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    Silvan Baier

    Silvan Baier is a doctoral student in Organizational Behavior at HBS and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. He studies how social structures shape and are shaped by the organization, spread, and evaluation of ideas and people. In his research, he... View Details

    • 2015
    • Other Teaching and Training Material

    Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures

    By: William R. Kerr
    Core Curriculum in Entrepreneurship is a series of Readings that cover fundamental course material in Entrepreneurship. Readings include Interactive Illustrations which help students master complex concepts quickly.
    Global ventures are those that weave... View Details
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    • March 2017
    • Case

    From mHealth Hackathon to Reality: Diabetes Care

    By: Kevin Schulman and Curry Cheek
    This case explores the development of a business plan for a mobile health application for diabetes care. The case depicts a student team excited about the opportunity to improve the care of patients with diabetes by contracting an app. They go through a rigorous... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Mobile Health Technologies; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Behavioral Economics; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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    • August 2018
    • Teaching Note

    IguanaFix

    By: Frank V. Cespedes and Thomas Eisenmann
    Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-056. IguanaFix, based in Argentina, is a platform business that connects consumers with home improvement contractors. The founders are evaluating growth options and an investment offer. The case focuses on scaling issues for a venture... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Marketing; Home Improvement Services; Marketing Management; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Sales; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy
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    • October 1987 (Revised January 1989)
    • Background Note

    Purchasing a Business: The Search Process

    Describes the steps necessary to purchase a small to medium size company. Provides an eight-part analytical framework. Issues covered in the framework include the following: the self-assessment, deal criteria, deal sources, resources necessary to purchase a business,... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Framework; Resource Allocation; Negotiation Deal; Business Processes; Valuation
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    • 15 Feb 2022
    • Cold Call Podcast

    How to Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma

    Keywords: Re: Jo Tango
    • 14 Jun 2023
    • Op-Ed

    Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't

    than ever. Amid all this turbulence, strategic thinkers must quickly evaluate opportunities and threats while operationalizing strategy. What organizations need now are “T-shaped leaders”—those who share knowledge across the organization... View Details
    Keywords: by Hise Gibson
    • October 1995 (Revised July 2009)
    • Case

    Beechwood Spouts (A)

    By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
    Charles Barker must decide whether to become an outside investor in a private round of financing for an early stage, high-growth-potential venture producing plastic pouring spouts for orange juice cartons. Barker must evaluate the opportunity, content, and deal to... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Investment
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    • October 2023
    • Case

    Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love

    By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger
    Bob Hall, President of Green Gables Partners, evaluated whether to angel invest into an up-and-coming ski brand. As the son-in-law of the founder of Vera Bradley and having retired from a lengthy career on Wall Street, Hall was well-versed in both direct investing and... View Details
    Keywords: Family Office; Angel Investors; Direct Investment; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Small Business; Financial Strategy; Personal Finance; Investment Portfolio; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk and Uncertainty; Consumer Products Industry; Montana; United States
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    • 28 Jun 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: June 28

    Display Dennis Campbell and Rui LuHarvard Business School Case 111-072 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111072-PDF-ENG The Ford Fiesta John Deighton and Leora... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Mar 2014
    • News

    40 of the Smartest People in Healthcare

    • June 2005 (Revised March 2007)
    • Case

    ACHAP (African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships): the Merck/Gates Initiative in Botswana

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan
    By June 2004, ACHAP, a three-way partnership of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck, and the Botswana government, had committed nearly $60 million of the $100 million toward various AIDS education, prevention, and treatment programs. It was time to evaluate... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry
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    • June 2013
    • Teaching Plan

    Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo

    By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
    This case follows the events of a crucial week in the 2008 financial crisis, when the federal government orchestrated the sale of Wachovia Bank first to Citigroup and then, in a surprise move, to Wells Fargo. We examine the extraordinary relations between government... View Details
    Keywords: Citigroup; Wachovia; Wells Fargo; FDIC; Acquisition; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States
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    • October 2016 (Revised February 2017)
    • Teaching Note

    Alvogen

    By: Daniel Isenberg, William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
    Alvogen is an Icelandic pharmaceutical company that makes and sells generic drugs. Founder and CEO Robert Wessman is deciding whether to take on private equity investors willing to buy out all shareholders, merge with a large and publicly-traded US pharmaceutical... View Details
    Keywords: Biotechnology; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology Industry
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    • 17 Sep 2014
    • News

    Ethan Bernstein on Balancing Privacy and Openness in the Workplace

    • 15 Aug 2019
    • News

    How the Best Leaders Inspire Their Employees to Be Innovators

    • February 2004
    • Case

    The Making of Verizon

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Douglas A Raymond and Ryan Raffaelli
    Through a series of mergers, Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon chairman and CEO, successfully shared the co-CEO title twice while building the largest telecom company in the United States. The strong and complementary cultures of the companies that Seidenberg and a key group of... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change Management; Transition; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Risk Management; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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    • 01 Apr 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    No Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments

    Keywords: by Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore & Max H. Bazerman
    • August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
    • Case

    The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget

    By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
    This case considers Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane’s data driven and, in baseball circles unconventional, approach to winning games over the duration of the long Major League Baseball season. Beane’s critical approach to crafting strategy within his... View Details
    Keywords: Data Analysis; Metrics; Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Measurement and Metrics; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Culture; Sports Industry
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    • 23 Jan 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: January 23, 2007

      Working PapersNone this week.   Cases & Course MaterialsBundling the Contracts: TA-Energy Harvard Business School Case 807-075 Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace