Financial Product Launch - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2019
News

Case Study: Off to a Fine Art

Launched in 2017, Clay is an artisanal ceramics startup for the sharing economy. Founder and CEO Rukmini Giridharadas (MBA 2014) has partnered with potters in the Bay Area to offer their wares online to the chefs, caterers, and florists... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

April 2022 (Revised April 2023)
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Highland Park Wood Co. (Abridged)

By: David E. Bell

A major home builder wishes to purchase lumber (Southern pine). The builder wants delivery in six months but prefers to lock-in the price near current rates. The lumber wholesaler must decide on a pricing and sourcing strategy. Examples include: 1) buy & hold, 2) wait... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Goods and Commodities; Futures and Commodity Futures; Price; Forest Products Industry; Forest Products Industry

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01 Sep 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Working World

make the product a reality. That made an impression—that an immigrant living in the United States was turning back to his home country to help realize the products of his invention. So my first work in this... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2009
News

INCAE Making Global Impact

Latin America by regional publications and has gained a global reputation as well, as evidenced by high rankings from the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. This year, the school launched an... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

3-Minute Briefing: David Perpich (MBA 2007)

I interned at a lot of different places in high school and college—a hospital, a retail store, a magazine, an ad agency. At Duke, I was part owner of a student-run food-delivery service. In Clay Christensen–speak, it was the “emergent strategy,” exploring as I went and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; sports reporting; digital media; strategy; management

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

anywhere in the country. Similarly, as accelerators and conferences move online, they are more accessible to entrepreneurs whose financial or family situation limits travel. The Female Founders Alliance embraced the opportunity this... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Other Financial Services; Other Financial Services

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807145 Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk Harvard Business School Case 307-089 The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2019
News

Leading Schools that Change Lives

of Salesianum School, the Catholic boys’ prep school he graduated from in Wilmington, Delaware. “You have to be laser-focused on what’s most important and not get distracted by the chaos and noise.” Kennealey’s résumé includes teaching in and View Details

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Brighton Mudzingwa

to be part of a sustainable economic system." But, Brighton says, "By the time I left the country in 2003, it was effectively unraveling. Agriculture was the backbone of our country. But a controversial land-distribution exercise spiraled out of control,... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

Ray W. MacDonald

MacDonald presided over Burroughs during a dramatic growth period for the computer industry in the 1970s, and Burroughs’ products for electronic data processing and financial accounting systems were among... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

arrangements from the perspective of the "elephants"? A: Most successful large companies excel at business planning, allocation of capital, and execution. Many are also good at product innovation in the small, continuous... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

13 Jun 2018
News

The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)

In our latest “First Five Years” interview, we discuss product reviews, lessons learned at HBS, and more with BestReviews.com cofounders Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014). The company, which they View Details

19 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 19

Business School Case 714-413 Tesla Motors In mid-2013, Tesla Motors was riding a wave of success: it had launched its first really mass-produced car-the model S-to rave reviews; had recently raised first-year View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Joseph P. Routh

When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

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Philip Hendrickson | Baker Library

International, a small furniture business in his home state of Wisconsin. Under his leadership, the firm grew rapidly and gained widespread recognition for its innovative designs. Phil went on to launch or support numerous successful... View Details

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

All good managers understand the importance of making sure that every member of a team feels personally motivated and necessary throughout the workday, lest their work should stagnate and suffer. But what's the key to igniting creativity, joy, trust, and View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Career Timeline - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

University Professor, the highest recognition awarded to a Harvard faculty member 2000 – Co-founds Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) 2000 – Co-founds FSG 2002 – Launches the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Affiliate Network... View Details

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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020

start of an unexpected educational journey. With a background in artificial intelligence and finance, Sasago thought launching a software or fintech startup might be in his future. But shortly after arriving on campus in 2018, he... View Details

24 Dec 2014
News

Promoting citizen commerce

Entrepreneur Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) launched The Grommet with a goal of bringing undiscovered, unusual products to market and helping their creators succeed. (Published December 2014) View Details

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

public use—major new products of either consumer electronics or computer hardware with their essential software technologies. In the United States, no enterprise had the capability to commercialize new consumer electronics technologies.... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

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