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- 2012
- Book
The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup
By: Noam Wasserman
Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Social Psychology; Outcome or Result
Wasserman, Noam. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Princeton University Press, 2012. (Academy of Management award - One of Top Five Business Books of the Year
Independent Publishers Association - Top Business Books of the Year, Entrepreneurship category (Axiom-Silver award))
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
that they have destroyed the government presence in these areas. So it allowed the government to pack up and go home and say, 'We don't have to worry about it.'" An effective business-government View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
partnership programs that connect alumni with non–profit organizations in need of private–sector expertise on specific consulting projects. Now the HBS Clubs of South Florida and Minnesota have established... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
create additional value. That means viewing customers as partners in value creation—a collaboration that increases customers' engagement and taps their insights about the value they seek View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
or through partnerships with healthcare professionals or insurance companies. Their choices are important because they will affect DayTwo's costs, pricing, positioning, distribution channels, marketing efforts, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Nov 2013
2+2 Information Session: University of Oklahoma
The information session is an opportunity for college and master degree students to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program and ask questions to an Admissions Board Member. The session will begin at 6:00 PM CST at OU Research Campus, Three... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
partnership with HBS Alumni Clubs and Associations, gives alumni entrepreneurs critical exposure among fellow alumni and potential investors throughout the process, leading to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed
share of society’s resources.” What’s to be done? Dalio suggests a series of reforms, including improved leadership from the top, more public-private partnerships to invest in “double bottom line projects,” View Details
Keywords: capitalism
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
mounting, and several, like HTC, are already pursuing second generation tetherless VR technology. As Wang seeks to develop the ecosystem by partnering with developers, creating a content platform, investing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
arteries. For each scan analyzed, Zebra charged hospitals $1. By 2018 Zebra found itself in a race with its competitors to perfect these algorithms, create software tools, distribute the tools to physician partners, and create a market.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
tech companies at the earliest stages, often when products and business models are still experimental. The firm’s partners are pleased with their preliminary returns and the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
partners and is stronger for countries with lower initial levels of economic and institutional development. These results are consistent with a learning/cultural exchange... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
traces the strategic, organizational, and cultural challenges JMB faced in building an organization that eventually offered mentoring partnerships to 8,000 Indigenous students in 350 high schools throughout... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business, it invests heavily in conservation efforts, both directly, with communities and governments, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- July 2010
- Supplement
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and Profitability Analysis (CW)
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Pricing is one of the most difficult decisions marketers make and the one with the most direct and immediate impact on the firm's financial position. This toolkit will introduce the fundamental terminology and calculations associated with pricing and profitability... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
trade to non-NAFTA partners grew by 195%. Critics of NAFTA claimed that it had contributed to a loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico, increased inequality in all countries, and undercut environmental laws.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Bill McGlashan, founder and managing partner of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
partners to build her fashion business and legendary luxury brand based on understated elegance. Chanel’s famous “little black dress” was accompanied by many other innovations including the use of jersey as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
their time to the condition delivers care. IPUs can involve affiliated staff and integration with partner services Care is ideally co-located in dedicated facilities. A hub and... View Details
- Web
Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Collection Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti by Robert S. Kaplan and Mahek A. Shah Partners in Health, a global NGO focused on delivering health care to... View Details