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Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
Gandhi, Vikram; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-318001-EFinanceIt is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a U.K.-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately-held U.K. company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally-friendly process. The end product looked, smelled and felt like natural leather. Scalable marketplace adoption of E-Leather's products looked promising, but was just that-promising. And t...Starting at €8.20
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X Prize CEO Peter Diamandis on jackpots for innovation
Diamandis, Peter F.; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0811F-EThe CEO of the X Prize Foundation explains how offering cash jackpots for breakthrough innovations can help solve problems big and small in fields like space exploration, energy, and education.Starting at €8.20
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X Prize CEO Peter Diamandis on jackpots for innovation (Spanish version)
Diamandis, Peter F.; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0811FThe CEO of the X Prize Foundation explains how offering cash jackpots for breakthrough innovations can help solve problems big and small in fields like space exploration, energy, and education.Starting at €8.20
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Let Me Take You Down (Spanish version)
Kersten, E. L.; Buchanan, Leigh; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0403CLeadership and People ManagementE. Lawrence Kersten thinks corporate America could use a good dose of demotivation. Carrying products that promise to "unleash the power of mediocrity," Kersten's company, Despair Inc., has just the ticket.Starting at €8.20
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A Manager's Guide to Augmented Reality
Porter, Michael E.; Heppelmann, James; Harvard Business Review; Jouret, Guido; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-R1706B-EInformation TechnologiesWhile the physical world is 3-D, most data is trapped on 2-D pages and screens. This gulf between the real and digital worlds limits our ability to exploit the volumes of information available to us. Augmented reality, a set of technologies that superimposes digital data and images on physical objects, is closing this gap. By putting information directly into the context in which we'll apply it, AR increases our ability to absorb and act on it. A...Starting at €8.20
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How Presidents Persuade (Spanish version)
Gergen, David; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0301DLeadership and People ManagementDavid Gergen, adviser to presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton, knows a thing or two about how leaders get their messages across. In this edited e-mail interview with HBR's Gardiner Morse, Gergen discusses the power of persuasion and the theatrics of communicating well.Starting at €8.20
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La entrevista HBR: Prestar asesor a de excelencia
Wasserstein, Bruce; Stewart, Thomas A.; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-R0801GStrategyPocos negociadores han estado en él todo el tiempo, y en un nivel tan alto, como Bruce Wasserstein, el presidente y CEO de la firma de asesoría y gestión de activos financieros Lazard. En esta entrevista editada, dos editores de HBR explorar cómo se crea valor como gerente, como un negociador, y como consejero para los CEOs. Wasserstein, que ha sido una figura importante en las fusiones y adquisiciones por más de 30 años, habla de atraer y gestio...Starting at €8.20
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Pi Investments
Gandhi, Vikram; He, TonyCase HBS-317039-EFinancePi was a large family office pioneering the concept of 100% portfolio impact investing. Tasked with preserving capital, generating moderate returns and advancing the family's social justice goals - Pi's Managing Directors had to identify appropriate products across asset classes. In this case, students will be required to assess an investment in HCAP Partners Fund III from the perspective of Pi and whether such an investment meets the family's co...Starting at €8.20
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The Power of Unwitting Workers
Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0910C-EInformation TechnologiesOrganizations are tapping people's mental and physical energy on the sly and using it to power lights, digitize books, and do other work. Are they simply putting "wasted" energy to good use or extracting value they should be paying for?Starting at €8.20
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Financial Inclusion at Omidyar Network
Gandhi, Vikram; Reimers Brumme, Caitlin Lindsay; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-318004-EFinanceA team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space, using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent financial and impact potential.Starting at €8.20