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  • 07 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more information than ever before.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking
  • 15 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

was achieved by these three countries. In Mexico, a strong and dense network replaced for some of the institutions that promoted financial development and growth in Brazil. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-008.pdf Capturing Benefits from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2021 (Revised February 2025)
  • Teaching Note

Afterpay U.S.: The Omnichannel Dilemma

By: Antonio Moreno and Anibha Singh
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-086. In 2018, Nick Molnar, the founder of the Australia-based online payment service Afterpay began its expansion to the U.S. market. The service had gained a loyal following in Australia by enabling customers to pay for online... View Details
Keywords: Omnichannel Retail; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Change Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; Global Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Network Effects; Internet and the Web; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Australia
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  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

Alumni Books

economic shocks, corporate scandals, international competition, or technological disruptions. Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange by Erika S. Olson (MBA ’03) (Wiley) Olson, a former managing director at the... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 28 Feb 2014
  • News

The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)

Omowale Casselle What does your work involve? "My official title is director of product management, SAMPLEit, a new venture at redbox. In this role, I'm responsible for leveraging technology across our different product lines—kiosk,... View Details
Keywords: General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of new technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure despite a scarcity of government... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

    Robert N. Noyce

    With his long time business partner Gordon Moore, Noyce was a charismatic leader of Fairchild Semiconductor, and later the first CEO of Intel. At Fairchild, Noyce guided the company through many growing pains and technological changes,... View Details
    Keywords: Computers & Electronics
    • Web

    Manasi Maheshwari | MBA

    Manasi Maheshwari Computer Science Currier 2021 Cohort 2 I'm passionate about using technology to address social issues. My favorite classes have been centered on entrepreneurship and design thinking to create tangible solutions and I... View Details
    • June 2024
    • Case

    SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com'

    By: Reza Satchu and Tom Quinn
    This case explores SnapTravel, a travel startup offering discounted hotel rooms, and its founders’ desire to pivot to a “super app” that saved customers money across many different purchase types. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hussein Fazal and Henry Shi saw SnapTravel... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Business Startups; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Income; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Pandemics; Surveys; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Risk Management; Consumer Behavior; Game Theory; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; System Shocks; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Canada; United States; Las Vegas
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    • May 2024
    • Case

    LinkedIn Corporation, 2024

    By: David B. Yoffie, George Gonzalez and Emily Grandjean
    By 2024, the LinkedIn profile was well established as the professional identity of record on the Internet. Following a multi-year effort to expand the platform’s user base, as well as a period of rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, LinkedIn’s membership had... View Details
    Keywords: Platform; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Social Media; Network Effects; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Sunnyvale
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    • October 2023
    • Supplement

    Hey Jane: Early Investor Pitch Deck

    By: Rembrand Koning
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Entrepreneurial Finance; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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    • September 2022
    • Case

    AllSpice: GitHub for Hardware Engineers

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Mel Martin
    AllSpice, a software-as-a-service company that built a GitHub-like revision control tool for hardware engineers, was in the midst of preparing for rapid scale when the 2022 market downturn left them with big decisions to make. Cofounder and CEO Valentina Ratner had to... View Details
    Keywords: Scaling; SaaS; Strategy; Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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    • January 2021
    • Supplement

    mPharma (B)

    By: Rembrand Koning, John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
    mPharma pioneered electronic prescriptions in Ghana, and aimed to increase drug affordability and accessibility in Africa, but the company remained unprofitable. Following investor concerns about mPharma's business, CEO Gregory Rockson considered alternative business... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Health; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Ghana
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    • May 1995 (Revised April 1998)
    • Case

    AT&T Paradyne

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    A company making data communication devices has adopted a Total Quality philosophy for working with suppliers, employees, and customers. The finance group finds its existing cost system has become obsolete because of a shift from manual to automatic production... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Product; Corporate Accountability; Activity Based Costing and Management; System; Performance Efficiency; Financial Reporting; Operations; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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    • May 2013
    • Supplement

    Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers?

    This is the Spreadsheet Supplement HBS Case #808099 (PACIV). Includes Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, Exhibit 1c, Exhibit 1d, Exhibit 1e, Exhibit 1f, Exhibit 5, Exhibit 6, and Exhibit 8. View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Foreign Subsidiaries; Global Business; International Business; International Entrepreneurial Finance; International Operations; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; International Finance; Operations; Finance; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Puerto Rico; United Kingdom; Europe; United States
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It

    By: Benjamin Edelman
    The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: Sharing... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Resource Allocation; Market Transactions; Internet; Technology Networks; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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    • December 2003 (Revised February 2004)
    • Case

    Scott Lawson's Dilemma

    By: Thomas R. Piper
    The head of SysCom's test equipment division is concerned about how to answer employee and customer questions concerning the possible sale or liquidation of the division. The consequences of alternative approaches (full transparency vs. strong optimism and reassurance)... View Details
    Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Interpersonal Communication; Business Divisions; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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    • September 2001
    • Teaching Note

    IBM Ireland: Reinventing Education Crosses the Atlantic TN

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    Teaching Note for (9-300-034). View Details
    Keywords: Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Republic of Ireland
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    • October 2000 (Revised November 2000)
    • Case

    Handspring

    By: Myra M. Hart and Mary Rotelli
    Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins, founders of Palm Computing, have launched a new venture--Handspring. They are preparing for an IPO in the spring of 2000. When the markets begin to collapse and their investment bankers suggest a significantly lower price, they must... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Investment Banking; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Business Processes; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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    • December 1999
    • Case

    Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A6): Enterprise 250: Mark Canepa on the Newcomer as Change Agent

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
    Coming to Sun Microsystems after 20 years with Hewlett-Packard (HP), Mark Canepa brought a highly organized leadership style more characteristic of HP than Sun. His goal was to use the development of a new workstation product to build a disciplined, process-oriented,... View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Cost Management; Leadership Style; Product Development; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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