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- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617058-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-010 Hacking Heroin “Hacking Heroin” was the first hackathon that Annie Rittgers, founder of Cincinnati-based 17a, had organized or even attended.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
and early twenty-first century, food choices were associated with lifestyle. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815054-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-135 Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone CEO and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
a business in which there are increasing returns. To put the point another way, it is far easier to found a start-up if there are 10 other entrepreneurs nearby. In many respects, founders and venture capitalists benefit from their peers.... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
act. New practice area founders need to engage in appropriate legitimacy-mobilizing efforts in order to sustain diversification efforts. Our analysis of 46 cases of new practice area creation attempts in consulting and law firms shows... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
costs of being provocative. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908015 Octone Records Harvard Business School Case 507-082 In February 2007, Octone Records founders James Diener, Ben Berkman,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
1) a luxury brand “made in China” and 2) a category specialist (cashmere). As Jane Wang, 1436’s founder and CEO, looks to the future, she has to decide what to do to establish 1436 as a recognized luxury brand on a global scale. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
founder of Napster, would probably agree with the assertion. While Harlan Cleveland foresaw the dimensions of the Information Economy, what he may have underestimated was the ease with which information, proprietary or not, could be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
than 10 months of cash on hand, Tom Leung, the founder and CEO of Yabbly, must decide where to focus his resources. His startup, a question-and-answer application for shopping decisions, had benefited from a strong showing at the SXSW... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
The founders must decide if they should accept the publisher's offer or continue to look for an investor who believes in their vision. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316108-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
private equity consortium led by Finansbank's previous owner and founder Husnu Ozyegin. Each of these potential buyers had different motivations for the purchase. NBG's motivations were to obtain the highest price and to close the deal as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
state-owned firms. This article examines how the founder of the Koç Group, Vehbi Koç, formulated his business model and analyses how his firm evolved into a diversified business group. Although the case supports prevailing explanations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
2015, Chris Godfrey, founder and CEO of Bloodbuy, has to consider the best path to growth for his young company, which is attempting to disrupt the blood donation industry. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
España, S.A. (F) No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/115020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-042 Jazztel In October 2004 Fernández Pujals, founder of Telepizza, an international home... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
he had to fend off impeachment. Had Martha Stewart and Rajat Gupta admitted their roles in insider trading, they could have plea bargained, moved past their ethical lapses, and possibly avoided prison time. Had Best Buy founder Richard... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Case 817-073 MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
what could become a wildly successful company, but I also want to make sure my kids have health insurance. If I have this outside option, if I have access to public health insurance, then I'm more likely to join. The founders of the next... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
front of him. As he sat back in his chair and looked out the window, he began to take stock of how his life had taken such a dramatic path over the last few years. Life was good for the founder and CEO of Lammtara Pictures, the United... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
Research; and Robert Higgins, managing general partner and founder of VC firm Highland Capital Partners. As a physician, Bohmer is interested in the delivery side of health care—how care is given to patients. "Health care reform, in... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508114 Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer Harvard Business School Case 808-112 Describes a set of key strategic decisions facing the scientific View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
background. "Knowing these social ventures are diverging from the more traditional commercial or nonprofit ventures, we wanted to understand what made their founders diverge," says Battilana. In order to gain that understanding, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding