Publications

June 2010
Teaching Note

American Well: The Doctor Will E-See You Now (TN)

By: Elie Ofek

Teaching Note for 510061. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention; Online Technology; Revenue; System; Opportunities; Technology Adoption; Growth and Development; Brands and Branding; Business Model; Health Industry; United States

February 2000 (Revised December 2000)
Case

Staples.com

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Joanna M. Jacobson and Gillian Morris

Staples.com, the online unit of the U.S. office supplies retailing chain Staples, faces a range of strategic and organizational issues as it accelerates its growth. Should it pursue only existing Staples customers or consumers who do not shop in Staples stores? How... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain; Business Units; Business Model; Growth and Development; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Service Industry; United States

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

Stereotype Content Model Authors:P. Caprariello, A.J.C. Cuddy, and S.T. Fiske Publication:Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (in press) Abstract The stereotype content model (SCM) posits that social... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2016 (Revised August 2019)
Case

Numenta: Inventing and (or) Commercializing AI

By: David B. Yoffie, Liz Kind and David Ben Shimol

In March 2016, Donna Dubinsky (co-founder and CEO) and Jeff Hawkins (co-founder) were struggling with a key question: Could Numenta be successful in both creating fundamental technology and building a commercial business? Located in Redwood City, CA, Numenta was... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Intelligence; Machine Learning; Strategy; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Information; Technological Innovation; Research; Research and Development; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Commercialization; AI and Machine Learning

13 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 13

auditing, and private credit- and quality-rating agencies in financial markets. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1640638 Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge Authors:Bo Becker, Guhan Subramanian, and Daniel B. Bergstresser Publication:Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We use the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

Summa was developed under a new private equity model that sought to “future-proof” businesses by focusing on long-term value creation and growth, in addition to traditional private equity practices of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential By: Kaplan, Robert Steven Abstract—How do you create your own definition of success-and reach your unique... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented a highly decentralized View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

own experiences and offered expertise as well as personal reflection on this all-too-common dilemma. Myra Hart a professor at Harvard Business School and an expert on gender in organizations, described her research and the outreach she's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

March 2021 (Revised November 2022)
Case

Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

In 2018, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in a bold move transferred all its assets to a fund pooled with other General Partners and Limited Partners, called Blue Meridian Partners, to focus substantial long range investments in a few carefully chosen nonprofits.The... View Details

Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Scaling; COVID-19 Pandemic; Social Justice; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Venture Capital; Business Model; Social Issues; Poverty; Values and Beliefs; Decisions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Investment Portfolio

July 2001
Teaching Note

Virtualis Systems (A) TN

By: Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for (9-800-003). View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Business Model; Financing and Loans; Entrepreneurship; Mergers and Acquisitions

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

billion at the end of 2007. Lan is at an interesting point in history as the low-cost model was recently implemented. While early results have been strong, observers wonder if the airline can successfully manage three disparate View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
Case

Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital

By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan

Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details

September 2009 (Revised August 2011)
Case

Root Capital

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee

Founded in 1999, Root Capital had loaned $150 million to nearly 250 small and growing businesses, mainly in Latin America. In 2009, as the organization launched a five-year, $55 million capital campaign, it had to determine a strategic path going forward in keeping... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Capital; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Latin America

November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care

By: Trevor Fetter and Kira Seiger

This case describes the increasing investment by private equity (PE) firms in patient care and other healthcare services. The case focuses on investments in physician staffing firms and roll-up strategy investments in physician practice management (PPM). Included in... View Details