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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

full of time-tested strategies to help founders, joiners and investors navigate the operational challenges of startup ventures, including validating problem hypotheses, building and scaling the functional areas of a business, team... View Details

06 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

Opportunities. Measures skills and behaviors associated with the ability to identify and seek out high-potential business opportunities. Vision and Influence. Measures skills and behaviors associated with the ability to influence all internal and View Details

Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

external entities. Firms pursuing these approaches change how they conduct business and interact with their environments. This paper considers these three strategies together highlighting similarities and differences between platform,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

But he’s not talking about the typical ways companies gather input, such as through employee surveys, interviews by external consultants, or even one-on-one conversations between key managers and the CEO. These seldom move an organization... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

"paper" board, existing only on paper, or acts as a "rubber stamp," validating whatever decisions the owner makes. During the Sibling Partnership stage, where two or more siblings have voting control of the company,... View Details

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

Stage 1, the CEO leads the change agenda and drives it from the top to reinforce the mission, values and vision. Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets. In Stage 2, the executive leader validates the strategy map as an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

like comparing Armani's selling expenses per transaction to Wal-Mart's, a comparison that deviates from benchmarking's original purpose: to perform detailed process comparisons across similar entities, as in the Toyota/GM example. Simplistic benchmarking using... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

28 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

auditing as a profession? Srinivasan: Auditors are in an interesting position. They rely on management teams in a lot of ways, but they also have an adversarial relationship. They verify that companies follow generally accepted accounting principles and by doing so... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

Mott commented that "Managers who use only common sense to make decisions can fall prey to short-sighted thinking." Ajay Kumar Gupta cautioned that "we tend to forget many things" and "tend to exclude external... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

of externalities became additional features of the debate. The introduction of market imperfection arguments actually introduced significant complications: specialization in the "wrong" activities, i.e. those with lower levels... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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Enterprise Pricing is based on a Participant Seat Commitment, and we offer volume-based discounts. Can we host HBS Online courses on our LMS? HBS Online courses are only available on the HBS Online platform. Our courses cannot be hosted on an View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

evidence, there is still a segment of our population that will not accept the validity of the science relating to this. So it is with climate change. Despite clear scientific consensus, there is still a reluctance on the part of too many... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)

to highlight the fact that culture and conduct are as important as cooking and craft. As a validator and industry accreditor, we have an increased responsibility to ensure that we are highlighting those players who are excellent across... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

primarily at auditors (both external and internal), risk managers, accountants, CFOs, and consultants, Effective Auditing for Corporates covers the following: 1) compliance and the corporate audit, 2) fraud detection, 3) risk-based... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century

individuals to whom you are speaking or writing to begin thinking, 'You know, maybe this guy . . . does have a valid point.' " From Pareto's optimal outcomes to Plato's Republic, the authors draw on academic research, classical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; oil spill; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

when they report their findings. Our research shows that their assessment of the organization is valid and insightful. Senior executives have observed that having employees provide the feedback motivated them and their top team more than... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

in Europe than in the United States. Miller: As business becomes more global, much of this learning will be increasingly valid for companies in any kind of industry. Managers have to explain their increasingly complex firms to different... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

01 Jun 2000
News

The Right Connections

particularly crucial; yet it is also difficult for external parties to assess the quality of a young firm." Higgins had noticed that in many pre-IPO discussions, venture capitalists would invariably ask company executives what firms they... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

lecturer at HBS specializing in corporate reporting, and Krzus, a public policy and external affairs partner with Grant Thornton LLP. They recently authored One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy. "This new path isn't... View Details