Growth Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

social resources, and to the literature on entrepreneurship in general, and new venture growth in particular. A Blueprint for Pharmacy Benefits Managers to Increase Value Authors:William Shrank, Michael E.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
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Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards

In 2005, Vineet Nayar, the former CEO and Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies, and his wife, Anupama Nayar, committed $100 million of their personal wealth to found Sampark Foundation — a grant-making philanthropy with a mission to transform learning outcomes for 20... View Details

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September 2000
Teaching Note

MarketSoft TN

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and John T. Gourville

Teaching Note for (9-800-069). View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Internet and the Web; Product Launch; Distribution Channels; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development; Management Practices and Processes

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October 2012
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Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer (Abridged)

By: Toby Stuart and James Weber

Describes a set of key strategic decisions facing the scientific founder and CEO of a promising, early stage bio-pharmaceuticals company. Should the company establish a proposed alliance with a pharmaceutical firm? Should it create a nutraceuticals business in parallel... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry

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08 Dec 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Brooke Carter (MBA 2019)

other environments where you present and defend your ideas daily in front of 90 people. How long was your deferral (2, 3, or 4 years)? My deferral was 2 years. I considered deferring longer, but I felt like I was at a natural point in my career to go back to school. I... View Details

16 Jan 2025
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Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

hired in your current position? I’m currently the General Manager of Newlab’s flagship location in Brooklyn, New York. Newlab is a venture platform that helps early-stage critical tech startups grow by providing access to community,... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await managers who can harness these power currents to drive their... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

20 Sep 2013
News

Connections Add Up

time in every dimension," and last year she invited Wood to take on the nonprofit's COO position. Wood came to the not-for-profit agency with decades of management experience in finance and publishing. "I was very excited for her vision,"... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2002
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Shift provides solid strategies for integrating an ethical perspective into management practice. Paine argues that companies need to go beyond the codes of conduct and values statements that have become ubiquitous in recent decades and... View Details

29 Jan 2025
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Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

started my marketing career in Gillette’s brand management training program. I was excited to combine analytical rigor with creative strategy and felt well-prepared for the challenge. The program helped me realize that while I loved... View Details

08 May 2019
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In the Business of Flexibility

pure credibility. She has a career built on this. Authenticity is really important in the social impact world because so many companies are just now trying to capitalize on the space as it becomes ‘hot’.” As Managing Director of Social... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government

06 Dec 2021
News

Turning Point: Makeover

After HBS, I went to Starbucks where I loved the company and it showed. My work was featured in the press and Howard Schultz had me present to his board. Yet my male manager gave me a “meets expectations” review for weakness in... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

In 1947, Professor Myles Mace, a pioneer in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate governance, introduced a unique offering into the MBA curriculum called The Management of New Enterprises. Believed to be the first entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

to have an HBS case written about them? Isn't it very unusual to be studied up-close in this fashion? Dessain: The Harvard Business School name is well known in Europe, but there are still a relatively small number of alumni in senior View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

February 2007
Case

South African Airways (A)

By: Joshua D. Margolis, Laura Morgan Roberts and Laura Winig

Amid efforts to engineer a turnaround at South African Airways (SAA), the CEO confronts an impending strike at the struggling company. How should the company address questions of distributive and procedural justice in post-Apartheid South Africa, and how should the CEO... View Details

Keywords: Fairness; Crisis Management; Employees; Employment; Growth and Development; Developing Countries and Economies; Air Transportation Industry; South Africa

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19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

why managers may respond to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results are consistent with the notion that the investor base affects corporate policy choices. Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Mariano Bomaggio

the career front, so I came to HBS to explore them. I saw it as a perfect way to discover what I really enjoy within different industries and places to work." In his finance classes, Mariano has been exposed to "how managers... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Manufacturing/Energy

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

This entrepreneurial energy is following a decidedly terrestrial opportunity. The nonprofit advocacy group Space Foundation estimated that the global size of the industry reached $330 billion in 2014, with an annual growth rate of 9... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

women's beauty products enterprise Tweezerman faced the dilemma that every entrepreneurial growth company eventually confronts: "How much bigger can we get—can we handle the risk, the scale, the exposure, and the demands on our... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products

March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
Case

China Vanke (A-1)

By: Lynn S. Paine, John Macomber and Keith Chi-ho Wong

As China's largest homebuilder, China Vanke Co. Ltd. (Vanke) was facing an industry downturn sparked by strong government intervention. Faced with falling prices, Vanke's president must decide whether to keep the company's pricing and product positioning intact, and... View Details