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  • 2003
  • Conference Paper

Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction

By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
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Leila Meliani

In the January break between semesters this year, Leila Meliani participated in the Tech Club's WesTrek to Silicon Valley and arrived at a welcome epiphany. "We heard several venture capital partners speak to the need for talent –... View Details
Keywords: Consulting

    Levels of Meaning

    courses were even offered at HBS. But I decided to take Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (EGC) and The Coming of Managerial Capitalism because I wanted to balance “hard skills” courses with classes... View Details
    • 28 May 2019
    • News

    Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble

    bitcoin crashed are now starting to do more rigorous analysis.” What got you interested in cryptocurrencies? Deer Isle Group is involved with capital raising. And a few years ago, I saw this new technology suddenly storm onto the radar... View Details
    Keywords: Dan Morrell
    • August 2016 (Revised August 2017)
    • Case

    AnswerDash (Abridged)

    By: Elie Ofek and Jeffrey D. Shulman
    It is 2014 and AnswerDash, a startup backed by venture capital, has not seen the widespread adoption of their online self-service customer support solution that they were expecting based on early success in helping clients save and generate substantial amounts of... View Details
    Keywords: Pricing; Economic Value Estimation; Price Metrics; Organizational Selling; Innovation Adoption; Business To Business; Marketing; Customer Lifetime Value; Venture Capital; Customer Relationship Management; Price; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Technology Adoption; Business Startups; Sales; Innovation and Invention; Product Marketing; Financial Services Industry
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    • June 2016 (Revised August 2017)
    • Case

    AnswerDash

    By: Elie Ofek and Jeffrey D. Shulman
    It is 2014, and AnswerDash, a startup backed by venture capital, has not seen the widespread adoption of their online self-service customer support solution that they were expecting based on early success in helping clients save and generate substantial amounts of... View Details
    Keywords: Pricing; Economic Value Estimation; Price Metrics; Organizational Selling; Innovation Adoption; Business To Business; Marketing; Customer Lifetime Value; Venture Capital; Customer Relationship Management; Price; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Technology Adoption; Business Startups; Sales; Innovation and Invention; Product Marketing; Financial Services Industry
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    • December 2012 (Revised November 2014)
    • Case

    W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts

    By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
    A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits alleging that its products contained asbestos, and had caused hundreds of thousands of people to contract... View Details
    Keywords: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Business Failures; Environmental Regulations; Class Action Lawsuits; Natural Environment; Valuation; Health Disorders; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Lawsuits and Litigation; Chemicals; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Legal Liability; Construction Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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    • Mar 2012
    • Article

    Reviving Entrepreneurship

    New enterprises don't exist in a vacuum: They rise or fall depending on myriad contextual factors, all of them interrelated, and all of them affected by government policy. U.S. lawmakers must carefully consider the effects of interventions in at least 12 areas, ranging... View Details
    • Fast Answer

    Biotech and Pharmaceuticals: R&D spending, production cost

    can be found in company’s income statement that can be found in Capital IQ ABI/ProQuest - To locate articles on the topic, use search terms: drug development cost (drug development) AND (success rates) View Details

      Norton W. Simon

      Capitalizing on his talents at restructuring, Simon gained control of Hunt Foods by force, accumulating shares in the company with proceeds earned from selling his previous enterprise, Val Vita Foods, to Hunt in 1942. At Hunt, Simon... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Thomas J. Burrell

        Burrell created his agency to capitalize on the untapped potential of the black market in America, and in the process, he became a pioneer of target marketing and built the largest black-owned advertising agency in the United States. He... View Details
        Keywords: Services
        • 12 Oct 1999
        • Research & Ideas

        Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

        years later, both camps benefit enormously from their close ties: the mutual fund is America's investment vehicle of choice, with one in three U.S. households owning a stake in the industry's $5.5 trillion in assets. "By making the View Details
        Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services
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        Real estate finance

        Where can I find analysis of developments in real estate finance? Real Capital Analytics (RCA): Records over $40 trillion in commercial property transactions tied to 200,000+ investor and lender profiles, spanning diverse property types... View Details

          Francisco A. Lorenzo

          Lorenzo took over the fledgling Texas International Airways in 1972 and through major acquisitions including Continental Airlines, he built it into one of the country’s largest airline carriers. Lorenzo was skillful at managing government relationships which enabled... View Details
          Keywords: Transportation
          • 01 Dec 2005
          • News

          Faculty Books

          of international capital markets. Several cases go inside multinational firms to consider how hedging strategies can be devised, how to value assets around the world, and how to pursue major financings that View Details
          Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
          • 01 Dec 2003
          • News

          Christine Fairchild to Head External Relations

          “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to broaden my work with alumni.” She noted that her two major tasks involve “following through on the momentum of the current capital campaign and continuing to engage our alumni on multiple levels.... View Details
          Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
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          WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting

          significant expansion, with visits to six top venture capital firms — a 20% increase from last year — offering students deeper insights into the evolving investment landscape. The four company tracks featured sixteen organizations,... View Details
          • 01 Jan 2006
          • News

          Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

          venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have had a successful career are... View Details
          • 23 May 2019
          • News

          Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

          International, a pioneer in microfinance investing. “I was completely taken with everything he said,” says Rodríguez of the origins of their friendship, which has evolved from mentor, to collaborator, to business partner. In 2007, the pair launched IGNIA, a venture... View Details
          Keywords: Susan Young
          • 28 Jun 2004
          • Research & Ideas

          Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

          capital in Latin America. Chu still runs Pegasus but also joined HBS in 2003. His courses include "Effective Leadership of Social Enterprise" and "New Opportunities in Emerging Markets," the latter about managing... View Details
          Keywords: by Martha Lagace