing, admits it was anything but inevitable that he would end up at HBS. "I was interested in science and technology policy at the Kennedy School, and I also thought about law school," notes Fleming, who... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
Decarbonization and Sustainable Production, our group visited Van den Ende Rozen, a family business located in Monster, near The Hague and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The company leverages greenhouse technology and digitalization to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
to encourage the development of new technologies that focus on clean, renewable, or efficient energy resources. One of our teams developed last year’s winning idea: a polymer-producing bacteria that eats away at microbial View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
Advanced Management Program and a founding member of Intel. Now executive vice president of that corporation, he is also president of Intel Capital, a corporate venture capital unit investing in companies in this country and companies... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
discussions featuring industry experts in the following areas: Energy Transition; Ag-Tech Innovations; Consumer Driven Sustainability; Living with Climate Change; Early Stage Climate Investing; Scaling Carbon Markets; Climate Mitigation... View Details
- Web
ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details
Uncovering the roots of innovation
ecosystem, shaping the field's trajectory. As an interdisciplinary scholar, I examined the evolving relationships among individuals and organizations that helped cultivate a world-leading industry at the technological frontier. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Climate Finance SIP
climate risk as an asset owner, measuring climate risk and using metrics in portfolio construction, incorporating physical climate risk into portfolio analysis. The last day turned to financing innovation with a focus on early stage venture, catalytic, and tough tech... View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
the successes of the BNVC became the basis of the 2020 case, “The Black New Venture Competition,” written by HBS faculty members Karen Mills, Jeff Bussgang, and Martin Sinozich. The case is also the basis for the HBS course, View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Entrepreneurs Promise Signers - Alumni
Cowboy Ventures Jonathan Lee (MBA 2024) Garros Li (MBA 2020) Sam Li (MBA 2017), Thoropass Shuai Li (MBA 2024), Shu AI, Inc. Andrea Lin (MBA 1999), Salesforce Mike Lloyd (MBA 2015), Five Bays Capital Vlad Loktev (MBA 2011), Index View Details
- August 2015
- Case
Yabbly (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
In November 2013, with less than 10 months of cash on hand, Tom Leung, the founder and CEO of Yabbly, must decide where to focus his resources. His startup, a question-and-answer application for shopping decisions, had benefited from a strong showing at the SXSW... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Mobile; Online Product Reviews; Consumer Products; Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; North America; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Christopher Payton. "Yabbly (A)." Harvard Business School Case 816-030, August 2015.
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
Wingspanbank was created completely outside the Bank One structure. From a consumer's point of view, there is no visible relationship between the two banks. While there is some pooling of technology and personnel, economies of View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with their mother, Sarah Scott... View Details