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Will That Marketplace Succeed?
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleMarketplaces are the quintessential type of business that can profit from network effects: The greater the number of buyers who join one, the more attractive... -
Value Captor's Process: Getting the Most Out of Your New Business Ventures
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe high failure rate among new business ventures is usually chalked up to the fundamental uncertainty of the process. In actuality, say McGrath and Keil,... -
Crap Circles
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleThe most dubious business plans can appear solid, even smart, when illustrated with snappy circle-and-arrow graphics. Look closely, though, and you'll... -
Creating a Post-Covid Business Plan
Global Business Digital ArticleOrganizations need to understand how the pandemic is changing behaviors and habits. -
When Your Business Needs a Second Growth Engine
Strategy Magazine ArticleHere’s how to build one. -
Business Plans and Other Works of Fiction
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleGlossy descriptions of fantasy markets should not be confused with real customers. -
Spinning Out a Star
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSpinouts rarely take off; most, in fact, fall into one or more of four traps that doom them from the start. Some companies spin out ventures that are... -
How to Write a Winning Business Plan
Business plans Magazine ArticleThe business plan admits the entrepreneur to the investment process. Without a plan furnished in advance, many investor groups won’t even grant an interview. And the plan must be outstanding if it is to win investment funds. Too many entrepreneurs, though, continue to believe that if they build a better mousetrap, the world will beat […] -
How to Write a Great Business Plan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleEvery seasoned investor knows that detailed financial projections for a new company are an act of imagination. Nevertheless, most business plans pour... -
How to Start Networking in a New City
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBe clear about your intentions. -
How We Built a Strong Company in a Weak Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhen Roger Brown and Linda Mason decided to start a child care and early-education company 15 years ago, they knew about the challenges inherent in the... -
Gearing Up at REI
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFor the sixth year in a row, sporting-gear cooperative REI made Fortune's list of the 100 best companies for which to work. CEO Dennis Madsen shares his... -
Research: Writing a Business Plan Makes Your Startup More Likely to Succeed
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Startups Need Relationships Before They Ask for Money
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleIt's a better long-term strategy. -
Should Your Company Build an Open or Closed Ecosystem?
Innovation Digital ArticleFour research-backed principles to help you determine what’s right for your company. -
Why the Best CEOs Are Already Thinking About Their Exits
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYour legacy depends on a good succession plan. -
Great Businesses Don’t Start With a Plan
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleYou want to start a business. So you need a plan, right? No. Not really. As part of the research for a book I’m co-authoring — Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, due out in August from HBR Press — my colleagues and I interviewed and surveyed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs around the globe to better […] -
Making Social Ventures Work
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleEntrepreneurs can play a central role in finding solutions to the world's toughest social problems. The failure rate for start-ups, however, is high.... -
In Pitch Contests, Going First Is a Disadvantage
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleIn a series of four competitions, researchers found that the first two contestants were consistently rated lower. -
The Explainer: How to Write a Great Business Plan
Strategy & Execution VideoA business plan that asks -- and answers -- the right questions is a powerful tool.
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Dressen
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Divisional management must decide whether to support a leveraged buyout by a private equity group and, if so, what percent of ownership should go to the... -
Flying the Coop: TeleSign's Incubator Exit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ryan Disraeli, Darren Berkovitz, and Stacy Stubblefield co-founded TeleSign, an internet security company, while employees in an incubator called Curious... -
Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Two recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah,... -
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price's... -
Golden Baseball League (B): Final Standings, Season One
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Excel(lence) with Interest
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details James, a financial advisor at Bank Private, is advising a high net worth client with $1 million to invest. Bank Private can offer an investment that returns... -
Financial Crises and Firm Performance
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Financial crises could happen anywhere, although emerging markets were more seriously afflicted in recent times. Debilitating and massive shocks to bank... -
Ramcides: Growing Pains for a Family-Run Business in an Emerging Market
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details During the Holi festival in March 2012, the managing director of Ramcides, a family-run agrochemical business, was considering the path of the company... -
Be Our Guest, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Be Our Guest is a rapidly growing equipment rental company with substantial seasonality in its revenues and profits. In the spring of 1998, the senior... -
J. Perez Foods (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Examines the tensions that occur in family shareholder groups and how to prepare for them and manage them. -
Walnut Venture Associates (A): RBS Group Investment Memorandum
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The Walnut Group's investigation of the RBS Group, a young software company is described. The RBS business plan is also included. -
Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Career Karma is a startup focused on helping individuals looking to transition careers into computer engineering roles or similar fields by preparing... -
Irizar in 2005
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In June 2005, Koldo Saratxaga, the leader of Basque-based luxury coach manufacturer Irizar, decided to leave after 14 years at the helm of the worker-owned... -
Frogtek: Mobile Technology for Micro-Retailing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Founded by Columbia Business School classmates, Frogtek was created as a technology business with a social mission: to help micro-retailers in Latin America... -
Quincy Apparel (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Quincy Apparel designs, manufactures and sells work apparel for young professional women that offers the fit and feel of high-end brands at a lower price.... -
New England Apple Slices
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Protagonist leads an apple industry association that hopes to develop a market for New England apple slices to improve demand for apple products. Apples... -
Horizon Quantum Computing
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2023, the Singapore-based startup company Horizon Quantum Computing was on the cusp of fast expansion and the founder faced the challenge to decide... -
Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund Model
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The funded search model is one alternative for individuals who, at some point in their career, want to run their own companies. This note looks at the... -
Developing a Business Case
Strategy & Execution Book15.00View Details How do you decide the best course of action for your company to take advantage of new opportunities? You must develop a business case to explore multiple... -
Business Plan Development: Research Request Form (HANDOUT)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Handout for Exercise UV8571
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Dressen
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Divisional management must decide whether to support a leveraged buyout by a private equity group and, if so, what percent of ownership should go to the... -
Flying the Coop: TeleSign's Incubator Exit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ryan Disraeli, Darren Berkovitz, and Stacy Stubblefield co-founded TeleSign, an internet security company, while employees in an incubator called Curious... -
Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Two recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah,... -
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price's... -
Golden Baseball League (B): Final Standings, Season One
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Excel(lence) with Interest
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details James, a financial advisor at Bank Private, is advising a high net worth client with $1 million to invest. Bank Private can offer an investment that returns... -
Will That Marketplace Succeed?
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleMarketplaces are the quintessential type of business that can profit from network effects: The greater the number of buyers who join one, the more attractive... -
Financial Crises and Firm Performance
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Financial crises could happen anywhere, although emerging markets were more seriously afflicted in recent times. Debilitating and massive shocks to bank... -
Ramcides: Growing Pains for a Family-Run Business in an Emerging Market
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details During the Holi festival in March 2012, the managing director of Ramcides, a family-run agrochemical business, was considering the path of the company... -
Be Our Guest, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Be Our Guest is a rapidly growing equipment rental company with substantial seasonality in its revenues and profits. In the spring of 1998, the senior...