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      • June 2016
      • Teaching Note

      The Cheese and the Oligarchs: The Politics, the Media, and Israel's Dream of a Start-Up Nation

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Christine Snively
      Israel enjoyed the highest concentration of technology start-ups in the world per capita. Despite regional instability, the country maintained strong economic growth and was considered a high-tech powerhouse. But not all Israelis benefited. Between the 1980s and 2010s,... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Israel
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Christine Snively. "The Cheese and the Oligarchs: The Politics, the Media, and Israel's Dream of a Start-Up Nation." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 716-075, June 2016.
      • June 2016 (Revised December 2017)
      • Case

      The Cheese and the Oligarchs: The Politics, the Media, and Israel's Dream of a Start-Up Nation

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Christine Snively
      Israel enjoyed the highest concentration of technology start-ups in the world per capita. Despite regional instability, the country maintained strong economic growth and was considered a high-tech powerhouse. But not all Israelis benefited. Between the 1980s and 2010s,... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Israel
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Christine Snively. "The Cheese and the Oligarchs: The Politics, the Media, and Israel's Dream of a Start-Up Nation." Harvard Business School Case 716-060, June 2016. (Revised December 2017.)
      • May 2016 (Revised March 2020)
      • Case

      Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model

      By: Feng Zhu and Angela Acocella
      Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride as opposed to the 20-30%... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Transportation; Business Startups; Business Model; Transportation Industry; Boston
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      Zhu, Feng, and Angela Acocella. "Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 616-062, May 2016. (Revised March 2020.)
      • 2016
      • Book

      Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Susan Salter Reynolds
      Machiavelli famously wrote, "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." That's what this book is about—innovation far more audacious... View Details
      Keywords: Teaming; Innovation; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Innovation and Invention
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Susan Salter Reynolds. Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2016.
      • Article

      Start-Ups That Last: How to Scale Your Business

      By: Ranjay Gulati and Alicia DeSantola
      Keywords: Organizational Growth; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship
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      Gulati, Ranjay, and Alicia DeSantola. "Start-Ups That Last: How to Scale Your Business." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 3 (March 2016): 54–61. (Reprinted in the Harvard Business Review OnPoint Winter 2016 "Launch a Start-Up That Lasts" Edition.)
      • February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
      • Case

      Dinr: My First Start-up (A)

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Kristina Maslauskaite
      In May 2012, a young employee at Google's London office, Markus Berger, was thinking whether he should quit his job and go after his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Berger's idea was to create Dinr, a company that would offer an upscale food ingredient delivery... View Details
      Keywords: Exit Strategy; Startup; Start-up; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Food
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Kristina Maslauskaite. "Dinr: My First Start-up (A)." Harvard Business School Case 816-080, February 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
      • January 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice
      This case examines a start-up service provider that helps clients improve the energy efficiency of their factories, warehouses, and commercial and office spaces by integrating and installing lighting, heating, and cooling technologies. The company seeks to double... View Details
      Keywords: Energy Efficiency; Energy Efficiency Paradox; Environment; Environmental Strategy; Growth; Energy; Energy Conservation; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., Kira Fabrizio, and Stephanie van Sice. "Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 616-023, January 2016.
      • January 2016 (Revised November 2016)
      • Case

      Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone

      By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost
      CEO and Founder of Uber Technologies, Travis Kalanick, had made clear to investors and the public that expansion into China was one of his company's major priorities for 2016. Uber had already demonstrated remarkable capacity for rapid, global scaling, and for... View Details
      Keywords: China; Uber; Start-up Growth; Regulation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost, and Adam K. Frost. "Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone." Harvard Business School Case 316-135, January 2016. (Revised November 2016.)
      • 2015
      • Case

      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mike Critelli and Dossia Service Corporation

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Patricia Bissett Higgins
      In 2010, Mark Critelli was a well-seasoned corporate executive who had recently transitioned from being the CEO of a Fortune 500 company to that of a startup called Dossia. As an AL Fellow, he knew that despite believing in Dossia’s mission to empower individuals with... View Details
      Keywords: Health And Wellness; Health Care; Health Care Education; Health Care Entrepreneurship; Health Care Industry; Health Care Investment; Health Care Outcomes; Health Care Quality; Health Care Reform; Health Care Services; Health Costs; Preventive Care; Insurance Companies; Insurance Industry; Employee Compensation; Empoylee Wellness Programs; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Patient Satisfaction; Data; Data Analytics; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Start-up; Leadership Skills; Disruptive Change; Health; Insurance; Employees; Leadership; Disruptive Innovation; Health Care and Treatment; Employment; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Health Industry; United States
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mike Critelli and Dossia Service Corporation." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-053, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
      • October 2015 (Revised October 2016)
      • Case

      Paez

      By: Jill Avery, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Laura Urdapilleta
      Paez, an Argentine start-up fashion brand, sold traditional alpargatas, a sleepy shoe category that suddenly woke up when U.S. company TOMS borrowed the traditional alpargata design, covered it with fashionable colors and prints, and tied it to a social cause. Paez's... View Details
      Keywords: Brands; Brand Management; Brand Positioning; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Retailing; Fashion; Competitive Strategy; Marketing; Advertising; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Argentina; Spain
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      Avery, Jill, Maria Fernanda Miguel, and Laura Urdapilleta. "Paez." Harvard Business School Case 316-085, October 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
      • September–October 2015
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      Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World

      By: Debora L. Spar
      In the frenzied hills of Silicon Valley, going bust is common. Research attests that close to half of start-ups supported by venture capital chew through most or all of their backers' money and that the majority never achieve their projected returns on investment. But... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Failure; Learning; Situation or Environment
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      Spar, Debora L. "Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World." Foreign Policy 214 (September–October 2015).
      • August 2015 (Revised June 2016)
      • Supplement

      Dinr: My First Start-up (B)

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Kristina Maslauskaite
      Keywords: Business Exit; Business Startup; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Food
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Kristina Maslauskaite. "Dinr: My First Start-up (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 816-025, August 2015. (Revised June 2016.)
      • July 2015
      • Case

      Uncharted Play (A)

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Ali Huberlie
      The case recounts the process of launching an early stage venture, from idea conception through initial efforts to validate the concept, followed by product launch, and fund raising. It emphasizes the Customer Value Proposition of the business model, and asks – Who is... View Details
      Keywords: Early Stage; Female Protagonist; Value Proposition; Team Building; Founders' Agreements; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Business Startups; Sports; United States; North America; Nigeria; Africa
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Ali Huberlie. "Uncharted Play (A)." Harvard Business School Case 816-018, July 2015.
      • 2015
      • Book

      Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

      By: David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano
      The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a Business Week top 10 book) analyze the strategies, principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business—Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs—offering... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Strategy; Leadership; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology Industry
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      Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano. Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs. New York: Harper Business, 2015.
      • April 2015
      • Case

      Domeyard: Starting a High-Frequency Trading (HFT) Hedge Fund

      By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and Matthew Foreman
      The principals at Domeyard, a start-up high frequency trading (HFT) hedge fund based in Cambridge, faced a myriad of important decisions: which markets to trade on, how to raise capital, and from whom to raise capital. Many of these decisions were standard for... View Details
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      Cohen, Lauren, Christopher Malloy, and Matthew Foreman. "Domeyard: Starting a High-Frequency Trading (HFT) Hedge Fund." Harvard Business School Case 215-036, April 2015.
      • February 2015 (Revised September 2016)
      • Teaching Note

      Making stickK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics

      By: Leslie K. John and Michael Norton
      Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

      This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Making sticK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics (514019). The case focuses on a... View Details
      Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Behavior Change; B2B Vs. B2C; Human Resource Management; Marketing Of Innovations; Health & Wellness; Weight Loss; Charitable Giving; Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Health; Business Model; Sales; Human Resources; Health Industry; United States
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      John, Leslie K., and Michael Norton. "Making stickK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 515-088, February 2015. (Revised September 2016.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
      • January 2015 (Revised April 2015)
      • Case

      Zeal: Launching Personalized and Social Learning

      By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An
      Set in 2014, this case follows John Danner and his team at Zeal as they consider their product development strategy. In February 2013, serial entrepreneurs John Danner and Sanjay Noronha co-found Zeal, an education technology start up providing a web-based, mobile... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Education Technology; MVP; Product Development; Product Market Fit; Monetization Strategy; SaaS Business Models; Education; Personalized Learning
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      Kim, John J-H, and Christine S. An. "Zeal: Launching Personalized and Social Learning." Harvard Business School Case 315-052, January 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
      • December 2014 (Revised October 2015)
      • Case

      Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE

      By: David Fubini, Joshua Margolis and Kerry Herman
      Susie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE—the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO—from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a successful product line, and savvy private equity investors, NIC+ZOE seems perfectly... View Details
      Keywords: Clothing; Fashion; Fashion Design; Leadership; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Private Equity; Decision Making; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      Fubini, David, Joshua Margolis, and Kerry Herman. "Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE." Harvard Business School Case 415-043, December 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
      • December 2014 (Revised August 2015)
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      Improving Melanoma Screening: MELA Sciences

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Kevin Schulman and Frédéric Dijols
      MELA is a start-up medical device company looking to develop a novel technology to help physicians diagnose a deadly skin cancer, melanoma. The case reviews the FDA medical device development process, the development path pursued by MELA, and the regulatory and... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare Industry; Health Care; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Health Industry; United States
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., Kevin Schulman, and Frédéric Dijols. "Improving Melanoma Screening: MELA Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 315-042, December 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
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      Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business

      By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
      When Google bought Nest, a maker of digital thermostats, for $3.2 billion just a few months ago, it was a clear indication that digital transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Innovation; Digitization; Industrial Internet; Technological Innovation; Production; Competitive Strategy; Engineering; Aerospace Industry
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 11 (November 2014): 90–99.
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