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- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
Business incubators are a booming industry. Offering office space, funding, and basic services to start-ups, these organizations have become the hottest way to nurture and grow fledgling businesses. But are incubators a fleeting... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
Publications August 2014 Journal of Economic Perspectives Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics By: Åstebro, Thomas, Holger Herz, Ramana Nanda, and Roberto A. Weber Abstract—There is a growing body of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2008
- Teaching Note
The Blackstone Group's IPO (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [808100]. View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
choices that serve the should self (should-choices) when the choices will be implemented in the distant rather than the near future. This "future lock-in" is demonstrated in four experiments for should-choices involving donation, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
in K-12 education, has brought to a collaboration with Hewlett Packard (HP) high credibility and access to key curriculum decision makers in the public education system. A leading designer, manufacturer, and View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
had affected the outcomes of the portfolio companies in the study. (For the purposes of the paper, a successful outcome was defined as one in which a company eventually filed for an initial public offering.) They found that the... View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Weber Shandwick: The Client Relationship Leader Program (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 408077. View Details
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
produce another cutting-edge device quickly? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706496 Managing a Public Image: Cheri Mack Harvard Business School Case 406-096 Cheri Mack, an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2021
- Case
Brown Capital Management
By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Sarah Mehta
Set in July 2021, this case looks at several growth strategies under consideration at Brown Capital, the second-oldest Black-owned asset management firm in the U.S. Since its 1983 founding, Baltimore-based Brown Capital has specialized in small company growth... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Race; Finance; Equity; Public Equity; Stocks; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employee Ownership; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States; Maryland; Baltimore
Viceira, Luis M., Emily R. McComb, and Sarah Mehta. "Brown Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 222-002, September 2021.
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
in-person pitch meetings has stymied an industry used to schmoozing. “Informal networking is so critical to deal flow,” Gompers says. “And of course, less time is being spent on networking because you’re not physically together.” The pandemic might also delay initial... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
create a customized car if they could not find what they were looking for on the Web site. However, GMBuyPower.com faces significant challenges. First, there are many people who believe that the public may want to buy computers online,... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
will help make you a winner." Glaser's success story in fending off intense competition from Bill Gates & Co. and turning his seven-year old company into a prime purveyor of streaming video, audio, and music services on the Web... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation By: Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Abstract—Why can some organizations innovate time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
considerable amount of high-quality research has been done regarding financial stability. Some of these steps were prompted by regulatory changes—or anticipation of such changes. But perhaps the biggest force in stabilizing the financial system has been greater View Details
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
challenge? A: Absolutely. Since I completed the initial research, I have discussed my findings and conducted formal interviews with dozens of people across a huge range of public and private companies, hospitals, View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
a generation. Once reviled as villains operating on the fringes of the market, they are now powerful forces at work in the mainstream of business. Activist investing gained legitimacy and influence thanks in part to the development of a support system from professional... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
businesses often have less than 20 days’ worth. While forecasts vary, many public health experts don’t expect the coronavirus outbreak to subside for at least eight weeks, assuming that social distancing and other mitigation efforts can... View Details
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
independent social rating agency and avoids selection issues by taking advantage of a natural experiment that arose when the agency expanded the scope of its ratings. We find empirical support for our hypotheses and present implications for managers of rated companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
things. And I've heard all that schlock about how Lou Gerstner was a food company CEO when he took over and saved IBM. But I don't buy it. That was a different company, in a different situation, in a different time. IBM was in the process, then, of becoming a... View Details