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- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
Lindsay N. Hyde. Eisenmann and Hyde wrote two case studies with HBS case researcher Tom Quinn that analyze the smart moves and simple errors at Ample Hills Creamery, as well as the launch of the company’s new shop afterward. The cases... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
How does an industry get born? To answer that question, it helps to turn the microscope on one fairly new industry: biotechnology. A still further way to get inside this question, according to HBS professor Monica C. Higgins, is to take a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear agency costs and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We show that if equity is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
not just in (what is now) the Czech Republic, but also in any country that lacks strong institutions and investor protections. As HBS professor Mihir A. Desai and the Monitor Group's Alberto Moel explain in the Review of Finance, in their... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
the most important components of saving plans, do they even plan for retirement? This paper shows that financial illiteracy is widespread among the U.S. population and particularly acute among specific demographic groups, such as those... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research
Rise of Bolsonaro By: Rafael Di Tella and Jose Liberti May 2025 | Teaching Note | Faculty Research Teaching Note for HBS Case 719-069. Citation Purchase Related Di Tella, Rafael, and Jose Liberti. "Brazil's Messias? The Lava Jato... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research
choose which other agents to work with. We show there exists an equilibrium in which each agent conditions working with other agents on those agents’ posted prices. Resulting prices can be appreciably higher than the competitive level... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- HBS Case
From Prison Cell to Nike’s C-Suite: The Journey of Larry Miller
leaders should give the formerly incarcerated a second chance. ARTICLE: A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?An HBS case study shows the barriers that... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble those of economic catastrophe bonds-bonds that default only under severe economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Cathy Hutchinson
based film and television production company. Getting my MBA at Kellogg brought me halfway back to New England and then family brought me all the way back home. I’ve been working at HBS for the past 11 years.Tell us about your role in... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
Each of these portraits tells a unique story of military service. The HBS students featured represent a small portion of the many veterans who live and learn in our community. They are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, spouses and... View Details
- Web
Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
of development projects, but empirical research shows that some projects deviate from strict mirroring, seemingly without harmful effects. In this paper, we formally define the mirroring hypothesis, describe its theoretical underpinnings,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating our Student Fathers
parent community at HBS. After you have such a positive experience, you want to pay it forward to other families, which I believe makes the parent community at HBS so special. Regardless of the situation, the parent community and broader... View Details
- January 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Teaching Note
Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A) and (B)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By... View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), Managing Director, HBS Career & Professional Development, has been a leader in the career development field for 18 years and countless HBS students and alumni have... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), Managing Director, HBS Career & Professional Development, has been a leader in the career development field for 18 years and countless HBS students and alumni have... View Details
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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Morgan and George F. Baker. 1 U.S. Steel Corporation Finance Committee, featuring George F. Baker (third from left) and J.P. Morgan (fifth from left), 1926. Baker Family Papers, Baker Library, Harvard Business School (olvwork642542). Show... View Details
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
Information featured in The New Yorker Kodak's Old-School Response to Disruption By: Ryan Raffaelli More Information HBS Working Knowledge CEOs and Coaches How Important is Organizational 'Fit'? By: Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik How big... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
case discussion in an MBA classroom might not be the same as singing to thousands in an arena or teeing up at the Masters, it is a practice that often inspires anxiety. We talked with four professors at HBS about how they use rituals in... View Details