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- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
that the market doesn't exist. For example, I've done a study where we compared the income statements of new start-up online businesses to those of the typical online newspaper business and we find that anywhere from 35 percent to 45... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
PublicationsHow Much Is Sweat Equity Worth? Authors:Marquis, Christopher, and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 12 (December 2012) Abstract The article presents a case study of a business decision related to the valuing of sweat equity in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
microbial scale formation inside industrial water pipes. The team used their prize to launch a start-up based on the technology. Q: Did all of the projects lead to viable business concepts? A: No, and that's an essential lesson. A lot of... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
2004, AFORES were allowed to begin investing up to 15 percent of fund assets in the Mexican stock market and up to an added 20 percent in foreign securities. This ruling is thought to have helped fuel a 40 percent increase in the value of the stocks on the Mexican... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
to pay the IOUs coming due." Financial markets can help that happen by offering mechanisms that enable capital to be allocated to companies and industries where it can be the most productive. The result is structural changes in the economy, the development of... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
play, but how easy is it to do business in this sector? What are the promises and pitfalls of the industry, and how well is Zane Wang, the case protagonist, navigating them? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/912417-PDF-ENG Start-Up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
start-up companies, two of which we have followed quite intensively for a period of two years, at first even sitting in on their board meetings and then tapering off to periodic interviews. We've also written three Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
publicly stated goals. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/05/how-to-outsmart-activist-investors/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Making 'Freemium' Work: Many Start-ups Fail to Recognize the Challenges of This Popular Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/902412-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-012 ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
Biomedical: Making Pigs Fly Richard G. Hamermesh, Lauren Barley, and Ginger L. GrahamHarvard Business School Case 809-051 Proteus is a healthcare start-up that has developed technology to embed electronics for computing and sensing in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
Verlag, 2010 Abstract From small start-ups to global corporations, family-owned businesses were the main pillar of West Germany's economic growth after World War II. They continue to shape the corporate landscape to this day. This book... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
providing retail, housing and entertainment facilities that catered to Colombia’s middle class. While White Stone’s proposal would solve many of Jaguar’s challenges as a start-up real estate development company, the offer would also... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007
Co.: Breaking New Grounds Harvard Business School Case 807-004 Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
time to maintain high standards and efficiency. Leaders of firms from start-ups to tech giants should give themselves the room they need to manage employee performance while shifting headcount to match strategic priorities when the need... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE Susie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE-the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO-from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a successful product line, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
108-092 An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-126 CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (A) CIC creates "entrepreneurial ecosystems," renting out office and co-working space to start-ups and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
by a small start-up either in North Carolina or eastern Tennessee (the drink has two origin myths, he said with a smile), the high-sugar, high-caffeine, low-carbonation beverage battled very competitively against Coke and Pepsi before its... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
branch out into new innovative directions? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810079-PDF-ENG School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn Stacey Childress, James Weber, and Matthew HaldemanHarvard Business School Case 310-053 School of One was a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
create significant value and have modest operating costs, and network effects protect their position once established-users rarely leave a vibrant platform. But these businesses also raise significant start-up challenges. Every platform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne