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- 24 Jun 2019
- News
Bookstores Find Growth as ‘Anchors of Authenticity’
- 30 Mar 2018
- News
Alibaba founders bet on US subscription clothing pioneer
- 07 Oct 2016
- News
The Real Problem Facing Women- and Minority-Owned Tech Startups
- 16 Jul 2021
- News
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
When it opens next year, Los Angeles' new state-of-the-art sports complex will bear the name of a $7-billion international retail giant, a newcomer that will join heavyweights such as United Airlines, Anheuser-Busch, and MCI in seeing its identity adorn the marquee of... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
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Kash Rangan Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 2 Results Faculty Insights: Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance Kash Rangan Michael Chu 01... View Details
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Afroza Damji Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Living, Learning, and Leaving a Lasting Mark in the Land of a Thousand Hills: SE Summer... View Details
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Aaisha Shah Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Harvard Social Enterprise Conference: 25 Years of Spurring Dialogue for Social Impact... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
When is a company not a company? A modern-day Zen koan, maybe, but the evidence is all around us—Airbnb, Elance-oDesk, Handy, HourlyNerd, TaskRabbit, Uber. These businesses seem much more like conglomerations of independent professionals that connect to customers... View Details
- 21 Nov 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Applicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis
Keywords: by Juan Alcacer
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
The contributions made by immigrant scientists and engineers for developing new U.S. technologies have been formidable—but not always well described. What we do know: While the foreign-born account for just over 10 percent of the U.S. working population, they represent... View Details
- January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
- Supplement
Zaoui & Co. (B): Executing the Odyssey SPAC Transaction
By: Ashish Nanda, Alex Kitsberg and Zack Kurtovich
In September 2019, founding partners Michael and Yoel Zaoui decided to add principal investing to Zaoui & Co.’s offerings. The case outlines how, over the next two years, Zaoui & Co. pursued the formation of a SPAC, Odyssey Acquisitions, followed by the identification... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Investment Banking; SPACs; M&A; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Europe; United Kingdom
Nanda, Ashish, Alex Kitsberg, and Zack Kurtovich. "Zaoui & Co. (B): Executing the Odyssey SPAC Transaction." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-400, January 2023. (Revised June 2024.)
- December 2019 (Revised November 2021)
- Course Overview Note
The Entrepreneurial Manager: Spring 2022
By: Mitchell Weiss and Benjamin Henkes
This is the course overview note for “The Entrepreneurial Manager,” taught in the first year at Harvard Business School. Students will learn how to be opportunity-driven managers and how to lead under uncertainty. They'll learn how to identify opportunities, how to... View Details
Weiss, Mitchell, and Benjamin Henkes. "The Entrepreneurial Manager: Spring 2022." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 820-082, December 2019. (Revised November 2021.)
- October 2017
- Case
NetDragon
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Keywords: NetDragon; China; E-learning; Fuzhou; Gaming; Education; Entrepreneurship; Internet; Education Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; China
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "NetDragon." Harvard Business School Case 818-042, October 2017.
- December 2016
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 10: Using the Job Design Optimization Tool to Build Effective Organizations
By: Robert Simons
This module reading provides directions for using the online Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) which is available free of charge from Harvard Business School Publishing at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/resources/marketing/multimedia/JDOT/index.html. This tool can... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Span Of Control; Span Of Accountability; Performance Measurement; Job Design; Organization Design; Strategy; Entrepreneurship
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 10: Using the Job Design Optimization Tool to Build Effective Organizations." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-110, December 2016.
- November 2016 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Financing Astroscale
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Weinzierl
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Weinzierl. "Financing Astroscale." Harvard Business School Case 817-025, November 2016. (Revised May 2017.)
- October 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Teaching Note
Alvogen
By: Daniel Isenberg, William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Alvogen is an Icelandic pharmaceutical company that makes and sells generic drugs. Founder and CEO Robert Wessman is deciding whether to take on private equity investors willing to buy out all shareholders, merge with a large and publicly-traded US pharmaceutical... View Details
- March 2015
- Case
West Coast Chill
By: William A. Sahlman, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
The fall of 2010 marked the 20th year that Mitchell Joseph, a fourth generation beverage executive, serial entrepreneur, and the founder of the Joseph Company (the "Company"), had been working on developing the technology for a self-chilling can. Mitchell was at an... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Sahlman, William A., Robert F. White, and Stephanie Puzio. "West Coast Chill." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 815-704, March 2015.
- December 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Supplement
Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
The case builds on the earlier (A) case, which described the origins of the Turkish business group established by Vehbi Koç before 1988. This case takes the story forward to 2012 as the Koç group was led by Vehbi's son Rahmi followed by his grandson Mustafa. It... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Turkey; Entrepreneurship; Management; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Central Asia; Middle East
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-078, December 2014. (Revised January 2015.)