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- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
was developed by Tencent Holdings as a lightweight messaging platform. As it grew quickly to become the most popular messaging app in China, it added a range of products and services that sat on top that were View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
classmates Alex Stratoudakis and Emma Taylor. In 15 minutes they present their plan for AfterSteps, a Web-based end-of-life planning service that offers advice and secure storage for legal, financial, personal, and funeral documents. For... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
substantial investment of $3 million to $5 million and work extensively with the management team as strategic advisors to help them build that organization. And in fact, some of our investment partners have made significant strides—real changes to the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
financial instruments-currencies, stocks, and bonds. The very rootlessness of America's immigrant leaders gave them a better understanding of money, credit, and banks and the way each could be made to serve the public good. The remarkable financial innovations View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
Thomas and John J. Gabarro. The Action Plan was originally designed as part of a facilitated session but can also be used in conjunction with the book. The Action Plan guides individuals through an examination of the critical areas of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
makers investigating the operational processes, clinical outcomes, and financial performance of hospitals. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-024.pdf Work Design Drivers of Organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707409 Istituto Clinico Humanitas (C): Pronto Soccorso Harvard Business School Case 607-022 Follows on from the cases Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A) and (B). Describes the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
given that product architecture has been shown to be an important predictor of, among other things: product performance, product variety, process flexibility, and future industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the software industry by use of a technique... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
in a special issue of Management Science. Ultimately, the authors believe, neither side is likely to be forced from the battlefield—Microsoft has too much market share and OSS offers too many benefits for users. But there are strategies... View Details
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
training, accounting and information systems, design and engineering, and so on. Business history has widened its scope enormously in the last two decades. A striking feature of the research reviewed in the Handbook is that so much of it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
characteristics and director networks are also associated with deal generation. We find that a company that has a director who has had LBO experience through prior board service is approximately 40% more likely to receive a private equity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace