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- 2009
- Case
Innovamedica: Innovation in an Emerging Market
By: Roberto Charvel, Fernando Fabre and T. Putimahtama
Innovamedica was a medical start up with several state of the art devices such as a silicon substitute heart and other inventions. However, the founding scientist was struggling in attracting talent and fundraising and that had an impact on growth.
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Keywords:
Biotech;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Start-up;
Emergent Countries;
Business Startups;
Talent and Talent Management;
Design;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Health Testing and Trials;
Innovation and Invention;
Managerial Roles;
Biotechnology Industry;
Latin America;
North and Central America
Charvel, Roberto, Fernando Fabre, and T. Putimahtama. "Innovamedica: Innovation in an Emerging Market." Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE) Case (P)DGe-440, 2009.
- December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
Bulb 2018: Hypergrowth
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
After a wild and volatile year, Bulb, a new entrant in the UK residential energy market, ended March 2018 with 329,171 properties, 1.2% of the total residential energy market). This was 150% ahead of a plan for 130,000 properties and almost ten times the size the...
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Keywords:
Rapid Growth Stage;
Green Energy;
Start-up;
Customer Acquisition;
Customer Churn;
Customer Engagement;
Electricity;
Resources;
Growth Strategy;
B-Corp;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurial Journey;
Entrepreneurial Financing;
Renewable Energy;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Model;
Working Capital;
Customers;
Growth Management;
Finance;
Decision Making;
United Kingdom
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Bulb 2018: Hypergrowth." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-442, December 2018. (Revised June 2021.)
- June 2013
- Supplement
Walker Insurance: Paul Thomson (Video Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Video Supplement for Walker Insurance: Paul Thomson (HBS Case 813057).
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurship;
Search;
Search Funds;
Sales Force Management;
Sales;
Sales Channels;
Insurance And Reinsurance;
Insurance Companies;
Acquisitions;
Hiring;
Service Management;
Service;
Insurance;
Salesforce Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Sharpe, Jim. "Walker Insurance: Paul Thomson (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-717, June 2013.
- Research Summary
Overview
Rayport focuses his teaching and research on launching and scaling technology ventures, with emphasis on digital media, e-commerce, and multi-channel retail.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Digital Marketing;
Digital Innovation;
Digital Media;
E-commerce;
E-Commerce Strategy;
"Marketing Analytics";
Advertising Technology;
Technology Entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurship;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Operations;
Technology Industry;
Retail Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
European Union;
China
- June 2013
- Supplement
Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers? (Video Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
This is Video Supplement for Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers? HBS Case #808099.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Global Organizations;
Service;
Hiring;
Incentives, Motivation;
Joint Ventures;
Customer Service Excellence;
Customer Relationship Management;
Empowerment;
International Expansion;
Ownership Structure;
Culture;
Organization Alignment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Private Ownership;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Puerto Rico;
United Kingdom
Sharpe, Jim. "Can PACIV (Puerto Rico) Serve European Customers? (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-722, June 2013.
- October 2014 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Quiet Logistics (A)
By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
This two-part case focuses on how to identify and manage strategic uncertainties in an innovative, entrepreneurial start-up company. In the (A) case, students learn about Quiet Logistics, an e-commerce fulfillment company working with high-end apparel retailers such as...
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Keywords:
Strategy Execution;
Strategic Uncertainty;
Disruptive Change;
Managing Growth;
Robotics;
Disruptive Technology;
Managing Start-ups;
Management Control Systems;
Performance Measurement;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Disruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Disruptive Innovation;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
E-commerce;
Distribution Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Quiet Logistics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 115-001, October 2014. (Revised June 2015.)
- December 2002 (Revised February 2015)
- Case
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, 10 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his...
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Keywords:
Search Funds;
Search;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Operations Strategy;
Acquisitions;
Work/family Balance;
Unions;
Union;
Turnarounds;
Funding Model;
LBO;
Bank Debt;
Bank Loans;
Equity Investment;
Career Management;
Small Business;
Work-Life Balance;
Negotiation;
Operations;
Labor Unions;
Investment;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Business Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged) ." Harvard Business School Case 603-084, December 2002. (Revised February 2015.)
- May 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Teaching Note
BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team
By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Olivia Hull
Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-020.
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Keywords:
Health Care Services;
Entrepreneurs;
Board Of Directors;
Boards Of Directors;
Health Care Industry;
Growth Strategy;
Organizational Change;
Brand Positioning;
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Franchising;
Family-owned Business;
Home Health Care;
Managing Growth;
Management Styles;
Organizational Development;
Talent Management;
Women Executives;
Women And Leadership;
Business Startups;
Family Business;
Small Business;
Talent And Talent Management;
Governing And Advisory Boards;
Health Care And Treatment;
Human Capital;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Business Or Company Management;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, And Techniques;
Management Skills;
Management Style;
Management Succession;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Brands And Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Strategy;
Health Industry
- June 2022
- Teaching Note
Katie Couric Media: Landing the First Client
By: N. Louis Shipley, William R. Kerr and Paige Boehmcke
Developed for teaching Entrepreneurial Sales, the Katie Couric Media case supports class discussion on client selection, sales strategy, and scaling a startup media firm.
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- October 2014
- Supplement
Quiet Logistics (B)
By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
This two-part case focuses on how to identify and manage strategic uncertainties in an innovative, entrepreneurial start-up company. In the (A) case, students learn about Quiet Logistics, an e-commerce fulfillment company working with high-end apparel retailers such as...
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Keywords:
Strategy Execution;
Strategic Uncertainties;
Managing Growth;
Disruptive Change;
Robotics;
Disruptive Technologies;
Managing Start-ups;
Management Control Systems;
Performance Measurement;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Disruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Disruptive Innovation;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
E-commerce;
Distribution Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Quiet Logistics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 115-003, October 2014.
- December 2012
- Case
Chobani: Growing a Live and Active Culture
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew Preble
Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market, and nearly 20% of the total yogurt market. The company's innovative approach to...
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- February 2014
- Background Note
Raising Startup Capital
By: Jeffrey Bussgang
Entrepreneurs typically focus their full energies on business-building. But raising capital is a core part of building a valuable business. Developing expertise in raising capital is more than a necessary evil, it is a competitive weapon. Master it and you will be in a...
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Keywords:
Fund Raising;
Venture Capital Term Sheet;
Venture Creation/development;
Venture Investing;
Venture Philanthropy;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act;
Non-equity Financing;
Convertible Notes;
Convertible Debt;
Debt Financing;
Raising Capital;
National Venture Capital Association;
Venture Capital Firm Compensation;
Crowdfunding;
Crowd-funding;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Management;
Startups;
Angel Investors;
Angels;
Accelerator;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey. "Raising Startup Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 814-089, February 2014.
- May 2017
- Case
ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers
By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard
An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must...
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Keywords:
Balancing Innovation And Control;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategy And Execution;
Management Control Systems;
Risk Management;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Profit;
Geographic Location;
Governance Controls;
Innovation and Invention;
Management Succession;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Simons, Robert, and Jennifer Packard. "ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers." Harvard Business School Case 117-012, May 2017.
- April 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Teaching Note
Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Teaching Note helps instructors teach the HBS case, “Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant,” (HBS No. 318-104) presenting analysis of the case and a teaching plan to guide classroom discussions.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Innovation;
Scaling;
Global Corporate Cultures;
Global;
Cultural Context;
Mainstream;
Platform Strategies;
Ecosystem;
Digital;
Internet Of Things;
Business Model;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Global Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leading Change;
Business Strategy;
China
- May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World
By: Geoffrey Jones and Essie Alamsyah
This case considers the entrepreneurial career of Olivia Lum, who founded the Singaporean water company Hyflux in 1989. An orphan born in Malaysia, Lum provides a rare case of an entrepreneurial success in a country whose economic success has primarily rested on...
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Keywords:
Industrial Organization;
Chinitz;
Agglomeration;
Clusters;
Cities;
Mine;
Environmental Management;
Operations Management;
Sustainable Operations;
Environmental Regulation;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
History;
Operations;
Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology Industry;
Utilities Industry;
China;
Singapore
Jones, Geoffrey, and Essie Alamsyah. "Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World." Harvard Business School Case 316-178, May 2016. (Revised April 2019.)
- March 2017 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
The Strategy Execution Series
By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard
This is the teaching note for the 15-module Strategy Execution series. New management tools and techniques are needed to implement strategy in the 21st century. Rapid innovation, entrepreneurial competitors, and increasingly demanding customers have radically altered...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Strategy Execution;
Performance Measurement;
Profit Planning;
Organization Design;
Profitable Growth;
Management Attention;
Organizational Conflict;
Job Design;
Business Strategy;
Management Systems;
Entrepreneurship;
Competition;
Organizational Design;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Elasto Therm: The Next Step
By: Jim Sharpe
Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Entrepreneurs;
Careers;
Empowerment;
Job Design;
Sales Channels;
Sales Force Management;
Pricing Strategy;
Pricing;
Pricing Policies;
Employee Empowerment;
Customer Focus;
Entrepreneurship;
Salesforce Management;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Rubber Industry;
United States
- September 2023
- Article
Judging Foreign Startups
By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Rembrand Koning and Tarun Khanna
Can accelerators pick the most promising startup ideas no matter their provenance? Using unique data from a global accelerator where judges are randomly assigned to evaluate startups headquartered across the globe, we show that judges are less likely to recommend...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship And Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Entrepreneurial Financing;
Innovation;
International;
Entrepreneurship;
Judgments;
Business Startups;
Geographic Location;
Growth and Development Strategy
Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Rembrand Koning, and Tarun Khanna. "Judging Foreign Startups." Strategic Management Journal 44, no. 9 (September 2023): 2195–2225.
- November 2008 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
Stone Finch, Inc.: Young Division, Old Division
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Elizabeth Collins
CEO Jim Billings wants to attract energetic, entrepreneurial talent to Stone Finch, Inc., which comprises an older division that fabricates products like piping and tanks for water and wastewater processing plants, and a much newer division that develops biochemical...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Human Resource Management;
Motivation;
Business Growth;
Motivation and Incentives;
Leadership;
Business Subsidiaries;
Innovation Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Retention;
Operations;
Recruitment;
Integration;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Elizabeth Collins. "Stone Finch, Inc.: Young Division, Old Division." Harvard Business School Brief Case 083-214, November 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
- 2012
- Teaching Note
Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang
Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to...
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao, and Hong Zhang. "Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2012.