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- 01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.
uncertainty — not just the uncertainty surrounding the survival of their own firm, but that of the industry itself. The implications of this are that pioneer-entrepreneurs have to adopt specific strategies...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
PROGRAM 2032: 5 Technologies That Will Reshape the World in the Next Decade CS50 for Managers Data Science for Managers (1 & 2) Decision Making Under Uncertainty Digital Innovation and Transformation E-Commerce: Strategy, Growth, and...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our...
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- 01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
wing and learn anything about underlying demand for the plane. Instead, you have to sink the full $12 billion into the project before learning if there is, or is not, sufficient demand.” Given the level of uncertainty involved with these...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Books
of uncertainty and where assets are often difficult to value. Second, because the various stages of the venture capital process are related, the entire function is best viewed as a cycle. Finally, unlike most financial markets, the...
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Amy E. Dean
- 01 Jun 1997
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Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference
uncertainty is due to the megamergers of the past fifteen years when, Frank Biondi noted, all the major networks and film studios were sold. As Harold Vogel put it: "There are hardly any more multimillion-dollar deals to be made - the big...
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Paula Maute
- 01 Dec 2001
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Faculty News
work in long-term planning under risk and uncertainty ranged from helping to pioneer computer applications at large companies to charting U.S. space policy as a member of a Presidential task force. Meyer, a 1953 graduate of Harvard...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard
culture that’s best cultivated in person, as well as the kind of collaboration that’s unlocked when people gather around a whiteboard with their best ideas. Even so, there are continued uncertainties around the pandemic and what the...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2020
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Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
have been advocating for, which can be very unorthodox and generate economic disasters. In addition, their effects are very hard to predict because they have not been tested. The resulting uncertainty can also be costly to businesses....
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April White
- 01 Jun 2007
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Alumni Books
Success Leads to Failure (and What to Do about It) by Michael E. Raynor (DBA ’00) (Doubleday Publishing) Managers make choices with far-reaching consequences based on assumptions about an uncertain future. This collision between commitment and View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup
stuff in a box and ship directly to customers. Well, there’s a lot of uncertainty in that project, right? I don’t know if I can make the mattress. I don’t know if people will buy it online without trying it out first. I don’t know if I...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 31 Jan 2023
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Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) recently presented a virtual panel discussion exploring the unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter when founding their companies. The conversation, titled “The Realities Facing Female Founders,”...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech
uncertainty over time. HBS professor Gary P. Pisano, a longtime observer of the industry, points to two key elements common to successful biotech firms: development capabilities and strong senior management. "Once you attract bright,...
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Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2022
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Action Plan: Fired Up
recognize the power of food and entertaining as a cultural trend.” Listen and learn. “The pandemic paused our live outreach events and created uncertainty about how we’d stay connected and relevant to consumers. Then a customer posted a...
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- 01 Jun 1996
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New Releases
California, leading scholars in economics, psychology, statistics, and decision theory grapple with strategic uncertainty and the question of how to make wise choices. The 23 papers in this collection—which include those of HBS authors...
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- 01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi
people who may block him because their own careers are on the line. But if you asked me theoretically, yes, there is something he could do. The starting point is to recognize the conditions in Iraq and that the war has created terrible View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
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One-on-One with Tom Oreck
knows, maybe never.” Did you ever consider declaring the business a total loss? As bad as it was, and as great as the uncertainty was, there was never a question about whether we were going to get up and running. No one on the management...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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A Binary Formula
better cope with risk and uncertainty and increase collaborative problem-solving and sharing of knowledge throughout the sector. Pisano proposes more vertical integration, fewer but closer long-term collaborations, and quasi-public...
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- 13 Jun 2014
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The Art of Effecting Change
so years, when much of the world faced financial uncertainty and many negative voices were directed at the business sector, I am grateful to HBS for stepping forward and providing innovation in the business school curriculum but also with...
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- 24 Mar 2021
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Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
brainstorming sessions for focused, high-impact problem-solving, and six-week-long, focused projects for organizations that don’t need the typical three-month intensive commitment. This was especially important during the pandemic, as organizations faced View Details
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Margie Kelley