Publications

October 2017 (Revised November 2017)
Case

Lovepop

By: Robert F. White, Ramana Nanda and Olivia Hull

As they prepare to graduate from Harvard Business School, the co-founders of greeting card company startup Lovepop need capital to cover the company’s operating costs and must choose between two seed financing offers. One offer is from an angel group and the other from... View Details

Keywords: Accelerator; Incubator; Seed Financing; Convertible Debt; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

served Newtowne (Cambridge’s name at founding). It was the primary center of commerce for the towns surrounding present-day Harvard Square, including much of the agricultural activity that took place on and near what is now HBS’s campus. Harvard’s First Dorms: Goffe... View Details

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

displays a childhood photo—who takes a slightly different approach to teaching the case. In his class, the day’s topic is outlines on the board in advance: “What were the most and least compelling parts of Mann’s vision? Why?” “Why was New York a much different story... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

that they're illegal to not so repugnant that they're legal. Gay marriage became possible through the courts, not through the legislature. Judges decided that the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution of Massachusetts was violated.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2007
News

Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

any of the following: The Alfred D. Chandler Fund, c/o Kerry Cietanno, Teele Hall, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163; The Memorial Church, Harvard University, One Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138; The Massachusetts Audubon... View Details

Web

Ellen Mahoney | About

resources professionals from business schools across the US and Europe. Ellen serves on a variety of non-profit boards including the Soldier’s Field Park Children’s Center Board of Directors and Friends of Belmont Lacrosse. Ellen holds a BS from the University of... View Details

December 2018
Case

DraftKings and the Future of Fantasy Sports

By: Robert F. Higgins and Julia Kelley

Founded in 2012, DraftKings helped change the fantasy sports landscape by popularizing daily fantasy sports (DFS), or short-term fantasy sports tournaments that offered big cash prizes to winners. The company’s valuation exceeded $1 billion by 2015, but DraftKings soon... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

University's finances but gave him a place on Harvard's two governing boards. Dividing his time between McKinsey and Massachusetts Hall, Daniel saw the University's endowment climb from some $4 billion to $22 billion as chairman of the... View Details

April 2008 (Revised May 2008)
Case

Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

Individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, known as dual eligibles, are among the highest-cost beneficiaries in the US. Commonwealth Care Alliance, a small nonprofit insurer and care delivery system in Massachusetts, operated under a public demonstration... View Details

Keywords: Programs; Public Sector; Alliances; Policy; Age; Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Welfare; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts