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- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
best-in-class businesses for the rapidly evolving mobile ecosystem. Now, after nearly two frenetic years, he faces a slew of strategic questions. In which Hatch ventures should he continue to invest money... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance
- July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads
By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States
Wing, Christina R., and John Masko. "Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 621-018, July 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Bharti Tele-Ventures
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
Following the liberalization of India's telecommunications service industry in the early 1990s, Bharti Tele-Ventures grew from a small entrepreneurial telephone equipment importer and manufacturer to become India's largest private-sector telecommunications service... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Growth and Development; Customers; Foreign Direct Investment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Public Ownership; Profit; Partners and Partnerships; Rank and Position; Telecommunications Industry; India
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Bharti Tele-Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 704-426, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 17 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
after dropping out of Stanford University, knew the product didn’t deliver while she solicited new business and investments. Defense attorneys say Holmes “believed” in the revolutionary blood-testing device and that “trying hard and... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
million of venture capital. Working with him was extraordinary: intense and energetic.” Over the next couple of years, NextDoor Networks raised nearly $38 million in venture capital investment before the dot-com bust of March 2000; by the... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Competition Make Us More Creative?
over and over” Gross, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Business School and the National Bureau of Economic Research, reports his findings in Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production. (Gross will join the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
access to potentially life-saving drugs? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-011 Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
Simmons & Company, an investment banking firm specializing in the oil field service industry. "It's a fascinating industry that encompasses all the businesses that manufacture a product or provide a service... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808112 SKS Microfinance Harvard Business School Case 208-137 Vikram Akula, CEO of SKS Microfinance, seeks a venture capital investment to fund his firm. SKS, one of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
- Background Note
The Job of the General Manager
By: James L. Heskett
Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Policy; Recruitment; Working Conditions; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Value
Heskett, James L. "The Job of the General Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-035, September 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Winner of the 2019 Sumantra Ghoshal Award for Rigour and Relevance in the Study of Management from London Business School. 2018 Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2018 Crowell Memorial Prize For the Best Paper on Quantitative View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
stage entrepreneurial ventures. Given the inherent uncertainty surrounding a decision to invest in these ventures, prior research has found that experienced investors rely heavily on their investor gut feel—dynamic expertise-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
racked up a cumulative deficit — the national debt — of nearly $10 trillion . . . and fully three-quarters of that was racked up under just 3 of our 43 presidents: Reagan, Bush, and Bush. We all realize that some level of national debt is fine — if it’s being... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
Enterprise to list of 75 Most Powerful Women in Business 2011 Releases album, Unceasing Praise 2013 Named Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley 2014 Publishes Strategize to Win 2018 Named by Savoy Magazine to list of Most Influential Blacks in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 18 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Evolution in Entertainment: A Recap of the 2019 Entertainment & Media Conference
On Sunday March 31, approximately 300 people gathered at the Harvard Business School campus to attend the Entertainment & Media Conference. This year’s theme, “Evolution in Entertainment”, drew a wide range of attendees from top... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
be high-school graduates who had received one of the numerous scholarships Samsung had sponsored. All of this company largesse struck Harvard Business School Professor Lauren Cohen as a bit suspicious—especially seeing how Samsung had... View Details
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Cait Haught
College, Cait founded and help run Pipeline Scholars, a tutorship program that connected Amherst volunteers with local middle-school students. After completing her undergraduate degree with a double major in American studies and economics, Cait worked with Cambridge... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
he explains, "We had our best year ever. We borrowed in US dollars and invested in Brazilian reais. It was incredible." By 1997, the once small Pactual had grown into a large institution. When his business... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young