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  • 18 Oct 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

marketing pitch made to study participants by our project staff. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/nashraf/aamy_SavingsinTransnationalHouseholds.pdf August 2013 Journal of Finance Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

product or a new way of thinking about the business. The leader of the Google X team that developed Project Loon (the self-driving car), Astro Teller, is cited by investor John Doerr for this elegant definition: “If you want your car to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

look at how companies could more effectively leverage structured, randomized experiments to inform decision-making. His goal: Enable C-suite leaders to avoid the blind spots and blunders that can occur when making decisions based on data and large-scale tests. The... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

is the right organization to operate the blockchain project. What challenges will the project face? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518089-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-101 WeWork WeWork co-founder Miguel... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Jun 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

our economy and our global competitiveness? The IS2K presentation "The Impact of Future Telecommunications Infrastructures" offered the two scenarios above, the result of an IEEE-USA/Cornell University project to point the way toward... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

more credible monitoring regimes to reduce information asymmetries between themselves and their suppliers. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343802   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 514-064 Outotec (A): View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2006
  • First Look

First Look: December 19, 2006

new way of looking at the traditional organizational structure of cost and profit centers. Every unit, by contributing to effective strategy execution, has the opportunity to support and create profit. This capability has important implications for specifying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

implications for the path of observable measures of technology adoption. We estimate our model using data on the diffusion of 15 technologies in 166 countries over the last two centuries. We evaluate the implications of our estimates for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

River, the Chilean government, and international conservation groups results. The conflict threatens the completion of the project and the longstanding culture and community of the Penhuenche, the indigenous people of the Upper Biobio.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

development and manufacturing growth of their home countries. The most recent work here, with my HBS colleague Fritz Foley, studies how U.S. ethnic inventors aid the FDI and foreign R&D sourcing of U.S. multinationals in their home countries. A second set of View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

implications for how policymakers should evaluate the financial reporting environment facing firms. A real-world tax shelter is dissected to illustrate how tax shelter products enable managers to manipulate reported earnings. A stylized... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies Authors:Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein, and Katharine L. Lee Abstract Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to... View Details
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

article they describe how to properly design and execute A/B and other controlled tests, ensure their integrity, interpret results, and avoid pitfalls. They argue that if a company sets up the right infrastructure and software, it will be able to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

Basin Project: Role for Dr. Beni Harvard Business School Exercise 909-041 The director of a research coalition and the founder/coordinator of an NGO consortium meet to discuss the possibility of jointly drafting a proposal for an integrated research and development... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

client and project context. Leading firms recognize this is not effective and so insist on greater staff continuity. While expensive in the near term, the long-term payoff is deemed worthwhile. Leading firms also pay greater attention to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

outcomes while controlling for the endogenous matching of projects and organizational forms. Solo firm leases are less profitable than alliance leases because alliance members combine their information and expertise. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 10, 2015

workers' capacity for growth, and conduct data-based project reviews. To counter the bias toward action—and the unthinking perpetual motion and exhaustion that ensue—leaders can schedule more work breaks and make time for reflection. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

public-private partnerships to stimulate commercialization of Danish scientific research within the country's industry. DNATF established a process for evaluating proposals, making project awards, and then... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

that represents the interests of key stakeholders and expertise required is critical. Identify opportunities to address compelling problems that will enable you to accelerate through the crisis. In evaluating potential opportunities, I... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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