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  • October 2013 (Revised January 2014)
  • Supplement

Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (B)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren Barley
It was January 2013, and Fred Khosravi, chairman of the board of AccessClosure Inc., wondered what the new year had in store for him and AccessClosure, the company he founded in late 2002. Khosravi was cautiously optimistic—the Mountain View, California-based medical... View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices; Vascular Closure Device; Patent Litigation; Patenting; Biomedical Research; Biotechnology; Biotech; Technological Innovation; Patents; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; United States; California
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    MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

    Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent... View Details

    • 11 Jun 2024
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

    As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 10 Jan 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: January 10

    http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-047.pdf Financing Risk and Innovation Authors:Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract Technological revolutions and waves of creative destruction are associated with new ventures and the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • January 2019
    • Case

    Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar: A Market Research Case

    By: Jill Avery and Gerald Zaltman
    In early 2018, Nestlé announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of 20 of its confectionery brands, including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion. Under the terms of the Nestlé acquisition, each of the purchased... View Details
    Keywords: Brand Equity; Marketing; Market Research; Qualitative Research; Marketing Communication; Customer Satisfaction; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; North America; Italy
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    • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
    • Case

    Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda

    By: Andy Zelleke, A. Zelleke, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
    This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Rwanda. It highlights Rwanda's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Transportation Industry; Tourism Industry; Rwanda
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    • 03 Oct 2023
    • What Do You Think?

    Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?

    led us to a useful conclusion: that a strong culture logically could lead to either success or failure. It was, instead, the presence of values and behaviors—components of its culture—that encouraged openness and adaptability that was... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • July 2019 (Revised April 2021)
    • Case

    Salary Finance

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In April 2019, Asesh Sarkar, co-founder and chief executive of Salary Finance Limited, a London-based FinTech, faced tough choices. Sarkar had founded Salary Finance with Dan Cobley and Daniel Shakhani in 2015. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner... View Details
    Keywords: Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry
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    • June 2020
    • Teaching Note

    Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar

    By: Jill Avery and Gerald Zaltman
    Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 519-061 and 519-062. In early 2018, Nestlé announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of twenty of its confectionery brands, including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion. Under the... View Details
    Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Storytelling; Brand Equity; Market Research; Qualitative Methods; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • 13 Dec 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 13

    trusts. Read the paper: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03585522.2011.617574   Working PapersWhen to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry Author:Hong Luo Abstract How completely should an innovator... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Research Summary

    Dissertation: A Relational Perspective on Boundary Work: How Attorneys Manage Work-Life Boundaries

    Many professionals struggle with managing boundaries between work and life outside of work. For decades researchers have been trying to understand this issue but we still have much to learn about it. With my dissertation, I aim to improve our understanding of... View Details

    • Person Page

    Press / Media

    By: Karim R. Lakhani

    Can America Invent Its Way Back?

    BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008

    Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details

    • Web

    Program Requirements - Doctoral

    following: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Entrepreneurship: Organizational Economics and Growth (HBS 4351/Econ 2730) or Macro Topics in Organizational Behavior/Organizational Analysis (HBS 4480 or Soc 224) or Empirical Studies of View Details
    • 20 Aug 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

    linked to politics, economics, and ecology. Any bit of news, such as an oil tanker spill, a technical problem at a plant, or a political crisis in 1 of their sourcing countries, can send their share prices into a tailspin. Even good news... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
    • 06 May 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: May 6

    workers, the middle class, and the nonpolitical rich, jeopardizing the nation's security in the process. The authors contend that this usurpation is the source of America's economic decline and fading international power and provide an... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Research Areas - Doctoral

    change; business models that address poverty; management of high-performing K-12 public school districts; and financing models for the non-profit sector 12. Technology and Innovation research focuses on value creation of platforms and... View Details
    • 2004
    • Working Paper

    The Accidental Entrepreneur: The Emergent and Collective Process of User Entrepreneurship

    We develop a process model of how users, an understudied source of entrepreneurship, create, evaluate, share, and commercialize their ideas. We compare and contrast our model to the classic model of the entrepreneurial process, highlighting the emergent and collective... View Details
    Keywords: Customers; Commercialization; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
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    • 12 Mar 2024
    • HBS Case

    How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

    Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology
    • 08 Oct 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

    universities and colleges were seeking to take advantage of federal funding, there was almost no quality control. That created an opening for the Ford Foundation in the 1950s and 1960s to lay down a significant critique about the quality... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
    • Web

    Programs & Resources - Entrepreneurship

    trusted sources for any company stage on topics ranging from customer acquisition & development to legal issues and startup failure. 24 Jul 2025 Harvard Business School Harvard University Announces Jill Kravetz as Harvard View Details