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- 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-074 Equity Compensation in Startup Ventures Setting equitable and "market" level compensation for founders and early employees of startups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
One day in 1966 while Ranjan Kapur was walking in midtown Manhattan, a black limo pulled up alongside. A man he instantly recognized as advertising icon David Ogilvy, founder of the agency where Kapur had recently been hired, stepped out... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
shares are held by the family. While Akın is the founder and chairman, the family is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the business. Night scene of Istanbul, where The Koç Groupwas founded. ©iStock/muhur The interviews are part... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
challenges, including Korea's and China's reactions to visits by Japanese officials to the Yasukuni shrine. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/japan-betting-on-inflation/an/714040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-065 Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13
founder and Medical Director, was considering how to respond. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/martini-klinik-prostate-cancer-care/an/714471-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-088 Advising Families on Estate Planning Sean... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010
founder should do when faced with a supplier who is trying to bypass WildChina to reach customers directly—a common problem faced by intermediaries. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811019-PDF-ENG Dubai Duty Free... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13
Kathleen L. McGinn and Cailin B. HammerHarvard Business School Case 910-017 A growing NGO based in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, is facing a complete change in leadership as the founders step back. At the same time, a $1 million grant presents... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
such agreements. Ironically, when I returned to Boston a few years later for business school, the founder of the first company invited me to do some consulting on the side while a student, but I wasn't able to because the Massachusetts... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
1989," he adds. In fact, overpricing, not overbuilding, is the market's biggest problem, says Joseph O'Connor (HBS MBA '70), the founder and president of Singleton Associates, a real estate development firm based in Boston, and... View Details
- 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008
raises topics of fund selection and investing in country-specific funds such as Mexico. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208097 Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (A) Harvard Business School Case 808-142 Alok... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016
diagnostic firm, is evaluating the offer made by Ron Zwanziger, the firm’s founder and former CEO, to acquire the company and take it private. The offer arrives at the end of a tumultuous year for the company, which saw Zwanziger fighting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11
rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder and CEO Mark Levin moved the firm downstream away from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24
Canadian GAAP, (2) adopting U.S. GAAP, or (3) adopting IFRS. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110023-PDF-ENG Nantucket Nectars: The Exit Joseph B. Lassiter, III, William A. Sahlman, and Noam T. WassermanHarvard Business School Case 810-041 The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
& Course MaterialsMutti Spa Alvarez, Jose B., Mary L. Shelman, and Carin-Isabel KnoopHarvard Business School Case 513-034 Francesco Mutti, owner, CEO, and great-grandson of the founder of Mutti Spa, ran the 113-year old Parma,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
The founders envisioned extending their matching solutions to help enterprises staff projects with a mix of current employees and external experts, hypothesizing that the “future of work” would involve more flexible employment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds, which automatically track an index... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
the founders predicted that NEA would grow in size and significance, but the challenges associated with achieving these goals were formidable. How could NEA scale and generate favorable returns from a large capital base for its Limited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016
Abstract—This working paper examines the impact of two entrepreneurs who offered alternative paths to reach their shared goal of a more sustainable world. Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins were respective founders of the prominent outdoor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
"millions of people living and working in space." Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has laid out plans to build a city of a million people on Mars within the next century. Both Neil deGrasse Tyson and Peter Diamandis have been given... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/417040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-028 Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism The case examines the career of Joan Bavaria, a pioneer of socially responsible investing and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne