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- May–June 2021
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Why Start-ups Fail
If you’re launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School set out to discover why. Based on interviews and surveys with hundreds...
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Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Why Start-ups Fail." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 3 (May–June 2021): 76–85.
- 09 May 2013
- News
Will Health-Care Law Beget Entrepreneurs?
- Article
Is It Time for Auditor Independence Yet?
By: M. H. Bazerman and D. A. Moore
Well before the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen, we argued that the auditing system had been corrupted by the incentives auditors face to please their clients. We stated that even honest auditors were incapable of independence within the current regulatory...
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Keywords:
Accounting Audits;
Change;
Crime and Corruption;
Customer Satisfaction;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Failure;
Motivation and Incentives
Bazerman, M. H., and D. A. Moore. "Is It Time for Auditor Independence Yet?" Accounting, Organizations and Society 36, nos. 4-5 (May–July 2011): 310–312.
- August 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Royal Bank of Scotland, The: Masters of Integration
By: Nitin Nohria and James Weber
Describes the acquisition of Nat West by Royal Bank of Scotland. Describes the strategic rationale for the acquisition and the process by which the integration of the two banks was accomplished. The acquisition is remarkable for how successful it was, given the typical...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Banks and Banking;
Success;
Banking Industry;
Scotland
Nohria, Nitin, and James Weber. "Royal Bank of Scotland, The: Masters of Integration." Harvard Business School Case 404-026, August 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
- 05 Aug 2010
- News
Picking winners, saving losers
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Fixing What Really Ails Japan
By: Michael E. Porter and Hirotaka Takeuchi
Conventional wisdom claims that Japan’s “economic miracle” stemmed from its unique model of government guidance and its revolutionary corporate management techniques. An in-depth study proves this seriously wrong. Rampant government intervention has caused more...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Competition;
Innovation and Invention;
Business and Government Relations;
Japan
Porter, Michael E., and Hirotaka Takeuchi. "Fixing What Really Ails Japan." Foreign Affairs 78, no. 3 (May–June 1999): 66–81.
Christina M. Wallace
A self-described “human Venn diagram” Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business... View Details
- December 2007 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Xanadu on Broadway
By: Anita Elberse
Can one of Hollywood's biggest flops magically turn into a Broadway hit? Xanadu, an adaptation of a 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller-disco film described by one critic as "the epic failure to end all epic failures," opened on Broadway in July 2007. Producer Rob Ahrens,...
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Keywords:
Theater Entertainment;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Demand and Consumers;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Creativity;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita. "Xanadu on Broadway." Harvard Business School Case 508-062, December 2007. (Revised August 2014.)
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
The behavioural economics of voluntary disclosure
- April 1975 (Revised December 1975)
- Case
Sorensen Chevrolet File, The
Concerns the settlement of an automobile insurance claim. A woman, blinded in an accident, alleges that approximate cause of the accident was failure by Sorensen Chevrolet to connect the left headlight of her car. The student is asked for a strategy for settling the...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Negotiation;
Insurance;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Legal Liability;
Insurance Industry;
Auto Industry
Hammond, John S. "Sorensen Chevrolet File, The ." Harvard Business School Case 175-258, April 1975. (Revised December 1975.)
- 25 Oct 2011
- News
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
- 09 Dec 2011
- News
Seeking a Solution: Dante Roscini on the European Debt Crisis
- February 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Mission to Mars (A)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Jay Wynn
This case is set in spring 2000, several months after two successive, failed missions to the planet Mars. Students are asked to evaluate the reasons for these failures in the context of NASA's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" program, which was initiated in 1992. They are...
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Keywords:
Failure;
Change Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Projects;
Management;
Risk Management;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Aerospace Industry;
Technology Industry
MacCormack, Alan D., and Jay Wynn. "Mission to Mars (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-083, February 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
Fiscal Risk and the Portfolio of Government Programs
This paper proposes a new approach to social cost-benefit analysis using a model in which a benevolent government chooses risky projects in the presence of market failures and tax distortions. The government internalizes market failures and therefore perceives project...
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- 21 Apr 2016
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What both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump get wrong about finance
- 29 Nov 2012
- News
Who is going to innovate and truly lead sustainable business?
- 09 Apr 2021
- News
Why Most Startups Fail, and How to Avoid a Similar Fate
- 19 Feb 2019
- News