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- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new business model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
the economic consequences of clusters. We identify and discuss policies that are being pursued in the United States to encourage local entrepreneurship and innovation. While arguments exist for and against policy support of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
providing new free housing to tens of thousands of slum dwellers, which is anticipated to be paid for from the revenues from developing and selling market-rate housing. While the primary concerns are cost of construction, cost of capital,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
Henry Ford think he could keep selling black-only Model Ts? "Denial has always been a problem," writes Harvard Business School historian Richard S. Tedlow in a new book, Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face-and What... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
after 1989. Also describes the various options open to coffee producers, including recartelization, diversification, fair trade, and selling to boutique markets, the strategy of the Thousand Hills Coffee Co. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
organization, selling 46 products, including pouched milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, and infant food through a million retailers across the country as well as being the market leader in almost all the categories in which it operates.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
show that overall creditor recovery rates are higher, and unsecured creditor recoveries and post-bankruptcy survival rates are not different when bankrupt firms sell businesses as going concerns. Download working paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
pivotal role in the industry during the 1970s by selling Iranian oil to Israel and South Africa. The case provides a means to explore the rationale and advantages of giant commodity traders, as well as enabling students to debate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
buyout market: RLBOs performed strongly in the late 1980s, the mid-1990s, and the 2000s. Large RLBOs that are backed by private equity firms with more capital under management perform better. We also find the so-called quick flips—when private equity firms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
point higher fee relative to the notional invested for selling the dominated bond on average. I develop and estimate a broker intermediated search model that rationalizes this behavior and quantifies the distortions in these markets. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
company. They can either sell the company to a large public company, raise another round of capital from a preeminent venture capital fund, or continue to grow using existing positive cash flow. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
communities. Heeding the prewar lesson of Enterprise Associates, the founders agreed to raise $5 million in capital by selling two hundred thousand shares of ARD common stock at $25 a share. The idea of venture capital was so new that the... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
competitiveness. To the contrary, that's an indicator that we have to choose between being able to sell our products to customers and paying our citizens well. "The ultimate goal of national policy has to be long-term productivity... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
Innovation The traditional paradigm for entrepreneurialism goes something like this: someone has an idea, patents that idea so no one else can steal it, and then sets about persuading investors to help put that idea into practice. Over... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
deal with energy. It's a massive undertaking. It's going to touch nearly every aspect of our lives, and it's going to be an incredible source of opportunity for entrepreneurial activity. 3. Richard H.k. Vietor Paul Whiton Cherington... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
March–April 2017 Harvard Business Review Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For By: Butler, Timothy Abstract—Aspiring to be innovative and agile, companies of all shapes and sizes want to recruit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
competitions. In 2007, Threadless was well on its way to selling more than a million and a half t-shirts. The success of Threadless has garnered significant media attention, the New York Times and USA's National Public Radio highlighting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
the past fifteen years of the contest, it's extraordinary." The Art Of The Pivot A few common experiences filter to the surface in conversations with past contest participants, whether their venture sells crème brûlée or online video... View Details
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided platform" strategy, a firm starts as a vendor selling... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
this market at the bottom of the economic pyramid (BOP) must look beyond just selling products—they must find ways to create social and economic value, according to the editors of a new volume, Business Solutions for the Global Poor. The... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne