• 02 Jan 2018
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

stall a company’s scaling efforts. To prevent this from happening, companies must make core processes like recruiting, interviewing, and development a real priority in daily practice. As Aristotle emphasized... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• November 2010 (Revised October 2012)
• Background Note

Farmland Investing: A Technical Note

By: Ray Goldberg, Arthur I Segel, Gustavo Herrero and Andrew Terris

This note seeks to provide an overview of farmland investing, the investment thesis behind investing in agriculture, how and why investors would choose farmland, and the general risks and return characteristics of this asset class. In recent years, a growing number of... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Investment; Investment Return; Risk Management; Property; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Asia; United States; South America

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Goldberg, Ray, Arthur I Segel, Gustavo Herrero, and Andrew Terris. "Farmland Investing: A Technical Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 211-022, November 2010. (Revised October 2012.)

• December 2021 (Revised January 2023)
• Supplement

Katerra (B)

By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn

In May 2020, SoftBank executives, having invested nearly $2 billion in Katerra, decided the vision of an end-to-end, vertically-integrated construction process was worth saving—with some major changes to company structure. The SoftBank Vision Fund invested $200 million... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Failure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Entrepreneurship; Construction; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States

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Hyde, Lindsay N., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Tom Quinn. "Katerra (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-025, December 2021. (Revised January 2023.)

• 03 Oct 2022
• Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

In August, mega venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced a $350 million investment in residential real estate company Flow—the single largest investment the VC titan... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 11 Nov 2020
• Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

Tommy Pan Fang and University of British Columbia business professor David Clough. Wu’s research centers on strategies used by technology entrepreneurs to achieve scale for competitive advantage. Platforms are prime real View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

• 03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of positive industry trends, there were some nagging concerns that this might be a risky time in the public capital markets. The company had just completed an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 04 Jun 2001
• Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

will help make you a winner." Glaser's success story in fending off intense competition from Bill Gates & Co. and turning his seven-year old company into a prime purveyor of streaming video, audio, and music services on the Web... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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Jeremy Andrus

2003 when the company launched—they were boring. It was a neglected category. Headphones had not been a branding statement before we entered the space. But now, that piece of real View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media