Emergent Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2023 (Revised November 2023)
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Sprout Solutions

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau

Husband-and-wife co-founders Patrick and Alexandria Gentry had built Sprout Solutions to be one of the biggest Software-as-a-Service human resources management platforms in the Philippines, guided by the mission to "impact the life of every Filipino by improving... View Details

Keywords: Software; Startup; Technology Ventures; Human Resources; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Applications and Software; Venture Capital; Philippines

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01 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Sometimes Success Begins at Failure

ideas that have been rejected internally. VCs are adept at crafting business models for emerging technologies, and they can experiment with nascent technologies in emerging markets far more effectively than... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough; Health; Pharmaceutical

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

Time Warner) are defining the business models that are reshaping the global business landscape and redefining power. Once again, emerging models exploit the power of technological, business, and social innovations within a regulatory and... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

01 Mar 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf

Assembly-Line Innovation The title of the 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory (Harvard Business Review Press) conjures an image of raw materials being dumped into a black box and emerging on conveyor belts as fully formed iPhones,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment

Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production... View Details

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

range of adaptation, however. As markets and technologies undergo historic change, so too must the current model of capitalism. Each new episode of capitalism emerges from the complex interplay of three forces: (1) New human yearnings... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

finance experience, they bring a combined 14 years of Career & Professional Development expertise, helping firms develop their HBS recruiting strategy and connect with students. What Students Want HBS student interest in Private... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

Partnership, a pilot program implemented with the county’s mental health authority, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), designed to create better outcomes in emergencies involving first responders and citizens with mental or... View Details

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Mental Health Awareness Month | Baker Library

Market Maps Explore relevant Frost & Sullivan reports: The Future of Mental Health Management Emerging Digital Health Technology Innovations Transforming Mental Health Care Growth Opportunities in Mental and Behavioral Digital Health... View Details

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

O’Hanley (MBA 1986) Chairman and CEO, State StreetInvesting in Climate Remediation +Aris Papadopoulos (MBA 1985) Founding Chair, Resilience Action FundUnlocking the Emerging Market for Consumer Resilience +Kyung-Ah Park (MBA 1998)... View Details

23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in which to examine this question since entrepreneurial ventures supplying cadavers for medical science have recently emerged alongside traditional academic-housed programs,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Explore the roadblocks to change and how to overcome them Analyze the root cause of your organization’s performance and opportunity gaps Develop strategies for... View Details

23 Dec 2002
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Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

Corporate-level synergies emerge in which the whole exceeds the sum of the individual parts. For these scorecards to be effective, however, everyone in the organization must understand the strategies for... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

24 Mar 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

security services to companies in South Africa, other African countries, and parts of Europe. In the case, Gray has recently undergone a financial restructuring with the help of private equity firm Brait Capital Partners. Now its owners must decide what View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

strategies Ashar may pursue to secure and enhance its market position. Discussions emerging from this case study have the potential to illuminate directions for market transformation. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

journal. Accounting scholarship, in particular, has underinvested in research about innovative practices or the emerging accounting issues faced by contemporary organizations (Kaplan, 2011), likely because such research is viewed as... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

January 2016
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Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

This case study examines the open innovation journey at Fujitsu, a global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location decision between Tokyo, Japan, downtown San Francisco or Sunnyvale, California, regarding establishing a small... View Details

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May 2001 (Revised May 2002)
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Infosys Technologies

By: Ashish Nanda and Thomas J. DeLong

Creating and sustaining a third-world-based technology company to compete globally (i.e. in the first-world) poses many challenges. Such challenges are examined through the genesis and progression of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Key decisions made by Chairman N.R.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Business Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Technological Innovation; Emerging Markets; Information Technology Industry

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September 2002 (Revised August 2003)
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Genzyme's Gaucher Initiative: Global Risk and Responsibility

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Andrew N. McLean

In Egypt, Genzyme's humanitarian commitment to treat all sufferers of the rare Gaucher disease worldwide first confronts its commercial imperative to recoup the huge investment required to bring the drug Cerezyme to market. Here Tomye Tierney must decide how to balance... View Details