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  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

point. To help them establish a commercialization strategy, the Hövding board had prevailed upon the founders to hire a professional CEO. But surrendering management control was an emotional process for Haupt and Alstin, while the CEO... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Investment This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

future, he welcomed it. He took his company public the year the show premiered, and the IPO's success was so great it was almost embarrassing. Unlike Walton and Revson, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., the founder of IBM, and Henry Ford were in... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
  • 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

tap into the talent pool of young Chinese scientists. Strategic and operational integration of Sym-Bio into PerkinElmer is explored through the lens of the founder and CEO of Sym-Bio and that of the acquiring company. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

countries (and states) compete for talent, and how therapies are developed. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807096 The Howland Long-Term Opportunity Fund Harvard Business School Case 207-066 Melissa Howland, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

211-044 Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

facing the scientific founder and CEO of a promising, early stage bio-pharmaceuticals company. Should the company establish a proposed alliance with a pharmaceutical firm? Should it create a nutraceuticals business in parallel to its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

increasing the welfare of poor people in poor countries. Nongovernmental organizations are largely staffed by altruistic employees and volunteers working towards ideological, rather than financial, ends. Their founders are often intense,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

borrowed the traditional alpargata design, covered it with fashionable colors and prints, and tied it to a social cause. Paez's founders were keenly aware of the present and future challenges they faced due to the resources and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 13 Oct 2015
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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
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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
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

its strategic goals for 2020. It aimed to double its turnover and headcount by that time, which would make SOS Group one of the largest social enterprise groups in Europe and in the world. Jean-Marc Borello, founder of the organization,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52309 Harvard Business School Case 817-056 IguanaFix IguanaFix is a rapidly scaling Latin American startup that provides an online platform connecting consumers with home improvement contractors. The View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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