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- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
Associated Press news wire as reported in US News and World Report, February 19, 2015. Leonard A. Schlesinger and James L. Heskett, "Breaking the Cycle of Failure in Services," Sloan Management Review, Spring 1991, pp. 17-28. View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
they still have only 1.5 percent, he said, which "would not be considered real progress.'' He believes those numbers can grow, but said it's going to take a commitment on the part of society as a whole. "We're in this cycle... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
Rico, Denver, and many other incredible locations. I was in the middle of a few other interview cycles for various health care roles, and I was completely torn. Do I accept the role with NPS, or continue to engage with the career path I... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
greenhouses appeared to be less than three quarters full. When asked, Baan explained that he grows only enough to meet demand from his clients and no more. With high margins and a maximum production cycle of six weeks, Baan can afford... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
they are maintained. Another benefit is that these activities attract people who might otherwise never visit our properties. There's a nice cycle here: We acquire a property, develop a long-term management plan, and make this resource... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
business owners to understand their own cash flow and prospects. Now the fintech innovation cycle is at an inflection point—new streams of data have the power to illuminate the opaque nature of a small business’s finances. The playing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
opening our first factory in the US and we are close on our second. All of our major growth plans are around renewables. We just can’t move fast enough. My sense is, the IRA will push us over the edge here in the US, and we will enter an unstoppable virtuous View Details
- October 2024
- Teaching Plan
Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble
By: Lou Shipley and Stacy Straaberg
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
HBS Centennial Event Confronts Present and Future Challenges Rising to the challenge: Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Dean Jay Light shared a vision of closer collaboration between HBS and Harvard on 21st-century issues. Faust embraced the importance of... View Details
- August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?
By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli, Sabrina T. Howell and Karina Souza
In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the unprecedent crypto momentum as a window of... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Decision Making; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Strategic Planning; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Business Cycles; Digital Platforms; Emerging Markets; Market Timing; Expansion; Diversification; Valuation; Value Creation; Investment Funds; Initial Public Offering; Price; Price Bubble; Negotiation Offer; Financial Liquidity; Information Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; Latin America; South America; Brazil; Sao Paulo; United States
Kluender, Raymond, Emanuele Colonnelli, Sabrina T. Howell, and Karina Souza. "Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?" Harvard Business School Case 825-047, August 2024. (Revised November 2024.)
- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
cycle can mean the difference between a small business growing or just staying flat. And, the good news is that we’re seeing innovative ideas in both policy and products on this front—ideas that actually help small businesses manage their... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
economic conflicts behind the arguments put forward by the different parties. We also identify several key open questions. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50676 Credit-Market Sentiment and the Business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
specifically tailor their e-commerce measurement approach, but also utilize multiple measures to fully analyze their situations. Different measurement criteria are important for companies that have different strategies or may be in a different stage of their life View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- September 1992
- Case
Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market
First case in a series of six cases that follow the experience of a cable television company as it adjusts to the rapid rise and precipitous decline of the stock market in the late 1980s. In this case Don Jones, the company's founder and owner, sees the rise in public... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Financial Markets; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Wealth; Business Cycles; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market." Harvard Business School Case 293-036, September 1992.
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
a management perspective, what challenges face airline leaders today? A: Industries can evolve and change as a result of both external and internal forces. As the life cycle of an industry evolves, the dominant business model also... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
New inventors received more patent citations than incumbent inventors, suggesting a cycle of creative destruction. The financial returns to technological development were high. At the macro level we identify a strong relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
Kaplan and Porter are looking closely at alternative funding models that help align incentives with better patient outcomes, especially bundled payments that strongly motivate providers along a patient’s care cycle to integrate and... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
Things—finally fail to attract investor interest, then we might posit that the cycle is reaching its trough. So if, in the wake of a future sector crash, entrepreneurs and investors anticipate a sector-level threat-rigidity response, what... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
advertisers should consider the stage of the consumer purchasing cycle they aim to impact: do they want to create awareness, interest, or spark a purchase? If the goal is to simply create a buzz, then entertain as much as possible—as many... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
urgent needs of the future. Start-ups, on the other hand, are intensely focused on innovation but are also beholden to the impatience and boom-and-bust cycles of the venture capital industry. In his new book, The Architecture of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel