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- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
status of the individual. Then, in a field experiment at an entrepreneurial pitch competition, where pride displays are common and stakes are high, we find suggestive evidence that learning about the failures of a successful entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
directly vulnerability to multi-homing, which happens when users form ties with two or more competing platforms network bridging, which allows platforms to leverage users and data from one network in another network When entrepreneurs are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
social impact frames on venture evaluations did not apply to men, was not due to perceptions of increased competence, and was not conditional on the gender of evaluators. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that social impact framing increases attributions of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
Repeated and, as of this writing, ongoing revelations of corporate wrongdoing over the past two years have eroded public trust in business institutions and executives to levels not seen in decades. A recent Gallup poll indicates that... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models Authors:Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas Publication:Journal of Business Ethics Abstract In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Publications Civilization: The Six Ways the West Beat the Rest Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Review the book: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
have remained brisk. By 2015, facial care was a $1 billion market in India, and skin lighteners represented almost half that market size. The facial care market is expected to grow to $1.96 billion—nearly doubling in size—by 2019. “The campaign has helped a lot in... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
analysts, auditors, and accounting standards—rush in to fill that gap. Even in cases where a certain company dominates a market to create a near monopoly, entrepreneurs can find competitive advantages to create new opportunities—think IBM... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
opposed. Which path should ZappRx take? The case is a window into the early go-to-market and business model decisions that an entrepreneur must make, in this case in the face of pushback from her own management team. The case also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
news network, or on their own. The cognitive referents traded the additional publicity that a big public debut offered for tighter control over their timeline and for having a meaningful message that would... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
that seeks to improve society by identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs who launch organizations to attack some of the world's most difficult problems. After turning Echoing Green around and re-building an organization almost... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
of 1906 further assisted the management of product color in the food business by regulating and endorsing the industry's color control practices. By 1938, food dyes had achieved such widespread use, and had raised such public concern,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
amortization (EBITDA) margin of over 8%. At the executive education program, Jaime had learned that entrepreneurs could build on their unique attributes and capabilities to expand and grow their businesses. Should he continue to expand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
operation and to understand the tradeoffs between customer service and labor utilization. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/618062-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-104 Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
more than $10 billion in deal volume per year, on average, but they also play an important role in defining the relationship between inside and outside shareholders in every public company. Delaware courts and lawyers in transactional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
Falato, Antonio, and David Scharfstein Abstract—We present evidence that pressure to maximize short-term stock prices and earnings leads banks to increase risk. We start by showing that banks increase risk when they transition from private to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new online investing category between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Shibusawa lived almost twice as long as Hamilton, and after working in the public sector he was able to contribute substantially to the private sector, too. He was involved with the launch of nearly 500 companies over his lifetime. The... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
fast-food chain Chicken Republic, and Ayo Oduntan, founder of an integrated Nigerian poultry operation (Amo Byng Group), are among a growing cadre of skilled food-industry entrepreneurs for whom the opportunities to serve the Nigerian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
enjoying my colleague Tom Eisenmann's latest book, Why Startups Fail. This book is a well-crafted collection of case examples of how startups fail. Eisenmann offers a means for both entrepreneurs and their investors to see around corners... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland