Country Development Strategies - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Barry Riceman at NetD (A)

Brandon Fogg must solve two seemingly unrelated problems in his management of creative R&D professionals. First, despite having hired brilliant research professionals, his firm is having problems commercializing their ideas. Second, his most brilliant engineer has... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Knowledge Management; Contracts; Research and Development; Creativity; Commercialization

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January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
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Martin Smith: May 2002

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Martin Smith, a recent HBS graduate, has just begun working with a leveraged buyout firm. His first assignment is to evaluate three different deals and make recommendations to the partners. As he studies the deals, he realizes that each has different merits and... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Personal Development and Career; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships

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02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

highly efficient, and environmentally friendly service anywhere in the country through a national network of independent waste haulers and recyclers. A player in the sharing economy, Rubicon was developing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2001
News

Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds

made me much more aware of human limitations — others’ and my own. “My hope,” he adds, “is to use what I’ve learned through this ordeal to help others in overcoming similar challenges.” Feagler, his wife, Kitty, and their new daughter Charlotte will soon make their... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Navy; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

developed by HBS Professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna. To date, the CEM project has conducted deep and impactful interviews with business leaders in 30 countries across emerging markets on topics... View Details

Profile

Dominic Mensah

Coming to HBS is like... Entering a journey of self-reflection on and immersion in your purpose. It is a courageous leap of faith—a deliberate choice to forgo a “safer” path and confront passion head-on. Before HBS, I balanced a role in View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Building a Social Network

regarding how to improve ratings for the other half. The organization’s strategy to date has focused on a “broad” approach where member interest drives group formation; to generate the revenues needed to provide online and administrative... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2012
News

Get Creative

innovation strategy as a pyramid: big bets at the top, a few projects in development in the middle, and a broad base of continuous improvements, incremental contributions, and early-stage new ideas at the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 1999
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The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

Do successful firms in different countries share cultural traits? HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's long-standing interest in this and related research has led him, with Professor John U. Farley of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School, to examine... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 2012
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Rival Visions

After its war of liberation from England, America was bankrupt, disjointed, and devoid of experience in governance. "The new country could have broken apart because of its financial problems," HBS professor emeritus Thomas McCraw writes... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Making a Difference

the image of women as victims in conflict zones and reshaping development programs targeted at poor countries. As a deputy director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, she is uniquely positioned to see her ideas through.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta

01 Jun 2015
News

The Giving Tree

think logically, and state my ideas succinctly. I believe that the more people I can help get this kind of training, the better our country will be. It’s also important for the School to have a diversified student body.” Collin Roche (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

December 2010 (Revised November 2014)
Case

Steven Carpenter at Cake Financial

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

After investing $9 million of venture capital, Cake Financial had failed to reach critical mass. In early 2010 Cake's assets were sold and the company was dissolved. Founded in 2006, the San Francisco-based Internet company allowed users to monitor their investments... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Internet; Financial Services Industry; Web Services Industry

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01 Sep 2011
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Project Aims to Boost US Competitiveness

A cross-disciplinary team of HBS faculty, led by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, has launched a project on US competitiveness that will feature a special spring 2012 issue of the Harvard Business Review and a long-term research agenda. “America’s ability to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2013
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Alumni Books

achieve personal growth and success, details strategies for embracing struggle, and offers tools and practices to help implement them. Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence by Amy Jen Su and Muriel... View Details

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Community | Research Associates

California, Berkeley Development Economics University of Chicago and Booth School of Business Economics; Statistics; Behavioral Science University of Maryland Finance; Marketing University of Toronto Organizational Behavior The Wharton... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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HBS Professors Pearson, Thurston Remembered

wars” and aggressive global expansion. Pearson left PepsiCo to join the HBS faculty in 1985. He taught the first-year course Competition and Strategy and the elective Management Policy and Practice. “Andy brought an extraordinary amount... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Faculty Books

International Finance A Casebook by Mihir A. Desai (John Wiley & Sons) These case studies, by Associate Professor Desai, consider how major financial and investment decisions must adapt to the opportunities and obstacles in a rapidly globalizing world. The book begins... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information