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- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
startup’s vision or step back altogether after a larger company takes possession. In 144 of these transactions, the deal effectively closed a failing business. Another 2.9 percent of View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that a young company named PureCircie manufactured from the Stevia plant, could be used in beverages, foods, and as a table top sweetener in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
for AV manufacturers to be up front about any safety challenges they face and be transparent about what isn’t working. “If companies can legitimately convince consumers that they are transparent, vigilant, and continuously improving, then... View Details
- September 2019
- Case
Dementia Discovery Fund
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick
The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Mission and Purpose; Recruitment; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Financial Services Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; London; England
Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Sarah Gulick. "Dementia Discovery Fund." Harvard Business School Case 820-045, September 2019.
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
of Maine by Colgate—to ascertain what is distinctive about the merger process and to analyze the elements critical to success. We develop suggestions about how other companies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers
the trade war,” Cavallo says. To the extent that tariffs exacerbate the cost of the pandemic, their continued application could further drag down... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
companies that offer internships to cultivate talent, including JPMorgan Chase, Deloitte, and PepsiCo, to roll out virtual programs in 2020. The study’s findings offer reassurance to View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
send a signal that, not only do you care about the time workers spend on productive tasks,” Whillans says, “but also that you care about the quality of their life outside of work.” About View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
Moreover, we find that relatively higher wages also promote social norms such that coworkers are less (more) likely to collude to steal inventory from their company when relative wages are higher (lower). Our research contributes to an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
Marketers can make a bottle of sugar water look like golden elixir. Can health advocates sour the taste for consumers? (SteveDF) San Francisco is in a three-year battle with the American Beverage Industry... View Details
- 08 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder
percent fewer hours, the researchers found. In a global environment where companies are scrambling to find qualified workers to fill vacancies, another important finding emerged. When an employee learned a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
2016 Boston: Cengage Learning Management: An Integrated Approach By: Gulati, Ranjay, Anthony Mayo, and Nitin Nohria Abstract—The goal of Management: An Integrated Approach, 2nd ed., is to prepare students for leadership positions in 21st century View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
and indirectly, by raising new theoretical questions. Deferred acceptance algorithms are at the basis of a number of labor market clearinghouses around the world and have recently been implemented in school... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
realization—that the coordinating system needs to account for individual biases and that the coordinating system is in part responsible for an individual's biases—creates a level of design complexity not... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 12 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research
patents to find out how past inventions influenced future innovations. Among patents granted to companies in 2010, those that benefited, directly or indirectly, from federal largesse were cited 6.33 times, on average, in View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
mechanism. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-055.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsJetBlue Airways: Deicing at Logan Airport Douglas Fearing and Robert S. HuckmanHarvard Business School Case 612-028 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
Boston Consulting Group This case describes how the Boston Consulting Group has approached innovation from its founding to the present day. It... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.
stimulus package, known as the CARES Act, also likely helped many unemployed workers stave off bankruptcy. And state and local governments, federal agencies, and companies enacted policies that put a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
companies devised political strategies that maneuvered a reluctant President Roosevelt into supporting their interests, and the Mexican government more than fully compensated them as a result. Neither wages... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
http://hbr.org/product/kiehl-s-since-1851-pathway-to-profitable-growth/an/514044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-407 Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs (Abridged) The case describes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne