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Frank Spencer
duties as a combination of financial management, fundraising, operational effectiveness, and strategic planning. "In that regard, the nonprofit and private-sector worlds are very similar," he says. "We talk about our work...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
are very important. One is generalist investment skills combined with industry specialization. A balance between investment prowess and operating knowledge is important as well, since we really do typically lead or colead our investments...
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- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind
wind farm operator at the port. Running 24/7, the center monitors ships going to and from the turbines and crews working on them, as well as weather forecasts and energy demand forecasts to determine when to run the turbines. This visit...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
and operating as a team?" After canvassing the "front of the house" (undetected by employees, if possible), he makes his way to the "back of the house" to observe the kitchen's complex choreo-graphy....
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Hanna, Julia
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
leadership to the often-messy reality of rolling up one's sleeves and getting things done. It takes the point of view of a leader who: (1) is new to a situation, (2) must take action, and (3) is asked to operate within a system that she...
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- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
moderator David Harris (MBA 1984), talked about addressing the complexities of hunger during COVID-19 with panelists Ajay Relan, founder of #HashtagLunchbag, an effort to feed the homeless and hungry through social media and self-directed...
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Margie Kelley
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
to do so because all benefited from a healthy commons. Modern industries have commons as well, although they are infinitely more complex than the simple town greens of centuries past. Today's industrial commons consist of webs of...
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- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
quarterly earnings reports, reflecting the complexity of corporate restructurings and other long-term growth strategies. Lessons To Be Learned There are important implications of these differences for public company boards, even though...
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- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
elected Wilmington mayor and a $16 million gift from a Salesianum alumnus (the third-largest gift to a U.S. Catholic high school) put construction of a new, city-owned sports facility on track for completion in 2020. Kennealey calls the deal a historic moment for the...
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- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
away from complex technologies where initial experiments cost more towards those where information on future prospects is revealed quickly and cheaply. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48776 Initial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
When Reynold Levy took over as president of New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2002, he faced a classic challenge for any nonprofit leader navigating a complex environment: staying relevant to the next generation. Levy...
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- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
same 501(c) (3) as the central organization. Branches are managed and controlled by the central organization, with local staff operating the branch but reporting directly to the central office. Local branches may have their own advisory...
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by Carla Tishler
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
LED lighting? Pisano: Semiconductor companies were not thinking about the future of lighting. That's not their business. But that's a challenge, and that's the complexity of this. It also suggests a role for public policy in terms of...
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- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
enterprise market values as well as greater disparities between them suggests that an upturn in mergers and acquisitions can't be far behind. Unfortunately, if research is any guide, the operative question is whether more or less value...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age
change their ideas constantly while they are trying to build complex new products and technologies." In addition, by making it possible to "organize businesses in new ways, offer new products and services, and distribute those products...
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by Daniel Penrice
- 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
of firm entry and exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms and freeing up skilled labor to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
where a company seems weighted down by the bounds of its original start-up business model, a lack of experience by its founder(s), and an accelerating, expense-fueled burn rate through working capital and investor patience. "Once a venture reaches a critical size,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
the product is designed—the physical attributes of the product. And he came up with five factors: Relative advantage: Is it better than what it’s replacing? Compatibility: Is it compatible with the way people currently do things? Complexity: Is it too View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
today. Inside Out by Patrick Moffett (AMP 111) Vanguard Press After the protagonist’s wife is murdered, he begins a series of vigilante killings and, as a result, is invited to join an organized covert operations unit, rather than face...
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- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
there is room available for merchants to experiment with different value combinations. "Contingent free shipping magnifies the effectiveness of a promotion" To help online sellers understand the complex relationship between...
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