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    Jeffrey J. Bussgang

    General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

    Former entrepreneur turned VC, HBS Senior Lecturer, author of three, dad of three, husband of one, civic leader, and fan of all Boston sports.

    Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a Senior... View Details

    • September 2022 (Revised April 2023)
    • Case

    Cesaro e Associati

    By: Christina R. Wing and Amram Migdal
    This case describes the leadership succession planning process at Cesaro e Associati (Studio Cesaro), founded in 1986 by Franco Cesaro in the northeastern Italian state of Veneto. In 2022, Franco was contemplating retirement and passing leadership of his firm, which... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Restructuring; Small Business; Change; Change Management; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Entrepreneurship; Governance; Leadership; Leading Change; Management; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Ownership; Family Ownership; Private Ownership; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Family and Family Relationships; Consulting Industry; Europe; Italy
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    • May 2004
    • Supplement

    Slingshot Technology, Inc. Supplement: Partnership Agreements

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
    Slingshot Technology Inc. (STI) is a privately held software start-up founded in 1995 focused on identifying emerging spaces in the IT services industry and partnering with vendors selling promising but unproven technologies in those spaces. The vendors used STI to... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships; Intellectual Property; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
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    • 27 Sep 2021
    • News

    Managing Through Crunch time—Without Burning Out Your Team

    • November–December 2020
    • Article

    Our Work-from-Anywhere Future

    By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
    The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent globally, mitigate immigration issues, and experience productivity gains, while workers can... View Details
    Keywords: Remote Work; Best Practices; Employment; Health Pandemics; Geographic Location; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges
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    • 16 Feb 2017
    • News

    Growth uncertainty grips corporate boards: Survey

    • 24 May 2012
    • News

    Businesses need an image repair

      Derrick Bransby

      Derrick's research lies at the intersections of creativity, innovation, and learning. He is a field researcher who uses qualitative and quantitative methods to study creative production - the process of forging tangible outcomes... View Details
      • August 2001 (Revised May 2004)
      • Case

      Maria Hernandez & Associates

      By: William J. Bruns Jr.
      This case presents the situation of an unemployed web page designer who starts a new consulting firm with personal savings and a family loan. Two months later, she is to report on operations to her father, using financial reports she must design and construct. View Details
      Keywords: Financial Reporting; Accounting; Business Startups; Design; Borrowing and Debt; Service Industry
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      • 17 May 2012
      • News

      How To Stop Sleeping With Your Smartphone

        Samantha Smith

        Samantha is a behavioral scientist, earning her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior (Micro) at Harvard Business School. Her research examines employees' strategic decisions under competition. Her work also examines how to harness diverse talent effectively, driving... View Details
        • October 2005 (Revised February 2006)
        • Case

        Reactivity: A Case of Re-Invention

        By: Myra M. Hart and Sylvia Sensiper
        By the time Glenn Osaka joined Reactivity as its new CEO in January 2001, the Internet bubble had burst, the financial markets had turned, and the company's core businesses were drying up. He was not hired to lead a turnaround, but Osaka found that the firm's future... View Details
        Keywords: Management Style; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Leadership Style; Product; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
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        • 04 Apr 2000
        • Research & Ideas

        The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

        Western corporate strategies have long been held up as role models for businesses in emerging markets. The reaction to recent financial crises in Asia and Latin America has only served to reinforce this practice. The multilateral financial institutions, consultants,... View Details
        Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
        • November 1997 (Revised January 2005)
        • Background Note

        Orientation for Viewing Humphrey Chen

        By: Monica C. Higgins, John Galvin and Adam Richman
        Addresses the career decision-making process of Humphrey Chen as he graduates from HBS with an MBA. In choosing between an offer from a top-tier consulting firm and launching a start-up entrepreneurial venture, Chen must weigh the expectations of many people--family,... View Details
        Keywords: Personal Development and Career
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        • 24 Jun 2014
        • Blog Post

        Journey to my Summer Internship

        I started my internship search with an amorphous criterion of “something different”. Having worked in high tech and consulting so far, this definition only eliminated two, albeit large industries, leaving still endless number of exciting... View Details
        Keywords: Manufacturing
        • 19 May 2011
        • News

        Is Google profiting from illegal ads?

        • October 1995 (Revised March 1996)
        • Case

        Booz.Allen & Hamilton: Vision 2000

        In 1993, Booz.Allen & Hamilton forsook its previous, highly local organizational structure. It was motivated by a desire to serve multinational clients more effectively and to provide greater value to clients with more localized business by collecting best practices... View Details
        Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Service Industry
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          Frank Nagle

          Frank Nagle is an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Nagle studies how competitors can collaborate on the creation of core technologies, while still competing on the products and services built on top of them - especially... View Details

          • September 1998 (Revised September 2001)
          • Case

          IBM's Reinventing Education (A)

          By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
          Describes IBM's national innovation strategy to transform K-12 public education through new solutions developed by IBM engineers and consultants using information technology. Examples are: data warehousing in Broward County, FL schools, tracking software for the... View Details
          Keywords: Social Enterprise; Innovation Strategy; Information Technology; Education; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; Education Industry; San Jose; Philadelphia; Ohio; Florida
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          • 24 Jun 2020
          • News

          Why Are Black and Latino People Still Kept Out of the Tech Industry?