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- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
structures of large manufacturing corporations remains important, but a new generation of researchers has explored business networks, the family firm, knowledge creation and transfer, public policy and business, and a host of other... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
percent for the next two decades; these statistics are the products of modern economic analysis. 52 Heinz Preserved Sweet Onions and Pearl Onions usedin a 1910 company publication But the young entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
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companies and entrepreneurs in emerging markets. "With governmental and nonprofit ventures, it's generally harder to see which initiatives work and which are ineffective at achieving their goals. That is what drives me to do this... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Publications June 2015 Perspectives on Psychological Science Three Principles to REVISE People's Unethical Behavior By: Ayal, S., F. Gino, R. Barkan, and D. Ariely Abstract— Dishonesty and unethical behavior are widespread in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
three projects: Debian, a complete non-commercial distribution of Linux; the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME), which is a graphical user interface for Linux-based operating systems; and Apache, a public domain open source Web server.... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
publications on "the business case" for sustainability, seeking to map out the returns on investment and to differentiate recommended actions from cases of corporate philanthropy. Reports by business organizations and others... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
innovations that allow local sectors to catch up with frontier technology. In poor countries, catching up requires the cooperation of a foreign investor who is familiar with the frontier technology and a domestic entrepreneur who is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
corporate leaders speaking out on social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their core business. In the first study of this phenomenon, we investigate how CEO activism can influence public opinion about these issues... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest public sector workers union in the U.S., was responsible for protecting the pensions of its members. Because pensions were invested for decades, Ferlauto wanted the companies in which the union... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
a district-industry predicts a greater share of subsequent entrepreneurs will be female. Moreover, higher female ownership of local businesses in related industries (e.g., those sharing similar labor needs, industries related via... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
Discover what type of rebel you really are. Food CitizenshipThe public is losing trust in many institutions involved in putting food on our table, says Ray A. Goldberg. Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
businesses exercised disaster preparedness and recovery, and how entrepreneurs are finding opportunities for economic revival. "Post-disaster settings provide opportunities to examine the effectiveness of leadership in mobilizing... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
Publications April 2015 Harvard Business Review How to Really Motivate Salespeople By: Chung, Doug J. Abstract—Much of what we believe about the best ways to compensate and motivate the sales force is based on theory and lab... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsFemale Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Harvard Business School Note 807-018 Examines the extent of and challenges facing female entrepreneurs in developing countries.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
subsequent cognition. Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship Published: December 3, 2008 All else equal, a venture-capital-backed entrepreneur who starts a company that goes public has a 30 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
the venture capital industry. "There are strong affinity groups with Indian venture capitalists and entrepreneurs and with Chinese venture capitalists and entrepreneurs," Gompers says. "And there's sort of a cabal of Jewish View Details
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
was what this free product would do to print revenues. Third, experiments and innovation require time and, by definition, a tolerance for failure. Trouble is, quarterly reporting pressures by public markets do not create the most... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Debora L. Spar
will prove to be most influential not in the Western industrialized world, but in places like Burma, or China, or Saudi Arabia. Q: What are the public policy implications in your description of this reoccurring give-and-take between... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Publications August 2013 American Journal of Managed Care The Impact of Electronic Health Record Use on Physician Productivity By: Adler-Milstein, Julia, and Robert S. Huckman Abstract—Objectives: To examine the impact of the degree of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
nearly double the amount in 2012. That's nothing compared to the bonanza expected when the SEC opens up the floodgates for nonaccredited individual investors to directly acquire equity in private companies—and for companies to directly solicit the View Details