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  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

provides an opportunity to understand how private equity investors need to adapt to emerging markets. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-019 Building Life Science Businesses Fall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    P.F. Chang's

    Excited yet apprehensive after being named CEO of P.F. Chang's beginning July 1st, 2020, Damola Adamolekun was well aware of the extraordinary challenges facing the firm. The closure of businesses deemed "nonessential" owing to the COVID-19 pandemic had... View Details
    • January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
    • Case

    Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy

    By: Hise Gibson, Archie L. Jones, Nicole Gilmore and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
    Fawn Weaver, as a Black woman and industry outsider in a capital-intensive, highly regulated, competitive and male-dominated spirits industry, successfully overcame numerous obstacles to launch a premium American whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest in 2017, which became the... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Age; Ethnicity; Gender; Entrepreneurship; Working Capital; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Leadership Style; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Marketing Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Private Ownership; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Entrepreneurial Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; Tourism Industry; United States; Tennessee; France
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    • 10 Jan 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Professors Introduce Valuation Software

    In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even your own company. The Business... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • July 2023
    • Case

    Honeycomb

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Kumba Sennaar
    Honeycomb, an audio app enabling seniors to record stories and save family memories, suddenly draws interest from a younger user demographic. The co-founders consider pivoting to better serve this new user demographic. How should they think about strategy, brand, and... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Operations; Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Age; Brands and Branding; Technology Industry; United States
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    • 15 Sep 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

    hot topic lately. Is venture philanthropy a good idea? A: The first generation of venture philanthropy had its roots in the success of venture capital. Investors were carried away by the notion of gaining economic returns on their... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson
    • 28 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 28

    http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-071.pdf Short-Termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk Authors:Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract Using conference call transcripts, we measure the time horizon that senior... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 Aug 2023
    • Book

    You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance

    what I can to be happy now.” Wallace was inspired to write the book—a mix of case study, research, and memoir—by witnessing the mindset shift among her millennial peers, who came of age during a recession, pandemic-related instability,... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • Web

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    venture investor. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Arkitekt Ventures, an early stage Health + Bio investment firm with the mission to improve and advance human health. Recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top Ten Women to Watch in Venture,... View Details
    • Web

    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    Video Recording The AI Journey: What Changes, What Remains the Same 10:00–11:15 a.m. ET Speaker: Shikhar Ghosh (MBA 1980) , MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration What does it take to live a purposeful life in an View Details
    • August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
    • Case

    The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant

    By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais
    The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as... View Details
    Keywords: Turnaround; Investment Banking; Financial Institutions; Change Management; Leadership; Business Model; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Management Teams; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia
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    Hiring Organizations

    Partners AllWin Alpaca Real Estate Alphabroder Alpine Investors Alterra Capital Partners Altitude AI Altos Ventures Alumni Ventures Amazon Amazon Web Services - AWS Ambit Partners American Express American Industrial Partners Amex... View Details
    • 09 Jun 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: June 9, 2015

    are high. With more time and capital, the cofounders are confident they can resolve operational problems. But will they be able to persuade investors to provide more capital? Purchase this case:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Dec 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

    essential to the functioning of VC and the technology-based industries in which VCs often invest. And in addition to person-to-person social networks, firm-to-firm networks are vital in both contexts. "For example, about two-thirds of venture capital financing... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services
    • 20 May 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: May 20

    future research. Specifically, I call for research on the materiality of environmental and social issues for the future financial performance of corporations, the design of incentive and control systems to guide strategy execution, corporate reporting, and the role of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Mar 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: March 17

      Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Dec 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 7

    a natural experiment. Because firms with substantial institutional ownership would have been most affected by the SEC's now-delayed changes, we use the share and composition of institutional investors to sort firms into those more and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 09 May 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

    investors were starting to get nervous—there was clearly something to what Netflix was doing. Many pressured the incumbent to look more closely at the market. "Obviously, we pay attention to any way people are getting home... View Details
    • 13 Feb 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: February 13, 2007

    A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 17 Sep 2024
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Fawn Weaver’s Entrepreneurial Journey as an Outsider in the Spirits Industry

    Keywords: Re: Hise O. Gibson; Food & Beverage; Tourism