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- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
Perlman knew that, while VCs might have been willing to make small investments in his new firm, they were, at the time, quite wary of making major financial commitments to consumer electronics plays such as WebTV. To better understand the... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
companies are converting the delivery of their offerings to the as-a-service model. The next disruption will focus less on the delivery model and more on the value delivered. Bernshteyn’s value-as-a-service model is the simple idea that... View Details
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
PublicationsManaging the New Primary Care: The New Skills That Will Be Needed Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:Health Affairs 29, no. 5 (May 2010) Abstract Developing new models of primary care will... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
people are covered by insurance, whether public or private, they tend to engage in riskier behavior, since they know that the insurer will cover any potential losses. In the public context, for example, the rise of federal disaster relief... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
executives had entered negotiations with broadcast networks to broaden the selection of free network content distributed via its video-on-demand (VOD) service. The major broadcast networks, however, were unsure of the effect it would have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
liberalization and since broad-based corporate governance reforms were implemented, goes expressly against the prediction of prior schools of thought about business groups. We argue that the conventional wisdom about tunneling and business groups View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
level, as well as our financial forecast for fiscal 2019. FISCAL 2018 IN REVIEW The HBS economic model is unique among the Harvard University schools and in higher education, and begins with our commitment to internally funded faculty research. View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
Rumie's software and services from the physical tablets to achieve greater reach and scale. In October 2015, Rumie opened the LearnCloud, its proprietary online content curation portal for NGOs, to the public. Now anyone could discover, share, and rate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
open power pose (e.g., feet on desk, hands behind head) decreased cortisol (the stress hormone), increased testosterone (the hormone linked to power and dominance), and boosted a subject’s tolerance for risk. “Wired magazine called this a ‘life hack,’ a View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
pick something they like to do, work hard, and not worry about the rest—success will come.—Todd Krasnow Rhyne's idea for meeting the "weekly beauty needs"—manicures, facials, massages—of time-pressed women made the semifinal... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
this book makes creativity attainable for everyone. With simple, easily understandable chapters backed up by downloadable work sheets, it offers advice on learning how to brainstorm, freeing inner dreams, and embracing the word No.... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
family to consider a liquidity event. The family's five-year lock-up arrangement with Interbrew has just expired. In March 2004, Interbrew has announced its plans to take a controlling stake in Brazilian giant AmBev, a deal that will... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.” Today, Sulyman is carrying out that... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Publication:Harvard Business Review 87, no. 5 (May 2009) Abstract Few companies are thinking about hiring right now, but that's a mistake. If history is any guide, staffing will become a front-burner issue once the economic upheaval... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the world’s biggest problem—CO2 and climate change—provides a quick and entertaining introduction to the science behind it. This concise primer is for anyone interested in how CO2 impacts our climate, but even knowledgeable readers will... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
the other schools within Harvard. His challenges include attracting the best faculty and students, creating linkages across the university, and determining a strategy that will make Harvard engineering as well known as its other schools.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
Mushroom—and I made my way through it and was thrilled that it was over. It was my first cold call I ever got at HBS. And then we had our three-minute break before our next class, and I walk into the next class and the professor says, “Scott Schulman, View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
And HBS seemed to have sort of released me into the nature. So I went free and traveled more. April White: What is it about traveling that is so interesting to you? Zhang Mei: You know, travel for me, it's endless learning. In Chinese,... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
pursue her passion in technology and risk not seeing her family for a long time; or visit her family in Canada or the U.K., and risk losing her livelihood. The question she posed: Would I be willing to sign the ‘no-to-immigration-ban’... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Streamline approvals. A complicated decision process can burden the fund with too many goals and lead to ineffective investing patterns. Provide powerful incentives. Companies that don't offer adequate compensation to their venture capitalists View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne