Publications

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

Their story ignited a desire within me to explore diverse strategies and think outside the box when it comes to building and scaling a business. In what class did you read this case?In Scaling View Details

January 2022
Teaching Plan

Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden

By: Brian Trelstad and Emilie Billaud

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-040. Just Arrived is an online platform that matches newly-arrived immigrants in Sweden with employment opportunities. As one of several for-profit and non-profit start-ups in Europe that is looking to address the refugee crisis, the... View Details

Keywords: Immigration; Refugees; Employment; Integration; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Employment Industry; Sweden; Italy; Germany

March 2019 (Revised June 2021)
Case

HelloSelf: Foundation

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

On January 6, 2019, HelloSelf, a London-based “BrainTech” company, founded a year earlier by Charles Wells, soft launched. The proposition was simply to help its members “Be your Best Self.” The company provided its registered members with access to a clinical... View Details

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

Student Journey Whether you’re a founder, joiner, investor, or undecided, explore all we have to offer during your two-year entrepreneurial journey. To learn more about each journey, refer to our "Entrepreneurship Journey Road Map". Founder Students planning to launch... View Details

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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

gputri@mba2026.hbs.edu Jeremy Sianto jsianto@mba2026.hbs.edu Cheri Tng ctng@mba2026.hbs.edu Sustainability Club Co-Presidents Matthew Hirschfeld mhirschfeld@mba2027.hbs.edu Brenda Stern bstern@mba2025.hbs.edu Tech Club Co-Presidents Shira... View Details

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California - Global

topics such as scaling startups, angel and venture investing, acquisition-related manufacturing integration processes, the commercialization of technology, capacity issues at biotech companies, and growth... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive (also listed under General Management) Willy Shih Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Willy Shih Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Demystifying the Family Enterprise Christina Wing Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Designing Tech... View Details

24 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

bad) looks like at scale and possibly a nice brand for your resume. Startups can offer a chance to do all the things that can be either a blessing or a curse depending on your interests. You may miss out on having peers to collaborate... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

Take more great EC Courses (i.e. Entrepreneurial Sales) Building Web 3 Businesses Entrepreneurial Sales 102 Field Y Scaling Technology Ventures Startup Operations Studio (provides funding) Tough View Details

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

partner of Gobi Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in China, must decide how to manage his firm's largest investment after the departure of the CEO. Tom has temporarily stepped in as CEO, but finding a replacement with the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2022 (Revised December 2022)
Case

Iluméxico: For Every Family to Have Power

By: Brian Trelstad, Isa Oliveres and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago

In 2022, Manuel Wiechers, the CEO of Iluméxico, a for-profit social enterprise that provided off-grid solar energy services in rural Mexico, was finalizing his presentation for the company’s upcoming board meeting. In the 12 years since Wiechers had co-founded... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Energy; Energy Policy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Business and Government Relations; Equity; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Energy Industry; Mexico; Latin America

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) (also listed under Accounting & Management) Tatiana Sandino Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Tough Tech View Details

June 2022
Teaching Note

Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-419. On October 7, 2020, Bespoken Spirits publicly announced it had received $2.6 million of seed funding for its “sustainable maturation process,” a process that could produce award-winning whiskeys in just days rather than years... View Details

Keywords: B2B Vs. B2C; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Cost Management; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry

16 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

Artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work on a scale some predict will be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution. It’s also exposing the yawning gaps in a fractured US employment system that many companies and workers... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

in press Academy of Management Annals Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures By: DeSantola, Alicia, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—Entrepreneurial ventures face unique challenges related to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 1996 (Revised July 2025)
Case

Innovative Opportunities to Manage Health Care Delivery: THG/Healthy Shop

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and D. Scott Lurding

The purpose of this case is: To familiarize the students with the changing landscape of health care delivery, through chains of retail medical centers and those offering value-based care (VBC).

To discuss fundamental managerial decisions about their... View Details

Keywords: Managed Care; Capitation; Strategy