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- 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-066 Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital In January 2011, Mohamed Azab, founder and CEO of health care investment firm Seha Capital, made his first health... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
development agencies toward reforming the legal system or improving the court system. There is nothing wrong with that, but what if the real agents of change were the corporations themselves—their founders or their current shareholders?... View Details
- 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016
transpires within the larger, corporate context of Intuit, where founder Scott Cook has been attempting to transform the enterprise into a leaner, more innovative company. The case describes in detail the lean startup methods used by the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18
beverage infused with acai berries. Brothers Courtney and Carter Reum founded VeeV in 2007 and the firm has experienced rapid growth since then. The case documents the backgrounds of the young founders, details the launch and early phase of the company, and presents... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008
a proposal that would re-allocate the equity within their founding team, and all three founders are getting ready to reopen a negotiation they thought had been finalized. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- First Look
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
- 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20
understands foreign markets. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512013-PDF-ENG Hengdeli: The Art of Co-existence Rohit Deshpandé and Nancy Hua DaiHarvard Business School Case 512-058 In October 2011, Zhang Yuping, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22
to create substantial wealth for the company's shareholders would be lost. As it was, the company's founder and CEO had already gambled by investing in enough production capacity for acceptance in the niche beverage market-before a market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
Ramana NandaHarvard Business School Case 812-168 Siddharth Kapoor, the Founder and CEO of ABC India Pvt. Ltd., reflected on his meetings as he walked out of VC Ventures' offices in Mumbai. After a few months of intensely pitching his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12
Genevieve Thiers, founder and CEO of Sittercity.com, looked over at Dan Ratner, Sittercity's vice president and her boyfriend of five years. It had taken her six long years to build Sittercity into the nation's leading babysitting Web... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
The thing about small organizations…is they are often in the process of constructing their strategy and that means that they may not be able to grow the people they have in those positions. The founder often doesn't live through the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
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
- First Look
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
- 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016
lines every week. Based in the United Kingdom, ASOS shipped products to 240 countries and territories, and international sales represented more than 50% of total revenues. But when new CEO Nick Beighton took over from founder Nick... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
School Case 809-098 This case describes how Alex Wolf, the founder of a small architecture and urban planning firm based in Portland, Oregon, decides to offer partnership to two trusted colleagues, and then how strains develop in their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace