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Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling - Course Catalog

a winning tactic. It is not. Often the critical success factor is exactly how a firm goes to market – with its sales force. But the rules have changed – innovations like ‘product-led-growth’ models and social media are changing the status... View Details

    The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million

    The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology... View Details

    • December 2021
    • Article

    Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm

    By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
    What are the long-term consequences of compensation changes? Using data from an inbound sales call center, we study employee responses to a compensation change that ultimately reduced take-home pay by 7% for the average affected worker. The change caused a significant... View Details
    Keywords: Employees; Wages; Compensation and Benefits; Change; Performance; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Analysis
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    Sandvik, Jason, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Christopher Stanton. "Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm." Management Science 67, no. 12 (December 2021): 7687–7707.
    • 2012
    • Book

    The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance

    By: James Heskett
    The contribution of culture to organizational performance is both substantial and quantifiable. This book presents the results of field research that demonstrates how an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Learning; Framework; Policy; Retention; Books; Analytics and Data Science; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Research
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    Heskett, James. The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance. Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Press, 2012.
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development

    efforts are having a real impact, with fewer allegations of corruption appearing in the media. Companies with low anti-corruption efforts, while enjoying faster sales growth in corrupt markets, have lower profit margins and return on... View Details
    • May 2013
    • Supplement

    Paul Thomson: Walker Insurance

    This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for Walker Insurance: Paul Thomson (HBS Case 813057). Includes Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, Exhibit 2, Exhibit 4, Exhibit 5, Exhibit 6, and Exhibit 7. View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Search; Search Funds; Sales Force Management; Sales; Sales Channels; Insurance And Reinsurance; Insurance Companies; Acquisitions; Hiring; Service Management; Service; Insurance; Salesforce Management; Selection and Staffing; Insurance Industry; United States
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    Sharpe, Jim. "Paul Thomson: Walker Insurance." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 813-708, May 2013.
    • 22 May 2024
    • HBS Case

    Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

    system to get each of their users to contribute to the content,” Ghosh notes. Unlike other social platforms that force people to build a following in order for content to be seen, the tool enables users of all abilities to build on... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

      A Practical Approach to Sales Compensation: What Do We Know Now? What Should We Know in the Future?

      Personal selling represents one of the most important elements in the marketing mix, and appropriate management of the sales force is vital to achieving the organization’s objectives. Among the various instruments of sales management, compensation plays a pivotal... View Details
      • June 2013
      • Supplement

      Walker Insurance: Paul Thomson (Video Supplement)

      By: Jim Sharpe
      This is the Video Supplement for Walker Insurance: Paul Thomson (HBS Case 813057). View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Search; Search Funds; Sales Force Management; Sales; Sales Channels; Insurance And Reinsurance; Insurance Companies; Acquisitions; Hiring; Service Management; Service; Insurance; Salesforce Management; Selection and Staffing; Insurance Industry; United States
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      Sharpe, Jim. "Walker Insurance: Paul Thomson (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-717, June 2013.
      • January 2016 (Revised July 2018)
      • Case

      Cyberdyne: A Leap to the Future

      By: Doug J. Chung and Mayuka Yamazaki
      Cyberdyne Inc. was a Japanese technology venture that wanted to commercialize a hybrid assistive limb (HAL). HAL was a robotic exoskeleton system for people who had difficulty walking due to nervous system disabilities resulting from stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI),... View Details
      Keywords: Go-to-market Strategy; Pricing; Sales Channel; Technological Innovation; Marketing; Sales; Distribution; Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Chung, Doug J., and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Cyberdyne: A Leap to the Future." Harvard Business School Case 516-072, January 2016. (Revised July 2018.)
      • June 2013
      • Teaching Note

      Elasto Therm: The Next Step

      By: Jim Sharpe
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurs; Careers; Empowerment; Job Design; Sales Channels; Sales Force Management; Pricing Strategy; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Employee Empowerment; Customer Focus; Entrepreneurship; Salesforce Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Rubber Industry; United States
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      Sharpe, Jim. "Elasto Therm: The Next Step." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 813-132, May 2013.
      • February 2013 (Revised September 2013)
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      Elasto Therm: The Next Step

      By: Jim Sharpe and James Weber
      Julia and Nate Burstein were living their dream running their own business and balancing the demands between their work and family obligations while creating a company that was responsive to their employees' and their customers' needs. The Bursteins had joined a large... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Sales Force Management; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Work-Life Balance; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; United States
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      Sharpe, Jim, and James Weber. "Elasto Therm: The Next Step." Harvard Business School Case 813-030, February 2013. (Revised September 2013.)
      • November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
      • Teaching Note

      Paul Thomson: Walker Insurance

      By: Jim Sharpe
      Keywords: Crisis Management; Acquisitions; Search Funds; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Insurance; Turnarounds; Boards Of Directors; Sales Force Management; Entrepreneurship; Insurance Industry; Florida
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      Sharpe, Jim. "Paul Thomson: Walker Insurance." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 813-118, November 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
      • May 2013
      • Supplement

      Elasto Therm: The Next Step

      This is the spreadsheet supplement for case ElastoTherm: The Next Step(813030). This contains the electronic copy of exhibits 1 and 2. View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Sales Force Management; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Work-Life Balance; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; United States
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      Sharpe, Jim. "Elasto Therm: The Next Step." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 813-705, May 2013.
      • August 2012 (Revised June 2013)
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      Paul Thomson: Walker Insurance

      By: Michael Roberts, Jim Sharpe and Sonia Nagala Change
      Having just acquired Walker Insurance, Paul Thomson finds himself short of funds to support his original turnaround plan. He can request additional cash from his investor group, hunker down and grow at a slower rate or consider a proposal to buy his business. He has... View Details
      Keywords: Crisis Management; Acquisitions; Search Funds; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Insurance; Turnarounds; Boards Of Directors; Sales Force Management; Entrepreneurship; Insurance Industry; Florida
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      Roberts, Michael, Jim Sharpe, and Sonia Nagala Change. "Paul Thomson: Walker Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 813-057, August 2012. (Revised June 2013.)
      • June 2013
      • Case

      Comprosa

      By: Jim Sharpe and Jose Luis Barbero
      A Spanish manufacturer of packaging films has successfully returned to break even and is considering options to attain sustainable profitability. View Details
      Keywords: Turnaround; Turnarounds; Distressed Debt; Private Equity; Cash Flow Analysis; Supplier Relationship; Supply Chain Management; Unions; Global Competitiveness; Leadership And Managing People; Sales Force Management; Sales Compensation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Global Strategy; Salesforce Management; Cash Flow; Chemical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Spain
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      Sharpe, Jim, and Jose Luis Barbero. "Comprosa." Harvard Business School Case 813-177, June 2013.
      • April 2008
      • Case

      Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization

      By: Anne Donnellon and Dun Gifford Jr
      Ken Winston, the regional sales manager at a securities brokerage firm, has reorganized his generalist salespeople into Key Account Teams (KAT) to increase sales of specialized, higher-margin fixed income products. Winston is also implementing a new corporate... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Fixed Costs; Group Dynamics; Human Resource Management; Compensation; Matrix Organization; Sales; Leading Teams; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Boston
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      Donnellon, Anne, and Dun Gifford Jr. "Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-182, April 2008.
      • June 2013
      • Supplement

      Union Corrugating Co. (A) (Spreadsheet Supplement)

      This is the spreadsheet supplement for HBS Case 803065, containing Exhibit 3 as an Excel document. View Details
      Keywords: Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurs; Sales Force Management; Salesforce Management; Operations Management; COST Control; Gender; Careers; Turnaround; Turnarounds; Supply Chain Management; Restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Supply Chain; Steel Industry; Construction Industry; North Carolina; United States
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      Sharpe, Jim. "Union Corrugating Co. (A) (Spreadsheet Supplement)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 813-726, June 2013.
      • November 2016 (Revised April 2017)
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      Basecamp: Pricing

      By: Frank Cespedes and Robb Fitzsimmons
      A data analyst at Basecamp is evaluating the results of pricing research and its potential implications for the venture’s latest version of its project management software product. View Details
      Keywords: Pricing; Entrepreneurial Management; Data Analysis; Marketing; Customer Acquisition; Customer Retention; Value Proposition; Sales Management; Product Management; Market Research; Life Time Value; Testing; Entrepreneurship; Analytics and Data Science; Customers; Value; Sales; Product Marketing; United States
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      Cespedes, Frank, and Robb Fitzsimmons. "Basecamp: Pricing." Harvard Business School Case 817-067, November 2016. (Revised April 2017.)
      • March 17, 2021
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      Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

      By: Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza and Laura Castrillo
      A first look at how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted e-commerce apparel shopping in the US and the UK. Extensive analysis and interactive graphics utilizing millions of transactions.
      While the pandemic is still playing out, our preliminary investigations... View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Retail Analytics; Consumer; Pandemic; COVID; COVID-19; Apparel; Ecommerce; Online Shopping; Online Apparel; Online Sales; Returns; CRM; Customer Retention; Customer Experience; Customer Value; Digital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customers; Health Pandemics; Consumer Behavior; Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Behavior; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom
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      Israeli, Ayelet, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo. "Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (March 17, 2021).
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