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- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
consistent with boardroom connections mattering most for firms that stand to benefit most from the information communicated and resources exchanged through the network of board members. Overall, our results suggest that board of director... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
increase the impact of a mailed communication on conversion rates to lower-cost, therapeutically equivalent medications, even when the testimonial is presented as coming from a more socially proximate peer. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
consulting, technology, and outsourcing company. This case describes the human resources and related activities necessary to deliver services to its clients. It allows students to explore how Accenture predicts its staffing needs,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
stands to reason that what and how people communicate will determine the success or failure of an enterprise. Says HBS's Chris Bartlett, "We need to think about organizations in a more flexible way, in terms of processes — not as a... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
each branch of the armed services must make. Army and Marine Corps officers operate in an inherently uncertain environment. They define the mission but then give subordinates the flexibility to adjust to realities on the ground. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
the end, that’s what an effective government does: It provides services to citizens and gives them the basics to do better. Today’s system creates fewer and fewer of those opportunities to move up,” says Ballou-Aares, who was selected as... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
HBS alumni have been actively engaged in responding to the racial and social injustice in their communities and around the world. Read their various efforts below: OCTOBER 20 In their new book A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
amazed that we've come so far so fast," says Associate Professor David M. Upton, who has spearheaded the latest initiative with the strategic input of Clark and many others on the faculty, the services of a legion of IT professionals, and... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
ultimately interviewing hundreds of parents in the corporate sector, as well as in medicine, the military, nonprofits, education, performing arts, academia, and in frontline service jobs. In 2016, Dowling used her findings to launch... View Details
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
questions in business history center around entrepreneurship.” A succession of other "firsts" followed, including major studies of the globalization of services whilst most of the literature remained focused on manufacturing,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided platform" strategy, a firm starts as a vendor selling products or View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
are many communities that must be satisfied." Venture Capital and Private Equity The pool of U.S. private-equity funds has grown on the order of 2,500 percent in the past decade-and-a-half. Venture Capital and Private Equity (VCPE), a... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United States for identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across U.S. cities with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
the explosive growth of the Internet." Detailing how the Internet is revolutionizing the communications industry, Taffel spoke of the "paradigm shifts" that new technology can bring and how they are frequently ignored by industry leaders.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Risk Authors: Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract Using conference call transcripts to measure the time horizon that senior executives emphasize when they communicate with investors, we explore the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
and to sell media time. A second objective of the case is to understand the implications of social TV viewing, the audience engagement that results when people watch television with a smartphone or tablet in hand, participating in a virtual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
characteristics and director networks are also associated with deal generation. We find that a company that has a director who has had LBO experience through prior board service is approximately 40% more likely to receive a private equity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace