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Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog

budgets and timelines, using these tools to develop a business model and resource the venture, exploring the process of building a syndicate and establishing a board of advisors, finding human talent to accomplish scientific goals, and... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Case Study: Growing the Family Business

centers in the Cleveland suburbs. The first has been open two years; the second is almost a year old and approaching operational breakeven—about the same timeline as the first center. The team expects to open a new center later this month... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

January 2011
Case

Masdar and Tianjin: Eco-Cities

By: John D. Macomber

Compares Masdar City and Tianjin Eco-City, two high profile "sustainable cities." Each showcases technological and financial innovation. Is it real? Is it replicable and defensible? The case is intended to introduce main concepts and tradeoffs with respect to rapid... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Model; Development Economics; Urban Development; Cash Flow; Project Finance; Competitive Advantage; Environmental Sustainability; City; Infrastructure

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Educators

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

other, similar programs, like the Barclays Accelerator and Startupbootcamp FinTech New York. The model has an annual cycle, beginning with a selection panel (made up of leading financial institutions) that chooses a small cohort of... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

groups such as Boko Haram, which at least promise something to eat. Kola Masha Managing Director, Doreo Partners Masha's Babban Gona system turns subsistence farmers into commercial growers using a franchise model that provides everything... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2009
News

Social Enterprise Visionary

initiative happen within the framework of the School’s mission, and John Whitehead, who helped keep the expectations high, worked with faculty to develop the vision, and lent the networks and influence to support it. He has been a model... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

policy resolution. In so doing, they engender excess burden. This paper posits, calibrates, and simulates a life cycle model with earnings, lifespan, investment return, and future policy uncertainty. It then measures the excess burden... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

Finalists Business Track, 2025 Accio Alex Zannos (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MS/MBA 2025) Streamline and automates the hardware manufacturing process. Argus Systems Lisa Yan (MBA 2025) Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Accelerating AI model... View Details

02 Mar 2023
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Carbon's Second Act

DM: And sometimes, those new ideas use existing models from other industries. JM: Many of the obvious techniques for storage is to actually use old reservoirs from the oil and gas activity, whether it's offshore or onshore. We have these... View Details

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812097-PDF-ENG Business Model Analysis for Entrepreneurs Thomas R. EisenmannHarvard Business School Note 812-096 This note defines a business model and its major... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

books, is enormous. Later in this chapter, we've modeled the levels of gross margin or same-store sales declines, which, everything else equal, retailers in categories particularly hard hit by eCommerce could incur before their stores are... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

structurally, functionally, geographically, and strategically diverse firm. The full data set comprises more than 100 million electronic mail messages and over 60 million electronic calendar entries for a sample of more 30,000 employees over a three-month period in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2011 (Revised February 2012)
Case

Innovation and Growth at Actelion Ltd.

By: Gary P. Pisano, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Ruth Dittrich

In late 2010, Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of the Swiss biotech pharmaceuticals firm Actelion, looks back on a successful decade. The small venture that he had started with a few of his scientist colleagues in the late 1990s to discover novel medicine in a research-driven... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Organizational Culture; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland

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Educators

Purchase

10 Nov 2015
First Look

November 10, 2015

valuation estimates to examine whether analysts reliably assess the risk surrounding a firm's fundamental value. We find that the spread in analysts' state-side contingent valuations captures the riskiness of operations and predicts the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

required by that framing. We don't pretend to have all the answers to this vexing problem, but examining what sets the winners apart does offer some provisional lessons. Separate for better performance. Across the newspaper industry, high performers had one thing in... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

Ramirez learned how to operate a nonprofit organization like a profitable business. From operations and technology to sales and marketing, she dug in deeply to bring the best of for-profit business View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

become similarly important. At some level, there should be critical learning coming out of the past year as to how to deliver education through new channels. We have the opportunity to throw the model up into the air and let the pieces... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Why dot.coms Will Rise Again

& Fung is a publicly traded family company that McFarlan reckoned would clock $5 billion in US sales by the end of 2001. The company operates a supply chain network involving "thousands" of factories across China, Southeast... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in 2005, Reddit had seen its share of CEO turnover as it grappled with questions about how to moderate content and build a sustainable advertising model without crushing the site’s notoriously independent... View Details

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