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- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
potential for multiple breakthroughs related to the specific tumor segmentation task of radiation oncologists while also addressing technological issues (e.g., reframing and conducting sequential competition phases). Lagace: What made...
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- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
is a simplistic view. A company's unique competitive circumstances should dictate the innovation portfolio it pursues. Because innovation cuts across functions, only senior leaders can set an innovation strategy. In doing so, they must...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
inability to do so for just as long. How can someone overcome that cultural inheritance? It starts with managing one’s time at work. Technology allows work to encroach relentlessly on employees’ personal lives. If a person fails to put...
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by Rachel Layne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
increase in demand. Lone Inventors as Sources of Technological Breakthroughs: Myth or Reality? Authors:Jasjit Singh and Lee Fleming Publication:Management Science 56, no. 1 (2010) Abstract Are lone inventors more or less likely to invent...
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Martha Lagace
- December 2010
- Background Note
Risk and Reward in Venture Capital
This note describes the payoff structure of investment in individual venture capital–backed companies and in venture capital portfolios. Venture Capital investments are characterized by high failure rate (0ver 50%) and a small number of given successes (greater than...
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Capital Markets;
Venture Capital;
Investment Return;
Investment Portfolio;
Analytics and Data Science;
Failure;
Performance;
Information Technology
Sahlman, William A. "Risk and Reward in Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-036, December 2010.
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
perspectives on how to allocate water, the institutional mechanisms for doing so, and the potential responses of agricultural producers to the changing marketplace. Is now the time to double down on farming in the Central Valley, shift to a higher-value-added crop...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
why people aren't consuming. Sometimes they just don't have a job they are seeking to get done. For example, many people can afford to purchase personal computers but choose not to because there are no jobs that are important enough to them for which the computer would...
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- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Institutional Investors Frame Their Losses: Evidence on Dynamic Loss Aversion from Currency Portfolios Authors:Kenneth A. Froot, J. Arabadjis, S. Cates, and S. Lawrence Publication:Journal of Portfolio...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
competitive solutions from Microsoft and the open-source community threaten to hinder the company's long-term growth potential. Outlines virtualization technology and the dynamics that affect its market; covers the history of VMware;...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
activity, performed by individuals with substantial experience in shepherding young companies to maturity, creates substantial value in the portfolio company. Download working paper:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters
Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "Interdepartmental coordination doesn't tend to happen organically. It needs some intervention to create collaborative networks." “What corporate-level strategy is about is...
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by Michael Blanding
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
getting locked in. Governance in Global Information Economy Author:F. Warren McFarlan Periodical:China Journal of Information Systems 1, no. 1 (October 2007): 8-15 Abstract In the early 21st century, IT has become more important than ever. View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Philips had strong equity in the healthcare technology space due to its extensive portfolio of medical devices and related software sold primarily to hospitals. Philips designed the first two apps for the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
it could replace the electrode in the millions of lithium-ion batteries currently in production. The management team needed to decide whether to pursue the breakthrough self-assembly technology or move resources to commercialize the new...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
funding for small businesses. The outstanding portfolio balance of online lenders has grown about 175 percent a year, compared to a decline of about 3 percent in the traditional banking sector. However, it still only represents less than...
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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
established its initial offices in London, Paris, and Chicago, concentrating on placements for entrepreneurial ventures for almost a decade before setting up its first fund in Great Britain in 1981 to invest in early-stage high-tech concerns. Trouble was, the companies...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
the most interest: “The value of diversification is as true for supply chains as it is for investment portfolios Amazon is just the topic of the article but the same could be said for digital platforms that dominate their industry.” Jacob...
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- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Associates suggests that at least half of the 25 clean tech firms in its portfolio have hired lobbyists. This does not seem like the ideal way to boost entrepreneurial innovation. Q: Is there more research to be done in this area? A:...
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- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0710F&referral=2340 R&D Project Selection and Portfolio Management: A Review of the Past, a Description of the Present, and a Sketch of the Future Authors:D. Brunner,...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions in light of recent...
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Carmen Nobel