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  • 24 Oct 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

wanted to build the team. So, on day one I hired a head of recruiting to get things off to a strong start. I also knew market adoption would be critical to fundraising so (we) focused on growth very early on—before we even had a product!”... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • February 2007 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

Banca Regional Andino: Facing the Globalization of Microfinance

By: Michael Chu and Jean Hazell
Three leading Latin American microfinance banks join forces to face the new challenges of globalization, competition, and politics while common shareholder ACCION investments considers its options. From an initial project to share costs in the revamping of their IT... View Details
Keywords: History; Microfinance; Competitive Strategy; Globalization; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development; Bolivia; Ecuador; Peru
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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

related to value-bsaed health car from 1990 to 2018, with an accelleration in growth appearing after 2010. With this tremendous explosion of the application of value-based care in real world situations, there has been increasing... View Details
  • May 2023
  • Case

Legacy Partners

By: Royce Yudkoff and Richard S. Ruback
Stephen Holbrook and Austin Pulsipher (both HBS '19) had been leading Nutrishare since acquiring the company six months earlier in mid-2021. The company, based in Sacramento CA, was a compounding pharmacy serving Total Parenteral Nutrition ("TPN") patients nationwide.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business or Company Management; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 21 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

drivers are leading indicators of revenue growth. Pipeline of Growth Ideas: a set of future customer initiatives and innovations that translate into sustainable future growth. Marketing Talent Pool: the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading... View Details
  • March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Sydney Ribot and Mary Saunders
Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions to green-building conundrums through consulting, research, and policy-related activities. Emphasis is placed on the... View Details
Keywords: Integrated Design; Entrepreneurs; Creative Industries; CONSULTING Firms; Energy; Design; Governance; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge; Labor; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Research; Strategy; Value; Consulting Industry; New York (city, NY)
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

company, including in-store grocery technology and expanding partnerships across the grocery sector. Keywords: Change Management ; Transformation ; Customers ; Food ; Health ; Working Conditions ; Leading Change ; Operations ; Going... View Details
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General Management - Faculty & Research

10 in The Historical Evolution of International Business: Growth Trajectory of an Academic Field of Study , edited by L. Nachum and A. Yaprak, 227–232. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea By: Vikram S... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

  Working PapersWhen Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth? Authors:Philippe Aghion, Diego Comin, Peter Howitt, and Isabel Tecu Abstract Can a country grow faster by saving more? We address this question both theoretically and empirically. In our theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

getting short-term change out of a fear of consequences, only perpetuates long-term fear, which decreases innovation, collaboration, and growth ” On the other hand, Paul argued that, “The ever growing body of neurological research has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the steps needed by business and government to restore economic growth and shared prosperity (2016, Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided, with Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, and Manjari Raman). In 2016, Katherine Gehl invited Dr. Porter to... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review

learners they serve while further strengthening their individual positions and managing their growth and long-term success. FY22 was marked by a return to in-person learning. For Executive Education this meant welcoming over 10,000... View Details
  • 04 May 2021
  • Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

shareholders and is a money-making machine,” he says. “But no, a company is a human organization made up of individuals working together in pursuit of a goal.” Leading with purpose and humanity Based on his own track record in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

that implicitly activating the construct of time, rather than money, leads individuals to behave more ethically by cheating less. We further found that priming time reduces cheating by making people reflect on who they are. Implications... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review

leading in the digital world, as well as elective courses, so that participants can tailor their learning to their professional needs. It concludes with a capstone project where participants can apply their learning. HBS Online Press... View Details
  • 20 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com

promotion of independent bookstores. But then a funny thing happened. While pressure from Amazon forced Borders out of business in 2011, indie bookstores staged an unexpected comeback. Between 2009 and 2015, the ABA reported a 35 percent View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel (with video by Amelia Kunhardt); Retail
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

million,” says Rodakis. That takes a lot of staff, and one thing Rodakis learned about himself during his time at HBS was that he preferred working in small groups. He wasn’t the one to build and lead a massive organization. And while he... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Cold Calling Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement... View Details
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About Us - HBS Working Knowledge

About Us Linking Policy About Us What We Do Since 1999, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has connected the School’s leading edge research and ideas on business management with practitioners, thought-leaders, and academics.... View Details