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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
future fleet, Henderson and cofounder Mike Carter, graduates of the US Merchant Marine Academy, have developed a marine battery system based on a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery. Called the Leviathan, it fits inside a shipping...
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The Benefits of a Residential Campus - MBA
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- October 2016 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Bootstrapping at Lightricks
By: Robert White, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Christine Snively
By August 2015, two-year-old mobile imaging software startup Lightricks had developed and released two best-selling paid mobile apps, grown to a team of 30, earned a revenue run rate of nearly $10 million, and achieved modest profitability. The bootstrapped company had...
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Keywords:
Business Startup;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Business Startups;
Digital Marketing;
Finance;
Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Israel
White, Robert, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Christine Snively. "Bootstrapping at Lightricks." Harvard Business School Case 817-051, October 2016. (Revised October 2023.)
- April 2000 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
DoubleClick Buys Abacus (A)
By: John A. Deighton
By acquiring Abacus, DoubleClick won the power to serve ads with unprecedented precision, because it brought together Web surfers' online and offline identities. Several competitors had developed advanced systems for serving ads on the web, but DoubleClick had the...
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Keywords:
Information;
Rights;
Internet and the Web;
Ethics;
Competitive Advantage;
Social Issues;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Digital Marketing;
Advertising Industry
Deighton, John A. "DoubleClick Buys Abacus (A)." Harvard Business School Case 500-091, April 2000. (Revised June 2001.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
lower levels of bank distress, or were operating in less capital intensive industries, the negative effects were mitigated in aggregate. Although Depression era bank distress did stifle innovation, our results also help to explain why technological View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 1986 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Horizon Group
Contains a description of a situation confronting the co-founder of a company planning to produce software for microcomputers. The company has just completed raising money from some wealthy investors by forming an R&D Limited Partnership. Development of the program (an...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Venture Capital;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Plan;
Outcome or Result;
Research and Development;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Information Technology Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Horizon Group." Harvard Business School Case 286-058, January 1986. (Revised March 1997.)
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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Since its inception, the Social Enterprise Initiative has explored the role of business in creating social value. Early efforts in the late 1990s included hosting a research conference on business leadership in the social sector and View Details
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New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Competition 31 Student teams participating in 2024 Social Enterprise Track $75 k. Grand Prize 841 Social Enterprise Track teams since 2001 Resources & Benefits Workshops A series of workshops and office hours, covering topics such as how to View Details
- January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Brigad: The Future of Work
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Elena Corsi and Daniela Beyersdorfer
In 2019 Florent Malbranche, CEO and co-founder of the French tech startup Brigad, pondered the next growth steps. Founded in 2015, Brigad’s objective was two-fold: to help restaurants and bars find qualified staff for punctual shifts, and to make it easier for...
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- January 2002 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Finland and Nokia: Creating the World's Most Competitive Economy
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Finland, with a special language and culture, has developed as a country in between the west (the Nordic region and Europe) and the east (especially its neighbor Russia). In the 1980s, a process started of moving out of an investment-driven economy into an...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Economic Growth;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Clusters;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Telecommunications Industry;
Finland
Porter, Michael E., and Orjan Solvell. "Finland and Nokia: Creating the World's Most Competitive Economy." Harvard Business School Case 702-427, January 2002. (Revised March 2011.)
- November 1988 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Roy Rogers Restaurants
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Roy Rogers Restaurants is a subsidiary of Marriott Corp. which sells franchises to own and operate standardized fast food restaurants. Many franchise owners operate more than one restaurant. One of these, presently operating 16 restaurants and committed to develop 30...
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Franchise Ownership;
Business Model;
Cost Management;
Quality;
Transformation;
Food and Beverage Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Roy Rogers Restaurants." Harvard Business School Case 189-100, November 1988. (Revised November 1996.)
- September 1987 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Pizza Hut, Inc.
Pizza Hut, Inc. is a franchisor of eat-in pizza restaurants. It has decided to enter the home delivery market and is in the process of implementing that strategy. The case traces the development of the home delivery concept at Pizza Hut and the interaction between the...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Expansion;
Franchise Ownership;
Product Launch;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Kaufmann, Patrick J. "Pizza Hut, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 588-011, September 1987. (Revised May 1993.)
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What Does PRIDE at HBS Mean to You? - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st...
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- February 2004 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
George Barker
By: John A. Davis
George Barker, the 40-year-old CEO of his family's commercial real estate design and development firm, must deal with the unsatisfactory performance of his brother Peter, who is also in the business. Although Peter's performance is upsetting to George, George feels...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Leadership Style;
Business or Company Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Family and Family Relationships;
Real Estate Industry
Davis, John A. "George Barker." Harvard Business School Case 804-094, February 2004. (Revised May 2007.)
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Departments - Employment
and products that: help faculty develop courses to achieve their learning objectives; provide in-depth research support from our information experts and global network; help faculty, students, staff, and alumni to access and use world...
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- January 2018
- Supplement
BeiGene Supplemental PowerPoint
By: Willy C. Shih and Jimmy Zhang
BeiGene was a biopharmaceutical company founded on exploiting a temporal regulatory policy discontinuity. Because of regulatory challenges in China, most innovative new drugs launched there four to six years after their initial U.S. launches. This gave BeiGene a window...
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- February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Angela Acocella and Mayuka Yamazaki
An engineer and technology entrepreneur, Nobu Okada, had turned a mid-life crisis into a bold—some would say quixotic—quest to prevent a tragedy of the commons at the global scale. Namely, Okada believed the accumulation of debris in near-Earth orbital space posed a...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Global Range;
Entrepreneurship;
Crisis Management;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Economics;
Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, Angela Acocella, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons." Harvard Business School Case 716-037, February 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
- March 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Massive Incorporated (A)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Clark Gilbert and Victoria Winston
How do you go to market with a brand new product in a new industry? How does a business develop an opportunity and then adapt its strategy to ensure success? Who are the early adopters and how does a business work with them? Katherine Hays, chief operating office at...
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Keywords:
Emerging Markets;
Product Launch;
Digital Marketing;
Business Startups;
Advertising Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Clark Gilbert, and Victoria Winston. "Massive Incorporated (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-126, March 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
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2 Tips to Beat Imposter Syndrome - MBA
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- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
markets, but they can create new growth. The disruption of integrated steel mills by steel minimills demonstrates how low-end disruptors harness what we call asymmetries of motivation. Minimills first took hold in the steel industry in...
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