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- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director of field operations; a dramatic increase in prices by a key supplier; and a major strategic alliance that does not seem to be moving forward. Lapdesk is a for-profit social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
India (1914–1947) By: Lubinski, Christina, Valeria Giacomin, and Klara Schnitzer Abstract—Internment in so-called “enemy countries” was a frequent occurrence in the 20th century and created significant obstacles for multinational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
less worthy a profession. Marketing in the United States benefited mightily from the endorsement of management guru Peter Drucker, who famously stated: "Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two—and... View Details
- September 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy
By: Tarun Khanna, Raffaella Sadun and Susie L. Ma
In 2019, entrepreneur Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio was developing a project he hoped could generate and share wealth from the natural resources of the Amazon without destroying those resources. His idea, called Earth Bank of Codes (EBC), would create a library of the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Information Technology; Ownership; Social Psychology; Trust; Society; Biotechnology Industry; South America; Amazon Basin
Khanna, Tarun, Raffaella Sadun, and Susie L. Ma. "Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy." Harvard Business School Case 720-356, September 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
quantitative and evidence-based evaluation of enterprise performance and to financial valuation. The approach is generalizable to any modern industry and integrates existing well-known frameworks. The materials are consistent with what is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318019 Harvard Business School Case 718-027 Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning the second place in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Community Solutions
By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas
Trelstad, Brian, and Tom Quinn. "Community Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 322-021, September 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
social enterprise to address issues of scalability and sustainability. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-020 chotuKool: 'Little Cool,' Big Opportunity In 2013, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
separate track for social enterprise ventures, and in 2009 the contest opened to first-year students with the understanding that it shouldn't detract from coursework preparations. “If you look at the quality of ideas that have converted... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
of Central America does more than just advance our understanding of the national and global consequences of the Panama Canal and the imperialist motives and influences of the United States. In an age where everyone is looking for new models to capture the benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
received a call from a small manufacturing plant in Medfield, Massachusetts. They had read Douglas McGregor's now classic book The Human Side of Enterprise and wanted to implement, in their relatively new plant, his ideas about how... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
of quantifiable risks. In addition, recent corporate governance guidelines advocate the 'business partner' role of risk management. The COSO Enterprise Risk Management framework (2003) explicitly defines risk management as a high level,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
even cartels treat them as valid and often successful forms of business enterprise rather than inferior options to large, vertically integrated firms. Q: Is there a major theme running through the book? A: For me, a major theme is the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
exogenous—in other words, as if entrepreneurs and enterprises do not pursue valuable connections. In this article, we review the literature on networks in entrepreneurial contexts, argue that it disproportionately focuses on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 2018
- Case
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
Keywords: Data Analytics; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Cost vs Benefits; Investment Return; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Leadership; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Goals and Objectives; Marketing Communications; Performance; Programs; Projects; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Genetics; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
enterprise to address industry changes. In early 2016, following a reorganization, he faced questions of how to change the culture and use digital capabilities more effectively than competitors. Lévy turned to millennials within the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
with small companies looking for help, struggles to define a growth plan for the future. The company, started as a class project in HBS' FIELD 3 course, is assessing three growth paths: shifting its target from small- and medium-sized businesses to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—We conduct a field experiment in which we vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
systems but also the human process of ego suppression. This would be the second time his smaller airline has merged with (taken over, some would say) a larger one, and the second time he has let go of the identity of the enterprise he... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811004-PDF-ENG Freddie Mac: Managing in Conservatorship Robert Steven Kaplan, Nitin Nohria, and Ben CreoHarvard Business School Case 411-048 Ed Haldeman has recently become CEO of Freddie Mac, one of three major government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne