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Plato Malozemoff
Struggling to find a job during the depression, the Russian-born immigrant, accepted an entry level engineering position with Newmont in 1945. Nine short years later, Malozemoff took the helm of Newmont Mining that, at the time, was... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
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How to Register & Key Dates | New Venture Competition
stay tuned for a team building spreadsheet. 4. Enter the Competition Early Entry Deadline December 6, 2024, 12:00 noon EST Early entry deadline. (Teams may enter the competition up until the January 27... View Details
H. Wayne Huizenga
Huizenga purchased the one-year old Blockbuster operation from its founders in 1986 and embarked on a massive expansion campaign. Believing that there were low barriers to entry in the video rental market, Huizenga built over 1,000... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Credit, Decoded
A page from one of 63 credit volumes covering business in Louisiana State. This annotated entry details the success of two “free men of color” (identified by scholars as light-skinned men of mixed race) who worked as exchange brokers in... View Details
- August 2006
- Exercise
Bundling of Office Suites: An Economic Analysis
Presents a simple model to demonstrate that bundling can act as a barrier to entry. View Details
Coughlan, Peter J. "Bundling of Office Suites: An Economic Analysis." Harvard Business School Exercise 707-423, August 2006.
- June 2001 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Innovation at Progressive (B): Homeowners Insurance
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Analyzes whether Progressive, strictly an auto insurer, should enter the home owner's insurance market. The critical decision is whether the competencies that made Progressive succeed in the auto insurance industry can translate to the home owner's insurance industry. View Details
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Innovation at Progressive (B): Homeowners Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 601-138, June 2001. (Revised April 2004.)
Amos L. Beaty
In 1907, Beaty became the attorney for Texaco, and was able to secure new laws, which smoothed the way for the company’s entry into the Oklahoma oil fields. In 1920, Beaty was elected president of the company. During his presidency, Beaty... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
to the emerging literature on open and distributed innovation by demonstrating the value of openness, at least narrowly defined by disclosing problems, in removing barriers to entry to non-obvious individuals. We also contribute to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Attn: Alumni Entrepreneurs
$50,000 grand prize, a $25,000 second prize, and $25,000 to the 2012 Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship winner. For entry details, visit www.alumni.hbs.edu/nvc/. View Details
Keywords: contests
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Resources | New Venture Competition
Track include: NVC Pitch Deck Template Early Stage Feedback Entrepreneurs In Residence (EiRs) Past Pitches Social Enterprise Track Resources Resources offered exclusively for the Social Enterprise Track include: Examples of past team View Details
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10 Skills Teens Need to Succeed in Today's Economy
In a recent study by Payscale, most employers surveyed said that college grads don't possess the soft skills they are looking for. This issue, along with the dramatic increase in the cost of a college education, suggests that parents need to become much more engaged in... View Details
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Margot Dushin Archives | Social Enterprise
warm welcome... Congratulations to the 2020 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists Margot Dushin 09 Apr 2020 In February 2020, the HBS New Venture Competition received 53 entries to the Social Enterprise Tr... NEW... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
As with any new endeavor, the School's recent introduction of a year-round calendar - with two entry dates, September and January, for each MBA class - posed some unique challenges and uncertainties. One issue of particular interest among... View Details
- February 2010 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
The Vitality Group: Paying for Self-Care
Vitality is part of a $2 billion start-up South African and U.K. health insurance firm. It has achieved excellent results in rewarding people for promoting their health. It is now contemplating how to enter the U.S. market. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E. "The Vitality Group: Paying for Self-Care." Harvard Business School Case 310-071, February 2010. (Revised February 2021.)
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Competition received 53 entries to the Social Enterprise Tr... HBS Business & Environment Alumni Conference Lynn Schenk 06 Apr 2020 On March 4, 2020, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and Alumni Relations hosted Risk... A Day in... View Details
- September 2003 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time
Dan Schulman, the CEO of Virgin Mobile USA, must develop a pricing strategy for a new wireless phone service targeted toward consumers in their teens and twenties, many of whom are believed to have poor credit quality and uneven usage patterns. Contrary to conventional... View Details
Keywords: Price; Market Entry and Exit; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United States
McGovern, Gail J. "Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time." Harvard Business School Case 504-028, September 2003. (Revised June 2007.)
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
In this excerpt from Chapter 1 of the their book, Dan Ciampa and HBS Professor Michael D. Watkins describe some of the common traps into which new leaders can fall. Falling Behind The Learning Curve Not using the time before entry... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
- November 2022 (Revised April 2023)
- Supplement
HTC and Virtual Reality (B)
By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins
In April 2023, Cher Wang, CEO and Chairwoman of HTC, reflected on her time as a leader in the virtual reality industry from her office high above Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It had been a roller coaster ride of new product introductions and unexpected challenges for HTC and... View Details
Keywords: VR; Virtual Reality; Strategy; Metaverse; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Technology Industry; Taiwan; China; United States
Wu, Andy, and Matt Higgins. "HTC and Virtual Reality (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-403, November 2022. (Revised April 2023.)
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
“systems change” has taken the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors by s... Meet the 2024 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists 21 Mar 2024 In February 2024, the HBS New Venture Competition received 31 entries to the... View Details
- 2006
- Case
Infosys Consulting
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
Aiming to expand their value proposition from software development to consulting, Infosys launched a new business unit, Infosys Consulting. From scratch, it quickly grew to over 200 professionals. The case study illustrates the challenges of launching a new business in... View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, and Chris Trimble. "Infosys Consulting." 2006. (Case No. 2-0022.)