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  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

Abstract This book presents new research on the historical impact of globalization on Argentina and Chile. The authors focus on the role of entrepreneurs and firms. The Role of Venture Capitalists in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Archie L. Jones

    Archie Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, where he currently teaches Venture Capital and Private Equity, Field... View Details

    • March 2011 (Revised February 2014)
    • Case

    Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future?

    By: David J. Collis, Mary Furey and Matthew Shaffer
    After its founding in the late 1980s, Cree Inc. quickly grew into a major player in the emerging LED market. By 2007, technological improvements in LEDs had made them suitable for TV, computer, and mobile "backlighting"; and concerns over global warning led to calls to... View Details
    Keywords: Cree; LEDs; Lighting Market; Clean Tech; Energy Policy; Semiconductors; North Carolina; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Innovation and Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Electronics Industry; Green Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North Carolina; Raleigh
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    • 03 May 2024
    • Blog Post

    From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief

    The Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) is an educational program designed to increase opportunity in business education for high-potential college students making an impact in their school or community. We sat down with Erica... View Details
    • 27 Mar 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: March 27, 2007

    company. They can either sell the company to a large public company, raise another round of capital from a preeminent venture capital fund, or continue to grow using existing positive cash flow. Purchase this case:... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 05 Jul 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    How Unilever Is Preparing for the Future of Work

    Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Retail; Consumer Products
    • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
    • Supplement

    Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
    As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Social Enterprise; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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    • August 2018
    • Case

    MISHA: Modernizing the World of Shisha

    By: William R. Kerr and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in 2017 with two of the five co-founders of MISHA telling the company’s CEO Michal Portz that they believe it is time for the global venture to shut down its operations and cease investments. Portz and another co-founder believe MISHA can still... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation And Management; Entrepreneurship; Private Sector; For-profit Firms; Business Strategy; Decision; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Market Entry and Exit; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Qatar; United States
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    • January 1998 (Revised June 1998)
    • Case

    Li & Fung: Beyond "Filling in the Mosaic," 1995-1998

    By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
    In early 1998, William and Victor Fung had to review their business, the Li & Fung Group, to plan for the next three years. Examines strategic and organizational issues including company culture, international expansion, and venture capital projects. A rewritten... View Details
    Keywords: Management Teams; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Global Strategy; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges; Strategic Planning; Asia
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    • October 2012
    • Case

    GSK's Acquisition of Sirtris: Independence or Integration? (Abridged)

    By: Toby Stuart and James Weber
    An executive from pharmaceutical company GSK must choose how much to integrate a recently acquired biotechnology firm, Sirtris. Moncef Slaoui, GSK's global head of R&D, championed the acquisition of Sirtris to gain access to its potentially revolutionary science.... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Resource Allocation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Integration
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    • 03 Jan 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Wordle: Can a Pandemic Phenomenon Sustain in the Long Term?

    Keywords: Re: Christina M. Wallace; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting
    • April 2009
    • Case

    GSK's Acquisition of Sirtris: Independence or Integration?

    By: Toby E. Stuart and James Weber
    An executive from pharmaceutical company GSK must choose how much to integrate a recently acquired biotechnology firm, Sirtris. Moncef Slaoui, GSK's global head of R&D, championed the acquisition of Sirtris to gain access to its potentially revolutionary science.... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Resource Allocation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Integration
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    • March 2006
    • Course Overview Note

    International Finance: A Course Overview Note

    By: Mihir A. Desai
    Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Ventures; Integration; Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Risk Management; Competitive Advantage; Motivation and Incentives; International Finance; Capital Markets
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    • November 2023
    • Case

    Team Liquid: Fueling the Business of Fandom

    By: Youngme Moon and Kerry Herman
    In 2023, the co-CEOs of Team Liquid, one of the world's most prominent Esports organizations, are deciding whether and how to evolve their business model to include (1) a greater focus on enterprise revenue; and (2) more direct-to-consumer activity. Team Liquid has one... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Customer Focus and Relationships; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Revenue; Organizational Culture; Business and Community Relations; Video Game Industry
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      Ratan Naval Tata

      Keywords: Diversified

        William C. Vrattos

        Bill Vrattos is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches Investment Strategies, a course on public market investing in the elective curriculum. He also co-teaches Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems, where he mentors student groups on... View Details

        • 15 May 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: May 15

        failure resulting from asymmetric information. However, if platforms can impose exclusive dealing, then they will do so, which results in market inefficiency. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-080.pdf Creating a View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel
        • October 2000 (Revised November 2001)
        • Case

        Garage.com (A)

        By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Elizabeth Kind
        Silicon Valley's Garage.com matches venture capital and corporate angel investors with high-tech start-ups that are looking for early stage funding. As a Web-based service, Garage.com fields inquiries from entrepreneurs and investors around the world, and is eager to... View Details
        Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Venture Capital; Investment; Internet and the Web; Expansion; Operations; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Brands and Branding; Information Technology Industry
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        • July 2022 (Revised September 2022)
        • Case

        Birla Carbon Egypt: Building Soft Power in a Foreign Country

        By: Jeremy Friedman and Malini Sen
        Birla Carbon, a flagship business of the nearly $60-billion global conglomerate and India-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG), is one of the world's top manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black. The largest among its 16 manufacturing plants is Birla... View Details
        Keywords: Acquisition; Family Business; Disruption; Transformation; Diversity; Trade; Energy; Values and Beliefs; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Government and Politics; Private Ownership; Civil Society or Community; Risk and Uncertainty; Value Creation; Industrial Products Industry; Rubber Industry; Egypt; Africa; India; Asia; Atlanta; United States
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        • October 1981 (Revised June 1982)
        • Case

        Concept Devices, Inc.: International Market Entry

        Concept is a highly touted startup venture in distributed data processing computers. The company has only made one sale to date, but has an order backlog for its unique product and expects an almost vertical growth curve. The company has been courted seriously by... View Details
        Keywords: Global Strategy; Business Startups; Computer Industry; France; United Kingdom
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