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- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
Noam Wasserman is an assistant professor and MBA Class of 1961 Fellow in the entrepreneurial management unit at Harvard Business School. His paper "Founder-CEO Succession and the Paradox of Entrepreneurial Success," published in... View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Mary Tripsas, Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School, is interested in how radical technological change transforms industries, and how such change affects established firms and creates... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
creditors for quality reporting. In contrast, the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis posits that public equity firms, because their managers have a greater incentive to manage earnings, have lower... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
leaders who managed to navigate their organizations through unpredictable social, political, and regulatory environments. To help fill this gap, Harvard Business School's Creating Emerging Markets project is building a rich library of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
induced about 12 percent of the pharmaceutical market to buy that way. Once that was done, it was comparatively straightforward to use the same inducements to persuade people who had Web access to do that over the Internet, saving the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20
make it the norm. August 2013 Management Science Pareto Efficiency in Robust Optimization By: Iancu, Dan, and Nikolaos Trichakis Abstract—This paper formalizes and adapts the well-known concept of Pareto e ciency in the context of the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
customers. By having each company specialize in one activity, the companies together do everything more efficiently for the customer. Of course, managing all of these different suppliers of services can be a hassle for consumers.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
but people will still refer to it as Boaty I say take the gift and run with it!” Frank D. did indeed run with it, suggesting that “The life boats could be Life Boaties. He (apparently referring to the gender of the boat) could teach kids... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
communications readers used by Apple Pay unless consumer demand is high. First off, Apple must convince merchants to adopt its service, says Willy Shih, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice. “I think Apple has its... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
they trust? And wouldn't those trusted stores in return be motivated to use that information wisely? "The challenge is to give people a claim on their identities while protecting them from mistreatment," says Deighton. "The... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10057.html August 2013 Edward Elgar Publishing Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
unfreezing a labor market that saw jobs going unfilled even as people were looking for work? Has it created a pool of “new” talent—that is, prospective employees with work experience seeking new career opportunities? The female labor... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
savings in the development of art assets for their video games. However, the firm's management find themselves at a point at which they feel they need to make a strategic decision that will enable Glass Egg to grow more substantially and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
the industry as a whole flown under the radar for so long? Do you think companies are taking advantage of the fact that the public is uncomfortable (or unwilling) to confront this industry? A: I think that's exactly right. People who... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
Many of these shortcomings can be attributed to the Bank's inability or unwillingness to fully integrate accountability to affected peoples into incentive structures for staff. In addition, there has been little improvement in terms of... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
March 2015 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A Behavioral Model of the Popularity and Regulation of Demandable Liabilities By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—Overoptimism regarding one's ability to arrive early in a queue is shown to rationalize deposit contracts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
let people pay their bills online, and airline apps let them check in and monitor the status of their flights. (2) Offer unique value. In South Korea, commuters can use an app to order groceries while waiting for their trains. (3) Provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
when he began his own pottery workshop in 1759. Nevertheless, each of the three, she writes, instinctively grasped the fundamentals of earning long-term customer trust and loyalty. Effective brand creation and management have a vital... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
equally well—a lack of awareness that persists even when these inflated expectations prove costly. We show that although people expect to cheat, they do not foresee self-deception, and that factors which reinforce the benefits of cheating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne