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- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
the world, as millions of companies have downloaded their free database and incorporated it into their technology infrastrcture. Only recently has the company focused on monetization. Q: What lessons does Codecademy offer for companies trying to differentiate... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
With the addition of Dick Jenrette (MBA ’57) as the third founder, the new firm was ready to be launched. DLJ made a name for itself as a pioneer in several other ways as well. Rather than following the crowd and focusing on high-priced... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
growth at the firm level. Importantly, however, we also document substantial crowding out of non-treated firms' employment within local labor markets. While the overall net employment effect was positive, it was close to zero in tight... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
into the effects of a crowded office—not to mention the morning commute. "Taking the subway can be so draining," she says. "Is there a way to test how much energy you lose by being around large crowds? And is there a way to be around a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
They are playing songs that everybody knows and the crowd will be singing along.” These students—“probably the best guitarists in the area”—are the next generation of professional musicians, the people who will be invigorating traditional... View Details
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
that " we will need to think deeply about how to ensure these crowds we are tapping into (through information networking) are given sufficient opportunities to learn and to properly feel engaged." Both achievements and failures... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- Web
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support event programming (for crowd control, public safety, or dignitary protection). HBS Operations reserves the right to require a detail for any event at its sole discretion. These details will be arranged directly by HBS Operations &... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
partnered with IBM Q Network, Rigetti, and Honeywell Quantum Solutions. They are among a growing crowd of enterprises—including Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Intel, Google, and Microsoft—diving in headlong. Although he was initially circumspect... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
appear to have been formed over a number of years? Or is all of this just an overreaction to phenomena that will recede in perceived importance to investors and money managers alike as other concerns crowd them out in our collective... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
each category—met in mid-April at the Rock Center to give one last 90-second pitch to the judges and audience. In each category, the Grand Prize winner took home $75,000; the Runner-up $25,000; and the Crowd Favorite $5,000. Applications... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
growth of our company." Adds Urquhart, "You don't want the guys in the core part of your business to feel like they're working at the wagon wheel factory after the car has been invented." It's important that growth teams recognize this as well, Tushman... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 08 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
staff community projects program that organizes offsite charitable activities, such as Habitat for Humanity. In addition, Velocity rewards employees with $1,000 cash contributions to their charities of choice and peer to peer ‘flash’ awards of Kiva gift cards which... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
relocated from nearby Aldrich Lawn due to construction of the new Hawes Hall classroom building, tradition otherwise prevailed in the form of beautiful weather, wise and humorous speeches, and an enthusiastic crowd of MBA graduates (some... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
private sector, but well-intentioned efforts to address global health through the public sector have the unintended consequence of crowding out capital formation in the private sector. PharmaAccess is working to crowd-in funding instead... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
help those they agree with while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues from these forces only... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
wireless RFID securities token business at the same time. I would argue that there is a natural phenomenon that you will see lightening striking more than once in the same place, and I would never fight it." Mullen agreed that sitting out a market simply because... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Houdt) Thirty or forty angry Afghan police officers crowded into Karim Khoja’s office. Someone had stolen their pay, and the prime suspect was the CEO of Roshan, the company offering the new mobile payment system that was used to process... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
around the country to vie for the title of Space Invaders national champion. Thousands had played the video game, released that year in the United States by Warner brand Atari, in regional tournaments in the months leading up to the November event. Now, a small View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. But when vying against others in industries where high uncertainty, long development cycles, View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
another star in that constellation. William Kirby (General Management) Steve Jobs's legacy is everywhere, not the least in Chinese cities where the Apple stores are crowded from dawn to dusk, and where there are not only knock-off phones... View Details