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  • 08 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

must grapple with it. Khurana lays out his institutional analysis and its repercussions in his new book, From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 17 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

shared platform, such as Visa, DVD, or Linux, multiple firms collaborate in developing the platform's technology then compete in offering users different but compatible versions of the platform. This article examines factors that favor proprietary versus shared models... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

industry, comprised of a Black male, a White female, and an Asian female.” HBS has reported previously that only 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. And just 1 percent of... View Details
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

that the effect is predominantly driven by innovators located in the states passing the reforms. Tort laws have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

online course on Sustainable Investing.” Andrew Buks Instructor of Management & Business Policy and Strategy at School of Business, Black Hills State University Develop practical skills you can apply to one of the fastest-growing fields... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

and operates one of India's largest fleets of buses. “The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) operates buses in Brihan, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Thane area, and distributes electricity in Mumbai. It is an autonomous state... View Details
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

adherence to the global labor standards embodied in codes of conduct imposed by multinational buyers. We find that suppliers are more likely to adhere when they are embedded in states that participate actively in the International Labour... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club

includes our 1001 Nights Party which raised $7000 for Syrian refugees and had 450 people in attendance. We also hold small group discussions about a pertinent current events topic in the Middle East. Additionally, we host Harvard Arab Weekend, the largest Arab... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

to switch from a negative to a positive valence, while remaining in a state of high arousal, an easier prospect. What better way to put this theory to the test than by asking participants to sing karaoke? In the study, Brooks surprised... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Nov 2018
  • Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

or not we agree. Finally, I am humbled by the service of some of our classmates. Those among us that have seen a need or a shortcoming in our local community and stepped forward to fill that gap. There are disproportionate impacts in the lives of everyday people made... View Details
  • 07 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

a conflicted Catholic from Ohio, I packed my bags and made my way to New York City at 18 years old. New city, new school, View Details
  • 29 Nov 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

Fiscal Risk and the Portfolio of Government Programs

Keywords: by Samuel G. Hanson, David S. Scharfstein, and Adi Sunderam
  • September 2010
  • Case

Angie's List

Angie's List is a paid subscription-based service that gives consumers online access to member-submitted reviews of plumbers, electricians, and other home service providers. Customer and revenue growth are strong, but customer acquisition costs are high and the company... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Price; Competitive Advantage; Product Launch; Service Industry; United States
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  • 14 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Dyllan Muller

Associate Scientist at Unilever’s Personal Care R&D site in Trumbull, Connecticut. There, I did computational chemistry research and machine learning modeling to find new active ingredients for skincare products. I quickly found out,... View Details
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Colocation and Scientific Collaboration: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Keywords: by Kevin Boudreau, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva Guinan & Karim Lakhani; Health
  • February 2001 (Revised November 2009)
  • Case

Amazon.com (C)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
At the end of 1998, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos ponders the next moves for his company. Having secured the leadership position as the leading online book seller in the United States, Amazon.com has now moved into the product categories of CDs and videos by... View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Internet and the Web; Business Growth and Maturation; Books; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Germany; United Kingdom; United States
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  • February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

Accel Partners' European Launch

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
In spring 2001, with the venture market crashing all around, the London office of Accel Partners, a major west coast venture capital firm, needs to make a decision about investing in an Irish software company. As the first investment of the new European operation, the... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Venture Capital; Global Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Expansion; Management Practices and Processes; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; London; United States
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  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

supporting caregivers a critical talent management issue, according to a new report, The Caring Company: How Employers Can Cut Costs and Boost Productivity by Helping Employees Manage Caregiving Needs, by Harvard Business School’s Joseph... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
  • February 2012
  • Article

Americans Do IT Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
US productivity growth accelerated after 1995 (unlike Europe's), particularly in sectors that intensively use information technologies (IT). Using two new micro panel datasets we show that US multinationals operating in Europe also experienced a "productivity miracle."... View Details
Keywords: IT Productivity; American IT Productivity; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; United States; Europe
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  • 2012
  • Other Unpublished Work

Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Copyright Scope on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures

By: Josh Lerner and Greg Rafert
Our analysis seeks to understand the impact of changes in copyright scope on investment in new firms. We begin by analyzing the investment effects of the Cartoon Network, et al. v. Cablevision decision in the U.S. and court rulings in France and Germany on venture... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Investment; Business Startups; Copyright; France; Germany; United States; European Union
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