Firm Dynamics - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2006
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Faculty Books

dynamics and strategies used by firms that recognize the transformative power of these “invisible engines.” Shorter discussions of Internet-based software platforms offer glimpses into a future in which the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2006
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East to West

behind-the-scenes dynamics of implementing the new system and closes with these questions: Just how well is it working? What additional changes are needed, if any? “This case challenges students to think about different systems of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 2017
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Global Perspectives

how knowledgeable and proactive the firms we visited were about sustainability; some of them are far ahead of firms in the developed world. They understand that it’s essential to their long-term survival.”... View Details

31 Mar 2017
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Turning Teachers into Leaders

Sophie Lippincott Ferrer (MBA 2006) is a senior consultant with Education First, a national policy and strategy consulting firm that partners with education leaders to design and accelerate policies and plans that help all young people,... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Private Equity under Investigation

in earlier efforts to internationalize, but funds have recently enjoyed great success in Europe and Asia. Similarly, buyouts of high-tech firms were supposed to be too risky, yet recent transactions have proved the received wisdom to be... View Details

Keywords: Josh Lerner; syndication; antitrust enforcement; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

06 Dec 2012
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New Thinking on Healthcare Reform

and leading thinkers to wrestle with the Gordian knot of healthcare reform. The approach to reforming healthcare has been "hung up in static rather than dynamic thinking," said Christensen, who moderated a panel on "Improving the Patient... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms and Professor Ramana Nanda’s study... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2002
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HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

corporate scandals. Options for attaining personal, professional, and financial goals amidst momentous change in business and society were also explored. “Gathering in Washington provided a special opportunity to impart an appreciation for the View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Excitement Building for HBS Global Conference in Chicago

established companies and examine how emerging growth firms are developing competitive products and strategies for the global marketplace. Over a dozen presentations and panel discussions on topics such as entrepreneurial marketing,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

right to buy into privately held firms was limited to high-net-worth individuals or other businesses. Federal regulators have now opened up a world between the two categories, creating a new asset class in which “non-accredited investors”... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail

moral hazard in the financial system to an entirely new level,” he warns. But Moss has a fix: The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose “systemic risk” — the risk that a failure of one institution... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

08 May 2015
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Adopting a common language can strengthen global companies

Multinational firms are increasingly mandating a common language—typically English—to gain efficiencies and enhance collaboration overall. Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley has discovered, however, that merely mandating a common language... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Leaders must be strategists first

Cynthia Montgomery believes strategy should be a habit of mind, not a document; a continuous process, not a destination. Leaders need to use strategy as a dynamic tool for guiding the development of a business over time. “It takes courage... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.

where the nature of work is more virtual, collaborative, and transparent, information flows every which way, careers zig and zag, and work is what you do, not where you go. A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy by... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

of the total federal budget. By 1975, it was less than 1 percent. “The original programs were finished, the shuttle hadn’t begun yet, and we weren’t sending astronauts into space,” he says. Thompson began thinking about a new kind of organization—a private-sector View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone, has written an empowering, entertaining, and informative guide for anyone striving for greater personal impact. From deal making to investing, leadership to entrepreneurship, philanthropy to... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Alumni News | Bookshelf

people, with sophisticated tactics for building partnerships with them. The book explains the dynamics of power and encourages managers to engage in difficult conversations, overcome their fear of no, let go of their problems with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

Kraus, “that doesn’t look like her path.” Kraus has witnessed this dynamic as an entrepreneur. When she cofounded and served as CEO of Circles, a national corporate concierge, in 1997, there were even fewer women on the entrepreneurship... View Details