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October 2024
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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

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05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

whether anxiety about the unethical behavior leads to a vicious cycle of cheating-to-relieve-the-stress-of-getting-caught-cheating. (When providing the first saliva sample for the study, participants were unaware that they were about to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

as profit. I owe [thanks] to Professor Kash [Rangan] for passionately leading us through a fruitful and impactful discussion. —Senthilkumar Rajendran (SELP 4, 2019) Back to top “Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture” A gifted... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Judging Criteria - Alumni

New Venture Competition Judging Criteria 8ms NVC region leads and club selection committees, Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, and appointed regional & global judges will evaluate application entries. The following criteria will be used... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

to the company, such as its vision, strategy, growth plans, ability to compete, development of human, financial, and physical resources, strategic relationships, and succession. I like to say that boards should fly at 30,000 feet, meaning... View Details

11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

Demographic Changes By: Bardhan, Pranab, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee, and Francisco Pino Abstract—This paper studies how land reform and population growth affect land inequality and landlessness, focusing particularly on indirect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

this session understanding how to lead innovation, growth, and transformation during turbulent times. Systematic Value Investing: The Evolution of Investor Beliefs About Value and Growth Stocks Professor... View Details

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

a troubled division to prove your impact. These riskier career moves can pay off large dividends and prove your ability to lead at the highest levels. Board Experience A key part of the CEO role is interfacing with the Board of Directors.... View Details

13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

behavior and preferences into service cost and productivity standard metrics. Optimal Value and Growth Tilts in Long-Horizon Portfolios Authors:W. Jakub Jurkek and Luis M. Viceira Publication:Review of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9

attracted to skilled labor and specialized suppliers than they are to potential knowledge spillovers, even in R&D intensive industries. We also find that leading firms will be more attracted to pools of labor, suppliers, and potential... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

institutional pressures. In this chapter, we present current research arguing that such firms adopt heterogeneous sets of environmental management practices despite facing common institutional pressures because organizational characteristics View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

stage in a larger drama of growth – your growth. In many cases, the job itself will provide the challenges and resources necessary for expanding your skillset and adding depth to your leadership abilities. But regardless of the quality of... View Details

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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, explains that during this period, “the growth of big business was the central trend of the American economy.” 35 By the dawn of World War I, America’s journey from an agrarian society to a View Details

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ICIC - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a nonprofit research and strategy organization and the leading authority on U.S. inner city economies and the businesses that thrive there. Creating Urban Opportunity ICIC's mission is to... View Details

May 2012
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Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Alisa Zalosh

Shelby Givens, a new MBA, is the general manager of Westlake Lanes, a near-bankrupt bowling alley that her grandfather founded decades earlier. Givens has been given one year to turn a profit; if the goal is not met Westlake will close. During the first few days on the... View Details

Keywords: United States; Operations Management; Small And Medium-sized Enterprises; Turnarounds; Strategy; Leading Change; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States

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01 Aug 2001
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Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

trading. As a result, the firm embarked upon a major growth strategy in 1971, with Fisher as one of its leading architects. From 1970 to 1983, revenues increased from $22 million to just over $470 million.... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015

Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

P/E industries, which have a negative valuation change in the year after the investment. 2006 New England Journal of Medicine Leading Clinicians and Clinicians Leading By: Bohmer, Richard M.J. Abstract—More... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

compensation structure, and corporate governance approach, leading up to August 2008. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709449 The Cleveland Clinic: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
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Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk

By: Michael Chu and Jean Hazell

The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its microfinance network leads Opportunity International to launch the first global specialized microinsurance company, the Micro Insurance Agency (MIA). Building on the experience in 10 countries... View Details