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12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

bang your head for hours trying to find the root cause of a hard bug. But you bring over a colleague and talk through the situation and often a solution will appear. They didn’t tell you the answer, but the process of conversation brought insight to your mind.” Whether... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty, but business enterprises have rarely been identified as significant independent actors. This book argues that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

development of theory with the teaching of it in a single enterprise we'll call course research. Conclusions such as those that Shugan and others have reached stem from misconceptions about the relationship of research, theory, case... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

illustrate how organizations use and balance these strategies and describes the trade-offs they make as they do so. Because most enterprises should draw from all three As to some extent, the framework can be used to develop a summary... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

attractive returns, Xerox decided to terminate XTV in 1996, well before the completion of its originally intended ten-year life. 5 The organization was replaced with a new one, Xerox New Enterprises (XNE), which did not seek to relinquish... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2020

administration to this category. Faculty research expenses totaled $131 million in fiscal 2020, comprising nearly 16 percent of the School’s operating budget. Although HBS characterizes costs charged to HBP, HBSO, and Executive Education as operating expenses, in a... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

The One That Got Away

capital management company and the first software-as-a-service application for enterprises to manage contract workers. It had $2 million in revenues at the time of investment. After a few fits and starts with the business model,... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Over the Top

institutions are fairly compensated, but in a way that doesn’t reduce the legitimacy and the respect of the institutions they are charged with running. One of the consequences of executive compensation has been a dramatic loss of trust in business. As somebody who... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government

04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4

http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/science/article/pii/S0305750X1400254X November 2014 Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007

challenges from competitors' plans to bundle free virtualization solutions in operating systems. VMware, acquired by data storage giant EMC Corp. in 2003, has delivered top-line growth from 2002 to 2005 that is comparable to the fastest-growing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

they will owe. They fear that they have not planned well for seasonal cash needs, when they have to pay for a big order of inventory, or when a large customer pays late. In a large business, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems take... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

supply chain profitability in emerging markets and understand the impact of e-intermediaries. Academic / Practical Relevance: In practice, much attention has been given to e-intermediaries, and they have often been touted as for-profit social View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
Teaching Note

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique... View Details

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The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the... View Details

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02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

ownership position (>50%) in the state-owned enterprise (SOE)—something that had not been done before; how much to pay for the stake; and how to ensure commercial, regulatory, and political approval for the deal. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

enterprising companies, the current threats to market capitalism present vital opportunities. Drawing on discussions with business leaders around the world, the authors argue that companies must stop seeing themselves as bystanders and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

any company in Mexico. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311051-PDF-ENG Capital for Enterprise UK: Bridging the SME Early-Stage Finance Gap Josh Lerner, Eli Talmor, Ananth Vyas Bhimavarapu, and Thibaud... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

learning how to manage. Ultimately though, he would go on to spend 35 years at the company, becoming CEO in 2001. He was so dedicated to GE that, at age 50, he got the company's logo tattooed on his leg. Immelt, now venture partner at New View Details

10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

Enterprise Foreign Direct Investment, Finance and Economic Development By: Alfaro, Laura, and Jasmina Chauvin Abstract—Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment affects host economies. This paper reviews the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

First Look: November 5

First Look: March 16

First Look: March 6, 2007

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2020

The One That Got Away

Over the Top

First Look: November 4

First Look: January 3, 2007

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

February 2, 2016

December 8, 2015

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First Look: November 9, 2010

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017