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  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk

his way up the job ladder at a garment factory, in due course becoming plant manager. By speculating in the stock market, he turned bonus money into enough cash to start his own clothes-making operation, which eventually became Giordano, a wildly successful casual... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

Through the Generations Rodolfo, Marco, and Edoardo De Benedetti had received from their father his controlling shares in COFIDE, a publicly listed holding company that held 45.8% of CIR Group, another publicly listed holding. The latter... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • February 2023
  • Case

Roblox: Virtual Commerce in the Metaverse

By: Ayelet Israeli and Nicole Tempest Keller
In 2022, Roblox had 58.8 million daily active users, including over half of all children and teens under the age of 16 in the United States. Roblox, a free-to-use “co-experience platform”, allowed users to come together in immersive 3D experiences to socialize, work,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Market Design; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Business Strategy; Economics; Economy; Economic Systems; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Digital Platforms; Markets; Price; Innovation and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; North America; South America; Asia; Europe
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Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

photographer Ansel Adams. Adams remembered, “I responded warmly to Land’s intellect and personality; we seemed to intuitively understand each other.” (1) After purchasing one of the photographer’s print... View Details
  • Fast Answer

Stock Pitching: company, industry and market research

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  • 10 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

catalyst technology. RAB LABXin Ma, MBA 2023RAB LAB facilitates robotics fabrication of 3D printed housing units with the autonomous design system and adaptive components made... View Details
  • Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology

enormous handwritten ledgers kept at the firm’s New York headquarters. The information in these ledgers was condensed into a “Reference Book” that was printed and distributed regularly; full information... View Details
  • March 2015
  • Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White
BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy
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  • April 2019 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Wayfair

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Susie L. Ma and Matthew G. Preble
In 2016 Niraj Shah and Steve Conine, founders of online home goods retailer Wayfair, are faced with a decision about how to improve user experience on their e-commerce sites. A key driver of consumer interest and conversion to purchase in the home category is visual... View Details
Keywords: Visual Assets; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Business or Company Management; Growth Management; Innovation and Invention; Operations; Strategy; Technology; Retail Industry; Service Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • 05 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

interface, is poised to take another bite out of the hearts (and profits) of companies from Doubleday to Putnam. "Traditional trade book publishers are scared," says Harvard Business School professor Peter Olson. "The world that they have known, of View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Entertainment & Recreation
  • December 2018
  • Case

CIR Group: Passing Wealth through the Generations

By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Elena Corsi
Rodolfo, Marco, and Edoardo De Benedetti had received from their father his controlling shares in COFIDE, a publicly listed holding company that held 45.8% of CIR Group, another publicly listed holding. The latter held majority shares in GEDI, Italy’s largest print... View Details
Keywords: Succession Planning; Transferring Shares; Wealth Management; Holding Structures; Family Ownership; Ownership Stake; Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Italy
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    Steven C. Wheelwright

    Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

    Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 09 Mar 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

    images or creating albums. Where digital camera makers found success was in marketing their products to consumers who used to order double prints of their photos and mail them to relatives. The digital... View Details
    Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

      Benson P. Shapiro

      Benson P. Shapiro is a well-known authority on marketing strategy and sales management with particular interests in pricing, product line planning, and marketing organization. He is also the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing Emeritus at the Harvard Business... View Details

      Keywords: manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing
      • Web

      Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

      would shape Breezm’s path to becoming a global leader in personalized eyewear. Keywords: 3D Printing ; Eyeyewear ; Growth ; Business Startups ; AI and Machine Learning ;... View Details
      • Web

      General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

      enterprise became Lehman Brothers. Henry Lehman died five years later of yellow fever in New Orleans, and Emanuel and Mayer ran the company over the next four decades. New York Cotton Exchange, c. 1884.... View Details
      • 24 Jun 2021
      • Blog Post

      Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

      before eventually leading him to his current role at Formlabs, a 3D printing manufacturer committed to making technology accessible. While at HBS View Details
      • Web

      Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

      community. She was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Economic Stabilization Trust by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. The Trust provides direct loans and guarantees to manufacturing... View Details
      • Web

      Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

      orthochromatic film, Polaroid Type 40 delivered sepia-toned prints. The semi-gloss images had white borders and deckled edges created from the die-cut perforations in the positive sheet. Polaroid gave customers the option of sending their... View Details