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      Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains

      By: Giulio Buciuni and Gary P. Pisano
      This article analyzes how the geography and organization of pre- and production stages in Global Value Chains (GVC) contribute to lead firms' innovation development. A novel approach in GVC studies is introduced based on transaction cost economics (TCE) and the...  View Details
      Keywords: Gvc; Global Value Chains; Manufacturing; Production; Global Range; Innovation And Invention
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      Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano. "Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains." Art. 101167. Journal of World Business 56, no. 2 (February 2021).
      • November 2020
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      BRAC in 2020

      By: Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran
      In 2020, the largest non-governmental organization in the world, BRAC, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has some big problems to tackle. Its founder, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, has left behind a challenge: take the 1981-founded organization from Bangladesh to every...  View Details
      Keywords: Social enterprise; Education; Health; Social Issues; Poverty; Programs; Management; Growth And development Strategy; Global Strategy; Education Industry; Health Industry; Bangladesh; South Asia
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Shreya Ramachandran. "BRAC in 2020." Harvard Business School Case 721-416, November 2020.
      • October 2020
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      LifeBank Nigeria

      By: Brian Trelstad, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
      The aspiration of addressing maternal deaths in Nigeria, which were mostly caused by blood shortages, led Temie Giwa-Tubosun to found LifeBank in 2015. LifeBank developed an online platform that enabled hospitals to connect and purchase blood from local blood banks and...  View Details
      Keywords: Systems Design; Social Business; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Health Care; Blood; Social enterprise; Health Care And Treatment; Growth And development Strategy; Finance; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Africa; Nigeria
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      Trelstad, Brian, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Wale Lawal. "LifeBank Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 321-082, October 2020.
      • September 2020
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      Hot Wheels: Launching The Mixed Play Experience

      By: Elie Ofek, Andres Terech and Nicole Tempest Keller
      Chris Down, Global Brand General Manager for Hot Wheels, and his team from the Advanced Play Group within Mattel, Inc., had developed an entirely new “mixed play” product experience that blended familiar Hot Wheels play in the physical world with breakthrough play in...  View Details
      Keywords: Toys; Go-to-market Strategy; Product development; Technological Innovation; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Decision Making; Marketing; Strategy; Los Angeles
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      Ofek, Elie, Andres Terech, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Hot Wheels: Launching The Mixed Play Experience." Harvard Business School Case 521-017, September 2020.
      • September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
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      Hot Wheels at Mattel: Reinventing the Wheel

      By: Elie Ofek, Andres Terech and Nicole Tempest Keller
      In 2017, Chris Down, Global Brand General Manager for Hot Wheels, and his team from the Advanced Play Group within Mattel, Inc., were considering which innovation path to pursue in order to "future proof" the Hot Wheels franchise going forward. Hot Wheels was the...  View Details
      Keywords: Toys; Industry Evolution; Digital Transformation; Innovation Strategy; Product development; Growth And development Strategy; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Decision Making
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      Ofek, Elie, Andres Terech, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Hot Wheels at Mattel: Reinventing the Wheel." Harvard Business School Case 521-015, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • September 2020
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      Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
      The case examines issues such as cascading problems within the organization, changing founder roles, founder success criteria, as well as company exit consideration. In 2017, Dr. Torben Antretter, a former competitive tennis player and academic researcher, founded...  View Details
      Keywords: Exit; Startup; Financing; Founders; Entrepreneurship; Law; Venture Capital; Success; Financing And Loans; Business Growth And Maturation; Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Germany
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Amir Reza Rezvani. "Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King." Harvard Business School Case 821-028, September 2020.
      • September 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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      d.light

      By: Michael Chu, Krishna G. Palepu and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
      Kenyan off-grid-solar pioneer d.light can power entire homes in rural Africa but must now decide how to fund the growth of its asset-heavy business model. Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman founded d.light in 2006 to transform lives through solar solutions enabling access to...  View Details
      Keywords: Alternative Energy; Business Model; Capital; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Financial Strategy; Renewable Energy; Strategy; Social Entrepreneurship; Energy Industry; Africa; Kenya; India
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      Chu, Michael, Krishna G. Palepu, and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha. "d.light." Harvard Business School Case 321-069, September 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • September 2020
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      Minerva 2004: Discovery

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      After nearly five years in operation, Doctor Cynthia Bamdad, founder and CEO of Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation (Minerva), was reflecting on the company’s next steps. In a few short years, she and her small team had managed to develop a nanoparticle process for...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing And Loans; Strategy; Decision Choices And Conditions; Biotechnology Industry
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Minerva 2004: Discovery." Harvard Business School Case 721-389, September 2020.
      • September 2020
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      Minerva 2010: Turbulent Times

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In 2010, amid a flurry of new discoveries, Cynthia Bamdad, founder and CEO of Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation (Minerva), raised $6.6 million to test her new cancer drugs in mice. It had been more than 6 years since she had announced that she and her small team at...  View Details
      Keywords: Biotechnology; Research; Product development; Commercialization; Strategy
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Minerva 2010: Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Case 721-390, September 2020.
      • August 2020
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      Gerald Chertavian

      By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
      Gerald Chertavian (HBS 1992) finds himself at a personal crossroads. It is 1999--the height of the dot com-bubble--and Chertavian and his business partners have just sold their Internet-based business for $83 million. His share of the sale’s proceeds means that he has...  View Details
      Keywords: Social enterprise; Personal development And Career; Decision Choices And Conditions
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      Perlow, Leslie, and Matthew Preble. "Gerald Chertavian." Harvard Business School Case 421-030, August 2020.
      • 2020
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      The Allocation of Socially Responsible Capital

      By: Daniel Green and Benjamin N. Roth
      A rapidly increasing share of asset allocation decisions incorporate social values in addition to financial considerations. We argue that the most common strategies for socially motivated investing, which only consider the social value of the firms in an investors'...  View Details
      Keywords: Socially Responsible Investing; Assets; Resource Allocation; Social Issues; Decision Making; Strategy; Framework
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      Green, Daniel, and Benjamin N. Roth. "The Allocation of Socially Responsible Capital." Working Paper, November 2020.
      • 2020
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      A Little Help from My Friends: How Receiving Assistance Affects Participation in Online Knowledge-Sharing Communities

      By: Eunkwang Seo, Frank Nagle and Sonali K. Shah
      Online knowledge-sharing communities are important arenas for the development and exchange of knowledge; both firm participation and sponsorship in communities are increasing, as is scholarly interest in understanding how interactions between members shape subsequent...  View Details
      Keywords: Online Communities; Knowledge Development; Innovation; Reciprocity; Knowledge Sharing; Networks; Innovation And Invention; Interpersonal Communication
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      Seo, Eunkwang, Frank Nagle, and Sonali K. Shah. "A Little Help from My Friends: How Receiving Assistance Affects Participation in Online Knowledge-Sharing Communities." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-026, August 2020.
      • July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
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      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...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Cultural Change; Digital; Digital Transformation; 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; Technology; India
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      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.)
      • July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
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      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...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Organizational Alignment; Culture Change; Digital; Digital Transformation; 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; Technology; India
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      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.)
      • 2020
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      Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead

      By: Joseph L. Bower, Dutch Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
      Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? Business—not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass...  View Details
      Keywords: Capitalism; Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Policy; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Business And Community Relations; Corporate Strategy
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      Bower, Joseph L., Dutch Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine. Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead. Updated and expanded ed. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
      • 2020
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      EMEs and COVID-19: Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms

      By: Laura Alfaro, Oscar Becerra and Marcela Eslava
      Emerging economies are characterized by an extremely high prevalence of informality, small-firm employment and jobs not fit for working from home. These features factor into how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the economy. We develop a framework that, based on...  View Details
      Keywords: Covid-19; Emerging Economies; Informality; Firm-size Distribution; Health Pandemics; developing Countries And Economies; Economy; System Shocks; Latin America
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      Alfaro, Laura, Oscar Becerra, and Marcela Eslava. "EMEs and COVID-19: Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-125, June 2020. (See application of the methodology to Latin American Countries in the IMF Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere 2020, Chapter 3. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/WH/Issues/2020/10/13/regional-economic-outlook-western-hemisphere.)
      • 2020
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      Foreign Direct Investment, Finance and Economic Development

      By: Laura Alfaro and Jasmina Chauvin
      Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment affects host economies. This paper reviews the empirical literature, specifically addressing the question: How does FDI affect economic development of host countries and what is the role of local financial...  View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; developing Countries And Economies; Financial Condition; development Economics
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Jasmina Chauvin. "Foreign Direct Investment, Finance and Economic Development." In Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade, Vol. 1: Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise, edited by Mariana Spatareanu, 231–258. World Scientific, 2020.
      • April 2020
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      The Board's Role in Refocusing Bahrain Development Bank

      By: Paul M. Healy and Alpana Thapar
      In March 2016, Bahrain Development Bank’s (BDB) existing board term came to an end and Khalid Al Rumaihi was appointed the new chairman. Determining a need for change, he immediately overhauled the board and replaced BDB’s long-standing CEO. The new board quickly...  View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Governing And Advisory Boards; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Change Management; Banking Industry; Bahrain
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      Healy, Paul M., and Alpana Thapar. "The Board's Role in Refocusing Bahrain Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 120-099, April 2020.
      • April 2020
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      Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature

      By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 620-024. Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing...  View Details
      Keywords: Operations; Supply Chain; Social enterprise; Product development; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Market Platforms; Science-based Business; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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      Toffel, Michael W., and James Barnett. "Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 620-075, April 2020.
      • April 2020 (Revised August 2020)
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      WeWork—November 2018

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Patrick Sweeney and Alex Gachanja
      In May 2017, SoftBank announced the official launch of the Vision Fund — which promptly became the largest technology-focused investment fund in the world, with nearly $100 billion in capital under its management. Reports from a few months prior hinted that SoftBank...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Valuation; Corporate Governance
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      Gompers, Paul A., Patrick Sweeney, and Alex Gachanja. "WeWork—November 2018." Harvard Business School Case 220-075, April 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
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