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  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

for example, that needs to grow at 25 percent next year, has to reach out and find another $10 million in revenue. A company that's $40 billion in size, in order to grow 25 percent, has to find $10 billion in new revenue, said Christensen. "And there just aren't... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

Accel Partners' European Launch

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
In spring 2001, with the venture market crashing all around, the London office of Accel Partners, a major west coast venture capital firm, needs to make a decision about investing in an Irish software company. As the first investment of the new European operation, the... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Venture Capital; Global Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Expansion; Management Practices and Processes; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; London; United States
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  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

easing off the growth accelerator, can Chile overcome this loss? A: Not easily. Chilean copper output has fallen over 14 per cent in one year. While Chileans got used to nearly 5 per cent annual growth... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

the company started in management consulting. After graduating from Harvard College in 2005, Surette joined Parthenon for three years before matriculating at HBS in the fall of 2008. Amid a global recession, his business school experience... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • News

Embracing Chaos

just-released first book, Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere (Harvard Business Review Press), Venkatesan's recipe for success includes doing things that most managers and CEOs aren't trained to do, namely, getting on the... View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

This relationship between the tax preferences of institutional shareholders and firm payout policy could reflect dividend-averse institutions gravitating to low-dividend paying-firms or managers adapting their payout policies to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 2013
  • Case

Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain

By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai

As the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes had invested heavily for many years to bio-engineer enzymes that could break down cellulose into fermentable sugar. In 2010, the company had launched what it thought would become a breakthrough product... View Details

Keywords: System Complexity; Industrial Enzymes; Ethanol; Collulosic Ethanol; Fermentation; Genomics; Genetic Engineering; Value Chain; Assembling Value Chain; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Growth; Production; Research; Research and Development; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Vertical Integration; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Energy Industry; Denmark; United States
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  • August 1998 (Revised June 2000)
  • Case

FairMarket, Inc.: Where Buyers and Sellers Connect

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Jack Wieland and Chad M. M Raube
On February 20, 1997, FairMarket, an Internet-based business-to-business auction site, was launched. CEO, founder Scott Randall, drew on his experience building Internet businesses at NECX Direct, Yahoo, and Internet Shopping Network to build his business. This case,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Debates; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Management Style; Product Launch; Multi-Sided Platforms; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • August 2008
  • Case

The Chubb Corporation in China

By: Li Jin, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Aldo Sesia
The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese government, as part of its "reform and open" policy invited a delegation of Chubb... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Insurance Industry; China; United States
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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

digital platforms' unique properties, opportunities, and risks, and develop scalable strategies that drive growth and deliver a competitive advantage. 5 weeks 6-7 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course... View Details
  • 02 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

M. Viceira and Ricardo De ArmasHarvard Business School Case 211-005 Windward Investment Management has experienced rapid growth in assets under management in just ten years,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 16, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707022 Earnings Management Exercise Harvard Business School Exercise 207-034 Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207034 EFJ,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

A Manager's Guide to Leveraging Technology - Course Catalog

services are delivered, and how individuals interact with businesses and each other. The proliferation of embedded IT in everyday objects is silently transforming the world around us, enhancing customer experiences and product performance. Moreover, the ubiquity of IT... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Honorable Mention

the Class of 1998's September and January MBA cohorts. "David is the kind of person who strives for excellence, treats all team members with respect, collaborates effectively, and manages in a way that the praise goes to others," noted... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs

applicants by a committee of top venture capitalists and business leaders from around New England. In opening remarks, HBS Dean Kim B. Clark said entrepreneurship has become not only a tremendous engine of growth in the United States but... View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

early stages of entrepreneurial firms and new industries. Her new chapter builds on a huge research project she began several years ago with Ranjay Gulati, a professor of organizational behavior at the Kellogg Graduate School of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture Author:Laura Alfaro Publication:World Scientific Publishing Company, in press Abstract All managers face a business environment in which international and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

market regulation. New Deal partnerships in planning borrowed from those efforts to manage competitive markets, yet ultimately discredited the fair trade model by mandating economy-wide trade rules that sharply reduced competition. Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

the results of his inquiry in a new book The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World, which deals head on with the growing management complexities in the new economy. “What's going on now is a return to an earlier... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

Business School Case 207-091 Jerzy Peters, Managing Director of Patron Capital Partners, must decide the best investment option on the development of the Odra Polish theater chain and the associated real estate. Capital Field was a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace