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29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

dormant at the time. But with the growth of the microprocessor and of biotechnology in the late 1970s, as well as the deregulation of the airline and financial services industries, new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs were created.... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

but online dating websites force them to screen by searchable attributes (such as income, or religion). We demonstrate that people spend too much time searching for options online for too little payoff in offline dates (Study 1), in part... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

active role in the expansion of the coffee economy." The coffee economy did receive initial state-sponsored help from Matías Romero, who served as Mexico's secretary of finance three times at the end of the nineteenth century. "He's one... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

vision, guts, and a can-do spirit can transform weak institutions, invent wildly creative contraptions, build fantastic new markets, and conquer distant infidels. American men love the populist guy who stands against dominating... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

systemic problem. That’s something we haven’t seen before now.” The recent rash of high-profile complaints in the news is undoubtedly sending shivers down the spines of business executives nationwide, as many come to grips with the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

new community was faced with how best to construct the vertical and attract a sufficiently large audience. While the model seemed highly scalable because each vertical used the same core technology, every sector had its unique features.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

2005, the fate of the European Constitution is in jeopardy. Ten new accession countries have just joined the EU, with Turkey in the beginning stages of the accession process. New member states and additional... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

orders (parcels versus documents), time of delivery (8 a.m. versus afternoon), and other variables. There is also an unfair assumption in "fair" pricing policies: You do not determine what is fair, the customer does. An average... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

the puzzle for us in truly understanding the problem. We have known for a long time that U.S. healthcare is high cost. What everyone assumed was that U.S. healthcare was very high quality, which at least made the high cost understandable.... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

cash that we have and make it last till the cash flow is positive, which means we need to reduce the burn rate.' It stops the meeting cold. Then the entrepreneur blurts something out like, 'Well, we wouldn't be able to do that unless we take out 25 percent of our... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

service provider has a license, their hiring decision is still more driven by price and online reviews than the quality assurance that comes with licensing. New research shows that tougher licensing requirements reduce the pool of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

Michael Morris and Paul Ingram at Columbia Business School, we surveyed Executive MBA students in Beijing, Shanghai, and New York, asking them detailed questions about their professional networks. These executives first identified... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

behemoth’s corporate culture as it collided with the #MeToo movement’s spotlight on sexual relationships and power in the workplace. And as new information about Easterbrook’s romantic relationship with other employees emerged, it became... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

International Monetary Fund, is currently in the midst of an uncomfortable debate on governance reform, galvanized by a number of high-level internal reports including one from the IMF's own evaluation office, and another from a panel of eminent persons (IMF 2008;... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

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