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- January 2014
- Case
Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture
By: Joan Farre-Mensa, William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
EFL provides credit-scoring services in developing countries using psychometric assessment, but the potential loss of a large customer makes them reconsider their scaling narrative.
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Keywords:
Finance;
Developing Countries;
Lending;
Psychometrics;
Scaling;
Entrepreneurship;
Credit;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
Africa;
Latin America
Farre-Mensa, Joan, William R. Kerr, and Alexis Brownell. "Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture." Harvard Business School Case 814-073, January 2014.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Inequality in Knowledge Repository Use in Scaling Service Operations
By: Melissa A. Valentine, Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats and Amy C. Edmondson
To scale service operations requires sharing knowledge across the organization. However, prior work highlights that individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge sharing networks may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. A knowledge repository (KR)...
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Keywords:
Knowledge Repository;
Scaling Service Operations;
Fluid Teams;
Groups and Teams;
Knowledge Management;
Performance
Valentine, Melissa A., Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Inequality in Knowledge Repository Use in Scaling Service Operations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-001, July 2012. (Revised August 2017.)
- March 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact
In 2018, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in a bold move transferred all its assets to a fund pooled with other General Partners and Limited Partners, called Blue Meridian Partners, to focus substantial long range investments in a few carefully chosen nonprofits.The...
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Keywords:
Venture Philanthropy;
Scaling;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Social Justice;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Venture Capital;
Business Model;
Social Issues;
Poverty;
Values and Beliefs;
Decisions;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Investment Portfolio
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact." Harvard Business School Case 521-090, March 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2005, Vineet Nayar, the former CEO and Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies, and his wife, Anupama Nayar, committed $100 million of their personal wealth to found Sampark Foundation — a grant-making philanthropy with a mission to transform learning outcomes for 20...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Cultural Change;
Digital;
Innovation;
Experimentation;
Metrics;
Education Reform;
Non-profit;
Frugal Innovation;
Scale;
Ecosystem;
Government;
Education;
Social Enterprise;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Change Management;
Organizational Culture;
Innovation Leadership;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Information Technology;
Digital Transformation;
India
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A)." Harvard Business School Case 421-015, July 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
- January 2023
- Case
Year Up: Measuring and Scaling Impact
Year Up, a non-profit that provides training and practical work experience to low-income young people, has for years prioritized impact measurement. By 2022, it had built a robust body of evidence demonstrating that its program yields higher earnings for participants....
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Keywords:
Demographics;
Education;
Jobs and Positions;
Measurement and Metrics;
Performance;
Research;
Social Enterprise;
Growth Management;
Education Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts;
Boston
Rigol, Natalia, Benjamin N. Roth, Brian Trelstad, and Sarah Mehta. "Year Up: Measuring and Scaling Impact." Harvard Business School Case 823-004, January 2023.
- 1997
- Chapter
Patent Scope and Emerging Industries: Biotechnology, Software, and Beyond
By: Josh Lerner and Robert P. Merges
Keywords:
Patents;
Applications and Software;
Genetics;
Information Technology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Robert P. Merges. "Patent Scope and Emerging Industries: Biotechnology, Software, and Beyond." In Competing in the Age of Digital Convergence, edited by D. B. Yoffie, 301–324. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
- Web
Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses Course Number 6614 Senior Lecturer Archie L. Jones Senior Lecturer Henry McGee Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 creditsProject Educational Objectives This course is rooted in the belief that economic justice for communities...
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- August 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
PlaNet Finance: Broad Scope in Microfinance
By: Andrei Hagiu and Elena Corsi
PlaNet Finance was a French NGO providing technical support and training services to microfinance institutions (i.e., institutions providing financial services to the poor) and other microfinance actors, rating of microfinance institutions and management, and advisory...
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Keywords:
Financial Institutions;
Microfinance;
Growth Management;
Networks;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Service Industry;
France
Hagiu, Andrei, and Elena Corsi. "PlaNet Finance: Broad Scope in Microfinance." Harvard Business School Case 708-441, August 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
The Internet’s Effects on Consumption: Useful, Harmful, Playful
A unifying framework is presented for thinking about the diverse digital trnsformations of the past decade: their utilities, their harms, and their ability to reward play. Individual creativity has been liberated from corporate gatekeepers, and platforms have...
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- March 2020
- Module Note
Scaling and Sustaining Platform Businesses
By: Feng Zhu
Keywords:
Platform Businesses;
Platform Disruption;
Platforms;
Digital Platforms;
Technology Industry
Zhu, Feng. "Scaling and Sustaining Platform Businesses." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-108, March 2020.
- Apr 2010
- Conference Presentation
Organizational Scope and Governance in Private Regulatory Enforcement
- July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A) (Abridged)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2005, Vineet Nayar, the former CEO and Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies, and his wife, Anupama Nayar, committed $100 million of their personal wealth to found Sampark Foundation—a grant-making philanthropy with a mission to transform learning outcomes for 20...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Organizational Alignment;
Culture Change;
Digital;
Innovation;
Experimentation;
Metrics;
Education Reform;
Non-profit;
Frugal Innovation;
Scale;
Ecosystem;
Government;
Education;
Social Enterprise;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Change Management;
Organizational Culture;
Alignment;
Innovation Leadership;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Information Technology;
Digital Transformation;
India
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 421-021, July 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
- May 2011
- Background Note
Scale Effects, Network Effects, and Investment Strategy
By: Willy Shih
This technical note discusses scale economies, and direct and indirect network effects in the context of building better business models. Some of the great business disasters of the dot.com bubble were companies that scaled their infrastructure without working through...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Investment;
Price;
Crisis Management;
Network Effects;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Strategy
Shih, Willy. "Scale Effects, Network Effects, and Investment Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 611-082, May 2011.
- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Gamze Yucaoglu and Alpana Thapar
This case focuses on designing a fast growing organization. It is part of a two-case set that is taught together to cover the scaling journey.
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
Keywords:
Scale;
Values;
Rights;
Operating Systems;
Business Startup;
Transportation;
Organizational Design;
Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology;
Organizational Culture;
Values and Beliefs;
Decision Making;
Managerial Roles;
Dubai;
United Arab Emirates;
Middle East
Ghosh, Shikhar, Gamze Yucaoglu, and Alpana Thapar. "Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling." Harvard Business School Case 819-049, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- 1997
- Book
Corporate Strategy: Resources and the Scope of the Firm
By: D. J. Collis and C. A. Montgomery
Keywords:
Corporate Strategy
Collis, D. J., and C. A. Montgomery. Corporate Strategy: Resources and the Scope of the Firm. IL: Irwin, 1997.
- 18 Aug 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring
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by Lamar Pierce & Michael W. Toffel
- 30 Jun 2022
- News
Scaling Hope
Photos by Benjamin Norman In 2014, Stephen D’Antonio (MBA 1986) was living the life he had always envisioned. He’d been a partner at Morgan Stanley for nearly two decades. He sat on the Firm Management Committee and was the COO of the...
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- November 2019
- Case
Scaling at Chief
Chief is a New York-based peer network that provides mentorship, support, networking opportunities, and a sense of community to women executives. Co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan launched the company in January 2019, and just two months later, Chief has...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Development;
Expansion;
Growth Management;
Customer Satisfaction;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (state, US);
New York (city, NY)
Coffman, Katherine B., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, and Katherine Chen. "Scaling at Chief." Harvard Business School Case 920-021, November 2019.
- Teaching Interest
Scaling Technology Ventures
This course is designed for students who plan to launch or join a hypergrowth technology venture, or who plan to invest in growth-stage tech companies. The course addresses key challenges founders and their teams face after achieving product-market fit – and how...
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- November 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company
By: Ranjay Gulati, Rachna Tahilyani and Alicia DeSantola
It is January 2014 and Rahul Sharma, cofounder of Micromax Informatics (Micromax), the largest Indian mobile handset company, is preparing for an emergency conference call with his private equity investors. In the last six years, Micromax had grown its annual product...
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Keywords:
Mobile;
Scaling;
Indian Software Development;
Consumer Behavior;
Management Turnover;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Management;
E-commerce;
Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
India
Gulati, Ranjay, Rachna Tahilyani, and Alicia DeSantola. "Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company." Harvard Business School Case 415-034, November 2014. (Revised January 2017.)