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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
Freiberg. And Gamer Sensei, founded by William Collis and Rohan Gopaldas (both MBA 2011), is designed to train the next generation of esports professionals and the amateur gamers who make up the majority of the esports audience. The website matches players with... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
year. Those megamergers, combined with thousands of smaller transactions around the country, reached $650 billion, "nearly twice the dollar volume and the number of deals of the peak year of the 1980s," according to the Wall Street Journal. What's going on? Why are so... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
members, and other experts around a variety of issues related to the pandemic. Sadun’s findings are summarized in the report “Re-starting under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from around the World.” Additional research related to the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
will we be able to truly understand the policy we have and how we might improve it. Q: What are you working on now? A: To add evidence to my argument about people using a variety of criteria to judge tax policy, I am running surveys in... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
factories, a retail franchise, a cattle ranch, a 5,000-acre plantation, a sawmill, and an exporting business before the end of British colonial rule in 1960. Seizing business opportunities as he saw demand, Odutola moved between markets at every opportunity, creating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
they face. We see this in many different places. The insight is that what you want to do is open up your problem to other people—not just to serendipity, but in some systematic way. What we don't know is whether some firms may be large enough by themselves to already... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006
engineer has invented a breakthrough, but refuses to assign the intellectual property to the firm, despite having agreed to do so in his employment contract. Fogg must choose from a variety of options, including prosecution of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
alternatives. Expensing, I think, would actually liberate companies by enabling them to choose among a variety of compensation methods they've heretofore been ignoring because they involved expensing. The board must be wired into all... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
Case Study and a Model," you tackle this widely held belief. Is it borne out by reality? What surprised you about the experience of STAR TV in Asia? Ghemawat: It is widely believed that globally standardized product varieties are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
a variety of measures, including tolls, to shelter local enterprises from competition. They are motivated by the need to protect the local tax base. Without it, local officials stand to lose a major source of revenue needed to pay their... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
Odesk and eLance, the newly combined firm continues to face problems of clients "circumventing" the Upwork platform after an initial match. This case explores a variety of options for how Kasriel might prevent circumvention and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
explore the effect of adding a functional alibi in a variety of marketing contexts, and we examine various consumer populations representing diverse demographics. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51829 Fall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
Entrepreneurs By: Olds, Gareth Abstract—This paper explores how eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamps Program) affects firm formation. Using a variety of identification... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016
Through contemporary examples from a variety of industries and geographies, this collection provides students with an appreciation for the importance of consumer empowerment and consumer behavior in shaping both health and corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
proven by the historical evidence of the past. Or more precisely, there have been a wide variety of outcomes, but one persistent generalization is that foreign direct investment does not bring sustainable development unless the host... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
deep analytical traction. To the extent there are faculty who study leadership, they are scattered throughout a variety of different schools at a university and throughout different departments. And so I think there would need to be an... View Details
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
want to equip the community with the tools needed to have these conversations in a variety of settings. Getting to that, and getting to that quickly, will be key in the coming months. I think we're on track to do that. What's coming up... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
Marshall took over in the early 1980s. Says Berg, "Considering OPMers' diversity - ages from 30 to 65, some with Ph.D.s, others without high-school diplomas, half from outside the United States, and in a wide variety of businesses ranging... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Chirchirillo, “It’s a game-changer. Now we can go from print-to-part faster than anyone in the world.” The coin of the realm: The intricate patterns of metal stampings form the innards of component parts for a variety of manufactured... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
overlook our most powerful tool for effecting change: our own thoughts. Through a variety of exercises called Think Keys, Zaltman guides the reader through the mind’s most important unconscious and conscious dynamics. Zaltman has used... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman