by Paul Gompers - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 May 2022
News

12 Books for a Smarter, Less Stressed, More Successful Summer, Recommended

2017
Working Paper

And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital

By: Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang

With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we ask the natural next question: Does increased diversity lead to better firm performances? In this paper, we attempt to answer this question using a... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Gender; Venture Capital; Performance Improvement; Capital Markets

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15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

features described by Donham. Typically, they average 10 to 20 pages of text, with 5 to 10 additional pages of numerical exhibits. The best cases describe real, not fictitious, organizations and real business issues. "A good... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

01 Apr 2015
News

Venture capital’s diversity problem isn’t just bad PR — it’s bad for business

15 Aug 2011
News

When being good at your job isn't good enough

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

backlash from other organizational members. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/mcqxpioCi4O4ZaScUhLN][/div] In response to the broader perspective offered by his team’s devil’s advocate, one CEO shared that he took proposed... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records,... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

Battilana. Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores In an age of time scarcity, buying our way out of the negative moments in the day is an important key to happiness, according to research by Ashley V. Whillans,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2011
News

Don't Try to Learn from Failure

04 Sep 2013
What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

analysis." Several argued along with Munyaradzi Mushato, who said, ''the need for a sustainable strategy is actually higher in a volatile market space why deliberately go out to plan to build a short-lived competitive strategy?" View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2014
News

Small Countries Have Outsized Influence in United Nations Secretariat

03 Feb 2017
News

Snap’s Concentrated Power Structure Takes a Page From Old Media

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

building quality vehicles worldwide. Paul Polman When Polman became Unilever’s CEO in early 2009, he immediately began transforming the company, declaring bold goals to double revenues and generate 70 percent from emerging markets. He... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

31 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

overseas, while Chinese innovations rarely made it out of China. Interestingly, growth in applications varies by IP tool, with industrial designs experiencing the most growth. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

industry lines as companies increasingly bring seemingly unrelated business lines together in unconventional ways. New research by Awada, Harvard Business School Professor Suraj Srinivasan, and doctoral student View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

"A world without surprises or bad news is utopian I often coach employees to expect the worst and prepare for it studies should focus on preparation rather than prevention." Paul McKay commented that "By having a clear,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

What They Are Reading Jeff Bussgang Two of my books during the “summer of COVID” have been a deep case study into perhaps history’s greatest leader in crisis, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

fact, this redundant communication works to get projects completed quickly, according to new research by Harvard Business School professor Tsedal B. Neeley and Northwestern University's Paul M. Leonardi and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Case

Newman's Own, Inc.

By: James E. Austin

Describes the creation and evolution of this food marketing corporation. All its after-tax profits are donated to charity by Paul Newman, the distinguished actor and social entrepreneur. The company has grown into a $100 million enterprise and donated cumulatively $89... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Food; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry