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    Luis M. Viceira

    Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit  and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

    Keywords: banking; education industry; financial services; nonprofit industry; retail financial services
    • 2015
    • Other Teaching and Training Material

    Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures

    By: William R. Kerr
    Core Curriculum in Entrepreneurship is a series of Readings that cover fundamental course material in Entrepreneurship. Readings include Interactive Illustrations which help students master complex concepts quickly.
    Global ventures are those that weave... View Details
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    • 12 Jul 2020
    • News

    Banker Pay Theory Upended by Harvard Expert in Swedish Study

    • 04 Nov 2014
    • News

    Eureka moments born outside the office

    • December 2017 (Revised February 2021)
    • Case

    Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
    In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business, which included several leading consumer brands such as Vegemite, the iconic Australian... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Value Drivers; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Dairy Industry; Corporate Scope; Consumer Goods; Iconic Brands; Bidding Strategy; Cross Border; Financing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Diversification; Business Divisions; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure; Food; Bids and Bidding; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Australia; United States
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    • 27 Dec 2010
    • News

    Sam Palmisano: IBM's Guiding Spirit

    • 19 Sep 2014
    • News

    Microbursts in learning

    • 18 Nov 2021
    • News

    Masterclass: Frank Cespedes

      Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

      The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
      • July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
      • Case

      Clair

      By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Marcos Quirno
      Clair was founded with a simple mission: to expedite America’s workers access to their hard-earned wages. In the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup had successfully raised a seed round of $4.5 million, and within two years the earned wage access (EWA)... View Details
      Keywords: Fintech; Ewa; Lending; Technology; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise; Business Strategy; Business Model; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital; Profit; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      • November 2022
      • Case

      The Battle Among Channels for Marketing Pharmaceuticals: UpScript, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, and Direct-to-Consumer Sales

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Tiffany Farrell
      Can an online, direct-to-consumer pharmacy both improve the quality and speed of care for patients who need branded drugs and stabilize profits for pharmaceutical manufacturers? UpScript, after years spent achieving legal and regulatory compliance and simultaneous... View Details
      Keywords: DTC; Internet and the Web; Marketing Channels; Customer Value and Value Chain; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Strategy; Service Delivery; Growth and Development Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Retail Industry
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      • 06 Oct 2010
      • News

      Zuckerberg's expensive lesson

      • 05 Sep 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

      launched the new FOX Sports 1 cable television network and was working to sign sports properties. Atlas considered Street League’s relationship with ESPN, the league’s finances, and attempts to raise capital. For a new action-sports property such as Street League, what... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • December 2006 (Revised October 2007)
      • Course Overview Note

      Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Educators

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
      Provides an overview for educators of concepts covered in the MBA elective course, "Managing Networked Businesses," (MNB). MNB focuses on management challenges in businesses that exhibit network effects. Such businesses comprise a large and growing share of the global... View Details
      Keywords: Networks; Business Organization
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      • 28 Nov 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

      recipients get organs as they become available—decisions that must be based on various priority and fairness criteria. “The new system will explicitly give points based on the likelihood of survivability.” The method—the work of Nikolaos Trichakis of Harvard View Details
      Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health
      • December 2022 (Revised May 2023)
      • Case

      Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution

      By: Juan Alcácer and Emer Moloney
      At the end of 2019, Ignacio Galán, the Chairman and CEO of the world's third largest utility, Iberdrola, reflected on his almost 20 years at the company. He managed a portfolio of three very different businesses, each with their own specific opportunities and... View Details
      Keywords: Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Engineering; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Mission and Purpose; Strategy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Spain; United Kingdom; United States; Brazil; Mexico
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      • 22 Oct 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals

      Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Feng Zhu; Advertising
      • October 2016
      • Case

      The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      In 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held... View Details
      Keywords: LA Fitness; Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; Planet Fitness; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Demographics; Age; Gender; Income; Residency; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Cost; Private Equity; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Employees; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Service Operations; Leasing; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Health Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
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      • October 2011
      • Supplement

      Jack Hughes, Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, In-class comments 4/8/11

      By: David A. Garvin
      TopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Online Technology; Information Technology Industry
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      • 28 Aug 2018
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

      Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and Jee-Eun Shin Abstract— Organizations often struggle with motivating employees to develop innovative ideas that may benefit the firm, especially when the standard tasks for which employees are measured and... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman