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28 Sep 2017
News

Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion

capital supplied by maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition is the largest... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Entrepreneurship Program in Fourth Year

Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning (EECPCL) immerses participants in an eight-day program that focuses on fine-tuning teaching techniques, developing courses, and honing strategies to engage students in discussion. Since its View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

social returns when they succeed. The problem, says Esty, is that many of the largest products have hit financial turbulence. Esty, whose new book Modern Project Finance: A Casebook, was published recently,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

03 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

flavijus For the first time, a link has been drawn between public sentiment about a company’s sustainability practices and how that company is valued in the market. The results are important both for investors searching for under-valued, socially responsible companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

August 2009 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Tenova: Mining for Growth in an Economic Crisis

By: Gary P. Pisano, Elena Corsi and Elisa Farri

In December 2008, Gianluigi Nova, CEO of Tenova SpA, a technology and equipment supplier to the metals and mining industry, had to choose between two options. The first was to continue growing in the company's core business: equipment for the steel production. The... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Leadership; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

faith in the concepts behind its products often challenges industry precedents. One of the company's most daring ideas was its mother-baby product line, launched in 1993.... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

18 Feb 2014
News

Stick with Plan A

redefine the concept of banking and financial access in the future." Ezuza is preparing to launch its service after six years of business development, putting partnerships together and building the... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Waleed Iskandar (MBA 1993); Telecommunications

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

the first or worst financial challenge the technology giant has faced. In 1997, the company suffered a near-death experience that caused it to completely reimagine itself. The result was a new line of View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

about the project. Why did HBS launch the project? Rivkin: Many of us at the School have come to believe that the ability of firms in the United States to be competitive in the world economy and to support living standards in America is... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Apr 1999
News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

Recently featured on the cover of Forbes with Intel chairman Andrew Grove, Associate Professor Clayton M. Christensen is the author of The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. His research on "disruptive technologies" - new View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

to the company. In 1988, Binder was named CEO. That same year, Amgen's R&D efforts began to pay off as the company launched its first product, Epogen, which stimulates red blood cell production and thus... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

01 Apr 2001
News

Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future

dot-com start-up that launched what became the country’s most popular Internet portal. But after the competition heated up and the company diversified, “we lost our identity and our leadership position,” Yu recalls. That set the stage for... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

01 Oct 1999
News

HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed

become financially self-reliant, created a business plan for the Rainforest Action Network, evaluated public television station KQED's external communications, and are devising a long-term strategic plan for the American Lung Association,... View Details

Profile

Minal Mehta

launched our first BollyX classes. Partnering with boutique gyms, national gym chains, and dance studios, we quickly found that not only was there a tremendous appetite for Bollywood workout classes among fitness consumers, but that... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Services

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

access by expanding fellowships for those with financial need. It opened new international research centers and offices, launched the Harvard-wide i-Lab ecosystem, completed a $1.4 billion capital campaign,... View Details

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

efforts have been launched in the past decade to "transplant" the venture model: to adapt the key features of the venture capital approach within large corporations, academic institutions and hospitals, and nations without a... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

01 Jan 2004
News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

high-value innovation that was conceptually and strategically right for us." An initiative launched by Lafley calls upon P&G to find half of its new products outside its walls, up from 20 percent four years... View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Difference stories of alumni, faculty, and student impact. Also, so far, more than 22,500 alumni and friends have made gifts of all sizes toward the Campaign’s financial goals. Continuing the inspiring and celebratory nature of the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

September 2010 (Revised August 2013)
Case

Liza Davis and the Bargain Hunting Customer

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and Lisa Brem

Liza Davis, an upscale women's fashion retailer, is reeling from worldwide recession and lower demand. Should the company target the fast-growing bargain hunter segment or hold the line on price discounts to preserve their brand image? Customer profitability... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Price; Product Positioning; Customer Value and Value Chain; Business Cycles; Financial Crisis; Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry