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  • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
  • Case

Investing at Pivotal Ventures

By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Emily R. McComb and Eren Kuzucu
Launched in 2015 by Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pivotal Ventures is an investment and incubation company. The company aims to support and promote transformational ideas, people and organizations, and advance social progress for women... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Management; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital
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Siriwardane, Emil N., Emily R. McComb, and Eren Kuzucu. "Investing at Pivotal Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 221-033, October 2020. (Revised December 2020.)

    Leonard A. Schlesinger

    Leonard A. Schlesinger is Baker Foundation Professor at the Harvard Business School where he serves as Chair of the School’s Practice based faculty and faculty Chair of the MBA Field Global Immersion program. He has served as a member of the HBS faculty from 1978 to... View Details

    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    The Value of Open Source Software

    By: Manuel Hoffmann, Frank Nagle and Yanuo Zhou
    The value of a non-pecuniary (free) product is inherently difficult to assess. A pervasive example is open source software (OSS), a global public good that plays a vital role in the economy and is foundational for most technology we use today. However, it is... View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software
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    Hoffmann, Manuel, Frank Nagle, and Yanuo Zhou. "The Value of Open Source Software." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-038, January 2024.
    • 2008
    • Simulation

    Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery

    By: Willy C. Shih and Clayton Christensen
    This online simulation allows students to play the role of a business unit manager at Back Bay Battery Company who faces the dilemma of balancing a portfolio of investment strategies across products in the rechargeable battery space. Players have to manage R&D... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Investment; Product Development; Research and Development; Battery Industry
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    Shih, Willy C., and Clayton Christensen. "Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery." Simulation and Teaching Note. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. Electronic. (2656-HTM-ENG.)
    • October 2024
    • Background Note

    The Semiconductor Industry

    By: Andy Wu, Steve Blank and Matt Higgins
    The semiconductor industry powers modern technology, from consumer electronics to data centers. This background note explores the layers of the semiconductor inudstry value chain, including Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs), fabless companies, and foundries, while... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Supply Chain; Product Design; Customer Value and Value Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Semiconductor Industry; United States; China; Taiwan
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    Wu, Andy, Steve Blank, and Matt Higgins. "The Semiconductor Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 725-398, October 2024.
    • December 2011
    • Case

    Peace, Non-Aligned: The Pragmatic Optimism of Lakhdar Brahimi

    By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
    Describes the background and career of Lakhdar Brahimi in numerous roles ranging from Algeria's ambassador to Indonesia and the Arab League, to serving as that country's foreign minister, and to his many years at the United Nations, with special emphasis on his actions... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Conflict Management; Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Algeria
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    Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Peace, Non-Aligned: The Pragmatic Optimism of Lakhdar Brahimi." Harvard Business School Case 912-028, December 2011.
    • June 2003
    • Case

    A Brief History of the Browser Wars

    Recounts the history of the evolution of browser market shares from 1994 forward. Netscape's Navigator establishes a huge early lead, but is then displaced by an equally dominant offering from Microsoft. Highlights the role of Microsoft's dominance in desktop operating... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Software; Web Services Industry
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    Corts, Kenneth S., and Deborah Freier. "A Brief History of the Browser Wars." Harvard Business School Case 703-517, June 2003.
    • June 2002 (Revised October 2002)
    • Case

    Mexico: The Tequila Crisis 1994-1995

    By: Huw Pill
    Describes the evolution of the Mexican economy and its relation to the international capital markets in the period leading up to the Peso crisis of December 1994. Emphasizes the role of "Washington consensus" policies in stimulating the inflows and the inability of the... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Markets; Macroeconomics; Mexico
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    Pill, Huw. "Mexico: The Tequila Crisis 1994-1995." Harvard Business School Case 702-093, June 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
    • October 2001
    • Supplement

    R&R

    By: Howard H. Stevenson and Amy Blitz
    Outlines alternative mechanisms for getting into business. Shows the means by which an experienced entrepreneur can gain control over the necessary resources to lower the fixed costs of business entry. Provides a mechanism for discussing the role of experience,... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Cost; Social and Collaborative Networks; Experience and Expertise
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    Stevenson, Howard H., and Amy Blitz. "R&R." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 802-802, October 2001.
    • November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
    • Background Note

    Business as Stakeholder in Public Education: A History of Business Efforts to Improve Public Schools in the United States

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    Explores seven roles businesses and business leaders have played with respect to U.S. public education reform historically and today: "owners" helping set the agenda; "investors" donating funds; "customers" hiring graduates; "experts" contributing management know-how;... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Education; Performance Improvement; Business and Community Relations; United States
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    Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Business as Stakeholder in Public Education: A History of Business Efforts to Improve Public Schools in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-062, November 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
    • 12 Nov 2019
    • Video

    Christoph Schiess

    Christoph Schiess, President of TANICA, a Chilean business group with diversified activities in real estate, tourism and hotels, mineral water, and other activities, discusses his strong commitment to... View Details
    • 09 Jan 2020
    • Blog Post

    Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

    Previously, she held roles at Glossier, Spotify, and YouTube. Carlyn received her B.A. from Stanford University and currently lives in Los Angeles. What was your career plan when you arrived at HBS? In my View Details
    • January 2007 (Revised August 2007)
    • Case

    Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and Monica Nah Lee
    Illustrates the adaptation and implementation of a private sector management tool, the Balanced Scorecard, to a public school district. As part of a continuous improvement initiative, the Director of Planning and Policy facilitates the development of a strategy map and... View Details
    Keywords: Education; Governance; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Education Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S., and Monica Nah Lee. "Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-029, January 2007. (Revised August 2007.)
    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Blog Post

    Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

    The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are... View Details
    • 2021
    • Book

    The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership

    By: Richard S. Tedlow
    In The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership is an examination of how the role of the business leader in the U.S. has changed from World War II to the present. A small number of high-profile individuals have transformed the face of modern-day leadership,... View Details
    Keywords: Charisma; Leadership; Management Skills; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Success
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    Tedlow, Richard S. The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership. New York: RosettaBooks, 2021.
    • February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
    • Case

    Prime Coalition: Catalytic Capital for Climate Innovation

    By: Ramana Nanda, Benjamin N. Roth and Olivia Hull
    With long development timelines and high risk, new energy technologies were often left to languish in the “valley of death,” unable to raise enough funds to bring a product to market. In 2014, Sarah Kearney founded the nonprofit Prime Coalition to solve this problem.... View Details
    Keywords: Energy Conservation; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Mission and Purpose; Science-Based Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise; Energy Industry; Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States
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    Nanda, Ramana, Benjamin N. Roth, and Olivia Hull. "Prime Coalition: Catalytic Capital for Climate Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 820-007, February 2020. (Revised March 2020.)

      James E. Austin

      Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Previously he held the John G. McLean Professorship and the Richard P. Chapman Professorship. He has been a member of the Harvard... View Details

      Keywords: agribusiness
      • 05 Jul 2023
      • HBS Case

      What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

      the ballet. Hodges tackled the role with an analytical mindset, instituting data-focused challenges, such as dynamic ticket pricing, and finances improved quickly. Then came a curveball: The ballet learned it would soon lose its lease on... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand
      • July 2022 (Revised September 2022)
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      Birla Carbon Egypt: Building Soft Power in a Foreign Country

      By: Jeremy Friedman and Malini Sen
      Birla Carbon, a flagship business of the nearly $60-billion global conglomerate and India-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG), is one of the world's top manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black. The largest among its 16 manufacturing plants is Birla... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Family Business; Disruption; Transformation; Diversity; Trade; Energy; Values and Beliefs; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Government and Politics; Private Ownership; Civil Society or Community; Risk and Uncertainty; Value Creation; Industrial Products Industry; Rubber Industry; Egypt; Africa; India; Asia; Atlanta; United States
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      Friedman, Jeremy, and Malini Sen. "Birla Carbon Egypt: Building Soft Power in a Foreign Country." Harvard Business School Case 723-003, July 2022. (Revised September 2022.)
      • February 2017 (Revised January 2018)
      • Case

      Womenomics in Japan

      By: Boris Groysberg, Mayuka Yamazaki, Nobuo Sato and David Lane
      This case profiles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vigorous attempts to revive Japan's economy, specifically by advocating for a larger role for women in the economy—not as a matter of social policy or gender equity per se, but as an essential element of any solution to... View Details
      Keywords: Gender Equality; Japan; Leadership; Government-business Relations; Shinzo Abe; Economic Growth; Aging Society; Womenomics; Abenomics; Labor Market Discrimination; Workplace Culture; Women And Leadership; Change Management; Leading Change; Gender; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development; Employment; Working Conditions
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      Groysberg, Boris, Mayuka Yamazaki, Nobuo Sato, and David Lane. "Womenomics in Japan." Harvard Business School Case 417-002, February 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
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