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- 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.)
- 13 Jun 2011
- News
Five Tough Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Ask about Growth
- 21 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth
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by Lant Pritchett & Eric D. Werker
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
organization is in the early stages of growth and is interested in testing and refining its model in new locations, or a nonprofit has less ambitious, less geographically dispersed expansion plans. In fact,...
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by Carla Tishler
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
conducive to protecting the organization’s brand and reputation and coordinating overall strategy and operations. A high degree of control might be particularly desirable when the program being implemented is complex or relies heavily on intangibles; when an...
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- September 2019 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
pymetrics: International Expansion
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In August 2018, pymetrics, a solution offering neuroscience-based recruiting tests, closed a $40 million funding round that valued the business at $160 million. Over 60 companies around the globe were using pymetrics tests in their recruiting process, including...
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Keywords:
BrainTech;
Psychodynamics;
Psychology;
Hiring Of Employees;
Hiring;
Strategic Evolution;
Strategy And Execution;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startups;
Start-ups;
Entrepreneur;
Bias;
Rapid Growth Stage;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Strategy;
Business Startups;
Employment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Global Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "pymetrics: International Expansion." Harvard Business School Case 720-376, September 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
- Article
Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governance;
History;
Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Service Industry;
Turkey
Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Special Issue on Business Groups around the World. Business History 58, no. 1 (2016): 69–88.
- Research Summary
Organizational Effectiveness
By: Frances X. Frei
This research studies the obstacles that systematically get in the way of organizational effecitiveness. In the past I have paid particular attention to service organizations, which account for over 70% of organizations in most developed countries. This research...
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Keywords:
Organizational Effectiveness;
Organizations;
Entrepreneurship;
Service;
Growth;
Management
- June 2016
- Teaching Plan
Terrapin Laboratory
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Andrew Otazo
This teaching plan accompanies the case "Terrapin Laboratory," HBS No. 315-098. That case describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug...
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- 2014
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
By: Asli M. Coplan and Geoffrey Jones
This working paper examines the origins and development of the Koç Group, which grew to be the largest business group in Turkey. This enterprise was an important actor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the...
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Keywords:
Business Groups;
Turkey;
Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
History;
Government and Politics;
Auto Industry;
Banking Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Middle East;
Europe
Coplan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-035, November 2014.
- March 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
Terrapin Laboratory
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Joseph B. Fuller
Describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug treatment center business. The associated teaching materials provide students the opportunity...
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Keywords:
Business Growth;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Strategy;
Market Entry;
Venture Capital;
Growth Management;
Expansion;
Financing and Loans;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Testing and Trials;
Business Startups;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Health Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Joseph B. Fuller. "Terrapin Laboratory." Harvard Business School Case 315-098, March 2015. (Revised September 2016.)
- May 2022
- Case
Byte
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley
In January 2021, Byte co-founders Scott Cohen and Blake Johnson reflected on how far their Los Angeles-based direct-to-consumer (DTC) orthodontics company had come since launching its clear aligners just a little over two years earlier. Cohen and Johnson were both...
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- August 2019
- Case
ClearScore, 2018
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In October 2017, Experian, one of the “Big Three” consumer credit reporting agencies in the United Kingdom made an offer to acquire ClearScore for a total consideration of £293 million. Founded by Justin Basini, Dan Cobley, and Nigel Morris in 2014, ClearScore was the...
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Keywords:
Fintech;
Financial Services;
Credit Card;
Credit Scores;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Financing;
Startup Marketing;
"Marketing Analytics";
Regulation;
Lending;
Television Advertising;
Entrepreneur;
Entrepreneurial Mindset;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Entrepreneurs;
Global Business;
Rapid Growth Stage;
Risk;
Net Present Value;
Testing;
Testing Strategy;
Geographies;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Finance;
Strategy;
Credit;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Expansion;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom;
South Africa
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "ClearScore, 2018." Harvard Business School Case 720-369, August 2019.
- August 2019
- Case
Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'
By: Francesca Gino, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho and Paul Green
Simón Cohen—Founder of Henco Logistics—transformed a small Mexican logistics company into a major player within the industry. Cohen credits the firm’s focus on employee happiness as the key ingredient to its success, an approach he developed following a personal...
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Keywords:
Work/life Balance;
Growth Strategy;
Corporate Culture;
Motivation;
Values;
Authentic Leadership Development;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Motivation and Incentives;
Values and Beliefs;
Service Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Industry
Gino, Francesca, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho, and Paul Green. "Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'." Harvard Business School Case 920-005, August 2019.
- March 2021
- Teaching Plan
The Black New Venture Competition
Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business, some stemming from deep systemic discrimination. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to...
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Keywords:
Analytics;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Financing;
Financing;
Startups;
Start-ups;
Business And Community;
Business And Society;
Business Growth;
Discrimination;
Women;
Women-owned Businesses;
African Americans;
African-american Entrepreneurs;
African-american Investors;
African-American Protagonist;
African-American Women;
Early Stage Funding;
Early Stage;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Innovation Competitions;
Entrepreneurial Financing;
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Diversity;
Gender;
Race;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Small Business;
Leadership;
Information Technology;
Competition
- October 2014
- Case
CreditEase: Providing Credit and Financial Services for China's Underclass
By: Lena G. Goldberg, Paul Healy and Nancy Hua Dai
In 2013 Ning Tang, who in 2006 founded CreditEase as a broker of P2P loans to unbanked individuals and small businesses in China, confronts the challenges of rapid growth and expansion in a changing regulatory environment. CreditEase needs to develop technology to...
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Keywords:
P2P Lending;
HNW Products And Services;
Business Growth;
Business Start-ups;
Government Regulation;
Change Management;
Credit;
Microcredit;
Banking;
Innovation And Management;
Developing Countries And Economies;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Law;
Financing and Loans;
Change;
China
Goldberg, Lena G., Paul Healy, and Nancy Hua Dai. "CreditEase: Providing Credit and Financial Services for China's Underclass." Harvard Business School Case 315-027, October 2014.
- March 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Emeritus: Achieving Impact, Providing Access (A)
By: Ashish Nanda and Zack Kurtovich
In June 2019, Emeritus cofounders Ashwin Damera (HBS MBA 2005) and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu were thrilled with the rapid growth of Emeritus. Damera and Kalipatnapu believed that Emeritus, established in July 2015 to offer online executive education, was only in the early...
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Keywords:
Education Technology;
Professional Service Firm;
Startup;
Digital Strategy;
Global Business;
Global Firm;
Platform Business;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Executive Education;
Strategy;
Education Industry;
India
Nanda, Ashish, and Zack Kurtovich. "Emeritus: Achieving Impact, Providing Access (A)." Harvard Business School Case 722-429, March 2022. (Revised February 2024.)
- March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Harmonic Hearing Co.
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig H. Stephenson
Harmonic is a small, privately held manufacturer of hearing aids. Harriet Burns and Marc Davis, two employees at Harmonic, have an opportunity to purchase the company from the founder. As well-informed insiders who understand the industry, Burns and Davis believe the...
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Keywords:
Debts;
Quantitative Analysis;
Financing;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Development Stage Enterprises;
Small & Medium-sized Enterprises;
Small Business;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Cash Flow;
Mathematical Methods;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Equity;
Manufacturing Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Craig H. Stephenson. "Harmonic Hearing Co." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-271, March 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth W. Legris
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm is the story of one entrepreneur's vision and journey to create a market-leading, environmentally responsible business founded on the principles of product quality, organizational alignment, and sustainability. A former environmental...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Values;
Development Stage Enterprises;
Innovation;
Management By Objective;
Experimentation;
Emerging Technologies;
Mission and Purpose;
Management Style;
Values and Beliefs;
Social Issues;
Organizational Culture;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Innovation and Invention;
Food and Beverage Industry;
New Hampshire
Koehn, Nancy F., Nora N. Khan, and Elizabeth W. Legris. "Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm." Harvard Business School Case 312-122, March 2012. (Revised October 2012.)
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Payton and Shweta Bagai
This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Family;
Family Conflicts;
Founders' Agreements;
Growth And Development;
Hardware;
VC;
Scaling;
Start-up;
Female Ceo;
Risk Assessment;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Management;
Equity;
Cash Flow;
Success;
Failure;
Acquisition;
Business Model;
Information Technology;
Valuation;
Family and Family Relationships;
Information Infrastructure;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Ghosh, Shikhar, Christopher Payton, and Shweta Bagai. "Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?" Harvard Business School Case 820-052, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)