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  • 09 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

problems—and along the way deal with challenges of knowing when to follow the established ways of government and when to break the mold. States and federal government, too, have been reaching out to designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Benson P. Shapiro

    Benson P. Shapiro is a well-known authority on marketing strategy and sales management with particular interests in pricing, product line planning, and marketing organization. He is also the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing Emeritus at the Harvard Business... View Details

    Keywords: apparel; banking; beauty products; brokerage; chemical; computer; consulting; e-commerce industry; electrical equipment; electronics; financial services; food; high technology; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; manufacturing; marketing industry; metals; plastics; printing; professional services; software; steel; telecommunications; wholesale

      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology
      • 25 Jan 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)

      When we wonder whether money can buy happiness, we may consider the luxuries it provides, like expensive dinners and lavish vacations. But cash is key in another important way: It helps people avoid many of the day-to-day hassles that cause stress, View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 01 Dec 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas

      Keywords: by David Moss; Banking
      • Fall 2017
      • Article

      The Alternative Business History: Business in Emerging Markets

      By: Gareth Austin, Carlos Davila and Geoffrey Jones
      This article suggests that the business history of emerging markets should be seen as an alternative business history rather than merely adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of business history evolved around the corporate strategies... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Developing Countries and Economies; Business History; Asia; Latin America; Africa
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      • February 2001 (Revised March 2004)
      • Case

      Ducati & Texas Pacific Group - A "Wild Ride" Leveraged Buyout

      Describes the attempt of Texas Pacific Group (TPG), a buyout firm, to purchase a controlling stake in Ducati Motor, the world's leading high-performance motorcycle company, based in Bologna, Italy. Ducati is part of Cagiva Group, a family-controlled industrial group.... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Leveraged Buyouts; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Texas; Italy
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      • November 2023 (Revised October 2024)
      • Supplement

      Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)

      By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
      Set in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power’s recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic alliances. View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Ethics; Finance; Management; Social Enterprise; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Europe
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      • September 2017
      • Case

      Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit

      By: Paul A. Gompers, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
      In 2009, Blackstone, the New York-based alternative asset and financial services firm, committed to invest up to $750 million into Summit Materials, a new company in the aggregates sector (i.e., construction materials, such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement,... View Details
      Keywords: Roll Up; Private Equity Roll Up; Aggregates; Aggregates Materials; Construction Materials; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Growth and Maturation; Engineering; Construction; Finance; Capital; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Investment; Housing; Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Planning; Problems and Challenges; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Construction Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      • 05 May 2011
      • What Do You Think?

      How Ethical Can We Be?

      practices that place a great deal of weight on "attitude" and "listening skills." Trust is a cornerstone of an efficient and effective system. Bad things happen when it is undermined by unmet expectations or ethical... View Details
      Keywords: by Jim Heskett
      • 09 Oct 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: October 9

      International ICST on Auctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications (AMMA 2011) held in New York, August 22-23, 2011. The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from numerous submissions covering topics such as... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 02 Aug 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

      A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert
      • 09 Jun 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: June 9, 2015

      and policy change block his fledgling startup, solo entrepreneur Alex Holt evaluates his options. Should he double-down with a major investment in new servers, rewriting his app from scratch, and charging users for a service that he had... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 13 Sep 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

      Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage
      • December 2020
      • Case

      Château Margaux: Serving Up the Third Wine

      By: Elie Ofek
      In fall 2019, Corinne Mentzelopoulos, owner of the famous first-growth Château Margaux, is pondering a series of decisions with respect to the chateau's third wine. Margaux du Château Marguax, as this wine was called, was launched in 2013 with a particular goal in mind... View Details
      Keywords: Brand Management; Pricing; Wine Industry; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Performance Evaluation; Price; Distribution Channels; Growth and Development Strategy; France
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      • March 2006
      • Module Note

      Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World

      By: Alan D. MacCormack
      Describes the second module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The course... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges; Business Processes; Perspective; Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Managerial Roles; Product Design; Business Startups; Organizational Design
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      • January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
      • Case

      General Scanning, Inc. (B)

      By: H. Kent Bowen, Sean McClenaghan and Charles Tillen
      After meeting with a mediator, Montagu and Davis decided their goals were not in accordance, and Davis left General Scanning. Montagu and Brosens wrote three-year objectives for the company and proceeded to search for a new professional manager. Chuck Winston took on... View Details
      Keywords: Business Units; Restructuring; Change; Business or Company Management; Ownership Stake; Strategic Planning; Hardware
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        The Biggest Mistakes Bosses Will Make With Workers Returning After Covid-19 (by Tsedal Neeley)

        There’s little doubt that how we work changed dramatically during the sudden, unexpected and extensive experiment in remote work brought on by the pandemic. Many employees, working at home, became more efficient, productive and happier; others struggled and... View Details

        • 25 Apr 2007
        • Research & Ideas

        Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

        as long as humanity has. In Getting Unstuck I discuss some strategies for dealing with the inner critic. The third phase is when we finally realize that our old model isn't working. We begin to face the situation with View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace
        • 20 Mar 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: March 20

        returns to entering the product market and their profit thresholds. Depending upon the magnitude of these differences, we propose alternative commercialization outcomes. This model helps to explain why user entrepreneurs are likely to spawn the creation of altogether... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne