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- 17 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men
treatment for women in the workplace, including lower pay and fewer promotions to upper management. 10 years of data studied To investigate the issue of financial misconduct, the researchers used a detailed set of data from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority... View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research
production technology who used attorneys in connection with his patenting work at a time when Japan was still in the process of formally institutionalizing its patent attorney system. In accordance with Lamoreaux and Sokoloff's... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
animals, as well as fertilizers and new techniques. There's a huge amount of human capital and knowledge invested in farming. Q: What sets energy apart from these other industries? A: The first and most obvious is that it's difficult to differentiate energy as a View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
characteristics of the waste-to-energy operation, the market characteristics for waste disposal and energy, and the mechanisms regulators use to encourage production of renewable energy, we determine the profit-maximizing operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
restructured operations to make them more efficient, and sold off older, less productive ships. “Some of that weeding out of less-efficient capital may have happened eventually, but this really accelerated that process,” Gilson says.... View Details
- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
their own versions of it. Rethinking the discovery problem The rise of the internet democratized the publishing and distribution of information and entertainment. In the process, it created an enormous discovery problem. Those with an idea or View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- 26 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Lingo 101
choose from, as well as opportunities to cross-register with other Harvard schools, MIT’s School of Management, and Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts. Additionally, ECs can enroll in an Immersive Field Course (IFC), or to design their own View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently acting VP of View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
evaluate their theory by looking at the design evolution of two software product platforms through the modeling lens of design structure matrices (DSMs) and design rule theory. Our analysis shows that DSM models and options theory can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
particular field your venture intends to address, you may need a cofounder with domain specific expertise. Having domain expertise will not only inform the product strategy, but will also help the venture gain credibility in the market... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
superconducting know-how to quantum computing, which was finally beginning to gain traction. By 2017, Hypres had launched SEEQC as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2019, the company spun out as an independent entity. Today, SEEQC has 32... View Details
- 21 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life
contribution and enjoyment independently contribute to a meaningful life. Interestingly, participants thought that Ariana herself only found her life meaningful when she was fulfilled; it did not matter whether she was making a high or... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
estimator is available in Stata. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/ate_clustering_text_20110228_FINAL.pdf Work, Ownership, and Productive Enfranchisement Author:Nien-hê Hsieh Publication:In Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
dropped altogether. Furthermore, it’s not obvious how Maev’s superior products could sell themselves in a crowded frozen pet food aisle. With DTC, a website can tell the brand’s story; in a retail store, View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
Surveillance Capitalism, you are fooling yourself.” David Wittenberg stated the case for the position that the source of the problem is us. “No matter how much businesses know about us, they cannot sell to us unless their products make... View Details
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 11 Dec 2023 Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag Alumni Consumer Products / Retail Student & Alumni Stories Kyle Leahy (MBA 2011) stepped... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 25 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Collaborating Across Cultures
ingredients from different cultures. Each person was then paired with someone from another cultural background and asked to collaborate to produce a recipe different than those either had created individually. These recipes were then rated on creativity by two View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
role in innovation, and those who did underplayed the depth of that role. “Jeff Bezos is not coming up with every new product. He is probably not coming up with the vast, vast majority of them,” one analyst stated. However, our findings suggest that Bezos is actively... View Details