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- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
communicated and received information, and as the broader advertising industry changed. New and more aggressive competitors were emerging, and the industry was quickly consolidating. Big Spaceship had adjusted its strategy, organizational structure, and human capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1
product—micro-cap stock research. The firm has hired a group of five analysts who will produce written research reports on micro-cap stocks, that is, publicly traded stocks with a market capitalization of less than $250 million. Peter Sidoti, Sidoti & Company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010
Hyun Jin KimHarvard Business School Case 711-020 Patagonia was deeply committed to the environment. This commitment, at times, conflicted with the company's goal to create the most innovative products in its industry. Patagonia's founder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008
Germany's most influential political news magazine. In the 1970s, its founder Rudolf Augstein gave a 50% ownership stake to his employees and sold another 25% to rival publisher Gruner+Jahr, but retained significant control during his... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006
exhibits. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607019 Wendy Kopp and Teach for America (A) Harvard Business School Case 406-125 In 1995, Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach for America,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3
Ferragni, a globe-trotting founder of the world's most popular fashion blog "The Blonde Salad," had to decide how to best monetize her blog as well as her shoe line called the "Chiara Ferragni Collection." A year... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
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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
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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
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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
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
Corporation was unable to commit to a structure akin to that of a traditional venture capital partnership. Despite efforts by XTV's founders to model the fund as closely as possible after a traditional venture partnership, the fund was... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 07 Mar 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
- 19 Dec 2017
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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
- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
date. For further growth, the founder and CEO is contemplating three strategies: further expansion in Spain, international expansion, or the creation of new restaurant concepts. Abridged version of HBS No. 899-080. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
Endeavor Entrepreneur Guillermo Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a for-profit company providing affordable housing to low-income Mexicans living at the base of the pyramid (BOP). This case tells the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne