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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
unquenchable appetite for growth and capital. You might remember this scene from 2010’s The Social Network: Movie clip That was a fictionalized telling of Facebook’s rise, but those numbers are real. Silicon Valley produced 32 unicorns in... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In 2018, Bill Crawford (MBA 2006) founded Righteous Slice, a pizza restaurant in Rexburg, Idaho that has been steadily earning critical acclaim. It has... View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
coverage of shark ‘attacks’ and by highlighting shark-on-human violence in popular movies and documentaries. In this study, we investigate another subtler yet powerful factor that contributes to this fear: the ominous background music... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
example, buying a ping-pong table, TV, or online movie subscription for the family to enjoy together might make you happier than purchasing a phone to use by yourself, he says. Also, the research shows spending money on other people makes... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
you get used to losing—a lot. You also learn how to read people. It’s not like some guy twists an Oreo, like John Malkovich’s character in the movie Rounders, but there’s valuable information if you are paying attention. My goal is to... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
first-of-its-kind, three-year agreement with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Entertainment that gave SpringHill Entertainment a first-look movie deal, an exclusive television deal, significant development resources that also could be used... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than the second film. Finally, we find that as the... View Details
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
(especially chess). Favorite movies are Moana and Frozen. What has been the best part of being a mom at HBS? Always having the sweetest cuddles as soon as you get home! But also, the ability to prioritize time at home without as much... View Details
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Starting a job can feel like stepping onto a movie set without a script. Everyone knows the plot; the challenge is figuring out the role. Managers often know what they want from top performers but rarely explain it. That perspective... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
represents what actually gets done. Strategic integrity is when emergent and directed strategies are one and the same thing: when the strategy executes with the full, aligned backing of the organization for maximum impact. When a strategy lacks integrity it's like... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
from the most extreme want to the most extreme should movie increasing the odds of a preference reversal by 10%. Similarly, we also predict and find that should DVDs are held significantly longer than want DVDs. Our study ties together... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
movie actor. You can still deliver a great performance but in a different way. DL: I just think that there are preferences that people have that would drive them, one way or the other, whether online or in the classroom. SS: You said that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
throughout the United States, in addition to running a number of movie theaters, ski areas, and theme parks. "The recreation industry is a great business to be in, partly because I get to spend time with my family and friends in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
Reinvention of Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) was a name familiar to most Americans. The company had dominated the film and photography industry through most of the 20th Century and was known for making affordable cameras (and the “Kodak Moment”) and supplying... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
no services. Macomber has spent time doing research in such an environment, the sprawling Mumbai slum of Dharavi, where scenes from the movie Slumdog Millionaire were filmed. As described in an HBS case he cowrote, the $3 billion... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
a massage, a dinner with a friend, whatever. And she's watching both kids while I go out for something similar. Honestly, I'm an awesome dad the day before I have my NNO and the day after because I'm like energized by just even going to a View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
the early years of the 21st century. From a state-owned enterprise earning 97% of its revenue from television sets and other analog consumer electronics, Thomson had become a publicly traded company providing digital video services and equipment to major View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape, a team of IDEO designers has been hired by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
success? A: To answer that, I shall use the words of a founder I interviewed: "Clients want to work with New York agencies, just like you would want to make a movie in Hollywood, not in Toledo." Thus, some locations have... View Details