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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 Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
The Five Stages of Small-Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
How Venture Capital Works
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis... -
How to Write a Winning Business Plan
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA well-conceived business plan is essential to the success of an enterprise. Whether you are starting up a venture, seeking additional capital for an... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagers and leaders are two very different types of people. Managers' goals arise out of necessities rather than desires; they excel at defusing conflicts... -
Strategy for Start-ups
Innovation & Entrepreneurship SpotlightSome start-up founders follow a business plan; others operate by the seat of their pants. This package looks at how entrepreneurs can carefully craft... -
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon,... -
The Founder's Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhy do people start businesses? For the money and the chance to control their own companies, certainly. But new research from Harvard Business School... -
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
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleIt’s not always the horse or the jockey. -
The Discipline of Innovation
Creativity Magazine ArticleIn business, innovation rarely springs from a flash of inspiration. It arises from a cold-eyed analysis of seven kinds of opportunities. -
Everything You (Don’t) Want to Know About Raising Capital
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs understand that if the fundamentals of a business idea—the management team, the market opportunities, the operating systems and controls—are sound, chances are there’s money out there. The challenge of landing that capital to grow a company can be exhilarating. But as exciting as the money search may be, it is equally threatening. Built […] -
The Ambidextrous Organization
Innovation Magazine ArticleEstablished companies can develop radical innovations and protect their traditional businesses. The secret? Create organizationally distinct units that are tightly integrated at the senior executive level. -
SPACs: What You Need to Know
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA guide for the curious and the perplexed -
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren’t 20-somethings. -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden...
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Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Before he accepts the new CEO position, Dick Williams wants founder Lew Cirne to step down as chairman. While considering Williams' incredible demand,... -
PunchTab, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile... -
Naked Retreats: Evolution of a Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Naked Retreats, a hotel management company that adhered to a localized brand positioning strategy, made its debut in the Chinese hotel market in 2007.... -
C.W. Post
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1906, C.W. Post had to move his latest breakfast product--corn flakes--from store shelves into cereal bowls nationwide. Post genuinely believed his... -
MicroFridge: The Concept
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Robert Bennett, who has a Master's degree in engineering, wants to exploit his idea to combine a refrigerator, freezer, and 500-watt microwave into an... -
VeeV on the Rocks?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world's first alcoholic... -
Theranos: The Unicorn that Wasn't
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 2003, 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes founded a startup dedicated to making blood testing easier and more affordable. By 2015, her company, Theranos,... -
Groupon India: The Great Onion Digital Sale
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case looks at the impact of an innovative digital marketing campaign on bringing new customers and increasing brand awareness and recognition.It... -
GE South Africa: Londvolota's Contextual Leadership for Creating Shared Value
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In January 2019, one of the founding members and current board members of Londvolota, a South African trust formed by General Electric South Africa (GESA)... -
Roustam Tariko, Russian Entrepreneur: An Iconoclast in a Maelstrom
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case looks at entrepreneurial leadership and business development on several levels. It addresses issues that typically arise in new ventures and... -
Global Healthcare Exchange
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Founded in March 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) was one of 90 online marketplaces in the health care industry.... -
Chengwei Ventures and the hdt Investment
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Bo Feng, cofounder and principal in Chengwei Ventures, one of the first sovereign venture capital firms in China, is trying to decide on the proper business... -
Frank Addante, Serial Entrepreneur
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Frank Addante is a 28-year-old serial entrepreneur who is in the process of building his fifth venture. Of his first four ventures, two were sold, one... -
The Albeiro Vargas & the Guardian Angels Foundation (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case describes how FAVAC emerged and consolidated. During the Foundation's first 15 years, the care of elderly people - many of them with physical... -
Rent the Runway (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Two months after a successful launch In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether... -
EasyEverything: The Internet Shop
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details By February 2000, easyEverything, the first chain of large Internet cafes to be conceived anywhere in the world, had already successfully launched five... -
Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with 'education as a benefit.'... -
Pricing in a Digital World (2015)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case presents media reports for five instances of interesting pricing strategies, each enabled by digital technologies. Students are asked to assess... -
Zotter Chocolate: Creating a Market in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the process of Austrian chocolate producer Zotter Chocolate entering the Chinese market. There are several things that make this company... -
Francisco Partners
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Francisco Partners (which focuses on buyouts of high-technology firms) aims to be the largest first-time fund ever raised. The rationales for the fund,...
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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 Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
The Five Stages of Small-Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
How Venture Capital Works
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis... -
How to Write a Winning Business Plan
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA well-conceived business plan is essential to the success of an enterprise. Whether you are starting up a venture, seeking additional capital for an... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
How to Build Wealth When You Don't Come from Money
You are worthy of wealth, despite the systems designed to keep it from you. -
Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagers and leaders are two very different types of people. Managers' goals arise out of necessities rather than desires; they excel at defusing conflicts...