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    Andreessen Horowitz

    This teaching case profiles Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009 that quickly broke into the VC industry's top ranks. The case recounts the firm's history; describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an... View Details

      Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--and What to Do About It

      Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv—the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity—all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer... View Details

      • September 2016 (Revised March 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model

      By: Feng Zhu
      Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride, as opposed to the 20%–30%... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Transportation; Business Startups; Business Model; Transportation Industry; Boston
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      • July 2021 (Revised August 2021)
      • Supplement

      Airbnb Emerges from the Pandemic: Lessons for Stakeholder Governance (B)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Allison M. Ciechanover
      As the COVID pandemic spread in early 2020, global travel ground to a halt. For Airbnb, the San Francisco-based platform for renting accommodations, the impact was both swift and severe as revenues plummeted more than 70% over the prior year. Responding to the sudden... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Leadership; Two-Sided Platforms; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Value Creation; Decision Making; Goals and Objectives; Travel Industry; Tourism Industry; Service Industry; United States
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      • 06 Aug 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion

      Keywords: by Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner
      • 23 Apr 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: April 23

      School Case 813-145 CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot? In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 23 Nov 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

      Keywords: by Ufuk Akcigit & William R. Kerr; Technology
      • 07 May 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: May 7

        Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all private equity investments.... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • 13 Nov 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: November 13

        PublicationsMisvaluing Innovation Authors:Lauren Cohen, Karl Diether, and Christopher Malloy Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We demonstrate that a firm's ability to innovate is predictable, persistent, and relatively simple to compute,... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
      • Case

      WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

      By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
      In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
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      • 11 Jul 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Non-competes Push Talent Away

      start-up firm in Silicon Valley when one of his employees decided to quit and go work for a direct competitor down the street. "I told him, 'Hey, you can't do that. Didn't we make you sign a non-compete?' "... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
      • 14 Oct 2015
      • HBS Seminar

      Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

      • 17 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees

      false promises. Many companies have offered stock options to upper level employees. But “options are fragile in a way most people don’t understand,” Hall says, “and over half of the time they fall underwater” if the market as a whole loses value. Hall suggests taking... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman
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      Insights & Advice Blog

      navigate and excel in the business school environment. [...] WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley Michelle Cao 04 Mar 2025 | California - Bay Area Student & Alumni Stories Student... View Details
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      Global Research Centers - Faculty & Research

      Africa Research Center Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi Asia-Pacific Research Center Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore California Research Center Silicon Valley Europe Research Center Paris India Research Center... View Details
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      Courses - Entrepreneurship

      Silicon Valley Mark Roberge January 2024 J 3.0 Launching Technology Ventures Jeffrey Bussgang Lindsay Hyde Christina Wallace Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under General... View Details
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      rounded to nearest thousand. See detailed pages for exact figures. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Insights & Advice 04 Mar 2025 Michelle Cao WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon View Details
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      formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. 1997 to 2017 Global Research Centers opened in Silicon Valley ; other regional research centers were opened in Asia-Pacific (1999), Latin America... View Details
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      Clusters - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

      California Wine Cluster, and the Silicon Valley Technology Cluster. Cluster Initiatives Cluster development initiatives are an important new direction in economic policy. Building on past efforts in... View Details
      • 11 Jun 2024
      • In Practice

      The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

      As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman