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  • January 2011 (Revised November 2014)
  • Case

Mochi Media

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Amit Jain
In late 2009, the management of Mochi Media, a venture-backed startup, must decide how to invest scarce resources to achieve continued growth. Mochi has developed a three-sided platform, connecting Flash game developers, sites that aggregate these games, and... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Network Effects; Multi-Sided Platforms; Partners and Partnerships; Competition
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  • 29 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

high-tech equivalents of the yard sale—electronic auction sites—bring Simplifiers together with those who are yet to catch the habit. This growing segment of Simplifiers presents a challenge to marketers. These are well-off people who View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

scientifically grounded way to align our speech and nonverbal behavior with our beliefs, abilities, and values to produce a synchronized inner state that resonates and connects with others. In this way, we can capture the inner strength... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2019
  • White Paper

Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy

By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed... View Details
Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Background; Economic Systems; Economy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Statements
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  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

had the courage to invest in its performance, and they used it to gain a significant competitive edge. It is naive to assume that other sharply discontinuous technologies will not offer similar transformation opportunities in the future.... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

When Losing Money Is Strategic—and When It Isn’t

    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • July 2025
    • Case

    Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Akiko Saito
    In 2025, Kenichi Hori, President and CEO of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.—one of Japan’s most prominent Sogo Shosha (investment and trading companies with sprawling global footprints)—reflected on the company’s record-breaking profits. Its operations spanned multiple... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Management; Operations; Organizations; Japan
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    • 01 Apr 2015
    • News

    Sustainability Reporting: The Lawyer’s Response

    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
    In this paper we explore whether or not the experience as a founder of a venture capital-backed startup influences the performance of founders who become venture capitalists (VCs). We find that nearly 7% of VCs were previously founders of a venture-backed startup.... View Details
    Keywords: Founders; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Success
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    • February 2002 (Revised December 2003)
    • Exercise

    Incentives Game, The

    By: Jason R. Barro, Brian J. Hall and Jonathan Lim
    This exercise provides an opportunity to gain insight about designing, negotiating, and responding to incentives. The setting is investment management. A class is divided into a certain number of investment firms. Each company has one CEO and begins with four portfolio... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Investment; Management
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    • 30 Sep 2015
    • News

    Why Wall Street Cannot Beat Buffett

    • 24 Nov 2020
    • News

    Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos

    • January 2005 (Revised August 2014)
    • Exercise

    Hamilton Real Estate: Confidential Role Information for the CEO of Estate One (BUYER)

    By: Deepak Malhotra
    Presents a two-party negotiation between the executive VP of Pearl Investments and the CEO of Estate One for the sale of real estate in the town of Hamilton. View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Price; Information; Contracts; Managerial Roles; Agreements and Arrangements; Sales; Strategy; Value; Real Estate Industry
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    • March 2000 (Revised April 2000)
    • Case

    Martin Smith: May 2000

    By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
    A new associate at a venture capital firm must choose which of three potential investments to recommend to the firm's partners. Each potential investment has strengths and drawbacks. View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Valuation
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    • March 1988
    • Case

    Goodyear Restructuring

    Features a firm with a strong, successful, clearly-defined product market strategy. In 1982, this strategy was augmented by new management to include other, conflicting goals. This has an immediate negative impact on the stock market's evaluation of Goodyear's stock... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Rubber Industry
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    • August 2016
    • Article

    The Activities of Buy-Side Analysts and the Determinants of Their Stock Recommendations

    By: Lawrence D. Brown, Andrew C. Call, Michael B. Clement and Nathan Y. Sharp
    We survey 344 buy-side analysts from 181 investment firms and conduct 16 detailed follow-up interviews to gain insights into the activities of buy-side analysts, including the determinants of their compensation, the inputs to their stock recommendations, their beliefs... View Details
    Keywords: Analysis; Human Capital; Compensation and Benefits; Stocks; Financial Services Industry
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    • January 2008
    • Article

    Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things

    By: Clayton M. Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman and Willy C. Shih
    Most companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices.... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Prejudice and Bias; Value Creation
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    • March 2018
    • Teaching Note

    Mavi: Fashioning a Path to Brand Growth

    By: Jill Avery and Gamze Yucaoglu
    Mavi, a leading Turkish apparel retailer, had sales of $419 million in 2015, up 20%. Growth rates like these were becoming routine at Mavi. But, its path to growth was getting more challenging, and Turkven, Mavi’s private equity partner, was planning its exit options... View Details
    Keywords: Retailing; Fashion; Brand; Brand Management; Brand Extension; Brand Equity; Private Equity; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Turkey; Europe
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    • 26 Jul 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

    Beachwood, Ohio. In this interview the researchers discuss pricing strategy and what ingredients are necessary to convince customers that higher prices are worth the cost. Sean Silverthorne: Who would benefit by learning about your research? Frank Cespedes: Pricing... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products