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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
The Founder’s Dilemma
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs want to make a lot of money and to run the show. New research shows that it’s tough to do both. If you don’t figure out which matters more to you, you could end up being neither rich nor king. -
The Innovator's DNA
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine Article"How do I find innovative people for my organization? And how can I become more innovative myself?" These are questions that stump most senior executives,... -
Why Start-ups Fail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf 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... -
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren't 20-somethings. -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option. -
David and Goliath, Reconsidered
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleLarge corporations and small start-ups are not mutually exclusive organizational forms. Rather, they exist symbiotically, each requiring and drawing on... -
The Best Part of Entrepreneurship? Giving Up and Getting a Job
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleResearch shows a salary bump for former business founders and owners. -
The Founder of Chewy.com on Finding the Financing to Achieve Scale
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAs author Ryan Cohen was on the verge of launching an online jewelry business with cofounder Michael Day, he had a revelation: He was standing in a local... -
When Founders Go Too Far
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSome start-up CEOs have too much power. Here’s what to do about it. -
Should You Join the Family Business?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBefore signing on, ask these six questions. -
Zeitgeist Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleCompanies and leaders don't succeed or fail in a vacuum. When it comes to long-term success, the ability to understand and adapt to changing business... -
Peer to Peer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen entrepreneurs become chief executives, they frequently face challenges unlike any they've faced before. To fill the gaps in their experience, many... -
When Technology Gets Ahead of Society
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleNew technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don't yet... -
Expanding the Entrepreneur Class
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe world needs more entrepreneurs--the people who make innovation real and advance the "frontier economy." It's a failure on the part of society if their... -
How Boards Can Assess the Health of Their Companies
Boards Digital ArticleThree things to look for. -
Why Startups Should Embrace Radical Transparency
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt’s in founders’ best interests to not only accept, but invite, oversight. -
I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleThe best young founders know they need mentors. -
Are Americans Enamored with the Wrong Kinds of Entrepreneurs?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleDistinguishing growth startups from small businesses. -
The Comprehensive Case for Investing More VC Money in Women-Led Startups
Venture capital Digital ArticleAnd for hiring more female investors.
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Mary Chia Holdings Limited: Sell or Hold?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Mary Chia Holdings Limited (MCH) was a provider of lifestyle and wellness services for women and men in Singapore and Malaysia. Listed on the Singapore... -
Ferran Adrià and elBulli's Transformation, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case tells the story of Chef Ferran Adrià and describes the transformation of elBulli, a renowned Michelin three-star restaurant located in Spain's... -
Upli: Financial Health Appiness (C)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for... -
TaKaDu, Russian Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In December 2012, Amir Peleg, founder and CEO of TaKaDu, reflected on how to position his young firm for the next fiscal year and beyond. The small Israeli... -
Lobbying at eCab
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Erin Jones' ridesharing startup in her mid-sized hometown is finally picking up. She's hoping to reach a sustainable scale so that she can sell to a large... -
Average is Beautiful: An Opportunity Worth Pursuing?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Nickolay Lamm, a recent university graduate, has been interested in entrepreneurship since his childhood. After running two small start-ups as a teen,... -
Integral Vision Ltd. (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
To JV or Not To JV? That is the Question (for XTech in China), Video Supplement
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study150.00View Details This is the Video Supplement for To JV or Not To JV? That is the Question (for XTech in China) HBS Case 807118. -
Method for Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method"
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes a method for valuing high-risk, long-term investments such as those confronting venture capitalists. The method entails forecasting a future... -
Social Entrepreneurship: Kiva
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details After hearing a talk by Muhammad Yunis, a Bangladeshi economist, about an innovative program to provide loans to beggars, Jessica Jackley Flannery became... -
sweetriot 2.0
Organizational Development Case Study15.05View Details In the fall of 2010, Sarah Endline, CEO and Founder of sweetriot, an organic chocolate company, was deciding the best way to grow her organic chocolate... -
Road Well Traveled (Condensed)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Presents the conclusions of a 1992 mail survey of Harvard MBAs who started their own businesses. Questions focused on 4 areas: 1) development of the business... -
Buro Happold (Abridged)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of the engineering services firm Buro Happold passed away and Padraic Kelly became the firm's new Managing Director... -
NOWaccount
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details It was September 2013, and NOWaccount Network Corporation (NOW®) co-founders John Hayes and Lara Hodgson were putting the final touches on the presentation... -
Blue Sky Ranch: Sustainable Meat
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, the owner of Blue Sky Ranch, a heritage pig farm in British Columbia, Canada, was reviewing her business options. She had been producing premium-priced,... -
People Express Airlines
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Recounts the history of People Express Airlines, which grew rapidly after its inception in 1980 then failed spectacularly in 1986. Profiles People's aggressive... -
Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (B), Japanese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Describes how the Balanced Scorecard built by the Online Financial Services (OFS) group is used to select the highest-priority initiatives for the organization.... -
Entrepreneurship Reading: Becoming an Entrepreneurial Leader, Spanish Version
15.90View Details Entrepreneurship is a way of thinking, reasoning, and leading. Successful entrepreneurs identify a creative way to address a marketplace problem or need.... -
China Kelon Group (B): Integration After Merger
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Deals with the issue of integrating two large business groups after the No. 6 air conditioner manufacturer, Kelon Group, acquired the No. 5 air conditioner... -
Stamford International Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Management is struggling to meet consensus quarterly earnings-per-share numbers. Discusses a number of accounting decisions. A report indicating internal...
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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
The Founder’s Dilemma
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs want to make a lot of money and to run the show. New research shows that it’s tough to do both. If you don’t figure out which matters more to you, you could end up being neither rich nor king. -
The Innovator's DNA
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine Article"How do I find innovative people for my organization? And how can I become more innovative myself?" These are questions that stump most senior executives,... -
Why Start-ups Fail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf 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... -
How to Pick the Best Name for Your Company
Innovation & Leadership AdviceThree guidelines to consider. -
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren't 20-somethings. -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option. -
Mary Chia Holdings Limited: Sell or Hold?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Mary Chia Holdings Limited (MCH) was a provider of lifestyle and wellness services for women and men in Singapore and Malaysia. Listed on the Singapore... -
Don't Quit Your Day Job to Start a Business Just Yet
Innovation & Leadership AdviceFive ways to gut check your decision first. -
Ferran Adrià and elBulli's Transformation, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case tells the story of Chef Ferran Adrià and describes the transformation of elBulli, a renowned Michelin three-star restaurant located in Spain's...