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- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building Communities as Well as Companies
"If you ever want to have your ego kicked down about twenty-five pegs, go out and try to raise $5 million." McMillan said he "earned, saved, and projected for the long term" before starting his firm with $25,000. If... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
costs,” Whillans says. “It will help you feel more in control.” It’s also OK to request more time to get work projects done if necessary, since studies show managers are generally willing to extend deadlines when employees ask. “It’s... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
iPhoto Marketplace lending platforms such as LendingClub and Prosper have made significant competitive inroads against traditional banks in recent years by bringing together people who want to borrow with investors ready to bankroll them.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
the United States, which provides the foundation for much of the world’s monetary policy, is exempt from the gravity-like nature of traditional economics in which, as GOlsen said, “Countries can run deficits until they run out of willing lenders and then the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
continue to learn, and plan for the long term rather than retirement at 30. "The economic changes allow us to change the rules and make new rules," said panelist and HBS professor David A. Thomas. "More students are really... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
Inaccurate Group Meta-Perceptions Drive Negative Out-Group Attributions in Competitive Contexts, was published in November 2019 in the journal Nature Human Behavior. We want to compromise In a series of experiments, Lees and Cikara found... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
research and suggests ways that entrepreneurs can work toward being both rich and royal. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Tell us about the conflict entrepreneurs face when establishing a new venture between the profit motive and the control motive.... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
the Foxwoods story. The true story is one of strategic negotiation and the leveraging of tribal sovereignty into economic opportunity. Using a close analysis of the Foxwoods-Connecticut negotiations as a point of departure, this chapter... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
sells consumables including the 30,000 or so dollar stores in the United States. You only have to take a look at the UK supermarket space to see what is ahead for the US supermarket industry in this regard. Q: The book makes the case that... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
was simply that entrepreneurial companies were both more common and more successful. Entrepreneurs often find opportunity amid upheaval. Can you give us an example from your own experience? Owades: We had a huge problem in 1994 at Calyx... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
willingness to project vulnerability—requiring a high level of humility—as a means of establishing a basis for trust among organization members. For example, HBS Professor Amy Edmondson, in her discussion of ways of building... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
achieving what we often call focus. It reflects the way most people think, read, converse, and act. Many of us have trouble holding several important thoughts in mind at a time. Will this kind of thinking suffice in a dynamic, View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
traditional business (employing and controlling professionals), and when they should choose to operate as a platform (enabling professionals to interact with customers on terms they can choose). In their paper, Hagiu and Wright use an... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
Alibaba is about to make history with the first genuine mega-IPO of a Chinese entrepreneur-founded company in the United States. The numbers are historic as well—an anticipated market capitalization of some $200 billion. It comes to the View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
more likely to use equity in the transaction, and buy companies in a related industry. The market tends to react more negatively to the announcement of the acquisition of a venture capital-backed company, but the long-run stock market and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
Working PapersCatering to Characteristics (revised) Authors:Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the demand by issuing equity. We View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
more risk in projects by limiting their use of “cost-plus” agreements, which make it easier to overcharge government agencies, according to researchers. This renegotiation of contractual terms allows the... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
Prevention programs disrupted "The pandemic threatens to dismantle all the gains made in the US in the recent six-year fight against opioids and heroin,” says Jim Langford (HBS MBA 1984), Executive Director of the Georgia Prevention View Details