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Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) - Course Catalog

open to negotiations, the sources of equity investments, including search funds, private equity partnerships and individual investors. We will also learn about the due diligence process and legal concerns... View Details

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Africa: research, news, analysis

useful Factiva search commands include hlp and atleast. eg.,: hlp=africa and atleast3 consumers. Select particular publications by region, industry or type: Open "Source" arrow and then... View Details

29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

modularity," analyzing the case of SugarCRM. The modular architecture of this platform software is aligned with its intellectual property structure in such a way that the firm can derive, from the same code tree, an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

Continuous Learning is Key van Poecke had spent some time at a software business before co-founding Key ESG, but there remains a learning curve for both co-founders as they grow their business. A learning curve they welcome. “You can... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

01 Sep 2009
News

From Bytes to Bites

Silicon Valley a natural fit. It’s a path that worked quite nicely for Thomas, who eventually rose to vice president of marketing at SuccessFactors, a software firm focused on employee performance and strategy solutions. Then, in 1995,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 1996
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

the center of a network that provides rich opportunities for professional and intellectual growth. For me, that network has also been important because of the lasting friendships it has fostered and the doors it has opened for meaningful... View Details

March 2008
Case

Cambrian House

By: Peter A. Coles, Karim R. Lakhani and Andrew P. McAfee

Cambrian House builds internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development process. Users suggest ideas for new products and services and also participate in a monthly voting... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Voting; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Marketing Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Product Development; Strategic Planning; Business and Community Relations; Internet

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26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

creation, production, delivery and use of the Web, as well as toward a service delivery infrastructure. Panelist Katie Burke (HBS MBA '95) noted Web-based e-mail as a good example of how and why software is turning into a service.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

Chandler’s Legacies

had access to a wealth of resources through the Baker Library, and received fantastic support from librarians who opened my eyes to new sources of information. Furthermore, my time at HBS offered me the... View Details

11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

acknowledged, oral history can still be seen as a critical source of data on opinions, voices, and judgements on events in which there was often silence in written records. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

his current stint at General Catalyst, a private equity fund. Filipowski, who founded software maker PLATINUM Technology and sold it to Computer Associates International in 1999 for approximately $4 billion, said one ingredient for his... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

& Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs): Harvard Kennedy School Think Tank Guide: search across think tanks or navigate to specific View Details

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Protecting Yourself Against Phishing | Information Technology

Protecting Yourself Against Phishing What is Phishing? Phishing is when an email claiming to be from a legitimate source , such as an HBS email address, your bank, or your favorite retailer, attempts to trick you into providing your... View Details

19 Oct 2023
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Adapting to Meet Changing Needs

it across in a very limited amount of time—typically threeto five-minute learning segments that build on each other. That turned out to be a complicated challenge,” says Mayo, the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. “The methodology is View Details

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Anil Doshi

economists, operations management scholars, organizational theorists, and others studying topics ranging from open innovation to information technology to product innovation. I have borrowed freely from these many perspectives to develop... View Details

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

Companies are increasingly looking to emerging markets like China as a vital source of growth. The problem is these companies often lack an effective strategy for identifying which countries to do business with. In a June Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

10 Aug 2017
News

Into the Light

of Energicity. “Modern life as we know it is impossible.” Poindexter has seen the struggles firsthand in rural Ghana, where her startup is working to bring solar power to communities where highly flammable kerosene and expensive flashlight batteries are currently the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

systems and demonstrate its application to a large sample of software releases. Our methodology is based upon network graphs and allows us to identify and define three fundamental architectural patterns, which we call core-periphery,... View Details