Sponsor-based Business Model - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

at Fidelity Investments to launch a venture aimed at providing analytical information to bond traders. He showed Sahlman his business plan for a company that he was calling Technical Data Corporation. Basically, Parker had figured out a... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe

Best part of the job I constantly meet new entrepreneurs who — win, lose, or draw — are fascinating human beings. To be successful you need to be a memorable person, and entrepreneurs are almost invariably memorable people. Role Models My... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Finance

07 Sep 2021
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Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

business and operating models could be used to do this in low-resource settings?” “Through these fellowships, we can make all opportunities open to all students, regardless of financial need. That’s an... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2018
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Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

profit motive is needed. One argument for ending monopolies and opening the market for private services is that this might lead to more rapid technology introduction and innovation. You don’t have to look very far to find examples of alternative View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Alumni Books Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams by Evan Baehr (MBA 2011) and Evan Loomis (Harvard Business Review Press) Now that you have your big idea, how will you find and... View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

food for its people. Through gardens planted with heirloom crops like Omaha Sacred Red Corn, Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans, and Mandan Squash—the "Three Sisters" of Native American lore that thrive when planted together—Sacred Seed is View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Alumni Books

Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times by Scott D. Anthony (MBA ’01) (Harvard Business Press) In today’s economy, executives must slash costs while planting seeds for tomorrow’s growth. Anthony explains how: by pruning your View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Business Model: How to Seize the White Space for Transformative Growth by Mark W. Johnson (MBA 1996) HBR Press In this revised, updated, and newly titled edition of Johnson’s 2010 Seizing the White Space, he provides an eminently... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau

technology for B2B2C, but I suspect he will have to do that anyway. An app would be important for keeping in touch with customers and dealing with any problems in both business models. Mobley could think about partnering with building... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

01 Mar 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid

worked for the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Is the MCC development model an effective one? The MCC, a US agency established in 2004, is viewed by many as a success, in part because it aims to depoliticize aid. To be eligible for MCC... View Details

Keywords: foreign aid; Government

17 Aug 2015
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The Play Alchemist

do you execute on this invention? What do you have to do to make it come to life and reach the people you need to reach so that it can have a meaningful impact?” she asks. “To me, that's where business comes in. If you want to create a... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

26 Jun 2025
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The Vinyl Revival

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) was at HBS, she started managing bands, mainly as a way to stay involved in an industry that she loved. It was right... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Plunging Into the Net

and more cases, of doing business. As millions of individuals and organizations stake out positions on the Information Highway with Web sites, the nature of business is changing. "The Internet provides new ways to do old things," says HBS... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Book Review: My Lunch with Warren

the distractions of email and a Bloomberg terminal are difficult to access, but a nap area is always ready. Portraits of mentors help Spier model his decision-making on their behavior. To keep focus and minimize false assumptions, Spier... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2014
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Case Study: Declawing the Competition

excellent customer service. However, we know this is a race that others can compete in, too, and that—with enough investment—our differentiators are replicable. What fundamental changes can we make to this market dynamic and/or our View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Talent: The Best Employee Perk?

had a better business model than Blockbuster. It reached the top and has stayed there because it attracts, retains, and effectively utilizes many of the best people in the business. ‘The best thing you can... View Details

20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow

engaged campus community. Beyond the campus, the program’s impact is evident in a revitalized farming community in the surrounding areas and at other nearby colleges and school systems that are using the UMass model to start similar... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)

art. “Even though you can’t apply sophisticated financial models to it or the complex structures that I learned in Production and Operations Management,” he says, “art is a business.” And Deitch, in his three-plus-decade career as an art... View Details