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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
that spend billions of dollars annually to train current and future executives are growing frustrated with the results. There are three main reasons for the disjointed state of leadership development. The first is a gap in motivations. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
Working PapersThe Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Corporate Tax Avoidance Authors:Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz, and Sonja Olhoft Rego Abstract This study investigates how private equity ownership affects corporate tax avoidance. Private equity (PE) View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
When Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) first read of Amazon’s search for a second headquarters in the Wall Street Journal, he was certain the newspaper had made a typo. The online retailer couldn’t be talking about creating 50,000 jobs. Moret’s... View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
hour-long discussion driving around the city. Young Kapur had just joined the firm Ogilvy & Mather after a brief stint at Citibank, where he’d decided he needed a more creative career. His conversation with Ogilvy confirmed that he’d... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
operating effectiveness and efficiency, ensure high levels of employee engagement, and improve their overall global competitiveness. After a successful career as an executive with Fortune 500 companies Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
for new products, services, and entire businesses. It may look like innovators are born, not made. But according to Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clay Christensen anyone can become more innovative. How? Master the discovery skills that distinguish innovative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
argued that advances in communications technology were increasingly inspiring consumers around the world to want the same things. Therefore, he declared, international companies should cease to act as “multinationals” that customized their products to fit local markets... View Details
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
increments. The hospital would not bend the rules, in spite of the patient's repeated plea: "She's not a visitor, she's my wife." The patient spent 8 of his last 16 days alive in the ICU, denied important time with his wife because of systematic rules. Raman asked the... View Details
- Web
Letter from Dean Srikant Datar to the HBS Community on Ukraine | About
choose between fleeing their homes in search of safety and arming themselves to defend their cities—is tragic and deeply unsettling. For the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Harvard Business School who are from Ukraine or who have... View Details
- Profile
Arthur Rock
Capitalists” and focused on Rock’s search for intellectual honesty in the people with whom he invested. “Rock’s money smarts and guiding hand turned feisty Silicon Valley startups into some of the nation’s biggest technology companies,”... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
the industry-shaping gathering. Recalling the moment in a 2017 interview with the LA Sentinel, he noted, “I was the only African American, single, and gay man in the house.” Long an advocate for expanding access and inclusion for black View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
year and now heard on more than two hundred public radio stations across the United States, is a weekly one-hour program that showcases virtuoso performances by precollege musicians. “From the Top is the most popular classical music program in the country,” says the... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
the pension firm State Street Research. Although the family moved because Wise got a job at Tulane, Wilkins quickly saw opportunities in the city's burgeoning business scene. "I'm an entrepreneur at my core, and after Katrina everyone... View Details
- 07 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree
at a venture capital firm called Clean Energy Ventures here in Boston, which focused on seed and series A investments in energy transition related technologies. These experiences were really helpful in understanding how larger companies... View Details
- 21 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion
President of Auditory Insight, a boutique management consultancy focused exclusively on hearing healthcare. We partner with senior leaders of device and biopharma hearing healthcare companies to develop successful commercialization strategies. We also consult to... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
A: In business, preparation means thinking something through and establishing a plan. The execution phase is then managing to the plan. That's not remotely how the quartet prepared. Early in their career together they, especially Paul,... View Details