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23 May 2017
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intense margin pressure. This case allows students to discuss the keys to Beingmate’s past successes and debate its existing strategy in the context of a very complicated market. One key question is how Beingmate might leverage its View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Apr 2007
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create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their bid is accepted. In addition to improving operations, they must... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 2024 (Revised September 2024)
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Hakluyt: From Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene

Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the... View Details

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20 Jan 2015
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attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Sep 2013
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investors. We find that solo investments by institutions outperform co-investments and a wide range of benchmarks for traditional private equity partnership investments. The outperformance is driven by deals where informational problems... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

by expanding into new geographies, product categories, and distribution channels. They have also recently developed several strategic partnerships with Silicon Valley firms to expand into an array of digital products. However, after going... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

the team develop a full set of Jibo Skills in-house? The team also hoped to establish partnerships with large content providers. How could they convince potential partners that Jibo was a worthwhile investment? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2020 (Revised December 2022)
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Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Amy Klopfenstein and Amram Migdal

In November 2019, Sandra Richter, co-founder and CEO of Soofa, a network of advertising-supported digital bulletin boards, must decide between two different fundraising and expansion plans for her company. One plan entails raising $15 million in a Series A round and... View Details

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22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

to leverage the brand’s heritage for innovation and creativity with existing and new audiences. With few resources other than heritage, Overman and Atkins have focused on making Kodak “cool” through partnerships with a range of brands... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Apr 2017
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as a separate marketplace, because each has its own legal requirements, cultural traditions, and business methods, and most have their own currencies. The dramatic changes in strategic thinking and organizational relationships have made the boom in alliances,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

partnership with the local government and received financing support from a local bank. The case asks students to discuss the potential for scaling this model across China. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2017
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businesses, made acquisitions in digital innovation and cloud computing, formed partnerships with former competitors such as Apple and tech startups, and invested in internally developed cognitive computing/AI platform Watson, a big bet... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2017
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leadership changes, increased communication, new partnership deals, and a focus on digital, sought speed, innovation, and accountability to better fulfill Sesame's educational mission. By 2016, Sesame was in the middle of its change, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

approach to sales, including the sales team's composition, compensation, and incentive structure. Over time, Oversight had engaged in a variety of channel partnerships, and some were more successful than others. The case examines the decision of whether to engage in a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2008
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founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold Military.com to. Within its first... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2002
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Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

a strategy for the economic development of the country. Kazakhstan is rich in oil and minerals. These resources were being exploited by foreign companies, in partnership with a government that displayed many signs of corruption, and in a... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

14 Jan 2014
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entrepreneurs, posting a profile on AngelList had become as commonplace as setting up a personal profile on Facebook or LinkedIn. Most recently, the site added Invest Online, a new product that in partnership with SecondMarket allowed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2013
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Guaranty, a municipal bond insurance company that is trading at a discount to book value. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213100-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-094 BTG Pactual: Preserving a Partnership Culture No... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2012
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public-private partnerships to stimulate commercialization of Danish scientific research within the country's industry. DNATF established a process for evaluating proposals, making project awards, and then actively managing those projects... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Jul 2008
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that makes continual learning part of business as usual. Cases & Course MaterialsThe Broad Institute: Applying the Power of Genomics to Medicine Harvard Business School Case 608-114 In June 2003, Harvard University and MIT announced an unprecedented View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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