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- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
performance of venture capital funds. What could be done to make this information more readily available to investors? A: The lack of transparency in private equity is a major issue that is likely to attract considerable attention in the... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
regulator to seek out and manage systemic risks regardless of the kind of financial institution posing it. Paulson affirmed his support for the idea in a March 18, 2009, op-ed article in the Financial Times. In January, an international... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55597 2019 Academy of Management Annals Turning Lead into Gold: How Do Entrepreneurs Mobilize Resources to Exploit Opportunities? By: Clough, David R., Tommy Pan Fang, Balagopal Vissa, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
attention to the old business. As managers learn to frame innovations in a more nuanced, balanced way, they can unlock the potential of both the old and the new. View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
accountability are not new. Leaders of organizations, be they nonprofit, business, or government, face a constant stream of demands from various constituents demanding accountable behavior. But what does it mean to be accountable? By and large, nonprofit leaders tend... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
All good managers understand the importance of making sure that every member of a team feels personally motivated and necessary throughout the workday, lest their work should stagnate and suffer. But what's the key to igniting creativity,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
management is the responsibility of none other than the corporation's number-one manager, a conflict of interest that is awkward at best. The obvious solution is separating the two positions—a move many Ford Motor Company shareholders... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- 28 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Can We Expect in the Other War?
dealing with the personal concerns of employees? Will more attention have to be given to "community building?" Will, in fact, the war on terrorism prompt managers to engage in behaviors necessary... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
important interactions with expensing. That is the fourth piece they should pay attention to. The fifth piece is the change in the structure of passthrough taxation which is really quite revolutionary. Weinzierl: There's been some talk... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
with us and explained more about the drivers of The Story of American Business and the book's implications for managers and leaders. Martha Lagace: Please give us a bit of backstory to this project. Nancy F. Koehn: The New York Times... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
that German companies have been able to excel in highly engineered products in part because German consumers pay close attention to technical product qualities when they purchase. Q: Although consumers presumably benefit from being... View Details
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
of us should pay serious attention to. I truly believe business contributes to the prosperity of humanity, and is more important to the continued prosperity of humanity than any other institution. Therefore, we must question what got us... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention on another locus of learning that has received less attention from academics despite popular interest:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
workday. After all, Ammerman says, “This is a true teachable moment, and companies should be paying attention and jumping on it.” Nip aggressive behavior in the bud First, companies need to foster an environment where there’s no room for... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
Mature companies understand that to compete today they need to innovate. But finding sources of innovation while still paying attention to the current business can be a struggle. The good news, says Harvard Business School professor Lynda... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
Business Administration and Chair of the General Management Program at HBS. Gupta, whose current academic interests lie in mobile advertising, mobile payments, and mobile commerce, described the difficult landscape confronting marketers... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
Despite widespread rhetoric about the need for organizational agility, an astonishing number of businesses stay stuck in neutral when they need to implement a new strategy. Consider the situation that Lynne Camp faced in July 2000. Camp, the vice president and general... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
and identity change interacted. We find instances in which urgent focus on design change consumed top management attention and crowded out identity change; in which experimentation in design made it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
And by adding more customers, MasterCard potentially could also grow its bottom line. Financial inclusion raised questions for MasterCard. Was the management time and attention well spent given the low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne