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- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
executive suites, start-up firms, and even entire professions and industries. Within finance, in particular, decisionmakers’ political views influence investment returns, credit ratings, asset allocations, loan terms, and bond yields,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures
finance, and entrepreneurship. An increasing number of entrepreneurial firms go abroad much earlier in their lives than ever before in recent business history.— Walter Kuemmerle The twenty-nine sites he has studied range from start-ups to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
forthcoming Entrepreneurship and Collaboration Inter-Organizational Collaboration and Start-Up Innovation By: Aggarwal, Vikas A., and Andy Wu Abstract—This chapter presents an overview of the literature on collaborative relationships... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
talks about "open innovation" and his new book. Silverthorne: What's the one take-away you would like your business reader to walk away with from the book, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology? Chesbrough: Innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Bullard suggested that "Ruthless realism is, itself, pathological . The professional pilot denies a crash is inevitable until a second before impact, and that ability to believe one can save the ship is critical to the attitude of actually saving it."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
Kuemmerle, who has studied more than fifty start-ups in twenty countries, says entrepreneurs today should take a litmus test of five questions (See sidebar). In this excerpt from Harvard Business Review, Kuemmerle discusses two of the... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
results indicate that public benefits provide risk assurance among start-up employees, too. "Let's say I have a comfortable management position at a large firm, but I'm thinking of taking a chance on... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
Online Advertising By: Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta Abstract—As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online marketing spending by referring to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
Fialkow, managing director of General Catalyst Partners, he would first employ the "earnest young man routine" to get an interview with an old guy in business who could explain the ins and outs of the industry. "Keep your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2002
- What Do You Think?
How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?
Summing Up Are We Getting More Sensible About Management Incentives? Respondents to this month's column suggest ways of fixing or selectively using various methods of providing incentives to management. They join the chorus of voices... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
bottom lines, ultimately depressing stock prices. To circumvent this problem, some firms issue "tracking stock," hoping that capital markets will perceive them much like traditional start-up stocks. So when should a company... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
start-ups is different than in established large organizations. More often, a director is an investor, friend, expert, and resource. Involvement of a director is more intense, often resulting in daily or at least weekly contact with View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
of its top customers to nontraditional competitors-IBM and SAP on the one hand, big data start-ups on the other-offering data-intensive, analytics-based services that could connect to any industrial device. So GE launched a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
for several years before joining Novantas, a start-up consulting firm located in New York. The first eighteen months, she recalled, were "absolutely wonderful. I felt like my mentors at the firm were really excited about the work I... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
disclosure regulation (the U.K.), the analyst school-tie premium has remained large and significant over the entire sample period. Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh Lerner Publication:Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
service technologies from a provider, customer, and investor perspective. Customers are concerned with integration and driving down costs, said Steven Lewis, Microsoft's general manager of .net market development. "There is a lot of... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
PublicationsThe Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Publication:Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2012
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing
Questions To Be Answered: What's the strategy for managing consumer reviews on my site? Do people watch online video ads?. How can I get more out of my customer loyalty campaign? Are online coupon programs like Groupon effective? What's... View Details
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, a panel moderator. "But that strength has to be nurtured." She added, "We count on start-ups for job growth in America. View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette