• February 2000 (Revised March 2004)
• Case

Signature Security: Providing Alarm Systems for the Countries Down Under

Signature Security, an entrepreneurial company, was created to roll up the electronic security industry in Australia and New Zealand. Signature was created by a team of experienced U.S. managers. Original financing was provided by Clairvest, a Canadian merchant bank.... View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Australia; New Zealand

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Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Signature Security: Providing Alarm Systems for the Countries Down Under." Harvard Business School Case 800-254, February 2000. (Revised March 2004.)

• May 2008 (Revised April 2018)
• Case

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Interdisciplinary Cancer Care

By: Michael E. Porter and Sachin H. Jain

In 2006, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was an internationally leading institution for cancer care, education, and research. Since 1996, it had successfully reorganized itself from a cancer hospital that was physically organized around clinical... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Health Disorders; Organizational Structure; Medical Specialties; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Service Delivery; Research; Health Care and Treatment; Education Industry; Health Industry; Texas

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Porter, Michael E., and Sachin H. Jain. "The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Interdisciplinary Cancer Care." Harvard Business School Case 708-487, May 2008. (Revised April 2018.)

• 1994
• Book

The Making of Global Enterprises

By: G. Jones

This volume presents new insights on the history of international business. Two main themes are addressed: how and when has global business developed over the last century? and what has been its impact on host economies? The volume includes a pioneering study by Mira... View Details

Keywords: Economic History; Business Subsidiaries; Economy; Trade; Globalized Firms and Management; Information Technology

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Jones, G., ed. The Making of Global Enterprises. London: Frank Cass, 1994.

• 19 Jan 2022
• Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

superlative for “Most Cold-Called” after our first semester.) More importantly, HBS also helped me expand my own knowledge of the sector. One highlight was participating in an optional Short Intensive Program called Moving Beyond DTC, led... View Details

• September 2017
• Article

The Advocacy Trap: When Legitimacy Building Inhibits Organizational Learning

By: Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson

This paper describes a relationship between legitimacy building and learning for a new firm in a nascent industry. Through a longitudinal study of a new firm in the nascent smart city industry, we found that the firm failed to make progress on important internal... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Learning; Advocacy; Organizations; Learning; Organizational Culture; Entrepreneurship

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Zuzul, Tiona, and Amy C. Edmondson. "The Advocacy Trap: When Legitimacy Building Inhibits Organizational Learning." Academy of Management Discoveries 3, no. 3 (September 2017): 302–321.

• December 2004 (Revised July 2005)
• Case

Extend Fertility

By: Myra M. Hart and Sylvia Sensiper

Focuses on the search for opportunity, the generation and evaluation of business concepts, creation of a business plan, and the start-up process. Follows experienced entrepreneur Christy Jones as she combines her business skills and personal experience to generate new... View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Gender; Business Startups; Biotechnology Industry

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Hart, Myra M., and Sylvia Sensiper. "Extend Fertility." Harvard Business School Case 805-065, December 2004. (Revised July 2005.)

• October 2019
• Teaching Note

Managing the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg

This teaching note has been prepared to assist instructors with teaching HBS Case Study 818-128 "Managing the Future of Work.' This case has been designed to introduce leaders from various sectors to the Future of Work, and to give them the analytical tools and... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Employment; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities

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Kerr, William R., and Carl Kreitzberg. "Managing the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-028, October 2019.

• March 2018
• Teaching Note

Augmedix

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-048. Augmedix provides a service that live-streams video of patient appointments to a remote scribe, freeing up significant physician time from electronic medical record data-entry tasks. The venture is confronting decisions in areas such... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Sales; Management; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Adoption; Customers; Segmentation; Health Industry; Technology Industry; United States

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Cespedes, Frank V. "Augmedix." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 818-117, March 2018.

• 06 Apr 2017
• Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

by my internship. Although HBS incorporates social impact throughout the first-year curriculum, I enjoyed spending a summer with nonprofit entrepreneurs whose sole purpose is social impact and whose... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

• Profile

Brett Laffel

career in the sense of knowing that my work had tangible positive effects on the quality of life of some or many around me. This can take many forms, but knowing that my work will add to the betterment of society is something for which I cannot wait to start doing. How... View Details

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Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the program's impact. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the View Details