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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
Editor’s Note The December issue’s “Last Look” photo generated several richly detailed e-mails that appear below. Cold in the Wintertime I know the “Last Look” scene well, having lived at Harvard Way Extension from the summer of 1946... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
surgery or other medical care. Finally, prepare long-term rehabilitation. Those three tasks must be accomplished in order. As for the $700 billion proposal described as a bailout by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, it is deliberately void of many View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
across multiple generations. A More Just Future By Dolly Chugh (MBA 1994; PHDOB 2006) Atria Books The racial fault lines of our country have been revealed in stark detail as our national news cycle is flooded with stories about the past.... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
in 2016 as Barbaros Ozbugutu, co-founder and CEO of the Istanbul-based payment technology start-up iyzico, contemplates the offers the company received for its Series C round. The case then describes iyzico’s origins and provides a View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
established firm," explains Teixeira, who details the phenomenon in a recent paper, The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors, coauthored with HBS Research Associate Peter Jamieson (HBS MBA'14). The companies spearheading the trend look... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
checks and balances to keep them accountable, including detailed financial reporting, private companies have no such thing. Because of that, the SEC currently allows only accredited investors—meaning those who can attest to a certain... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
(Dot) Com Karthik Ramanna and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 112-078 Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India who have been the victims of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
feeling high rental prices would lock local residents and businesses out of the market. Hollywood and Highland or Sunset and Vine? Turner planned to make his decision soon. Details the economics of both projects. Purchase this case: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
one that I don't go into great detail in the book since I'm very much interested in all of these other countries' reaction toward Russia, and whether they're going to be part of Europe or not. When Russians talk about the post-Soviet... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
and error took a toll.” On the detailed level, CEOs “worked on scenario planning and cost-cutting.” Most made retaining staff a priority: “We worked hard to retain all the roles we could. We ended up furloughing some people and switched... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
management, and telemedicine. This note also contains a glossary of key terms and acronyms in this space as well as exhibits detailing unit economics, market dynamics, and key players. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
"You want it to be unforgettable in a good way, which requires attention to many details and the participants' recognition that the lessons are very useful to solve business innovation problems. The magic is what makes the innovation part... View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
Corruption doesn't announce itself with a capital C. It is subtler and thornier than that—as one HBS student found out the hard way during a recent summer internship in Tanzania. In a new case detailing his experience, the student... View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
open collaborative sample. Based on a detailed analysis of the cases in which the mirroring hypothesis was not supported, we introduce the concept of actionable transparency as a means of achieving coordination without mirroring. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin GinsburghHarvard Business School Case 210-024 A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The case provides the reader with a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
Michael Morris and Paul Ingram at Columbia Business School, we surveyed Executive MBA students in Beijing, Shanghai, and New York, asking them detailed questions about their professional networks. These executives first identified... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
change. In particular, we examine how banking professionals resisted efforts of larger banks to expand their domains by acquiring smaller banks within individual communities. Drawing on a detailed community-level dataset of U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
burnout. Amid the uncertainty, Harvard Business School faculty share some research-backed insights for leaders, people managers, and job seekers. Sandra Sucher: Tech layoffs—It doesn’t have to be this way Tesla earned a Wall Street Journal front-page story in September... View Details
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
introduces powerful tools for interpreting the big-picture economic developments that shape events in the contemporary business arena. Detailed examples are also drawn from history to illuminate important concepts. This book is destined... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
and the Computer Graphics Revolution Harvard Business School Case 607-036 Computer science departments were new to universities in the 1960s, and the one created at the University of Utah by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland had a research mission to invent the field of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne