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01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

derail us." What's the business leaders' mood? It varies by region. In Europe, the feeling is that there will be continued economic progress, that markets will work well, but that there is an unwillingness or inability of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

Building sufficient cash reserves to launch a business and managing subsequent fundraising are challenges for every entrepreneur, but they are particularly daunting tasks for women. Women often come up short of cash at start-up and, when... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

jointly decide to donate their bodies to science after they die. In Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

Stevenson said the recent technology sector market crash should teach future entrepreneurs to build companies to last rather than to sell, and to... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

HBS Working Knowledge contributor Carol Elsen conducted an e-mail interview with Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner about their new book, The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. Elsen: Since the dot-com implosion, how... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

sectors, divisions, and manufacturing plants to sales and services offices. Recently awarded the 1998 Organizational Development Institute Award for their pioneering work at Becton Dickinson, Beer and... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

21 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

instance, a manager might hire or disqualify job candidates based on whether they make good eye contact during an interview, just because past candidates who made good eye contact ended up performing well at the company. "So they just decide View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

Managers of public corporations sometimes need to be reminded that they work for shareholders. Without proper monitoring, managers may receive excess compensation or perks, or misuse free cash flow.... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

Managers think of businesses in their portfolios as question marks (too early to tell), stars, cash cows, and dogs. Entrepreneurs "harvest" the spoils of startups once the rapid growth period is nearing its end. This View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

women so interested in creating their own enterprises? Koehn suggested that entrepreneurship offers great opportunities for women to move into the national economy. If you look back in time, she said, you... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

he was doing, but he tried. He wrote all these books about how to grow coffee. People laughed at them and at him. After a few years, he left and moved back to Mexico City. He... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

03 Apr 2009
What Do You Think?

How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

absorb as much communications technology as the culture, training, and mentality of the individuals working in the organization will allow the organization should only absorb as much communications technology as is required View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

or at least step back from their intensive careers and for most, the timing coincides with the period when they're just getting to the top in their careers. Women are far more likely than men View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

relationships with people well before I had launched my business. Start planning early. Save money. And go back to your community." Feeling profitable, McMillan said, is not only about economics—it's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Mar 2016
What Do You Think?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

least initially, refused the government’s order and subsequent lawsuit on the grounds doing so runs the risk of making public the workings of a device intended to serve the security interests of its users.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

Serkes Valora Technologies Inc. "We find the needle in the haystack," said CEO and President Sandra Serkes. Her company has a patent-pending computer server, the Linkify Information Connectivity Server, that works View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions View Details

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

that whom you know can be just as important as what you know when trying to offset the uncertainty inherent in backing a high-risk startup in an initial public offering (IPO). "Our View Details