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11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

Francisco 49ers football team, and Grousbeck, CEO of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. The fund focuses on sports media content, an industry headed to $60 billion in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

22 Feb 2024
Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

fundamentals of what it takes to build a company alongside a cohort of 30 other technically minded individuals (a subset of the broader HBS class), then use the program as a... View Details

Rebecca A. Karp

Rebecca Karp is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Karp is a field researcher and ethnographer. Her research examines how companies formulate and... View Details

25 Mar 2016
Video

David Frankel, Managing Partner, Founder Collective

20 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over

For marketers, how big is the World Cup? Its power can't be overstated. Some 3 billion people will watch the tournament, and marketers will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to engage their attention.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

2007
Chapter

Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals

By: Michael Beer and Niclas Adler

The gap between theory and practice has been of concern to both practitioners and academics, yet other than pleas to close the gap with more accessible writing by academics and more interest in research by practitioners few systematic efforts have been made to close... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Knowledge Management; Management; Goals and Objectives; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement; Practice; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Theory; Value; United States

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13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

candidacy in the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and then applying for and being granted a waiver of medical and psychiatric prerequisites so that I could receive full training in clinical psychoanalysis.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2009
News

Up on the Green Roof

and companies tax breaks, rebates, and higher-density building allowances for installing green roofs. Chicago, a national leader in green roof installation, now has more than 400 constructed or planned green roofs in View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Construction of Buildings; Construction

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

ahead-of-its-time health benefits to its workers in the 1930s and beyond, Nicholas notes. But the company also was engulfed in a high-profile price-fixing scandal in View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

to explore.) PLUS: Alumni experts on what big ideas we’ll see in 2016. The experiment started with weather balloons attached to Styrofoam beer coolers, each with a wireless router inside. It was proof of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

January 2010
Article

Buy Local? The Geography of Successful Venture Capital Expansion

By: Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner

We document geographic concentration by both venture capital firms and venture capital-financed companies in three metropolitan areas: San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We find that venture capital firms locate in regions with high success rates of venture... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Expansion; Success; Capital; Geographic Location; Business Units; Corporate Accountability; Business Offices; Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Boston; New York (state, US); San Francisco

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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: National Markets National Markets Advertising Products Trade Catalogs... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

to ‘Dr. Famous,’ who was booked for 17 weeks out, while brand-new doctors only had 30 percent of their schedules filled.” Inspired by the efficiency that companies like Travelocity brought to View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

of character...we want [the student] to start thinking about issues...to think about the ethics of someone in a company making 10 million dollars and someone making three thousand dollars a year...about how... View Details

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

Grounding innovation in science also results in more unique products. For companies with thousands of patents, the value difference quickly adds up. "If you are willing dive into View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Dec 2017
News

Case Study: The Doctor Deficit

two-sided marketplace, it must achieve a critical mass of both employers and employees in each market to be successful, an endeavor that takes time and resources. Focusing on a small number of states would allow the View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

Company based in Boston, Glassman (HBS MBA '69) said issues such as homelessness, women's rights and outreach to the gay and lesbian community have shaped his own life and the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

Wahlen of MIT Sloan—examine whether such “wisdom of the crowd” can beat the odds in predicting a blockbuster at a higher rate than the gut of an individual producer. "While... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

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