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- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
PublicationsIndispensable: When Leaders Really Matter Author:Gautam Mukunda Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract Will your next leader be insignificant-or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics By: Davenport, Thomas H., and Jinho Kim Abstract—Managers today need to be able to analyze and make sense of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
Harvard Business School to teach people how to think better. Now he brings his time-tested toolbox to all readers who have an interest in unlocking their own potential. With insightful observations, thought-provoking questions, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
key questions: In this particular market, which market institutions are working, and which institutions are missing? Which parts of our business model can be adversely affected by these institutional voids?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
To improve any business, managers need to understand how much it costs to produce a profitable product. It seems a simple task, but the process of securing and analyzing the data can be incredibly complex and organizationally taxing. In Time-Driven Activity-Based... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
BrochetHarvard Business School Case 110-029 This case illustrates the tension/balance that firms with complex and risky business models must consider in designing their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
MaterialsMicrofinance International Corporation: No, Not Another Microfinance Case Harvard Business School Case 808-104 CEO and founder Atsumasa Tochisako (52) sat in his Washington D.C. headquarters, looking with pride at the copy of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15
Abstract We study competitive interaction between two alternative models of digital content distribution over the Internet: peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing and centralized client-server distribution. We present microfoundations for a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007
from NBER Working Paper No. 6011, April 1997, Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 98-024, 1997) Abstract We model the equilibrium price and quantity of risk transfer between firms and financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
Microfinance—essentially small loans that help impoverished individuals create jobs, small businesses, and stronger communities—may offer a window on new methods for widening access to healthcare for the poor. Led by Harvard Business... View Details
- February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
KangaTech
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo
On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia
Lakhani, Karim R., Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik, and Steven Randazzo. "KangaTech." Harvard Business School Case 619-049, February 2019. (Revised August 2019.)
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Karl Ulrich, Wharton professor, must decide between a commercial and "open source" model for his new business case venture. Students analyze a variety of open source and proprietary View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
Bulb 2017: Launch
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
On August 21, 2015, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, co-founders of Bulb Ltd. (Bulb) launched a new business to supply energy to the United Kingdom’s 27 million residential homes with a promise of 100% renewable electricity at affordable prices. By the end of March 2017,... View Details
Keywords: Green Energy; Start-up; Launch; Customer Acquisition; Customer Churn; Customer Engagement; Electricity; Resources; Growth Strategy; B-Corp; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurial Financing; Renewable Energy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Working Capital; Product Launch; Customers; Growth Management; Business Plan; Decision Making; United Kingdom
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Bulb 2017: Launch." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-441, December 2018. (Revised June 2021.)
- July 2018 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
RunKeeper
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case examines the focus of an early stage company and how venture capital can distort a founder’s view. It encompasses issues such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage Funding; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Health Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "RunKeeper." Harvard Business School Case 819-020, July 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
- August 2006 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
iPod vs. Cell Phone: A Mobile Music Revolution?
By: David B. Yoffie, Travis D. Merrill and Michael Slind
In 2006, a nascent market for music-enabled mobile phones was emerging to challenge Apple Computer's dominant position in the digital music industry. Through its iPod line of portable digital music devices and its iTunes Music Store, Apple controlled more than half of... View Details
Keywords: Music Entertainment; Emerging Markets; Brands and Branding; Sales; Opportunities; Price; Business Model; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Service Delivery; Communications Industry; Music Industry
Yoffie, David B., Travis D. Merrill, and Michael Slind. "iPod vs. Cell Phone: A Mobile Music Revolution?" Harvard Business School Case 707-419, August 2006. (Revised March 2008.)
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
periods 1970–89 and 2000–15, patenting in the current period has been primarily by entrant assignees, with the exception of neural networks Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54903 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management
The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Payton and Shweta Bagai
This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; VC; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Equity; Cash Flow; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Information Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships; Information Infrastructure; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Ghosh, Shikhar, Christopher Payton, and Shweta Bagai. "Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?" Harvard Business School Case 820-052, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
New Model for Active Management No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/218046-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-038 Iran on the Brink: The Nuclear Deal and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
specifically for beneficiaries who have received advanced degrees in the United States.) "It's a lightning rod for a very heated debate," says William Kerr, a professor at Harvard Business School who studies how immigration affects... View Details