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- 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Gilberto Dimenstein and Community Empowerment in Brazil (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Alexandre Naghirniac, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Daniella Suarez
In 2011, Gilberto Dimenstein, a well-known Brazilian journalist, created a new model that connected disparate resources to revitalize Sao Paulo. He wanted his model to expand across Brazil and the world. Dimenstein covered many of the social issues facing Brazil as a... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Urban Scope; Social Issues; Education; Knowledge Dissemination; Learning; Leading Change; Brazil
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Alexandre Naghirniac, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone, and Daniella Suarez. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Gilberto Dimenstein and Community Empowerment in Brazil (A)." Harvard Business Publishing Case 313-116, 2013. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- November 2024
- Teaching Note
Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?
By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli and Sabrina Howell
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 825-047. In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin, had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Decision Making; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Strategic Planning; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Business Cycles; Digital Platforms; Emerging Markets; Market Timing; Expansion; Diversification; Valuation; Value Creation; Investment Funds; Initial Public Offering; Price; Price Bubble; Negotiation Offer; Information Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; Brazil; Latin America
- August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Avi Kremer
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Mark Wetzel
If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you respond and what would you do with your remaining time? Avi Kremer contemplates four options for how to devote himself 18 months after being diagnosed with ALS. His experience thus far and the choices he... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Health Disorders; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Social Enterprise; Personal Characteristics
Margolis, Joshua D., and Mark Wetzel. "Avi Kremer." Harvard Business School Case 411-022, August 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
- January–February 2013
- Article
When the Crowd Fights Corruption
By: Paul M. Healy and Karthik Ramanna
Corruption is the greatest impediment to conducting business in Russia, according to leaders recently surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Indeed, it's a problem in many emerging markets, and businesses have a role to play in combating it, according to Healy and... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Emerging Economies; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Globalization; Russia; Georgia (nation, Asia); India
Healy, Paul M., and Karthik Ramanna. "When the Crowd Fights Corruption." Harvard Business Review 91, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2013).
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
(MBA/MPP 2017) and Taniel Chan (MBA/MPP 2017) are invested in understanding how social change can be driven through public-private partnerships. Being the tremendous multi-taskers they are, they’re also eager to help prospective students... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student
there are an infinite number of ways to spend your time learning – each equally compelling but vastly unique and tailored to various learning styles. One of the most powerful ways of learning is through reflection, including View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
and industry-level evidence. We find a positive robust correlation between de jure and de facto measures of international financial integration and proxies for entrepreneurial activity such as entry, size, and skewness of the firm-size distribution. We then explore... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2021
- Teaching Note
Digital Transformation 2.0: CEO Elie Girard at Atos
By: Tsedal Neeley
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-024. Elie Girard has taken the helm as CEO of multinational IT giant Atos to lead the company into the next era of digital transformation. Noticing that customers’ digital needs were evolving to become even more specialized and global... View Details
- Web
K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
K-12 schools in the US had access to the ... Featured MBA Course Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship This course (formerly Entrepreneurship in Education... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
researches tax policy, international finance, and corporate finance. The book grew out of his efforts to make finance more accessible through executive education teaching and his online course Leading with Finance. His previous book, The... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- February 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Sarah McAra
In January 2011, Mohamed Azab, founder and CEO of health care investment firm Seha Capital, made his first health care investment in Hassab Labs, a diagnostic lab in Alexandria, Egypt. Weeks later, a revolution erupted across the country as the Arab Spring swept... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health; Pan-Africa; Health Care Investment; Financing; Developing World; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Financing and Loans; Developing Countries and Economies; Egypt; Africa
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Sarah McAra. "Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital." Harvard Business School Case 816-066, February 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in which social networks operate as tools of political influence through affective mechanisms. In Search of the Hybrid Ideal Authors:Julie... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America
inherent to conventional restos by dealing strictly in virtual brands that rely on “ghost” or “cloud” kitchens, that is, standalone cooking facilities that lack physical dining spaces and serve customers exclusively through delivery apps.... View Details
- Web
Events - Private Capital Project
and was moderated by Professor Josh Lerner (Co-Head of the HBS Private Capital Project) Private Capital through Political Cycles September 9, 2024, “Private Capital through Political Cycles” with John Coates... View Details
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
Although professors and guest experts will not have direct, real-time interactions with learners, you will hear from them via short videos that explain key concepts and guide you through cases, exercises, and other interactive learning... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
through acquisitions were from Deshpande's seed investments; Bay's LPs were ecstatic with Bay's turnaround; and the office atmosphere was upbeat and fun. Now was a logical time to begin fundraising for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?
By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli, Sabrina T. Howell and Karina Souza
In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the unprecedent crypto momentum as a window of... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Decision Making; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Strategic Planning; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Business Cycles; Digital Platforms; Emerging Markets; Market Timing; Expansion; Diversification; Valuation; Value Creation; Investment Funds; Initial Public Offering; Price; Price Bubble; Negotiation Offer; Financial Liquidity; Information Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; Latin America; South America; Brazil; Sao Paulo; United States
Kluender, Raymond, Emanuele Colonnelli, Sabrina T. Howell, and Karina Souza. "Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?" Harvard Business School Case 825-047, August 2024. (Revised November 2024.)
- 17 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)
course is designed to introduce HBS students to the complexities of Africa – economic, sociological, and historical – and the ways in which these Africa-specific trends impact the opportunities and challenges in undertaking business and View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
Garantia S.A. is sold to Credit Suisse First Boston 1999 Acquires Ibmec with other investors 2004 Through a donation, Ibmec São Paulo becomes a nonprofit institution 2009 Ibmec renamed Insper 2010 Insper accredited by AACSB 2015 Steps... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement
Practitioners Topics Topics Biotech/pharma Care Delivery Clinical Trials Digital Health Global Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical... View Details