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- February 2024 (Revised July 2024)
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Taffi: Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia
By: Paul A. Gompers and Fares Khrais
Taffi was a tech-enabled fashion styling startup founded by Shahad Geoffrey in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Within three years of operating, Geoffrey had pivoted the business multiple times. In 2023, Geoffrey was attempting the business’s most ambitious pivot yet, shifting... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Fashion Industry; Technology Industry; Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula
Gompers, Paul A., and Fares Khrais. "Taffi: Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia." Harvard Business School Case 224-052, February 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
Download Jonathan Nelson profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1956 Born, Providence, Rhode Island 1977 Earns BS, Economics, Brown University 1977 Joins Wellman International to work in China 1983 Earns MBA 1983 Joins Narragansett View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- February 2020
- Case
Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L’Oréal. He is now responsible for the hiring, development, promotion, and retention of 83,000 employees worldwide. The highly successful... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Business Headquarters; Business Divisions; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Demographics; Diversity; Gender; Nationality; Multinational Firms and Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Human Capital; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Networks; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Business Strategy; Advertising Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; Paris
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Vincent Dessain, and Emer Moloney. "Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal." Harvard Business School Case 420-106, February 2020.
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge funds... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
been normatively accepted in a country or industry, the more it benefits a firm’s market valuation and revenue. These findings demonstrate the importance of the broader social contexts in shaping the consequences of gender diversity.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- February 2024
- Case
AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup
By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney
The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Small Business; Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Platforms; Technological Innovation; Copyright; Management; Growth and Development; Market Timing; Ownership; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Open Source Distribution; Entrepreneurial Finance; Computer Industry; Europe; Germany
Nagle, Frank, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein, and Susan Pinckney. "AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup." Harvard Business School Case 724-444, February 2024.
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
economic research has examined the influence of policy movements on bank lending behavior, capital flows, and market responses in the public sector, the private equity industry—despite its substantial size... View Details
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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni
a substantial amount of capital in a US enterprise. Eligibility Open to citizens of countries with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce Must carry on substantial trade, principally between the United States and the... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
activity. Today China has again emerged as a great power. Beijing is once more the capital of a multi-ethnic empire that dominates East Asia. Foreign students flock to China to live, study, and work. New infrastructure of airports,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009
effects of v4 scarcity, while obtaining price discovery and allocative efficiency benefits of market transactions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-091.pdf Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
have the market capitalization to back it up. Among multinationals doing business in China, many others have endured cyber attacks on their private networks, although it is unlikely those attacks had the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29
co-fragility predicts cross-stock return comovement. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1490734 Sustainability and Capital Markets: How Firms Can Manage the Crucial Link Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13
"freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The discussion topics include the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
But when I began to research a broader range of measures including investment, phone calls, tourism, and immigration, I found that, surprisingly, the average extent of globalization is only 10 percent. For example, for every dollar of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
connected than oneself was associated with more friendship formation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53066 Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
assume [citizen astronauts] will have to sign something that says, ‘You can't sue me.’” Will investors be patient? Another obstacle that human space travel must avoid: Venture capital money suddenly drying up if there is a perception that... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016
the dominant model in the United States and many other countries, is now widely recognized as perhaps the biggest obstacle to improving health care delivery. A battle is currently raging, outside of the public eye, between the advocates of two radically different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10
user-generated video featuring controversial artist Chris Brown's music was netting millions of views per week on YouTube. Sony held the copyright to the song and was entitled to issue a takedown notice to the party that uploaded the video. How should Sony act? This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace