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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
infancy. That, in turn, led to an experience working with a wealthy family in medical philanthropy searching for a cure for a rare dementia, and the idea for Aging2.0. "This combined my interest in trends with a desire to do something... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
PublicationsForeign Direct Investment and Growth: On the Role of Complementarities, the Search for Mechanisms, and the Potential for Linkages Authors:Alfaro, Laura, and Matthew Johnson Publication:Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1
Erika Wagner Abstract—Alan MacCormack, Fiona Murray, and Erika Wagner examine the phenomenon of corporations using innovation contests. They write: "Companies are searching for better ways to identify and exploit novel solutions.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
supplement:http://hbr.org/search/710023-PDF-ENG Home Nursing of North Carolina Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 212-120 Ari Medoff's (HBS '11) goal was to control his own professional destiny by owning his own company. His View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
framing price appropriately.” Alternatively, currently popular strategic doctrine has many executives sailing off, like Ahab or Sinbad, in search of "blue oceans"—market spaces where allegedly no one else is fishing. Avoiding... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
would provide the specialists and the full range of necessary care for patients suffering from chronic diseases or disabilities such as diabetes or bad backs. Rather than leaving it to the patient to search for a specialist in one area,... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
difference in the world. To that end, we search for opportunities to contribute to the study of leadership and the development of content for the MBA Program and various executive education offerings. Throughout our work, we seek to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
in search of concepts that provide the illusion of meaning where none exists." To see their point, consider your FICA contributions. The government calls them "taxes," but it (or you) could equally well call them... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
good for our side must be bad for them," and vice versa. This mindset calls off the search for wise tradeoffs that would benefit both sides. Although it has saved many at-risk species, the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) has... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
colleagues performed worse (i.e., were more likely to lose the bid) than those than did not obtain and use such knowledge, in part because some teams underestimated the search and transfer costs involved in using knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
for traditional internships but nothing felt...right. In search of inspiration and clarity, I spent time outside the classroom reading and listening to stories -- autobiographies, podcasts, novels, documentaries, cases. I was particularly... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What I Was Not Expecting: Rerouting Towards My Passion at HBS
remembered that I had once said that I wanted to use these two years to make a stop and reformulate my professional goals, to find out what motivates me and to explore different alternatives, things that I had never tried before. I redefined my View Details
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- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
clients,” Treacy notes, adding the most important takeaway the company received from the NVC was retrospection. “The HBS competition was the first real opportunity I had to step back from the hectic day-to-day and really do some soul View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
center-based, on-demand childcare company, was in search of unique funding models to fuel its expansion beyond two existing locations. Too small for private equity, in a sector that doesn’t attract VCs, and without enough of a track... View Details
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Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, and financial... View Details
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- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
are asking, "What more can we do?" There's a search for better answers. MP: That said, there's an almost universal view that our federal political system is one of the greatest threats to our economic future—because of its... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612045-PDF-ENG Recorded Future: Searching the Web for Alpha Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-057 Recorded Future was a software company that aimed to aggregate the information... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13
Case of Search Platforms Authors:Hanna Hałaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We show that a two-sided platform can successfully compete by limiting the choice of potential matches it offers to its customers while charging higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29
search engine marketing and social media help? In 2008 Slanket CEO, Gary Clegg, found that his product, a blanket with sleeves, had been eclipsed by The Snuggie, another sleeved blanket. Snuggie made a brazen entry into the market with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
Explorer years before. After AOL acquired Netscape, the Mozilla team had been unsure of their future, but they recently gained their independence with a new independent, nonprofit foundation. What partners should Firefox include as their default View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace