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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
Partners, RelayRides, and Birchbox, among others—the Business Plan Contest has grown and evolved from its first iteration in 1997. Back then, 37 teams submitted plans. Last year, a record-breaking 110 teams vied for a total of $170,000 in...
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- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
Barometer found. Another 30 percent would not offer help to those they disagree with if needed. Flip that data and you may see it differently: eight in 10 people with strongly held views would be willing to work with someone they disagree...
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by Rachel Layne
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
the dynamics of these types of markets, and to plan their business strategies accordingly." In this interview, Baldwin discusses the research and its implications for entrepreneurs who would like to...
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- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
she worked on Moroccan agricultural policy with a team of consultants. "I was just an intern," Ashraf says, "but as I looked around the boardroom I realized that not one of these people had ever actually talked to a farmer in Morocco. And yet they were designing a...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to hers. Roche asked how his research was going, and in the...
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- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
common mistakes made by international managers, and the development of his book for readers interested in "the opportunities of managing in a global setting." Sean Silverthorne: International Finance and its case studies explore...
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- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
break out the fees they add to loans. 6. Create a National Advisory Board on Responsible Financial Innovation We are aware that all too often, the creation of a national advisory board is a substitute for real action. But in this case, it...
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- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
Diversity and Firm Performance By: Zhang, Letian Abstract—How does a firm’s gender diversity affect its performance? Existing work has shown conflicting evidence—some finding a positive effect of gender diversity while others finding a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
investors to use your product? When asked (or not), investors never lack for advice on how your product can improve. Just remember, you are in it every day, they are not. So, always weigh that advice against what your team is discovering...
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by Julia Austin
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
In this uncertain economic climate, downsizing and layoffs are a sadly frequent occurrence. Although bad news is always painful to deliver and to hear, the process of conducting "necessary evils"—such as layoffs or firings—can be managed in a way that is...
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by Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
Focuses on Furman Selz's acquisition by Xerox in 1987; its return to a private company in 1993; and a second acquisition, by ING, in 1997. In particular, provides the opportunity to evaluate five major corporate transitions: the initial...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
Want to create a high-profit auction? One strategy is to create "auction fever" around your sale by generating lots of hype, having strict rather than flexible deadlines at the end of auctions, and making sure winners and losers...
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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
the board take into account? Bagley: The Business Roundtable is to be commended for its clear stand on the importance of selecting an ethical CEO. Anyone who ever wondered whether ethics matters need only look at the outflow of funds from...
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by Carla Tishler
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
Here's a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed "too big to fail," hasn't it implicitly guaranteed similar largesse for all such...
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- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
of goods or services. We view the primary function of these markets as making it easy for buyers to find sellers and engage in convenient, trustworthy transactions. We discuss elements of market design that make this possible, including...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Austin, explores the motivations behind such partnering.What motivates organizations to collaborate? It is important to understand the motivating forces behind the decisions of businesses and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to enter...
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- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
findings and advice. Anxiety leads to poor outcomes. You will be less nervous about negotiating, however, if you repeatedly practice and rehearse. You can also avoid anxiety by asking an outside expert to represent you at the bargaining table. Anger is a double-edged...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
and field hospitals). In 13 years it developed from a start-up garage business into a successful firm of global reach and reputation. In 2010 its founder and CEO Philippe Prévost must decide the product and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
How They Can Do it Better (29,119) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6665.html Published: April 25, 2011 A CEO's schedule is especially important to a firm's financial success, which raises a few questions: What do they do all day? Can they be...
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by Staff
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School who studies the curious relationship between managerial incentives and motivation. “Family CEOs are a very interesting group” "Family CEOs are a very interesting group," says Sadun, coauthor of...
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by Carmen Nobel