Publications

April 2001
Teaching Note

Microsoft Carpoint

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steven Silverman and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note for (9-898-280). For book only - not listed on case. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Service Delivery; Partners and Partnerships; Change; Customers; Web Services Industry

Web

Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

James F. Morgan (HBS MBA '64) established Flagship Ventures (formerly Morgan, Holland Ventures); and William H. Congleton (HBS MBA '48) and John A. Shane (HBS MBA '60) founded The Palmer Organization. "If I... View Details

April 2001
Teaching Note

Frontgate Catalog TN

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Leo Griffin, Yannis Dosios and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note for (9-898-080). For book only - not listed on case. View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry

01 Oct 1999
News

New Releases

The Entrepreneurial Venture (Second Edition) by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts, and Amar Bhidé (Harvard Business School Press) At least one million... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

The Rites of Autumn

chairman C. Bruce Johnstone (MBA 1966); and HBSAA Board president Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964) after their opening remarks to alumni. The Class of 1970's Richard W. Miller (with yellow tie) and J.J. Elkin (with rose tie) met with current... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

April 2001
Teaching Note

Marshall Industries TN

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Elliot N. Maltz and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note for (9-899-239). For book only - not listed on case. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Transformation; Service Delivery; Technological Innovation; Compensation and Benefits; Distribution Industry

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

Experimentation Matters by Stefan H. Thomke Becoming a Manager (second edition) by Linda A. Hill What Really Works by View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

November 2002 (Revised February 2003)
Case

Amazon.com-2002

By: Stig Leschly, Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Todd H Thedinga

Describes the evolution of Amazon.com and its business model since its founding. Specifically, discusses Amazon's transformation from an e-Tailer to a commerce platform and its marketplace initiative, which has driven this. Also describes the economics of various... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Transformation; Retail Industry

April 2001
Teaching Note

The New York Times Electronic Media Company (A) and (B)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Elliot N. Maltz and William A. Sahlman

October 2020
Case

1366 Technologies: Surviving in a fast changing world

By: Jurgen Weiss, William A. Sahlman and Joseph B. Lassiter III

Keywords: Solar; Solar Power; Renewable Energy

September 2009 (Revised February 2014)
Case

Nantucket Nectars: The Exit

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Noam Wasserman

The founders of Nantucket Nectars are trying to decide whether and how to sell their company. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Decision Choices and Conditions; Auctions; Food and Beverage Industry; Massachusetts

01 Dec 2001
News

Faculty News

J. DeLong (Organizational Behavior; Entrepreneurial and Service Management) and Michael A. Wheeler (Negotiation, Organizations & Markets) have been named Professors of Management Practice. Retirements Three outstanding and long-serving... View Details

Keywords: reunions; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 2017
Article

Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes

By: Avery C. Plough, Grace Galwin, Zhonghe Li, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Shehnaz Alidina, Natalie J. Henrich, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, William R. Berry, Atul A. Gawande, Doris Peter, Rory McDonald, Donna L. Caldwell, Janet H. Muri, Debra Bingham, Aaron B. Caughey, Eugene R. Declercq and Neel T. Shah

OBJECTIVE: To define, measure, and characterize key competencies of managing labor and delivery units in the United States and assess the associations between unit management and maternal outcomes. METHODS: We developed and administered a management measurement... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Outcome or Result; United States

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