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- March 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
International Profit Associates
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Monica Mullick
Describes the work environment, systems, and processes that allow International Profit Associates (IPA) to follow a systematic four-step approach to providing advisory service to small business owners. View Details
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Monica Mullick. "International Profit Associates." Harvard Business School Case 801-397, March 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
- Research Summary
Overview
My work assists small business entrepreneurs, and high-growth technology firms that serve them, to grow with technology and AI in emerging economies. View Details
- July 1996
- Case
Bayside Controls, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Jennifer Kochman and Sylvie Ryckebusch
Two recent MBA graduates acquire a small and ailing metal-machining company that had manufactured small aerospace components. Through clever application of state-of-the-art manufacturing, engineering, and marketing/sales concepts, they turned the company into a growing... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Leveraged Buyouts; Machinery and Machining; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Production; Personal Development and Career; Sales; Aerospace Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, Jennifer Kochman, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "Bayside Controls, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-004, July 1996.
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Algramo
By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
Chu, Michael, Monica Silva, and Mariana Cal. "Algramo." Harvard Business School Case 321-079, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- May 2014
- Article
Right Up the Middle: How Israeli Firms Go Global
By: Jonathan Friedrich, Amit Noam and Elie Ofek
The article considers international business enterprises based in Israel and how they successfully expanded from their origins as small businesses. A common technique of those companies in which they focused on market entry in other countries whose markets were too... View Details
Friedrich, Jonathan, Amit Noam, and Elie Ofek. "Right Up the Middle: How Israeli Firms Go Global." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 5 (May 2014): 113–117.
- January 2020
- Case
Celata Bioinnovations
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In December 2019, Jon Hu (HBS ‘19) and Dr. Samantha Dale Strasser, co-founders of Celata Bioinnovations, were raising $1 million to launch their company. They had founded Celata less than six months earlier with the aim of redefining the drug discovery process.... View Details
Keywords: Drug Development; Drug Discovery; Drug Trials; Pharmaceutical Companies; Pharmaceutical Company; Pharmaceuticals; Therapeutics; Biologics; Biotech; Biotechnology; Biopharmacy Company; Biochemistry; Technology Commercialization; Technology Companies; Drug Testing; Startup; Start-up; Startups; Start-ups; Startup Financing; Strategic Decision Making; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; FDA; Food And Drug Administration; Clinical Trials; Disease Management; Market Attractiveness; Market Entry; Market Opportunities; Health Disorders; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Commercialization; Business Startups; Finance; Decision Making; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Opportunities; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Celata Bioinnovations." Harvard Business School Case 720-427, January 2020.
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance
By: Nicholas G. Otis, Rowan Clarke, Solène Delecourt, David Holtz and Rembrand Koning
Scalable and low-cost AI assistance has the potential to improve firm decision-making and economic performance. However, running a business involves a myriad of open-ended problems, making it difficult to know whether recent AI advances can help business owners make... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Performance Improvement; Small Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Kenya
Otis, Nicholas G., Rowan Clarke, Solène Delecourt, David Holtz, and Rembrand Koning. "The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-042, December 2023.
- October 2016
- Supplement
Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)
By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
In December 2014, Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for hosts in the city. It was the most comprehensive agreement that Airbnb had with any city in the world. Its final provision read,... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sharing Economy; Amsterdam; Airbnb; Molly Turner; Regulation; Homesharing; Tourism; Business And Government; Public-private Partnership; Business and Government Relations; Government Administration; Public Sector; City; Urban Development; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Netherlands; Europe
Weiss, Mitchell, Emer Moloney, and Vincent Dessain. "Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 817-014, October 2016.
- July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Game Time Decision for AppDirect
By: Andrei Hagiu, Laura Arjona and Emily Zhang
AppDirect is a start-up that offers small businesses software-as-a-service solutions through a business app marketplace and portal. Daniel Saks, co-founder and co-CEO, is faced with the key question of deciding distribution strategy: should AppDirect find channel... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Distribution; Applications and Software; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; United States
Hagiu, Andrei, Laura Arjona, and Emily Zhang. "Game Time Decision for AppDirect." Harvard Business School Case 712-410, July 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- October 2016 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)
By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, global head of civic partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco–based home sharing platform; and her counterparts in Amsterdam's... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sharing Economy; Amsterdam; Airbnb; Molly Turner; Regulation; Homesharing; Tourism; Business And Government; Public-private Partnership; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Government Administration; Public Sector; City; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Netherlands; Europe
Weiss, Mitchell, Emer Moloney, and Vincent Dessain. "Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-013, October 2016. (Revised March 2017.)
- 01 Sep 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?
pretty long list for the world’s two largest economies, which are connected by some of the busiest trade routes. If the situation were a business analogy, it would be as if a company not only competed intensely with both its important... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- October 2023
- Case
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes
By: John J-H Kim, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris and Max Hancock
Jack Lynch, CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) since 2017, was leading the company’s transformation from a legacy textbook publisher to a digital-first student outcomes provider, which earned subscription revenue from digital products and curriculum. In 2023, HMH... View Details
Keywords: Edtech; Textbook; Publishing; Leading Change; Change Management; Transformation; Digital Transformation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
Kim, John J-H, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris, and Max Hancock. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes." Harvard Business School Case 324-011, October 2023.
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- July 2012
- Supplement
How Much? (B)
By: Clayton Rose
The leader of a small business team must deal with an employee who is unwilling to reveal to him the profitability of a transaction for the firm and client. View Details
Rose, Clayton. "How Much? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-005, July 2012.
- July 2012 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
How Much? (A)
By: Clayton Rose
The leader of a small business team must deal with an employee who is unwilling to reveal to him the profitability of a transaction for the firm and client. View Details
Keywords: Culture; Client Responsibility; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Ethics; Finance; Conflict Management
Rose, Clayton. "How Much? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 313-004, July 2012. (Revised July 2012.)
- Teaching Interest
Owner and President Management (OPM); HBS Executive Education; 2022
- Taught management and leadership to executives in small group sessions
- Conducted one-on-one sessions focused on complex business challenges and personal leadership development
- Teaching Rating: 6.75 / 7 (8 students)
- July 2012
- Supplement
How Much? (C)
By: Clayton Rose
The leader of a small business team must deal with an employee who is unwilling to reveal to him the profitability of a transaction for the firm and client. View Details
Keywords: Culture; Client Responsibility; Leadership; Employees; Ethics; Communication; Knowledge Sharing; Organizational Culture
Rose, Clayton. "How Much? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-006, July 2012.
- March 2002 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Genzyme: Engineering the Market for Orphan Drugs
Genzyme has made money with external technology in orphan drug markets generally considered to be too small to be attractive to other drug companies. Now competition is entering these same markets, placing Genzyme's business model under new pressures. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Chesbrough, Henry W., and Clarissa Ceruti. "Genzyme: Engineering the Market for Orphan Drugs." Harvard Business School Case 602-147, March 2002. (Revised May 2002.)
- October 2011 (Revised October 2013)
- Supplement
Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg, Janet Kraus and Mary Beth Findlay
Having received an extensive critique of her business plan but only a small amount of financing from an angel group she pitched in 2010, Eloise Bune responds to the angels' concerns, refines her presentation, and pitches her company again. View Details
Goldberg, Lena G., Janet Kraus, and Mary Beth Findlay. "Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 312-055, October 2011. (Revised October 2013.)
- June 2004
- Case
TechnoServe and the Tanzanian Specialty Coffee Industry
In 2003, TechnoServe, a U.S.-based, international, nonprofit organization, was deciding how to structure the capital investments required for Tanzanian business groups to acquire coffee bean central pulperies. This case explores the challenges of capital budgeting and... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets; Financing and Loans; Capital Budgeting; Tanzania
Hecht, Peter A., and Salim Haji. "TechnoServe and the Tanzanian Specialty Coffee Industry." Harvard Business School Case 204-153, June 2004.