Alumni New Venture Competition - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Nov 2024
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How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters

If you’re a Harvard Business School alumnus, you’ve likely been asked at some point to play a key role in recruiting current HBS students for your organization. Since recruiting may be new to you or simply something you dip into from time... View Details

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01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Alumni Books Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams by Evan Baehr (MBA 2011) and Evan Loomis (Harvard Business Review Press) Now that you have your... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

competition in the 1960s between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China for the leadership in the Third World. When newly independent states emerged from decolonization desperately poor and politically disorganized, Moscow... View Details

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

site. “We believe that increasing the availability of capital in underserved areas can contribute to a virtuous cycle of job creation, wealth-building and other new opportunities for economic development, while also providing a return to... View Details

2023
Working Paper

LALIGA—From a Soccer Competition Organizer to a Global Player in the Sports and Entertainment Industry

By: Stephen A. Greyser, Kenneth Cortsen and Juan Fuentes Fernández

LALIGA, the first- and second-tier professional soccer league (known as “football” outside of the U.S. and Canada) in Spain, enters its 100th soccer season later this decade. The most popular game in the world (Giulianotti, 2012) has gone through many changes since... View Details

Keywords: Soccer; ＂Sports Organizations,; Business History; Strategy; Brands and Branding; Technology Adoption; Sports Industry

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01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

questions about whether a new venture will be profitable, if changes in business strategy will generate an increase in profits, or if “staying the course” will result in continued profitability. Unlike books... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

Alumni Books Live the Art by Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978) (Rizzoli) A chronicle of Deitch’s career as an art dealer and producer of memorable installations and art happenings that transcended the idea of a mere “exhibition,” this book... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

February 2014
Background Note

Raising Startup Capital

By: Jeffrey Bussgang

Entrepreneurs typically focus their full energies on business-building. But raising capital is a core part of building a valuable business. Developing expertise in raising capital is more than a necessary evil, it is a competitive weapon. Master it and you will be in a... View Details

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01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

Alumni Books Sex and the Siren: Tales of a Later Dater by Donna Arp Weitzman (OPM 37, 2008) (Howard Bond Media Group LLC) A witty, satirical look at the dating prospects, sexual exploits, and other adventures of a mature single woman in... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

groups in discussions focusing on how new competitive dynamics are playing out in retailing, health care, and several rapidly consolidating industries. Alumni who lead small,... View Details

November 1988
Case

Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Describes three different product development efforts at the Residential Controls division of Honeywell, Inc. Each of the three projects was for a different market and competitive environment. Each was tackled in a somewhat different way within the Honeywell... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Construction; Outcome or Result; Situation or Environment; Business Divisions; Product Design; Change Management; Construction Industry

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AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

ranks the fastest growing for the Arabia 500, Africa 500, Asia 500, Eurasia 500, and Latin America 500. Being on an AllWorld ranking puts companies on the world map, drawing the market to them. Ranked companies “go public,” attracting new... View Details

14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

the catalyst for the new Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3), a lab-based research model that will draw faculty, students, and alumni from across the University to reinvent how companies... View Details

19 Mar 2021
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Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities

(MBA 2019) Co-founders of the Black Tech Master Series & New Venture Competition Inspired by the need to diversify entrepreneurial spaces and the lack of access to... View Details

2011
Teaching Note

Juner New Materials: On the Road to IPO (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donglin Xia, Ning Jia and Ziqian Zhao

Juner New Materials (Juner) is a private China-based company that develops, produces, and distributes modified plastic compounds. Founded in 1995 by female serial entrepreneur Xiaomin Chen, Juner has exhibited strong performance and growth potential in the past fifteen... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Financial Statements; IPO; Valuation; Women Executives; China; Plastics; China

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28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

one million registered users just a year after launch. Lesson 2: Keep services free Companies should expect to invest significant capital in a mobile money service, since a new service may not become profitable until it reaches a large... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

05 Jan 2017
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Seven HBS Alumni Make Forbes 30 Under 30

HBS alumni once again made a strong showing in Forbes magazine’s 2017 30 Under 30 list, with seven recent US grads making an appearance. Find out more about them below. FINANCE Raja Bobbili (MBA 2012) Analyst, Abrams Capital 30 Under 30... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics

2002 Alumni Achievement Awards Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68) Chairman, President, and CEO, Merck & Co. Since June 1994, when Gilmartin became its president and CEO, Merck has launched seventeen new drugs... View Details

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

outcomes for every patient. January 2018 HBS Case Collection Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape by Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Alee Hernandez Medtronic is adapting its strategy to changes in healthcare View Details

June 2011
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Reed Supermarkets: A New Wave of Competitors

By: John A. Quelch and Carole Carlson

Reed Supermarkets is a high-end supermarket chain with operations in several Midwestern states. Meredith Collins, vice president of marketing, visits stores located in Columbus, Ohio, an important region with the largest market and the greatest impact on revenue... View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Ohio

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