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- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
that the effect is predominantly driven by innovators located in the states passing the reforms. Tort laws have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
reporting's current state of play, the authors provide guidance to ensure wider adoption of the practice and success of the movement, starting with how companies can improve their own reporting processes. But the support of investors,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff
By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details
Keywords: SPACs; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Green Technology; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Rural Scope; Urban Scope; City; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Design; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Strategic Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Germany; Munich; Brazil; United States; Florida
Mojir, Navid, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, and Emer Moloney. "Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff." Harvard Business School Case 522-084, February 2022. (Revised September 2022.)
- September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Community Solutions
By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas
Trelstad, Brian, and Tom Quinn. "Community Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 322-021, September 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
multiplying its impact on management education, explained Nohria. Last year for the first time, over half of the new cases were about companies outside the United States. “These cases are being used not just here at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
after the fall of Saddam Hussein. After the United Nations headquarters was bombed in Baghdad, most UN officials and nongovernmental organization (NGO) workers fled the country. That left the US military tasked to build schools and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
must be like to be a celebrity. I wrote a case study on Maria Sharapova, and her agent allowed me to shadow her for a day and a half. I saw her receive an award and give a speech at the United Nations, interact with sponsors, attend a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Perkins Caufield & Byers Menlo Park, Shanghai, Beijing Greentech venture capital Andrew Falender (MBA 1969) Appalachian Mountain Club Multiple US locations United States' oldest outdoor recreation and conservation organization James... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
products account for 1 to 2 percent of total food sales in the United States. Reade’s business is mostly wholesale, selling to one organic distributor, two local health-food stores, and two restaurants. “The community of organic farmers... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
infamous, in the United Kingdom as first lady from 1997 to 2007. Her marriage to Tony Blair, however, was the result of her own groundbreaking career in law—a career she fought to keep during the 10 years of her husband's tenure as prime... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
patterns with the calorie labeling present. These findings highlight the potential importance of portion control interventions that specifically activate consumers' self-control. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
competitors' anticipated actions. Using new entrants into the United States from 1985 to 1994, we find that firms favor locations with academic innovative activity. Other results highlight differences in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
For years, the United Kingdom sent out letters to delinquent taxpayers urging them to pay their overdue tax bills. The letters cost the government tens of millions of pounds per year, but, unfortunately, most citizens ignored these pleas... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
facilities were still being erected and production remained at laboratory scale. Rubber synthetics had been developed in Russia, Germany, and even in the United States before, but large-scale production had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
digital turnaround was Justin Smith, a young, up-and-coming media professional with the ability to forge new alliances between editorial content and technology. “That recruitment was hard,” he recalls. The two met for dinner in 2007 at the Carlyle, a View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
factory floor workers, that cut energy per unit of lip balm produced by 40 percent); “Dumpster dives” that bring employees face-to-face with the trash they throw away; and reimbursement for employees who buy and ride their bike to work at... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
fact, large global companies to which jobs were formerly outsourced have begun setting up operations in the US and United Kingdom. Is it time to recognize the advantages of bigness when it comes to employment and economic development? If... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
in press Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Compared to Men, Women View Professional Advancement as Equally Attainable, but Less Desirable By: Gino, Francesca,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
both? Might an over-emphasis on long-term restructuring increase the chances that major banks could collapse? And what were the best economic and political strategies in these arenas? As a major developed economy, Japan offers an analog to the problems that faced the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
recent study estimates that between 1990 and 1997, two hundred thousand more people moved out of the state than into it, in large part due to housing prices. Poorvu: Analyzing a mix of socioeconomic factors. (photo: Richard Chase) At HBS,... View Details