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- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
targets of opportunity, and sometimes just cut and run when the odds are overwhelming. The ballistic missile is carefully aimed to arrive on target; it's going to follow that course even with a Scud missile approaching. The fourth... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
high-value innovation that was conceptually and strategically right for us." An initiative launched by Lafley calls upon P&G to find half of its new products outside its walls, up from 20 percent four years ago and about 35 percent today. Lafley has also pushed for... View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
contexts. This means that Log9 has a unique and well-differentiated CVP to offer OEMs as it seeks to gain new customers and grow. Go-To-Market: One striking revelation was Log 9's strategy for targeting a commercial customer base. By... View Details
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
2.0 tools and applications like blogging, search engine optimization, and social media. Students follow the growth of HubSpot, an entrepreneurial venture which, in its quest for growth, faces significant challenges including the following: developing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
use a new dataset on industry-level targeting to analyze quality FDI based on the subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
The research firm BloombergNEF found that “As of midyear, there were 318 fully electric and 145 plug-in hybrids on the market globally. There were 84 models available in the U.S. in mid-2022, up from 59 at the end of 2020.”Bloomberg also... View Details
- 06 May 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup
ideas with two of the same friends I had tried starting a company with earlier. Timing worked out well, as one of these friends had also just started business school at Sloan. To target our brainstorming, we focused specifically on how... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
the formation of funds to the investment of the funds in operating companies to the liquidation of those investments. A wide range of topics is considered, including the structure of venture partnerships, how venture capitalists oversee firms, how they are compensated,... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
enterprise market values as well as greater disparities between them suggests that an upturn in mergers and acquisitions can't be far behind. Unfortunately, if research is any guide, the operative question is whether more or less value... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year
you can efficiently and effectively close those gaps.For example, is your marketing message strong, but then candidates are unclear about the interview process? Are candidates who are no longer being considered notified, and if so how and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge
you’re not able to invest there.” Moonfare’s story offers insights for any company seeking new growth opportunities as its target market matures. While PE returns have outpaced stock View Details
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Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology “In tech,” Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) says, “it’s ingrained in you to ask, ‘Where can I be impactful?’” After a summer internship serving in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Henry’s target... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
still some of that today. A lot of investors were not as familiar with private equity, so we needed to basically spend time just trying to explain what was going on. Private-equity firms have borrowed billions at low interest rates to buy View Details
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
claim." When the global stock market and interest rates began to decline in 2000, many corporations faced a double whammy when returns on pension assets were well below expectations and pension liabilities rose by much more than... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
monthly payment, according to the Federal Reserve. For people struggling to chip away at high balances, targeting specific items on their credit card bills can provide much-needed control and encouragement. “Instead of a list of purchases... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
Case 715-022 HEINEKEN-Brewing a Better World The Dutch company HEINEKEN, one of the leading global brewers known for its brands like Heineken, Amstel, and Desperados and for its award-winning marketing campaigns, seeks to closely... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
how accounting captures an organization's strategic decisions. Highlights The Role of Capital Markets Strategy’s Impact on Financials Show Hide Details Concepts Introduction to Strategic Financial Analysis Mapping Strategy into Financial... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
and test its empirical implications using a novel data set from the market for original movie ideas. Consistent with the theoretical results, I find that buyers are reluctant to meet unproven sellers for early-stage ideas, which restricts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
and Enel, the largest electric utilities in Germany and Italy, respectively. In March 2007, Acciona's executive chairman Jose Manuel Entrecanales is considering three strategic alternatives: tendering its shares-and realizing a capital gain of 1.2 billion, 13% of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
center dispatched paramedics within ten minutes despite traffic congestion and unpredictable call patterns. Another example of scouring the globe for good ideas and adapting those ideas for its target market... View Details