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- 11 Aug 2011
- News
Thinking beyond pay to keep your star employees
- 2017
- Book
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurs; Small Companies; Small Business Finance; Negotiation; Due Diligence; Sourcing; Search Funds; Search; Deal Sourcing; Deal Structuring; Funnel; Debt Financing; Small And Medium Enterprises; Small Business; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Deal; Ownership; Equity; Borrowing and Debt
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company. Harvard Business Review Press, 2017.
- September 2015
- Technical Note
FIELD 2: Situation Analysis
By: Jill Avery
In this note, we present a method, the 5 C's Analysis, for collecting and analyzing information about the internal and external environments that firms face. This analysis will enable you to develop design ideas for a new product or service for your Global Partner that... View Details
- 11 Jul 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Channeled Attention and Stable Errors
- 02 Jan 2022
- News
What Do You Think You Should Be Paid?
- March 2018
- Supplement
EKOL Logistics: Thinking Outside the Box: Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Willy C. Shih and Esel Çekin
- 2013
- Conference Presentation
Brokerage Spaces: How Informal Networks Transform Formal Structure In The Pursuit Of Complex Tasks
By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri
Gulati, Ranjay, and Luciana Silvestri. "Brokerage Spaces: How Informal Networks Transform Formal Structure In The Pursuit Of Complex Tasks." Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2013.
- Article
Consistent Belief in a Good True Self in Misanthropes and Three Interdependent Cultures
By: Julian De Freitas, Hagop Sarkissian, George E. Newman, Igor Grossman, Felipe De Brigard, Andres Luco and Joshua Knobe
People sometimes explain behavior by appealing to an essentialist concept of the self, often
referred to as the true self. Existing studies suggest that people tend to believe that the true self is
morally virtuous; that is deep inside, every person is motivated to... View Details
Keywords: Concepts; Social Cognition; Moral Reasoning; True Self; Culture; Misanthropy; Behavior; Values and Beliefs; Moral Sensibility
De Freitas, Julian, Hagop Sarkissian, George E. Newman, Igor Grossman, Felipe De Brigard, Andres Luco, and Joshua Knobe. "Consistent Belief in a Good True Self in Misanthropes and Three Interdependent Cultures." Cognitive Science 42, no. S1 (2018): 134–160.
- June 2003
- Article
Thinking Real: Key to Financial Analysis in Deflationary Periods
By: David Hawkins
Hawkins, David. "Thinking Real: Key to Financial Analysis in Deflationary Periods." Accounting Bulletin, no. 119 (June 2003).
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Thinking deeply about how to have an impact
Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), director of the Social Enterprise Initiative, is helping the next generation of leaders across all sectors—public, private, and non-profit—think deeply about how they can make a difference in the world. He is... View Details
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
co-chaired the conference and co-edited the book, with the idea of capturing as much as possible of the excellent thinking that came out during this event. By "broadband explosion" we mean the... View Details
- 20 Jan 2021
- News
Mission possible: How start-up thinking can help public projects
- 2015
- Book
What You Really Need To Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner
By: Robert Steven Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert Steven. What You Really Need To Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2015.
- 13 Aug 2020
- News
Inflation Is Actually a Lot Higher Than You Think
- 20 Jul 2021
- News
America's Medical Debt Is Much Worse Than We Think
- February 2008
- Teaching Note
Innovation at Timberland: Thinking Outside the Shoe Box (TN)
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [306064]. View Details
- September 1985
- Background Note
Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures
By: Howard H. Stevenson and John R. Van Slyke
Describes the thought process an entrepreneur should undergo before committing to a course of action. Covers understanding the opportunity--assessing the critical skills, resources, relationships, and approvals--developing an action plan; forming a business entity;... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Framework; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Resource Allocation
Stevenson, Howard H., and John R. Van Slyke. "Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures." Harvard Business School Background Note 386-075, September 1985.
- summer 1992
- Article
What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?" Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 29–41.