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- 17 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Going the Distance for Investment Excellence
he had deficiencies, such as management, strategy, operations, and marketing. “I was intrigued by the study of business as a profession through multiple lens,” said Cameron. “Harvard Business School prepares...
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- February 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Ample Hills Creamery
By: Tom Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Tom Quinn
Ample Hills Creamery started in 2010 as a temporary ice cream pushcart in Brooklyn, New York City. On the strength of inventive flavors and clever marketing, husband-and-wife founders Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna built a premium, artisanal dessert empire of 16 retail...
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Brands and Branding;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Logistics;
Profit;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Food and Beverage Industry
Eisenmann, Tom, Lindsay N. Hyde, and Tom Quinn. "Ample Hills Creamery." Harvard Business School Case 822-073, February 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, MBA students at Harvard Business School recently analyzed the financial returns generated by 110 early-stage companies backed by Investors' Circle, a national network dedicated to...
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by Manda Salls
- October 2013 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
Southwire and 12 For Life: Scaling Up? (A)
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Ryan Lee
Southwire, a leading maker of cable based in rural Georgia, has partnered with the local school system to staff a factory with at-risk high school students. The positive impact on student outcomes has been remarkable, and the factory makes a profit for the company. Now...
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Partners and Partnerships;
Production;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Manufacturing Industry;
Education Industry
Rivkin, Jan W., and Ryan Lee. "Southwire and 12 For Life: Scaling Up? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 714-434, October 2013. (Revised November 2015.)
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing KnowHow, for Harvard Business. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Customers are the source of all cash flow. Organic growth depends on...
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by John Quelch
- Career Coach
Jonathan Shepherd
Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds...
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Entrepreneurship;
Angel Investing;
Financial Services (All);
Commercial Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Consumer Finance;
Financial Services (All);
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services (All);
Fintech;
Financial Services (All);
Impact Investing;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Management;
Financial Services (All);
Private Equity;
Financial Services (All);
Search Fund;
Financial Services (All);
Venture Capital;
Financial Services (All);
Real Estate;
Sports;
Startup - Founder;
Entrepreneurship
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
Deflategate, the pro football controversy that spawned a media frenzy, Twitter war, even a presidential joke, has a new claim to fame as a Harvard Business School case study. At the heart of Deflategate is the question of whether the New...
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Courses - Private Capital Project
points. It helps participants understand deal structures, the reasoning behind incentives, and the subtleties of different business models. The course is also an overview of financial resources accessible to emerging firms, including...
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- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
The risk taken in a politician’s private investment portfolio is a strong indicator of whether that person will cross legal or ethical lines in office. The riskier the portfolio, the more likely the lawmaker will be involved in at least one scandal, according to new...
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by Roberta Holland
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
this tendency to shut off the new and basically transfer the corporate culture over to the new employee," says Francesca Gino, an associate professor at Harvard Business School who cowrote the paper with Daniel M. Cable of London View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
started the case for his elective course on Globalization and Strategy, said that it also illustrates the first efforts of the LARC advisory committee to address business issues unique to the region. "We started talking about what...
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- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
Can the art and science of management help public schools improve student performance? In the fall of 2001, faculty and staff from the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) began to discuss how...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
himself up to pursue his passionate competitive ambitions, Finn commits to becoming a great rowing coach. But his growing achievements are upended when a tragic incident reignites his rivalry with Rupert and unearths the long-buried family secret behind his toxic View Details
- June 2023
- Case
Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Verve Therapeutics, a public biotech company based in Boston, created a novel approach to addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a leading cause of deaths globally. The company's approach was a single shot treatment to permanently lower cholesterol, thus reducing...
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Keywords:
AI;
Genetic Engineering;
Medicine;
Health Care and Treatment;
Genetics;
Innovation Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Medical Specialties;
Innovation and Invention;
Entrepreneurship;
Biotechnology Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart." Harvard Business School Case 823-113, June 2023.
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
discovered that family ties in that country are so prevalent that they are not as useful as interlocking directorates and pyramidal equity structures in delineating business group boundaries. Furthermore, stock returns of group affiliates...
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by Peter Jacobs
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
seems likely that Brazil will work with Canada to arrive at mutually agreeable financing packages to be used by each country. HBS professors Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro recently co-wrote a business case with Brett Laschinger on the...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?
The mission at Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. The Leadership Fellows program, an opportunity for a select group of graduating students, is one of the key ways the school supports and...
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Nonprofit / Government
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
Companies are increasingly looking to emerging markets like China as a vital source of growth. The problem is these companies often lack an effective strategy for identifying which countries to do business with. In a June Harvard View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS
Tim Chaves (MBA 2015) is the founder of ZipBooks, a free accounting app that helps small business owners get paid faster. Tim founded and sold two small businesses before coming to HBS, where he made the...
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- 2010
- Working Paper
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in...
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Crime and Corruption;
Civil Society or Community;
Competitive Advantage;
Earnings Management;
Trust;
Law;
Performance;
Investment Funds;
Private Sector;
Behavior;
Relationships;
Goals and Objectives
Salter, Malcolm S. "Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-060, December 2010.