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15 Nov 2011
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these "common good" kinds of items, which use resources more productively. In the winning situations, this makes these cities more economically competitive at the same time. This article further argues for investments grounded... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

July 2024
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Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-art-of-strategic-renewal/ August 2013 Journal of Development Economics Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen D. O'Connell... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

power to "encourage patients to seek treatments they do not need." Critics of DTCA question the accuracy of its content and 82 percent of the physicians in our sample strongly or partially agreed with the view that DTCA "does not provide information on... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

suppliers and reselling them, in the process absorbing all the risk of platform failure. In stage two, the firm shifts risk and control back to some or all of its suppliers, giving them more responsibility... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2016
News

An Environmental Epiphany

multiple sectors. But I also continued to have this desire to look for ways to have impact and to make a difference. And in building businesses, we do that. We create jobs. We create economic growth. We do have an impact. I continue to be... View Details

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market By: Di Maggio, Marco, Francesco Franzoni, Amir Kermani, and Carlo Sommavilla Abstract—This paper shows that the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

industrial washer in the spin cycle, putting entire industries (arts and entertainment, tourism, food and hospitality) at risk even as others (real estate, construction, and home services) experienced record demand. In the United States,... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

Frictions in Shadow Banking: Evidence from the Lending Behavior of Money Market Funds By: Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We document the consequences of money market fund risk taking during the European sovereign debt... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

firms such as Elliot and Dart as "vultures" or "rouge creditors" who sought to profit on sovereign debt restructurings at the expense of countries suffering economic hardship and of the majority of bondholders whose... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2008
News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

obsolete.” Doriot was one of the century’s most visionary thinkers. He was early to recognize the importance of globalization and creativity in the business world. And decades before economists appreciated the value of technology, Doriot realized that innovation was... View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

19 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

make the strategy stronger, and then having the buy-in that leads to execution.” Pathipati: “I constantly use takeaways from HBS. The investing, finance, and strategy classes helped me develop the pattern recognition to identify opportunities and View Details

Keywords: All Industries

02 Feb 2004
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Where Does Apple Go From Here?

generated during the boom, and since that time, they've continued to lose share. The second problem is related to the underlying economics of one of the core components in the Macintosh—the operating system. The last generation of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2011
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Green Day

awards and accolades from the World Economic Forum, the Wall Street Journal, and MIT’s Technology Review. “This is a $170 billion market screaming for a fundamental innovation,” says Evans. “It’s a fantastic opportunity.” Most recently... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna;Sarah Auerbach; Agriculture; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2017
News

Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

with his thoughts at 30,000 feet because all the existential fears set in. I realized, ‘I’m never going to be a US senator.’ Then it struck me. If I can’t be in politics, I can be near it. I’ll go into media.” Turnaround: “The Atlantic was in View Details

June 2024
Case

Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform

By: Ariel D. Stern and Susan Pinckney

In 2023, Israel-based AI health care company Aidoc evaluated its future. The company, founded in 2016, had grown from commercializing a single AI product for radiologists to a software platform that could detect 20 conditions and immediately notify care teams of... View Details

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15 Aug 2019
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The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

graduating from Duke and worked on public and social sector projects. Jerren later joined the Mayor’s Office in Chicago, focusing on economic policy development, and ultimately left to attend HBS and HKS to prepare for city government... View Details

07 Dec 2010
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in the world. Productivity was stagnant and economic growth had slowed down significantly since the 1990s. What should Velasco do amid growing public discontent? Was it really in Chile's best interest to keep saving the copper wealth?... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

decisions ranging from whom to date to whom to hire. When faced with decisions about disclosure, decision makers should be aware not just of the risk of revealing but of what hiding reveals. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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First Look: November 15

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

First Look: February 4

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

First Look: August 28, 2007

An Environmental Epiphany

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

First Look: February 18

First Look: October 17, 2006

The Prophet of Start-Ups

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

Green Day

Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

First Look: Dec. 7

February 2, 2016