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  • Article

The Wisdom of Competitive Crowds

By: Kenneth C. Lichtendahl, Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Phillip E. Pfeifer
When several individuals are asked to forecast an uncertain quantity, they often face implicit or explicit incentives to be the most accurate. Despite the desire to elicit honest forecasts, such competition induces forecasters to report strategically and nontruthfully.... View Details
Keywords: Forecast; Forecasting and Prediction
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Gender Bias, Social Impact Framing, and Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Ventures

By: Matthew Lee and Laura Huang
Recent studies find that female-led ventures are penalized relative to male-led ventures due to role incongruity, or a perceived “lack of fit,” between female stereotypes and expected personal qualities of business entrepreneurs. We examine whether social impact... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Framework; Perception; Performance Evaluation
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  • March 2017
  • Case

Swagbucks

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
In early 2016, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, and Josef Gorowitz, Prodege’s founder and president, must decide whether to acquire MyPoints, a competitor to Swagbucks, after the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Loyalty Management; Scaling; Scale; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Leading Change; Growth Management; Religion; Technology; Online Technology; Internet; Transition; Leadership; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 2016
  • Article

Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners

By: Andy Wu
We study information aggregation in organizational decision-making for the financing of entrepreneurial ventures. We introduce a formal model of voting where agents face costly tacit information to improve their decision quality. Equilibrium outcomes suggest a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Angel Investors; Organization Design; Voting; Group Decision-making; Information; Strategy; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Financing and Loans
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  • June 2007 (Revised April 2009)
  • Case

Intel 2006: Rising to the Graphics Challenge

By: Willy C. Shih and Elie Ofek
Examines the evolution of the PC hardware industry over the span of two and a half decades. The open architecture design of the IBM Personal Computer followed by the rapid appearance of clones drove a high level of standardization and modularity in the industry, and... View Details
Keywords: History; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Infrastructure; Competitive Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology Industry
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  • 07 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

multiple colleagues in a year were 11 percent more likely to be promoted than those who made no calls. “We found that if a manager is more inclusive, that person is more likely to be promoted to CEO within the next year, and twice as... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711417-PDF-ENG Plavix: Drugs in the Age of Personalized Medicine Richard G. Hamermesh, Mara G. Aspinall, and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Note 811-001 PIavix, one of the world's best... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2021
  • Op-Ed

When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative

When I first started teaching executive education classes at Harvard Business School, I was part of a team of five professors who conducted one-week programs for leaders of businesses from all across the globe. Most of my colleagues had extensive experience to draw on:... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
  • 2013
  • Book

Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending

By: Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton
If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right. Two rising stars in behavioral science explain how money can buy happiness—if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Happy Money offers a tour of new research on the science of... View Details
Keywords: Happiness; Spending; Personal Finance
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  • 24 Apr 2017
  • Op-Ed

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

teams, energizes customers, and positions their companies as leaders in societal change. The dictionary definition of courage is “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear.”... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage
  • 25 Apr 2024
  • News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

person is higher than me on the desirability scale. Maybe I’m more desirable than I thought I was. Confidence leads to better outcomes,” he says. Some love matches fizzled. When a targeting man was very desirable but a focal woman had low... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • Web

FAQ - Alumni

amount will be split 50/50 for tax purposes but each person will receive class credit and recognition for the full amount of the gift. Contact HBS Gift Management at 617.495.6207 or gifts@hbs.edu if you have additional questions about... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

when they're not qualified to do so. The first question an advice-giver should ask is: Am I the best person to help? If someone comes to you for advice and you know you're not able to provide helpful, thoughtful input, it's OK to pass,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

advice. Rock VC Partners — Experienced VCs provide 1:1 feedback and advice. New Venture Competition — All entrants receive in person and written feedback from entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts. Professors — Get insights from... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2023
  • Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

Silverthorne: What skills do capitalists need to maneuver effectively in environments where laws may be absent, institutions are weak, and stability is more or less dependent on one person or party’s ability to hold power? Rithmire:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Nov 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

When your boss asks you to meet with clients for last-minute drinks, are you tempted to clear your calendar, even if it means missing your child’s piano recital? If so, you’re among the many professionals who tend to prioritize professional relationships over View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

organization’s behavior align with its stated mission? Increase diversity. More voices and more perspectives reduce the complicity of those in the majority who may be perpetuating inequity. “You need to ask yourself, if this person is... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 13 Jun 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

Employees with outgoing personalities may seem like they could charm their way to the top of any company. But there’s a down side to being the life of the party, according to new research: People often assume their extroverted colleagues... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 25 Aug 2015
  • First Look

First Look Tuesday

Publications Forthcoming Management Science How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics By: Chung, Doug J. Abstract—Intercollegiate athletics in the United States have become a multibillion-dollar industry over the past several decades. In this... View Details