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  • 09 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

And after Compaq adopted it, IBM had no choice, and that made Intel an independent company. As of that moment IBM lost control of that industry. Basically, the industry from... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer
  • 23 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

unique case, with most of its companies owned by either the state or large families, and lacking checks and balances such as shareholder voting and class action lawsuits that, in the United States and Europe, can help View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 05 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 5

independent predictor of mental and physical health-such as decreased depression and doctor's visits-over and above mean levels of positive and negative emotion. These results remained robust after View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

Technologies' Systems Generation and Delivery Unit (SGDU), was charged with creating a single global company from a set of fragmented businesses in Asia, Europe, and the United States. To gain control over... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

employee morale. Internally initiated bribery from senior management is more likely to be associated with a significant impact on firm competitiveness. Bribery detected by the control systems of the firm is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age

‘digital first’ guided us to distill the case study approach down to its basic tenets and then to reimagine how to express these tenets online.” Bharat Anand, the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration and HBX faculty chair... View Details
  • 13 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

Following My Dream: Launching a Venture

and freezing bananas for our next day of testing, I’m sure that pursuing my business dream was the best decision I’ve ever made. There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing your own idea coming to fruition and your team growing along the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

maintaining majority control over its natural resources. Although the mine was nationalized in time, Kennecott emerged in much better condition than similar companies that had mainly limited their bargaining strategies to interpersonal... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 19 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 19, 2016

at the time. Warburg Pincus had led a group of investors in acquiring Bauch & Lomb on October 26, 2007, taking the company private and becoming its largest and controlling shareholder. Since the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 16 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

pool. Be aware of how video background and noise out of a candidate’s control influence your perception and offer alternatives. Standardize your interview process so that each... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 20 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

information technology companies. When I analyzed founder versus non-founder compensation, I found that there is a large "founder discount" (averaging about $30,000 a year), even after controlling for all View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

been abandoned by its owners and had come under the control of CW Capital, the special servicer for the vast amount of debt that was in default. Any investment in a distressed... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • March 2011
  • Article

Cheaper Patents

By: Tom Nicholas
The 1883 Patents Act in Britain provides perspective for modern patent policy reforms because it radically changed incentives for inventors by reducing filing fees by 84 percent. Patents increased 2.5 fold after the reform, which was evenly distributed across the... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Global Range; Distribution; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Structure; Business Processes; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Fluctuation; Motivation and Incentives; Distribution Industry; United States; Great Britain
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  • 24 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 24

alternative financing models of corporate lenders, including banks and finance companies.) The second major component of the case concerns distressed debt investment strategies and provides an illustration... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

relationship with her Financial Controller and ex-brother-in-law, Stephen Holt. Holt was employed by Campbell for 10 years, took on the majority of financial responsibilities for the firm, and knew the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

a self-reported measure. Overall, we find that debt literacy is low: only about one-third of the population seems to comprehend interest compounding or the workings of credit cards. Even after View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

controlling for investment size, stage, and industry. Geographic distance and technological inexperience by the VC increase the probability the investment is taken up by a partner and not the VC. This work contributes to an emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

From Single Deals to Negotiation Campaigns

By: David A Lax and James K. Sebenius
Negotiation scholars typically take the individual deal, or a few linked deals, as the unit of analysis. While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Framework; Business Subsidiaries; Agreements and Arrangements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Information Management; Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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  • 19 May 2016
  • Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

said Harvard Business School Associate Professor of Business Administration Karim R. Lakhani. "The 2016 Faculty Research Symposium also looked ahead to major collaborations between Harvard’s school of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel