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- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
investments in research and development, was emphasized by several respondents. Mark Hopkinson remarked that "most big companies rely for their tech pipeline of new products on the innovation that comes from small business, acquiring...
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by James Heskett
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
arising in clusters, including knowledge, skills, and input-output linkages. August 2013 Harvard Business Review Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Many View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a...
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- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
communicate their value, but employers who open that door and are willing to listen will reap the benefits. Talented candidates with diverse backgrounds add richness to the funds they join and can help your company thrive, either in...
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Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
operating expenses for fiscal 2018 rose 4.8 percent from fiscal 2017, coming in below our forecast of 6.3 percent. Faculty and staff compensation—the School’s largest expense—was up 4 percent, versus the 5 percent we anticipated. Other...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
providing critical funding for innovation across the School. Cash giving for construction projects rose to $46 million, from $17 million in fiscal 2013, and endowment giving more than doubled to $77 million, from $31 million in the prior...
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- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
small business productivity. For instance, the acceptance rate of students from underrepresented schools to top universities in the UK rose 34 percent after a letter from a top-tier student with a similar background was sent to pupils....
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
early 2003 would have 10,000 shares today. Why would a company want to cut the trading price of its stock by so much? A: In a stock split, each share of the firm is divided into more units, but the proportional ownership of each...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
political résumé,” says Jonathan Collegio, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Taylor believes his own views on important issues reflect those of the district’s voters. “People here are generally conservative...
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- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
Flows in the Global Economy Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows By: Horton, John, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—We review the rapid development of digital labor markets that connect companies and contractors...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
Competition Policy International Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Transportation Network Companies offer notable service advances—but do they comply with the law? And if not,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
market. Toiletries were also the main category sold by Western companies in developing countries .As these companies took their brands into foreign markets, they diffused consumption habits. As incomes View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
first became interested in marketing and retailing while in college, working part-time at Bloomingdale’s and then in a New York buying office for a large group of department stores. After earning an MBA (1954) and DBA (1960) at HBS, he View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
a purely social act with economic considerations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-012.pdf Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery Authors:David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
as those by recently laid-off employees; he said his sales rose by 55 percent in 2008. Charles Burckmyer and Scott Noll have created a fund to buy companies that are now available for a song and can be...
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by Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
The success of American Home Products reflects a unique path of learning. The company originated with the merger of several companies in related businesses. During the seventy years following its formation...
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- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
incentives only to exemplary employees. Such plans incorporate elements of tournaments (through the selection of employees chosen largely on the basis of past performance but incorporating some managerial discretion) and linear incentives to align employees with View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
to those at the base of the economic pyramid. The company is about to exhaust its first round of venture capital funding, and the business model has yet to gain traction. How should the business model be changed, and should the venture...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
robot installed per 1,000 humans, some 370,000 fewer people migrated to a region inside the US. Between 1993 and 2015, the number of robots in the US rose by almost 190,000. That implies a drop in people moving to local areas by 570,000...
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- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
managers were women. Google’s disclosures led other major tech companies to follow suit. Apple (98,000 employees) and Twitter (3,300 employees), for instance, reported similar overall percentages: about 70 percent men and 30 percent...
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April White