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- 15 Oct 2001
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the Rubble
Pundits and investors spoke giddily of the end of national borders, of markets that spanned the globe and replaced the hefty weight of machines and plants with ephemeral bits of information. This may be true. We do have global markets and View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 28 Feb 2022
- News
Equal Partner
potential investment. “It’s about leveling the playing field,” Aditya says. To date, the firm has connected more than 1 million investors with some 300 companies, raising in excess of $250 million. To... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
start exposing people at a much earlier age about asset management and private equity and why it's a good industry so that you can attract more people to the industry. Chitra: But even when you think about senior levels within private... View Details
Max Palevsky
Palevsky was a pioneer in the burgeoning computer electronics industry. His firm was one of the first companies to create a line of compatible and modular computers using components sourced from a variety of suppliers. Scientific View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
of US start-ups in the twenty-first century have survived beyond three years. As everyone knows, it's not easy to start a venture that gains traction with paying customers. But it's even harder to grow beyond certain levels of sales: Of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
organization in an ongoing process of change and revitalization is necessarily complex. Pitfalls lie waiting where least expected. To avoid the cyclical trap of success-failure-rebirth, firms need to develop competency in simultaneously... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
doing so, you have to screen for lone stars. Q: Is there a particular industry or type of firm that is most susceptible to the lone star syndrome? The problem with these people is that they can poison the organization.— Morten T. Hansen... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Books
How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind (Harvard Business Review Press) How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the “magic”—the tight strategic... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
bit of attention; 96 people submitted 410 programs, and 20 of the contestants had ideas that exceeded researchers’ expectations. The best solution increased the accuracy of the data from 91 percent to 97 percent and increased processing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
began making hiking boots. The cluster later expanded into ski boots and sneakers, and drew investments from major brands like Nordica and Nike. Lead firms started offshoring production to cheaper economies like Romania and China,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
Business School Case 618-021 Great Lakes Banking Group: Data Management In May 2016, Michael Rechtin, an expert in international data center law, advised global financial services View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Privacy Statement (English) - Global
personal data protection laws, including the GDPR. 5. SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA We have taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to provide a level of security... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage describes organizations that, Beer says, "are diametrically opposite to the firms we saw fail on Wall Street. The book's perspective also... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
ATTRACTING INVESTORS like moths to a flame is Firefly Network, Inc. (www.firefly.com), a privately held firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that strives to make the Internet more consumer-friendly. Firefly CEO and co-founder Nicholas Grouf... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
communication levels in their paper, “Communication Within Firms: Evidence From CEO Turnovers,” published in Management Science. And when corporate communication breaks down, it can lead to confusion and stress, low morale, delayed... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
the complex regulatory environment that governs Indian gaming. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51932 Fall 2016 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management The Impact of Supplier Inventory Service View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Diversity on Boards - Alumni
Careers Diversity on Boards Careers Diversity on Boards Back to Diversity on Boards Featured Content HBS Women on Boards Library: A curated research portal of articles and data about gender diversity on boards.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
differing results of high-tech companies started in Silicon Valley and Boston's Route 128 loop. What is different about Nanda's work is that it's some of the first research to go beyond the regional level to consider peer effects within a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
that’s essential for creativity and efficiency. Chopped-up schedules interrupt deep thinking, so people come to work early, stay late, or use weekends for quiet time to concentrate. And dysfunctional meeting behaviors are associated with lower View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne