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- 2017
- Working Paper
Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment
By: Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa and Elena Simintzi
We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by “patent trolls” affect small firms’ ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at the state level. We find that the...
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Appel, Ian, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Elena Simintzi. "Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-072, February 2017.
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Contribution to the Theory and Practice of Intangibles, Intellectual Capital, and Sustainability by the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management at the 2022 EIASM Interdisciplinary Conference for “Regulated Human Capital...
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Francisco School of Medicine and received his bachelor’s degree from Pomona College. Contact ZacharyLandman@gmail.com Education MD, University of California San Francisco BA, Pomona College Joan Magretta, Senior Institute Associate View Details
- Blog
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
on Climate Change by Joan Fitzgerald. I will also dip into Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg, a book about "social infrastructure" more generally, which offers insight...
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- 2010
- Journal Article
Competitiveness: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on competitiveness by using the business model concept and to understand the need to adapt business models to changes in the environment.
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Keywords:
Modeling Innovation;
Business Improvement;
Spain;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Model;
Change;
Globalization;
Innovation and Invention;
Situation or Environment;
Competition
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "Competitiveness: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization." Management Research 8, no. 2 (2010): 123–149.
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Career Timeline - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Teisberg 2007 – Redefining Health Care named Book of the Year by American College of Health Care Executives 2008 – Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Economic Development from the U.S. Department of Commerce 2011 – Understanding...
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- January 2007 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
Mercy Corps: Positioning the Organization to Reach New Heights
By: Allen S. Grossman and Caroline Joan King
Mercy Corps, the world's 5th largest international relief and development agency, is at a turning point. The nonprofit's opportunities to grow and serve a larger number of beneficiaries are unprecedented. By looking at the unique relationship between headquarters and...
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Keywords:
Business Offices;
Business Headquarters;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Nonprofit Organizations
Grossman, Allen S., and Caroline Joan King. "Mercy Corps: Positioning the Organization to Reach New Heights." Harvard Business School Case 307-096, January 2007. (Revised December 2008.)
- September 2014
- Teaching Note
Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture
By: Joan Farre-Mensa
The Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) is a financial technology start-up that has developed a new tool that uses psychometric tests to aid banks in developing markets with credit scoring of business loan applicants. EFL's ultimate goal is to solve the financing gap...
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- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
http://www.benedelman.org/publications/advertising-handbook.pdf Política de clústers: guia per a l'Estat del Debat (Cluster Policy: The State of the Debate) Author: Christian H.M. Ketels Publication: In Clústers i competitivitat: el cas de Catalunya (1993-2010), edited...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
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Events - Private Capital Project
Events Events When AI Meets PE 101 December 5, 2023 The Democratization of Private Capital June 22, 2023, “The Democratization of Private Capital” with Steffen Pauls (Founder, Chairman and CEO, Moonfare) and Joan Solotar (Global Head of...
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- December 2005 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
NewSchools Venture Fund in 2004: At a Crossroads
By: Stacey M. Childress and Caroline Joan King
Founded as one of the first venture philanthropy organizations in the United States in 1998, NewSchools Venture Fund brought new investors and new ideas to public education reform. By 2004, the organization and its founder were reassessing their model and their role in...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Education;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
United States
Childress, Stacey M., and Caroline Joan King. "NewSchools Venture Fund in 2004: At a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 806-051, December 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
receiving his BA in 1949. Two years later, he earned a doctorate in economics from Ohio State University. Levitt is survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Joan Levy, four children, and six...
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
British Empire (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) was selected for the 2022 Books of the Year by History Today. Caroline M. Elkins: Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) was selected for the 2022 Books of the...
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- 2010
- Other Unpublished Work
Why Takeover Vulnerability Matters to Debtholders
By: Joan Farre-Mensa
Recent work documents that firms that are more vulnerable to takeover have higher borrowing costs. This paper investigates the reasons behind this stylized fact. My results show that firms with few antitakeover defenses face a higher cost of debt because lenders are...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Borrowing and Debt;
Cost;
Equity;
Banks and Banking;
Investment Portfolio;
Risk Management;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Conflict and Resolution
Farre-Mensa, Joan. "Why Takeover Vulnerability Matters to Debtholders." 2010.
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
What Do Private Firms Look Like?
By: John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa and Alexander Ljungqvist
Private firms in the U.S. are not subject to public reporting requirements, so relatively little is known about their characteristics and behavior—until now. This Data Appendix describes a new database on private U.S. firms, created by Sageworks Inc. in cooperation...
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Keywords:
Data and Data Sets;
Behavior;
Public Sector;
Corporate Disclosure;
Private Sector;
Financial Statements;
United States
Asker, John, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Alexander Ljungqvist. "What Do Private Firms Look Like?" 2011.
- November 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
La Fageda
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Joan Enric Ricart and Jordan Mitchell
La Fageda is a manufacturer of high-quality, naturally-made yogurts in northern Catalonia, Spain. La Fageda is substantially different from its main competitors such as multinational Danone in that it is a 270-person workers' cooperative with 60 percent of its...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Production;
Cooperative Ownership;
Quality;
Competition;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Spain
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Joan Enric Ricart, and Jordan Mitchell. "La Fageda." Harvard Business School Case 711-452, November 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
and to Tactics Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Abstract The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates,...
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Keywords:
Martha Lagace
- 2009
- Working Paper
From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart
The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates and how it creates value for its stakeholders." On the surface, this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Framework;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan Enric Ricart. "From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-036, November 2009.
- 08 Jun 2015
- News
Gender integration in consulting
One of the first women to be recruited by McKinsey & Company, pioneer Joan Griewank Colligan (MBA 1964) eventually launched her own practice as an independent consultant. (Published June 2015)
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- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Joan E. Ricart Publication:Management Research 8, no. 2 (2010) Abstract The purpose of this paper is to reflect on competitiveness by using the business model concept and to understand the need to adapt...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne