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- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
original movie ideas, I present a model that features the writer's private information on the idea's value, different protection levels associated with different development stages, as well as costly buyer participation. The empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
, 1996). William C. Kirby : Awarded an Honorary Professorship by Peking University in 1996. Peter Tufano : Winner of the 1996 Smith Breeden Prize for Outstanding Paper in the Journal of Finance for "Who Manages Risk? An Empirical... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
empirical analysis to be more than sketched in this paper. It is also a field that has not yet taken management as a central subject of empirical study. We shall therefore deal only with some of the central... View Details
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
better focus on creating economic value by minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. Companies can bring social value into alignment with their core competencies, improving motivation, loyalty, skill development, and even product... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
flat top of the S). “Miles Davis forced the musicians to approach the music without any expectations or preconceptions, often by giving them minimal sketches and sparse instructions."—Carl Størmer: Companies experience a lot of... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
personal caregiving obligations is an approach employers almost entirely overlook as a mechanism for maximizing employee productivity and minimizing turnover,” the authors write in the study, which was released Wednesday. With almost... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Capital and Startup Financing Learn how venture capital firms and the fundraising process operate and how to approach a VC and negotiate and structure an investment. Highlights Risks of Premature Scaling Responding to Biased Questions... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
trust through warmth and understanding. Most leaders today approach their jobs by emphasizing competence, strength, and credentials. But without first building a foundation of trust, they run the risk of eliciting fear, resentment, or... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
economy. “A platform owner may imitate them and enter their markets by offering similar products,” Zhu explained. “Before you build your business model around platforms, you need to think about how to minimize the View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
Richard Branson, the British entrepreneur, corporate titan, and death-defying balloonist, touched down at HBS last fall to share his wit and wisdom with a large Burden Hall audience. Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, a London-based global View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
Political Economy Costly Concessions: An Empirical Framework for Matching with Imperfectly Transferable Utility By: Galichon, Alfred, Scott Duke Kominers, and Simon Weber Abstract—We introduce an empirical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
profits corporations report to investors and the low profits they report to tax authorities. A minimal tax on the noncorporate business sector, thereby ending the relative disadvantage facing our largest public companies. Here's an HBR... View Details
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
crisis that will minimize damage from restructuring and downsizing and maintain employee dignity and commitment. My Organization Doesn't Have The Fire It Needs. What Can I Do? Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency Urgency can be a positive... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets | Information Technology
Within the realm of technology protection—including assets, devices, information, and data—HBS IT aims to emphasize a security-first mindset to proactively identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities to minimize View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
(Otley, 1980) that is sufficiently nuanced, while still empirically observable, that empirical researchers may, in due course, hypothesize about "fit" between contingent variables, such as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
To construct a house, builders need a firm foundation. For a financial empire, Wall Street wizards need only greed, gullibility, and optimism. The subprime empire began with a tangible structure: a house. For the buyer, that house was a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
common than ever? —John Lacey (MBA 1981) YOUNG: Bulletproof security is not statistically possible, but we can minimize risk by developing layers of protection and proactive approaches that increase those... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
examine whether multi-location firms increase internal ties when they face appropriability risks from direct competitors. Our empirical analysis of the global semiconductor industry shows that when leading... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
"minimum necessary contingency framework" (Otley, 1980) that is sufficiently nuanced, while still empirically observable, that empirical researchers may, in due course, hypothesize about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne