Publications

November 2000
Case

Reuters Greenhouse Fund

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Galvin

Reuters Greenhouse Fund had successfully invested in a portfolio of 79 companies working in areas relevant to Reuters Group's strategic interests. It had itself facilitated a powerful network among the companies and become a respected global venture capital firm.... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transition; Partners and Partnerships; Networks; Internet; Financial Services Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

economic inequality worrisome. They see that US corporations are skittish about making investments in a time of uncertainty about government policy, taxes, and regulations. They hear too many American CEOs talk about choosing to postpone... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

February 2020
Supplement

Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Christina R. Wing and John Masko

This supplemental case tracks the results of the Colman and Taubman-Dye class action suit against Theranos as well as Theranos’ other legal challenges and chronicles the final demise of the company in 2019. View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; California; United States

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

much more radical change (sacking of Troy / innovation). Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors: William Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch banking deregulations... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2008
Case

Adnexus Therapeutics, Inc.: Considering the Exit

By: Vicki L. Sato and Rachel Gordon

Dr. John Mendlein, CEO of Adnexus Therapeutics Inc. (Adnexus), a private biotechnology company, must decide whether to pursue acquisition talks with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) after a successful six-month collaboration or continue with Adnexus' planned IPO. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Initial Public Offering; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry

02 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

development is a key area of management, straddling strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship and macro-organizational behaviour. All of the contributors in the Handbook of New Product Development Management are well-known and leading... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

tremendous value. He cites a number of innovators, executives, artists, academics, teachers, and role models who embody his vision of goodness. Jumping Ship: From the Heart of Corporate Australia to the World of Social Investment by... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

All in Good Time

from home after leaving the corporate world in 2004. When her workload overwhelmed her, she got some friends involved. “I realized that there were many other people who had the same need for flexibility,” O’Kelly says in a phone interview... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; staffing agencies; parenthood; Accounting, Tax, Bookkeeping, Payroll Services; Professional Services

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Limits of Peer Effects on Startup Team Performance By: Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning Abstract— We conduct a field experiment at an entrepreneurship bootcamp to investigate whether interaction with proximate peers shapes a nascent... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

able to solve these problems, it's many of the people in this room." Much of the conference comprised presentations of scientifically rigorous research papers that provided clear implications for leaders and organizations. Topics covered included the evolution of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

May 2025
Case

'Net Zero in Action': Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation

By: Lauren Cohen, Christina R. Wing and Sophia Pan

Elizabeth McGeveran, Vice President of Investments at the McKnight Foundation, reflected on how to effectively advance the organization’s net-zero strategy. The foundation had committed 10% of its endowment to building a portfolio of impact investments and was among... View Details

August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
Case

Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright, Charles A. Holloway, Nicole Tempest and Christian G. Kasper

Describes the procedures and processes used by Cisco Systems in its acquisition of high-technology firms. Its goal is to retain key engineering talent and to leverage existing product development efforts, but to quickly merge acquired companies its own systems and... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Leveraged Buyouts; Acquisition; Integration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Production; Activity Based Costing and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; England

01 Oct 2001
News

A Janus-Faced Reflection

way of mirroring what's going on among graduates. It seems unlikely that we will just walk away from the new economy, which many in the class helped create. As Dave Frost wrote in a 1998 class note, "Have you noticed how many of us are involved in View Details

Keywords: Walter Kiechel; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

case study of a multinational firm in the biotechnology sector to illustrate how the core-periphery framework works in multiple emerging markets across institutional differences. The analysis is based on 32 interviews conducted with the CEO and other executives of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2008 (Revised March 2011)
Case

Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson and David Chen

From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, Henry J. Kaiser rose to become one of the leading industrialists of 20th century America. Though he had no technical engineering training, Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several... View Details

Keywords: History; Mission and Purpose; Transition; Management Practices and Processes; Construction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business History; Business Growth and Maturation; Civil Society or Community; Business Strategy; Planning; Construction Industry; Shipping Industry; United States

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

has opened satellite offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai to serve a client roster of more than 40,000 employees from among its growing list of corporate clients. If We Had Only Known INDIA RISING: iTrust’s View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Aug 2001
News

T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)

globalization, and a devotion to creating value for stockholders, he eschewed elements of conventional corporate thinking and job security. "If you create an atmosphere of trust that starts with shareholders and goes all the way through... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Management

June 2024
Supplement

Legacy Partners (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Stephen Holbrook and Austin Pulsipher (both HBS '19) had been leading Nutrishare since acquiring the company six months earlier in mid-2021.... View Details