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Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period
Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the country. Over the next three weeks, 14 analysts make investment recommendations on Snap: two with buy... View Details
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Impact Stories Impact Stories Play Fraudulent Billing and Safety Net Hospitals Jonas Heese The Godmother of Consumer-Driven Health Care Regina E. Herzlinger Each New Class Brings Opportunity Robert S. Huckman 09 Apr 2025 VN Express... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
real-world challenges and anxieties faced by increasing numbers of Americans.” As HBS professor Anat Keinan explains, "Today, underdog brand biographies are being used by both large View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Help Online Requests 29ms RCS Research Computing Environment Help Request Form Please use this form for questions, to request assistance, or to report a problem with the HBS Research Computing Environment. This could include issues with... View Details
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Community Involvement Health Professional Challenges or Opportunities Self-Care Goals and Aspirations A gentle reminder: this is not a forum for self-promotion or soliciting business. Members are welcome to... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
matters for innovation, and therefore growth, because it enables the local entrepreneur to put equity into this cooperative venture, which mitigates an agency problem that would otherwise deter the foreign... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the... View Details
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Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories
right time? Many find it challenging to make time for education but, once they attend, they discover that for significant career development this time is important to reenergize and gain a broader... View Details
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completed together in any order to earn a comprehensive certificate. Business in Society Courses at HBS Online Discover how to align purpose with profit and develop the skills to help your business address today’s global View Details
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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders
By: Robert Simons
This project studies the life choices made by a variety of people who have left a lasting legacy. Using biographical data, we are examining the choices that high-impact individuals faced in their lives and the paths they chose to follow. The leaders we study come... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
clear line of sight for identifying and challenging the least valuable resources," Baxter continues. All too often, the CEO must opt for across-the-board cuts—even though he knows that this approach... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
that many. Under the "self-management" initiative, employees were trained and given new technology to enable them to hire, train, and supervise their new colleagues; manage the day-to-day inventory... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2025
- Chapter
Leapfrog Leaders: Accelerating Systems Leadership Skills
By: Laura Cabrera, Derek Cabrera and Hise O. Gibson
We need leaders who can execute at the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical (SOT) levels. But, research shows it takes time for skills to develop at all three levels—too much time. Why does it take too much time? First, because expertise is borne of experience. An... View Details
Keywords: DSRP; VCML; Strategy; Operations; Leadership Development; Decision Making; Organizational Structure
Cabrera, Laura, Derek Cabrera, and Hise O. Gibson. "Leapfrog Leaders: Accelerating Systems Leadership Skills." In The Routledge Handbook of Systems Thinking, edited by Derek Cabrera, Laura Cabrera, and Gordon Midgley. London: Routledge, forthcoming.
Sandlands Vineyards
Approximately 80% of the 9,000 wineries in the US breakeven or lose money. An even greater percentage, perhaps 90-95%, lose money on an economic basis (i.e., after a charge for the capital employed). Tegan Passalacqua is a Californian winemaker who appears to have... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
postmortem, Eisenmann recommends that entrepreneurs seek honest feedback from as many people involved in the venture as possible. This helps entrepreneurs close any memory gaps and challenge the human... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights
challenge that experienced mountaineers say is greater even than Mount Everest. “It was the biggest, most vast, most intimidating mountain I had ever beheld in my life,” Kostova says, recalling the first time she set eyes on Denali. “I... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 2010
- Working Paper
Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance
By: Susan Dynarski, Jonathan Gruber and Danielle Li
The effect of vouchers on sorting between private and public schools depends upon the price elasticity of demand for private schooling. Estimating this elasticity is empirically challenging because prices and quantities are jointly determined in the market for private... View Details
Dynarski, Susan, Jonathan Gruber, and Danielle Li. "Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-054, October 2015.
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
capitalism. The word "globalization" is accurate enough, but if anything it understates the case, in part because of the information revolution wrought by the Internet. This situation makes management harder and more View Details
- 07 Jul 2011
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So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?
that evidence "implies that effective planning is rare in the modern economy," that "whether we like it or not, trial and error is a tremendously powerful process for solving problems in a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
assault. They don’t think the criminal consequences will happen to them; it only happens to that other guy. And that’s one of the challenges with the psychology here. Prosecutors say they’re trying to have... View Details