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Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 (BOOK)
In my first book manuscript, Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals... View Details
- July 1975
- Article
An Asymptotic Theory of Growth Under Uncertainty
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "An Asymptotic Theory of Growth Under Uncertainty." Review of Economic Studies 42, no. 3 (July 1975): 375–393. (Chapter 17 in Continuous-Time Finance.)
- September 2019
- Teaching Note
Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company
By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-028.
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- July 2017
- Teaching Note
Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising
By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
Teaching Note for HBS No. 317-030.
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- June 2020
- Case
Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (A)
By: Laura Huang, Elizabeth Jiang and Brandon Yu
Career Karma is a startup focused on helping individuals looking to transition careers into computer engineering roles or similar fields by preparing them for formal technical training programs, or “coding bootcamps,” that would lead to a successful career pivot upon...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Education;
Training;
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Organizations;
Mission and Purpose;
Personal Development and Career;
Health Pandemics;
Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
Employment Industry
Huang, Laura, Elizabeth Jiang, and Brandon Yu. "Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (A)." Harvard Business School Case 420-121, June 2020.
- March 2012 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Virgin Group: Finding New Avenues for Growth
By: Gary P. Pisano and Elena Corsi
Pisano, Gary P., and Elena Corsi. "Virgin Group: Finding New Avenues for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 612-070, March 2012. (Revised May 2012.)
- 1999
- Chapter
The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital
By: M. C. Higgins and N. Nohria
- Summer 2017
- Article
Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development
By: Daniel P. Gross
Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This article introduces a fundamental tension between incentives and improvement in the provision of feedback. Using a sample of 4,294 commercial logo design tournaments, I...
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Keywords:
Feedback;
Evaluation;
Tournaments;
Innovation;
Performance Evaluation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Rank and Position;
Product Development;
Learning
Gross, Daniel P. "Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development." RAND Journal of Economics 48, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 438–466.
- February 2023 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Kvadrat: Focus, Execute, and Grow
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Kvadrat was a family-owned global textiles company. The company had enjoyed impressive top-line growth and was shifting gears to emphasize profitability via a shorter strategic agenda. Agenda items included: U.S. expansion, generating improved margins in its consumer...
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- February 2007 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Bancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A)
In 1996, CEO Fernando Garcia Checa wanted to make customer analytics a part of Bancaja's new strategy. Bancaja, a savings bank based in Valencia, Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it...
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Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, and Katherine Miller. "Bancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A)." Harvard Business School Case 107-055, February 2007. (Revised May 2007.)
- July 2002
- Teaching Note
MAC Development Corporation (TN)
Teaching Note for (2-802-140), (9-806-703), and (9-806-706).
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- January 2011
- Article
Developing Superior Negotiation Case Studies
While a great deal of excellent advice exists for producing case studies on managerially relevant topics in general, negotiation cases have distinctive aspects that merit explicit treatment. This article offers three types of tailored advice for producing cases on...
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Sebenius, James K. "Developing Superior Negotiation Case Studies." Negotiation Journal 27, no. 1 (January 2011): 69–85.
- 20 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
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by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones
- 2018
- Case
Golden Triangle Development LINK
By: Jan Rivkin and Susie Ma
Rivkin, Jan, and Susie Ma. "Golden Triangle Development LINK." Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Case, 2018.
- November 2012
- Supplement
Shenzhen Development Bank (CW)
By: Yuhai Xuan
- February 2011 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Product Development at OPOWER
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Rob Go
OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their customers in ways that reduce energy consumption, is scaling rapidly. The company's new head of product management has designed a system to address a point of constant tension: whether to build custom...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Customer Relationship Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Management;
Product Development;
Sales;
Customization and Personalization;
Energy Conservation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Information Technology Industry;
Utilities Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Rob Go. "Product Development at OPOWER." Harvard Business School Case 811-075, February 2011. (Revised November 2012.)
- 2017
- Working Paper
The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age
By: Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby and Tom Nicholas
We examine the golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking inventors from historical U.S. patents to Federal Censuses between 1880 and 1940 and to regional economic aggregates. We provide a theoretical framework to motivate the...
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Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas. "The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-063, January 2017. (Revised June 2017.)
- Teaching Interest
Product Management
A Product Manager is obsessed with the problem their product tries to solve and works to both define the product’s functional requirements and lead cross-functional teams to develop, launch and improve their product over time. Taught by an experienced former Google... View Details
- 1996
- Chapter
External Integration in Product Development
By: T. Fujimoto, M. Iansiti and K. B. Clark
- July–August 2004
- Article
How CEOs Manage Growth Agendas: A Commentary
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "How CEOs Manage Growth Agendas: A Commentary." Harvard Business Review 82, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2004): 124–126.