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- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
observers rate those who reveal even questionable behavior more positively (experiments 4A and 4B). The negative impact of hiding holds whether opting not to disclose unflattering (drug use, poor grades, and sexually transmitted diseases)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
including a monopolist, two competing multichannel retailers, as well as a mixed duopoly. Though self-matching can negatively impact a retailer when consumers pay the lower price, we uncover two novel mechanisms that can make... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
unpopular and very costly war in Iraq. Meanwhile, countries that used to be called "less developed" became emerging markets, and have invested much more in the development of talent than we have. So there are also concerns about... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
of the industry cannot be overemphasized: they included pioneering players who launched important firms and invested in some of society's most important companies. As VC increasingly becomes a worldwide phenomenon, moreover, HBS will... View Details
- September 2023
- Teaching Note
Patagonia: 'Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder'
By: Brian Trelstad, Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael Norris and Susan Pinckney
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-057. Patagonia’s change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order to use the company’s profit to fight the environmental crisis and be a model for future businesses. View Details
Keywords: Trusts; Business Ventures; Business Organization; Family Business; Restructuring; Change; Disruption; Transition; Decision Making; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Financial Management; Governance; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Innovation Leadership; Labor; Law; Common Law; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Ownership; Ownership Type; Family Ownership; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Value; Value Creation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
because an “I” was not dotted or “T” crossed. They may have access to pen testers or be familiar with compliance requirements for things like PIA, HIPAA, or SOX through other portfolio companies’ experiences; even if it’s just asking when to worry about it vs. holding... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
Abstract—Can a business case be made for acting sustainably? This is a difficult question to answer precisely, largely because there is no generally accepted definition of the term "sustainability." Is it acting sustainably to protect the human rights of the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
Industry: A Historical Perspective By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter explores the impact of the global beauty industry on beauty ideals. It shows that as the industry internationalized from the late nineteenth century, there was a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Toffel Periodical:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially responsible" investments as well... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
business together and so are willing to invest resources in building a highly functional link, especially one that allows their information systems to interact on routine tasks without human intervention. This intervention is costly and... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
company's long-term success. And Job's track record is hit or miss, he says. Take Apple's return to investors. Yoffie says that if you invested a dollar in Apple in 1992, it would be worth $.79 today. The S&P 500 over that same time... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
methods of instruction. These meetings led to a broad commitment to case-method teaching and, in 1921, a formal faculty vote that officially changed the name of the school's approach from the "problem method" to the "case method." Most important,... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
development—such as case discussions, lectures, simulations, coaching sessions, live projects, etc.,—in terms of their potential to develop executives for the future. We then examine the impact of the forces of digital disruption—the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
supervisory stringency during the most recent recession is likely to have a statistically significant impact on total loans and loan capacity for several years—approximately 20 quarters—after the onset of the tighter supervisory... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
decided to evaluate strategic alternatives due to financial difficulties. Parks Capital must now decide whether to acquire U.S. Retail, to fund ACCM so it acquires U.S. Retail, or to sit on the sidelines. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
fourth possibility is that some sectors of the economy, particularly services, pose a drag on productivity increases, although our own analysis of productivity trends over the past three decades does not provide consistent evidence of this. Or is it that profitable... View Details
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
of tech-savvy citizens and managers. What of the impact on investors and the financial community? Columnist David Brooks has suggested that new technologies actually fostered lightning-fast investment... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
reporting, and rewarding end and effect—economic growth—than the means and causes of economic growth? Is there too long a lag time between the two to interest managers (and in some cases even policymakers)? Is there too great a physical and psychological gap between... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
significant increases in public funding for energy R&D. Some commentators are suggesting that these increases need to be sustained and are advocating for increases of as much as 300 or 400 percent, suggesting that the U.S. needs a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in which to examine this question since entrepreneurial ventures supplying cadavers for medical science have recently emerged alongside traditional academic-housed programs, raising both hopes and fears... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace