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  • May 2021
  • Teaching Plan

Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 621-018. For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; San Francisco
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  • Web

Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research

seeks to deepen business leaders' understanding of today’s environmental challenges and to assist them in developing effective solutions. Business History The Business History Initiative seeks to facilitate learning from the past through View Details
  • Web

Programs & Events - Alumni

Jun 16 16–21 JUN 2025 Executive Education HBS Campus Disruptive Innovation Drive innovation to lead breakthrough change, capture and defend market opportunities, and sustain competitive advantage. Jun 22... View Details
  • February 2006
  • Case

Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano

Like many online services, IRC-Hispano, the world's largest Spanish-language chat organization, has many customers but sees few revenues. As an association, its structure presents many limitations and hurdles to overcome involving investing in technology platform... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Organizational Structure; Technological Innovation; Revenue; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry; Spain
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  • 09 Sep 2013
  • News

Harvard makes space for venture capitalist

  • 14 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

before the private sector got involved. "There is a huge public need here, which is potentially a great opportunity for business," said professor Rebecca Henderson, about water research. "It is one of the great innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • November 2024 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Tim Ferriss: What Might This Look like If It Were Easy?

By: Reza Satchu and Denise Koller
In April 2024, writer-podcaster Tim Ferriss—celebrated as the “Oprah of audio” for his billion-download show and known for NYT-bestsellers like The 4-Hour Workweek—found himself at a crossroads. Despite generating a multi-million-dollar annual revenue with just three... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Personal Development and Career; Business Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 2023
  • Article

A Review of Commercialisation Mechanisms for Carbon Dioxide Removal

By: Conor Hickey, Sam Fankhauser, Stephen Smith and Myles Allen
The deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) needs to be scaled up to achieve net zero emission pledges. In this paper we survey the policy mechanisms currently in place globally to incentivise CDR, together with an estimate of what different mechanisms are paying... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Dioxide Removal; Climate Change; Markets; Cost; Policy; Environmental Regulation
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  • December 2003
  • Case

Sale of Hephaestus, Inc. to Vulcan Ventures, Inc.

Henry Hephaestus founded Hephaestus, Inc. in 1895. Its first product was a tapered roller bearing for use with horse-drawn wagons and carriages. It reduced friction on the axle and reduced the force necessary to move a heavy load, thereby enabling one horse to do the... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Family Ownership; Manufacturing Industry
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  • Web

Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

Maria Roche offer insights for leaders managing through the turmoil. 30 Oct 2024 Climate Rising How Public Policy Can Drive Climate Innovation and Business Opportunities: A Conversation with USEPA’s David Cash David Cash, the Regional... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

led Harlem Capital to invest in exciting women and diverse-owned companies including 4Degrees, Cashdrop, Malomo, and Repeat. These innovative companies are doing important work driving the economy forward,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • 06 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

to prevent them. "The main conclusion from this whole stream of research is that investing in poverty reduction strategies not only has direct economic benefits but also political benefits," says Lakshmi Iyer, a Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
  • Case

Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States
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  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

  Publications October 2014 Management Science Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Christoph Riedl Abstract—Selecting among alternative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 14

each of which pooled the investment capital that its general partners and limited partners committed for finite lifetimes. Greylock was established against a long historical tradition of New England financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July – August 2009
  • Article

Restoring American Competitiveness

By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih
For decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value; Production; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Research and Development; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competency and Skills; Service Industry; United States
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Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Creating Emerging Markets Crossover Into Business Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Entrepreneurship (Rock Center) Faculty & Research Foundry Global Health Care Impact Investments... View Details

    Robert J. Dolan

    Robert J. Dolan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and began his academic career in 1976 as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He joined... View Details

    • April 1999
    • Teaching Note

    Dimensions of Technology Strategy: Managing Innovation: Overview Teaching Note for Module 5

    By: Clayton M. Christensen
    Provides instructors with an overview teaching note for the technology strategy module of the course. The cases in the module give students insights about several issues in technology strategy. These include: 1) Whether to be a technological leader or follower; 2)... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Investment Return; Innovation and Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Research; Strategy; Technology
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    • 13 Feb 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: February 13, 2007

    A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace