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  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2010
  • Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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  • 23 Jan 2024
  • News

A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • Web

Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

needed and then create a list of organizations and their directors. After that, you'll be ready to: Get the word out - inform your network of your interest in joining a board Leverage family/friend connections and ask them to speak on... View Details
  • Web

Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

seeking roles at a startup-focused investment firm. Frequently Asked Questions Where do HBS students go for info about entrepreneurship? Start with the Rock Center’s website , calendar , and staff ( rockcenter@hbs.edu ). Also check the... View Details
  • August 2010 (Revised August 2011)
  • Case

Developing an App for That

By: Hanna Halaburda, Joshua Gans and Nathaniel Burbank
At a time when ever-rising smartphone sales are driven as much by demand for devices that run must-have third-party "apps" as by the quality of traditional voice and data services, there is a myriad of challenges facing the software developer who is looking to choose... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 28 Nov 2023
  • Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

authoritarian regime organizes its institutions or informal practices to serve the productive interests of business, and mutual endangerment, whereby economic elites and political elites are mutually entwined in corrupt dealings and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2017 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Corey Thomas and the IPO

By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Collins
Corey Thomas, the African American CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year-old company public, as it stood poised to capitalize on what appeared to be the next frontier for digital technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of... View Details
Keywords: Business Finance; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Initial Public Offering; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; United States
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  • 09 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 9

a task that requires information on companies' emissions levels, risks, and reduction opportunities. This paper explores the conditions under which firms participate in this endeavor. Building on theories of how social activists inspire... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 2022
  • Case

DealShare: Social E-Commerce for the Indian Mass Market

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Malini Sen
Launched in September 2018, e-retail startup DealShare has created a tech-enabled model for the Indian mass market that allows customers to buy together, save money on good quality goods, and at the same time have fun. It targets customers who are still getting used to... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Disruption; Trends; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Value; Cost vs Benefits; Value Creation; Internet and the Web; India
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  • Web

Academics - Health Care

interests in organizations that provide health care (e.g., hospitals, medical groups, retail clinics) or in firms that partner with, supply, consult to, or invest in such organizations (e.g., payers, biopharmaceutical and device... View Details
  • 06 Jul 2023
  • News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

actually bought that whole business from us, that third party business a couple years ago for multiple billions of dollars which was a great return in terms of that investment for us. We've retained the baseball elements of it and the... View Details
  • February 2015
  • Case

TouchTunes and the Connected Digital Jukebox Platform

By: Alan MacCormack and Noah Fisher
The case describes innovation and new product development at TouchTunes, the leader in the Digital Jukebox market. In March 2013, after releasing its innovative "Virtuo" jukebox developed in collaboration with frog design, TouchTunes was at a crossroads. Having... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Design; R＆D; Outsourcing; Platform Strategy; Digital Media; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Music Industry
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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption

By: Kristina S. McElheran
This paper explores the relationship between market position and business process innovation. Prior research has focused on the alignment between new technologies and the internal capabilities of firms to pursue them. I extend the investigation to include external... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Business Processes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Technology Adoption; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

financial advisors to make saving and investment decisions. Low literacy and lack of information affect the ability to save and to secure a comfortable retirement; ignorance about basic financial concepts... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

hiring Companies should train managers to root out racial bias from their hiring and recruitment processes. They should also invest in retaining black professionals, in part by reinforcing the message that race will not be a barrier to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

give fair and balanced responses, but you should not discuss these opinions with anyone else in the organization at any time before your departure. Sequence your communications. Once the formal timing of the announcement of your departure is agreed on, you need to make... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where private equity funds have View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • Person Page

Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

with them we were able to create a very different organization—less top down, more participative, one that offered more challenging jobs and informed people about results of the business on a regular basis. That began my intellectual... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace