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Brian Sykes
Syringe needles lining the sidewalk. I’m ashamed, yet I know these words are true. When people hear I grew up in SF, they automatically assume my childhood consisted of immense privilege. Million-dollar mansions and fancy jobs in tech. In reality, it consisted of... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
quick, and (3) learn and adapt. Axiom #1: Make A Bump Plan Military strategist Carl von Clausewitz coined the term friction, "the force that makes the apparently easy so difficult." Friction doesn't just refer to adverse weather... View Details
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Yueran Ma
growing up also had a major influence on my interests in finance. I travelled with my family in China, and everywhere I saw firms and entrepreneurs struggling to raise funding as the financial system was riddled with frictions and... View Details
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
thing is if there is friction at the border.” Britain imports half the food it eats; a Spanish lettuce that lingers at the border for even two days has a much-diminished shelf life, notes Lewis, who nonetheless seems ready to accept any... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
to strategically delay providing the service. Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract— An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52552 Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
Specifically, we explore whether the presence of frictions in a country's capital markets, labor markets, and product markets affect the excess value of diversified firms. We find that the value of diversified firms relative to their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
spur a powerful transformation in access and opportunity. If we can foster an environment where innovation comes together with capital markets and lending and reduces the barriers and frictions in small business lending, we can help this... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
and unequal, there is little direct evidence on the magnitude and sources of these frictions. We conduct a field experiment with 752 employees at a multibillion-dollar corporation to address these questions. We provide evidence of significant View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
part of the joy of shopping at places like Marshalls or T.J.Maxx or the old Filene’s Basement is the idea of hunting for a bargain. That friction is designed to make you feel like you’ve conquered something, and we’re seeing companies... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
as fast and easy and convenient for you to get the products that you need? But part of the joy of shopping at places like Marshalls or T.J.Maxx or the old Filene’s Basement is the idea of hunting for a bargain. That friction is designed... View Details
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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
generalists? Spirit : How do scaling ventures design culture? How do they assimilate hires who are less mission-driven and more political than the first wave of recruits? How do ventures mitigate friction between the old guard and new... View Details
- Web
Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
passion for making an impact through participation in these ventures. The primary objective of this course is to enable students to holistically understand and evaluate tough tech ventures at the various stages of their development, identify specific commercialization... View Details
- 22 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative
my skills and experience to reduce the friction that tough-tech ideas face on their path to scale and bring new technologies to the world, both as an investor and operator. I’m a technologist at heart, but if there's one realization that... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
publishing) are likely to reshape the structure of demand for executive development. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51662 The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
comparatively in the dark, creating an “information friction” that the freelancers can exploit. In a March 2015 working paper, Information Frictions and Observable Experience, Stanton, along with Catherine Thomas (PhDBE 2006) of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
necessarily beneficial for e-commerce vendors. What led you to make that argument? TT: Amazon has been a leader in the idea of reducing friction in shopping. One click, you’ve bought your books. So other companies also wanted to reduce... View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
brilliant book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, about successful executives hitting points of friction as they grow, requiring changes in their behavior in order to continue to succeed. I often coach my entrepreneurs to assess... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55629 Infringing Use as a Path to Legal Consumption: Evidence from a Field Experiment By: Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer Abstract— Copyright infringement may result from frictions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
that friction in the market between what the price is and what it should be, Cohen and Malloy stress the importance of identifying a "catalyst" that will cause the market to catch up. "It's one thing to say I am going to... View Details