Firm Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

Leaders have gone to great lengths in the name of innovation—and yet far too often these efforts fall short, according to Scott Anthony (MBA 2001), a senior partner at the growth-strategy consulting firm Innosight and one of the authors... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 1996
News

Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games

A.D. Frazier, Jr. (85th AMP), COO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), was featured in a June 1996 Bulletin article about the Olympics. Now a partner at Invesco, an Atlanta-based investment management firm that manages... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

the HBS community.” The enduring attraction of entrepreneurship informed a well-attended Venture Capital and Private Equity Summit that preceded the conference. Organized by Paula Groves (MBA '91) and Francine Starks (MBA '93), the... View Details

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2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Info - Video Recording - Slides The rapid evolution of new technologies is reshaping the landscape of skills and occupations, impacting organizations across diverse industries and at a global level. The View Details

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

The train wreck that was Enron's collapse is only one big, blatant example of how some disasters catch us unawares—but shouldn't. In fact, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, many surprises in all types and sizes of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1997
News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

time in class discussing how to structure deals and leverage resources you don't actually have - both key issues when we started Stylus," he says. "My goal," Bhide explains, "is to help students make smarter choices about the businesses they start." Entrepreneurship,... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Deep Dive

just after a successful dive in the South Sandwich Trench. He had the experience. Since 2002, he has been a managing partner at Insight Equity, a private equity firm he cofounded, and currently serves as chairman of four companies. This... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

the organization to support One Report in terms of measurement methodologies, processes, policies, structure, compensation, internal reporting, and external reporting. Excerpt From One Report: Integrated Reporting For A Sustainable... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

about innovation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55477 November–December 2018 Organization Science Slack Time and Innovation By: Agrawal, Ajay, Christian Catalini, Avi Goldfarb, and Hong Luo Abstract—... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2002
News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

and won the 1994 Massachusetts Democratic primary for lieutenant governor before losing in the general election. Since 1996, Massie has guided CERES, a national coalition of some 85 groups that includes environmental organizations and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

02 Aug 2016
First Look

August 2, 2016

the optimal capital requirement is around 20%. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51305 The Empirical Economics of Online Attention By: Boik, Andre, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince Abstract—In several markets, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

It's been said that in this century, carbohydrates will replace hydrocarbons, and biology will supplant physics as the innovation-producing science. As science fiction becomes science fact, and with science-based firms presenting unique... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

17 Feb 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

MBAs who had graduated as recently as a year ago and as long as 30 years ago to a series of roundtables to discuss their perspectives on inequality and the tension between the community and technology firms and their employees. Far from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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Women's History Month | Baker Library

Spotlight" feature, where you can filter for U.S. start-ups founded and led by women. Look at Capital IQ Pro's market maps on women's health and reproductive health to view companies and transactions occurring in these spaces. Use Preqin to screen for VCPE View Details

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

Jacoline Loewen agreed, saying that "private equity partnerships have a vested interest in the growth of the company and hence see it as a living, growing, evolving organism that they can help." A contrary view was put forth by... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

29 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

Working PapersLeading and Creating Collaboration in Decentralized Organizations Authors:Heather M. Caruso, Todd Rogers, and Max Bazerman Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-090.pdf Extremeness Seeking: When and Why... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

vital to solving current economic troubles and explain what minority firms must do to take their place in major value chains. They then examine what governments, corporations, and support organizations ought... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

Illustrations by Andrea Manzati Prescription: Free the Data! On a bright September morning, on the expansive lawn outside the Watertown, Massachusetts, headquarters of the e-health firm athenahealth, city and state officials, company... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jul 2016
First Look

July 12, 2016

is associated with a 3.8% decline in new firm births. The effect is similar in size and significance when aggregating to the household level and when including a standard battery of covariates. The instrument is orthogonal to private... View Details