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    The Surprising Power of Online Experiments

    In the fast-moving digital world, even experts have a hard time assessing new ideas. Case in point: At Bing a small headline change an employee proposed was deemed a low priority and shelved for months until one engineer decided to do a quick online controlled... View Details
    • 24 Oct 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

    supply chain profitability in emerging markets and understand the impact of e-intermediaries. Academic / Practical Relevance: In practice, much... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2017
    • Teaching Note

    Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    By: Nori Gerardo Lietz
    Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Private Equity
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    • 10 Aug 2021
    • Blog Post

    Meet the Health & Wellness Club

    that the market will continue to grow in leaps and bounds in the coming years. We hope to serve as a conduit for View Details
    Keywords: Health-Related Services; Health Care; Consumer Products / Retail
    • 25 Jun 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: June 25

    price before that time is a martingale, and the price trajectory afterwards is a supermartingale. Finally, we explore the role of rental markets View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • 19 Oct 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

    stores,” which now outnumber all of the Starbucks and McDonald’s in the United States combined. They will account for 40 percent of all new store openings this year, according to a Coresight Research report.... View Details
    Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail
    • April 2024 (Revised August 2024)
    • Case

    The Engine

    By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray and Nicholas Christman
    The Engine, a venture capital firm founded by MIT to fill a gap in the technology funding landscape by commercializing breakthrough science and technology. Led by managing partner and CEO Katie Rae, the Engine's unique approach involved an unusually longer fund life,... View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Services Industry
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    • 06 Jan 2015
    • News

    Are Blockbusters Destroying the Movies?

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    Driving Corporate Performance

    with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your View Details
    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose

    By: Malcolm S. Salter
    In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory of shareholder value maximization into the central consciousness of public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Justice; Corporate Purpose; Shareholder Value Maximization; Ethical Reciprocity; Economic Systems; Business Ventures; Mission and Purpose; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    • 06 May 2014
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    First Look: May 6

    http://www.cambridge.org/US/academic/subjects/economics/economics-general-interest/democracy-and-its-elected-enemies-american-political-capture-and-economic-decline August 2013 Journal of Marketing Research Contingent Match Incentives... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

    history, and then dig deeper to explore the firm’s market position and challenges. As you would in any job interview, you should show that you’ve done your homework and understand the organization. If the... View Details
    • 02 Oct 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

    focused on building a strong regional presence in Latin America. Even if Telefónica has to sell its assets, or itself, its regional position will command View Details
    Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
    • November 2009 (Revised April 2010)
    • Case

    Rose Smart Growth Investment Fund

    By: Arthur I Segel and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
    The Jonathan Rose Companies must decide how to design and launch an innovative new real estate fund focused on green and transit oriented properties. JRC seeks to show through the fund that smart growth and green buildings provide superior economic returns to sprawl... View Details
    Keywords: Property; Buildings and Facilities; Transition; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Investment; Marketing; Energy Conservation; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Finance; Real Estate Industry
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    • 29 Apr 2008
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    First Look: April 29, 2008

    through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the firm and asks the students to come up with a strategy to improve the way in which Sales and View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 19 Jan 2016
    • First Look

    January 19, 2016

    Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Investing: Risk, Return and Impact (MBA)

    By: Shawn A. Cole

    This is an investing/finance course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for... View Details

    • August 2007 (Revised September 2007)
    • Case

    Gome: Bidding for China Paradise

    Gome, China's largest electronics retailer, has the opportunity to acquire China Paradise, the number three player in the Chinese electronic retailer industry. This happened in the general context of a great market development and potential consolidation of the... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Trade; Market Entry and Exit; Performance; Opportunities; Competition; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry; China
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    • 08 Jun 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Return of the Salesman

    focused on salespeople come about? Walter Friedman: [HBS professor and coeditor] Geoff Jones and I have been trying to have each issue of Business History Review focus on a theme. View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
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    By: Feng Zhu
    Professor Zhu’s research focuses on the design of platform business models and its impact on platform performance. Platforms have become central to our economy. A platform is a product or service that enables two or more customer groups to interact. For example,... View Details