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- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
just floored. We thought, oh, my goodness, he's gonna make it. And his son Ashtyn now is doing really well because Drew had taken parenting classes. He really seems to be pulling his act together. It's going to still be challenging. It's not going to be perfect. But at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
not as giving back but as ‘giving in turn.’ Volunteering keeps me balanced and rooted in the real world.” Of her immediate future, Brown says, “I am interested in providing capital and resources to entrepreneurs to build compelling... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
out of sequence. You build relationships when you don't need anything. And even when I was CEO, I would reach out to other CEOs, I would reach out to other leaders not to ask favors but to say, "Hey, how's it going?" Or, "I read an article today in the Journal. I know... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
friend. Masha had just graduated from HBS and was working at a medical-device company in Massachusetts. Okoloko's call came at the right time. Professionally, Masha was eager to join a start-up; personally, he'd resolved to move closer to... View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
explanatory—either one. That's what the media likes. One was “Women fear success.” That notion became very famous, and I disagreed. I reacted negatively to that based on observations and personal experience. Another was “Nobody wants a... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
and in a few cases by economies of scale. The Chemical/Chase merger is an example of the latter; there was so much overlap in back office costs and overhead that the new entity will save hundreds of millions in those outlays alone." The Big Picture While public and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
equipment. By 1979, that figure had increased by two orders of magnitude to $217.4 million. Fabrication facilities [“fabs”] were expensive. During the 1970s, the semiconductor industry became capital intensive. Manufacturing at Intel... View Details
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
internal coordination issues with the company's sales force, and the financial returns versus other uses of capital for the company. The case raises issues in aligning business strategy and sales management systems, motivating and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
ACCION linked the microfinance field to capital markets through the founding of BancoSol, a microfinance institution that became the nation's most profitable bank. "Poverty can only be truly addressed if you meet four... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
systems, the influence of cryptography tools and big data on financial services, the deployment of different forms of capital into Web3 startups, and the ways in which blockchain technology will disrupt businesses. Additionally, the... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
markets. Behind such corporations was a market for capital in which entrepreneurs had to attract investors to buy either debt or equity. This paper examines the investor protections included in corporate bylaws that enabled corporations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
flexible schedule, the lack of appropriate role models in traditionally "male" industries, the impact of maternity leaves on promotion opportunities, and a realignment of ambitions after experiencing parenthood. Barbara A. Piette (MBA '86) worked in venture View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
organizations as being focused on tangible hard metrics like profit or market capitalization. But for-profits also do a lot of organizational capacity-building work. Venture capital investments are very much about building the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
Right Way Authors:Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton Abstract What happens when people try to "dodge" a question they would rather not answer by answering a different question? In four online studies using paid participants, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
in college." Kapoor puts his time-management skills to the test by playing a leadership role in a host of other HBS activities as well. Interested in the convergence of the various media, in 1995 he spearheaded the formation of an organization known as New View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
firms lever up, the overall cost of capital falls as leverage increases equity beta, but as debt becomes riskier the marginal benefit of increasing equity beta declines. As a simple theoretical framework predicts, we find that leverage is... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
The model suggests that the more forward-looking buyers are, the more advantageous it is to use fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) tactics to drive the competing system out. Consider SCO, a small "vulture" firm that had bought up the intellectual property... View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
because what a lot of the commentators believe is moving the electorate. You have an actual view in the electorate. So are you seeing that that what you are hearing from your select group is different from maybe what the media might be... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
during my time at HBS here, I started two organizations. Essentially the theme is, let’s take as many shots on goal as possible. Let’s get capital from as many places as possible to take those shots on goal. And so I started both a... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
as the sector faced increased competition from foreign innovation hubs, was being reshaped by the growth of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) locating R&D centers in Israel, and had to contend with a vexing shortage of human capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne