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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Contributing to Growth? The Role of Open Source Software for Global Startups

By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Frank Nagle and Shane Greenstein
How does participating in open source software (OSS) communities spur entrepreneurial growth? To address this question, we analyze novel data matching accounts from GitHub—the largest OSS hosting platform—to the universe of global software venture-backed firms... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Open Source Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Human Capital; Valuation; Corporate Strategy
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Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Frank Nagle, and Shane Greenstein. "Contributing to Growth? The Role of Open Source Software for Global Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-040, January 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
  • 07 Mar 2016
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The Limits of the Lean Startup Method

  • October 2002 (Revised April 2007)
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Dell Computers (A): Field Service for Corporate Clients

By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
Explores the highly successful PC and low-end server manufacturer's entry into the large-scale server market in the United States. A key difference of this new market is the intense service element required to support the larger hardware. Specifically, the industry... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Customer Relationship Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Service Operations; Business or Company Management; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Service Delivery; Computer Industry; United States
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Frei, Frances X., Amy C. Edmondson, and Corey B. Hajim. "Dell Computers (A): Field Service for Corporate Clients." Harvard Business School Case 603-067, October 2002. (Revised April 2007.)
  • June 2019
  • Case

Athena Bancorp

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Sarah Abbott
Athena Bancorp was founded in 2016 by Beth Daniels, a banking professional with 15 years of experience in the industry. Daniels took advantage of what she perceived as a gap in the market caused by recent industry consolidation, a decreasing industry focus on branch... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Strategy; Service Delivery; Banking Industry
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Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Sarah Abbott. "Athena Bancorp." Harvard Business School Brief Case 919-517, June 2019.
  • January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
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A Note on Direct Selling in Developing Economies

By: Michael Chu and Joel Emilio Bregman Segre
Informal and formal direct selling play a particularly important role in developing countries characterized by markets with limited retail sectors. This note explores the practice of direct selling for the company, the sales person, and the consumer, as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Developing Countries and Economies; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets; Sales
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Chu, Michael, and Joel Emilio Bregman Segre. "A Note on Direct Selling in Developing Economies." Harvard Business School Background Note 310-068, January 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
  • August 2018
  • Background Note

Note on Hackathons

By: Ethan Bernstein
Organizations have often sought to meet the pressures of rapid change through novel ways of managing human capital to boost innovation and productivity. Hackathons have emerged as one of the latest approaches to do just that. How can those responsible for managing... View Details
Keywords: Hackathon; Crowdsourcing; Hack; Innovation; Productivity; Minimum Viable Product; Time; Transparency; Bootcamp; Design; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Management; Organizational Structure; Performance Productivity; Technology; Technology Industry
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Bernstein, Ethan. "Note on Hackathons." Harvard Business School Background Note 419-021, August 2018.

    Debora L. Spar

    Debora Spar is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; broadcasting; communications; entertainment; federal government; health care; information; internet; music; pharmaceuticals
    • September 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa
    The Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) is a financial technology start-up that has developed a new tool that uses psychometric tests to aid banks in developing markets with credit scoring of business loan applicants. EFL's ultimate goal is to solve the financing gap... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
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    Farre-Mensa, Joan. "Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 815-064, September 2014.
    • Fall 2014
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    How to Win in an Omnichannel World

    By: David R. Bell, Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
    The omnichannel environment presents new challenges and opportunities for both information and product fulfillment. While all retailers need to effectively and efficiently manage fulfillment and information provision, there are important nuances to how this happens,... View Details
    Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Customer Relationship Management; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; United States
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    Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno. "How to Win in an Omnichannel World." MIT Sloan Management Review 56, no. 1 (Fall 2014): 45–53.
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    Middle East & North Africa - Global

    Research Center: Cairo Cairo, Egypt Middle East and North Africa Research Center: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey Israel Research Office Tel Aviv, Israel News & Highlights March 2025 CREATING EMERGING MARKETS... View Details
    • 2007
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    Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

    By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
    Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming... View Details
    Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Liquidity; International Finance; Emerging Markets; Mathematical Methods
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    Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13216, July 2007.
    • May 2014
    • Case

    Groupon, Inc.

    By: Krishna G. Palepu, Blythe J. McGarvie and James Weber
    Internet coupon site "Groupon" grew revenues rapidly and went public, but struggled to impress investors or operate profitably. Did it have a sustainable business model? Groupon sold coupons called Groupons which purchasers used to acquire goods or services at... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Web Services Industry; United States
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    Palepu, Krishna G., Blythe J. McGarvie, and James Weber. "Groupon, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 114-038, May 2014.
    • November 1997
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    Colly Cotton Ltd.

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
    Colly Farm is an entrepreneurial cotton farm complex that has to compete on a world market. In going public it has to satisfy the market that it can remain profitable in volatile times. View Details
    Keywords: Earnings Management; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Balance and Stability
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    Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Colly Cotton Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 598-052, November 1997.
    • 05 Sep 2014
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    CPD on the Road in Manila

    I recently visited Manila to meet with organizations regarding recruitment of MBA students and alumni. The Philippines is a vibrant market for business professionals and youth is a key part of the allure of businesses to the Philippines... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship
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    Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
    • February 2009
    • Article

    Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

    By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
    Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming... View Details
    Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Decisions; Emerging Markets; Balance and Stability; Earnings Management; Policy; Interest Rates; International Finance; Cost
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    Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt." Journal of International Economics 77, no. 1 (February 2009): 23–36. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-010, 2006 and NBER Working Paper No. 13216.)
    • February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
    • Case

    Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank

    By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia and Jianyi Wu
    Shenzhen Development Bank, China's first publicly traded company, was undergoing the non-tradable share reform. Its current controlling shareholder, private equity firm Newbridge Capital LLC, needs to negotiate with its diverse minority shareholders to find a... View Details
    Keywords: Capital; Private Equity; Investment; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Negotiation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Banking Industry; China
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    Jin, Li, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia, and Jianyi Wu. "Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 211-080, February 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
    • May 2022
    • Case

    Byte

    By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley
    In January 2021, Byte co-founders Scott Cohen and Blake Johnson reflected on how far their Los Angeles-based direct-to-consumer (DTC) orthodontics company had come since launching its clear aligners just a little over two years earlier. Cohen and Johnson were both... View Details
    Keywords: Growth; Customer Experience; Customer Focused Organization; Innovation; DTC; Growth Management; Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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    Groysberg, Boris, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Julia Kelley. "Byte." Harvard Business School Case 422-075, May 2022.
    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Blog Post

    Being patients compelled us. Sequoia inspired us. HBS sustained us.

    marketing dollars (and influence) from clinics or drug companies. While in treatment, I was a very junior partner (pretty much sweeping the floors) at Sequoia Capital and I’d learned that small teams change the world. Take Instagram or... View Details
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    Class Profile - Doctoral

    Pricing Corporate Governance Corporate Strategy Corporate Finance Diversity Emerging Markets Environment Ethics Experimental Economics Game Theory Health Care Incentives Innovation International Business... View Details
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