Simplicity - Publications - Faculty & Research

2012
Working Paper

The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures

By: Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman

This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on the decision of whether or not to divide the shares equally among all founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Equity

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28 Aug 2012
First Look

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Publications Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii Authors: Michel Anteby, Filiz Garip, Paul V. Martorana, and Scott Lozanoff Publication: PLoS ONE 7, no. 8: e42673 (2012) Abstract An abstract is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 May 2021
Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

managers to kick off the holiday shopping season. I always find the simplicity and humanity of the answers striking. Often, managers talk about friends, family, and colleagues. For a market retail field trainer, it is “being able to see... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

01 Feb 2001
News

What Makes a Good Leader

not share their knowledge or background. Joe Badaracco agrees. "You need a talent for simplicity — for saying things in a few words. General Electric's Jack Welch is a good example. He is astonishingly articulate and able to convey... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

Aristotle's rhetorical elements." Nohria also feels that leaders are able to distill their message, however complex it may be, to something that is accessible to those who may not share their knowledge or background. Joe Badaracco agrees. "You need a talent... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

says. Adds Størmer, "There are probably business benefits in relying on radical simplicity to free and empower employees in a similar way." Our e-mail Q&A follows. Martha Lagace: Miles Davis defied the critics who thought he... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

majority and laggards. While instilling confidence is important, it’s equally important to be clear about how and where to get vaccinated and the convenience of the process. Simplicity and transparency in the enrollment process is... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

simplicity lies the ultimate sophistication." Many agreed with the author while placing common sense in a broader context. Herb Brotspies quoted Peter Drucker to make his point: "The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Sep 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems

showed, adopting radical simplicity can be the best approach to team creativity. Perhaps the best way to bolster innovation in employees is to draw a curtain around them, literally. It could well be that the best career decision you ever... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2008
Research Event

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology

Internet-connected televisions, social media, and the power of simplicity were all cited as launch pads for future innovation in technology, according to a panel of experts that convened at Harvard Business School as part of the HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 May 2018
News

Winning Bid

$90,000 for breast cancer research), as well as its ability to connect people with similar interests: “That’s fascinating both in its simplicity and its complexity,” he says. “It’s not just commerce, it’s commerce and purpose.” READ MORE View Details

Portrait Project

Yuval Gonczarowski

instantaneously. I find it's simplicity addictive, mind-catching, intoxicating. There’s One, and there’s Zero; True, and False; Right, and Wrong. Yet as hard as I try, the real game of life cannot be beaten by code, and livelihood is not... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Napkin Finance: Say It in a Picture

resonated with users,” says Hay, who now partners with banks (including UBS and JPMorgan Chase) that offer the napkins to customers. “People have always loved the form factor, the simplicity of it.” Napkins can take anywhere from a few... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Student-Profile

Ryann Noe

close, and to develop her own lens through which to view these topics. “Organizational systems have a mixture of simplicity and complexity that’s always compelled me,” she says. “There are fundamental constraints, but there is also room... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Learning from the Past

After witnessing the civil war that has ravaged his country for almost three decades, an historian makes this observation about the moral decline of the nation: "The ancient simplicity into which honor so largely entered was laughed down... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

Portrait Project

Christine Cuoco

about my colleagues beyond their resumes. I will focus on what people say and do and how they act. Keep eating peanut-butter-and-grape-jelly sandwiches to remind myself of the simplicity of childhood. In Italy, I'll stick to lunches of... View Details

Portrait Project

Emily Davis

and scary. I've had falls. I have scars. I've been lost, short of food and water, and thoroughly exhausted. But it's these moments that made me who I am — a tomboy. I love the simplicity of being in the wild, the focus on basic... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Books

determines options; customers and profit pools don’t stand still; and simplicity gets results. U.S. Naval Air Superiority: Development of Shipborne Jet Fighters, 1943–1962 by Tommy H. Thomason (MBA ’70) (Specialty Press) Thomason profiles... View Details