Filter Results:
(374)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (374)
- Faculty Publications (53)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (374)
- Faculty Publications (53)
- 28 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School
delivery, and communications for three field-based courses in the MBA Program: the FIELD Global Capstone in May of the first year Required Curriculum (RC), the second year Elective Curriculum (EC) Immersive Field Courses (IFCs) in the... View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity-that is, by patterns of prior foundings, of support from related markets, and of institutional activism in a given sector. Building on research on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
the do-it-yourself approach rather than outsourcing to a market research firm is attractive in a cost-cutting era, but you risk getting no more than what you pay for. The opinions of convenience sample of an enthusiastic online brand View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
researchers were able to find similar private firms for a good number of public firms. The team then studied the investment patterns of public and private companies within the match sample. "In particular, we looked at the level of... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
Sophie Q. Wang Abstract—In this paper we document the patterns of labor market participation by women and ethnic minorities in venture capital firms and as founders of venture capital–backed startups. We show that from 1990 to 2016 women... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
entrepreneurs launch their new ventures following a period of employment in established organizations. By Ramana Nanda and Jesper B. Sørensen. 3. Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization Coordination, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
version first. Launch it to test real demand and to better understand usage patterns and segments. If it is successful, raising more capital for developing the digital shouldn’t be a problem. You can then position a more sophisticated... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
Working PapersThe Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions Authors:Lyra Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract The mirroring hypothesis asserts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g., View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United States for identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across U.S. cities with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
even after controlling for the focal district-industry's conditions. The core patterns hold when using local industrial conditions in 1994 to instrument for incumbent conditions in 2000-2005. The results highlight that the traits of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 22
ownership of local businesses in related industries (e.g., those sharing similar labor needs, industries related via input-output markets) predict greater relative female entry rates even after controlling for the focal district-industry's conditions. The core View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Why Soft Skills Still Matter in the Age of AI | Working Knowledge
Career and Workplace Why Soft Skills Still Matter in the Age of AI Featuring Letian Zhang . By Jay Fitzgerald on June 24, 2025 . As AI starts to reshape the workforce, research by Letian Zhang shows that mastering soft skills like View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
avoid backsliding into dysfunctional routines—habitual patterns of negative behavior by individuals and groups that are triggered automatically and unconsciously by familiar circumstances or stimuli. Employees need help maintaining new... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
cross-border finance and in patterns we have seen before. In his new book Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance, Abdelal documents the waxing and waning of international capital controls in the twentieth and twenty-first... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
they were transitory. As Sudip Sen put it, "The 'export' of any activity, be it manufacturing or service outsourcing, is driven by pure economics. True, it has a social and political impact; but more often than not the latter adjusts against the former and not... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
measured by the value of integrated production is negatively correlated with delegation. Surprisingly, absolute size of the firm is negatively related to delegation. The overall pattern of results highlights the need for a nuanced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality? Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract In 1980, India nationalized its large private banks. This induced different bank ownership patterns across different towns,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
magazine publishers in other countries and to continue the pattern of publishing local versions of some of Time Inc.’s better-known titles. “Time and Fortune are global brands,” observes Moore, noting that versions of Time are now edited... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
networks take on distinct structural forms. Technologically stable industries feature clan networks, characterized by low network connectedness and rather strong community structures. Technologically dynamic industries feature View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne