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- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
function more at the center of things and avoids a risky conversation with the CEO about why training might not solve the problem. “It is threatening, which is why most people don’t want to go through what... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
who regularly seek his advice. But some things are different, he laughs. "I work only five days a week now. No more Saturdays." When he was just 34, Zehnder took a very big risk. In the age of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
the People’s Republic of Cambridge.” Full circle: “As a manager, I’m quite a tough boss. I will not treat you in a condescending way. You’re an intelligent being—let me show you certain things and then... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
Nisa Godrej Illustration by Anita Kunz In the summer of 2007, Mark Kahn (MBA 2006) received an unusual call from Mumbai. A former HBS classmate had a problem. She wanted him to look over strategic and financial documents for a diversified... View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
When should control over a brand be ceded to the public? What do you think? Original Column The Internet is a wonderfully democratic device that brings large numbers of people together around ideas... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
16 to 17 percent. Moreover, having women as partners increased the percentage of successful startups supported by those firms—that either went public or sold for more than their total capital investment—from about 28 percent to about 31... View Details
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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
viewpoint will become more isolated and narrow." Brenda Walker, who chided me for not supplying the Internet link to the David Brooks column that I referenced, suggested that "trusted sources of... View Details
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
channel, a mobile Internet or a substitute for PCs. Rather, it is a new aspect of consumerism and a much more powerful way to speak with consumers. Unleashing the value of... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- Profile
Jason A. Kilar
Internet commercial marketplace. Rayport called the class “Managing in the Marketspace” and through one of his cases, he introduced a relatively unknown Seattle-based online bookseller named... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
discovered that the Internet was full of reinvented wheels, and that we needed that historical memory. Those youthful companies needed the wisdom of the established business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
almost all current Internet, intranet, and extranet applications will disappear "in the dustbin of history" in four or five years, according to McFarlan. And given the undeniable rate of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
where the product can be delivered directly online such as software, travel agencies, or media. Indeed, the digitalization of content paired with widespread adoption of broadband View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
of the Don by Elizabeth Muir (HRPBA 1958) Dundurn Press Debunking the Bump: Why Most of What You Believe about Navigating Pregnancy Is Wrong by Daphne Adler Siniscalco (MBA 2004) CreateSpace This book... View Details
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
value to those with the resources to defend its ownership, a kind of survival of the fittest philosophy? Yet another school of thought asks whether these issues are overblown.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
from his post as a vice president at Internet travel giant Expedia to become a philanthropist-in-training. His “teacher” has been Seattle's chapter of Habitat for Humanity, where he has been busy helping to... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
coming, and entered services. If you look at the store today, almost a third of PetSmart's sales are in services, things like grooming or hoteling—those sales aren't going away, they are not threatened by... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Net Neutrality: A Fast Lane to Understanding the Trade-offs
By: Shane Greenstein, Martin Peitz and Tommaso Valletti
The “net neutrality” principle has triggered a heated debate, and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress the incentives of market participants... View Details
Greenstein, Shane, Martin Peitz, and Tommaso Valletti. "Net Neutrality: A Fast Lane to Understanding the Trade-offs." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21950, January 2016.