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- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
evolved into a complex solution instead of the simple small business software that originally was envisioned. Its features got specified and locked in before a single paying customer had used the product. The Pandesic team did a lot of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
from the list as "too sick to transplant," Roth says. The system is rife with trouble. First of all, "there aren't enough deceased donors," Roth says. Second, while healthy people are able to live with a single... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-012.pdf Doing What the Parents Want? The Effect of the Local Information Environment on the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations Authors:Nemit O. Shroff, Rodrigo S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
some people numbers speak, but I don’t think numbers speak to him. I give him a lot of credit for realizing this early on. Back in the 1960s a Citibank offer was like a golden ticket in India. People wouldn’t leave that job, and I’m sure his View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
Michael Roberto: My parents are Italian immigrants, and my family back in Tuscany and the Campania region of Italy continue to make their own wine. Therefore, I've always had an interest in the wine-making process. A few years ago, when... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
financing them jointly on a single balance sheet, especially when it is costly to set up project companies? The answer is that the creation of a new project company affects not only the decision to invest but also the subsequent value of... View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
a book about immigrant entrepreneurs from the 1790s to the present day, and planned to begin with Alexander Hamilton. It turns out that he was more of a policymaker than an entrepreneur, but if I had to single out one person as the most... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
innovate." Data.gov allows people to be watchdogs as well as innovators, he continued. One helpful innovation marries government data about recalls of baby products with the nifty Red Laser app that is available for the iPhone: Before considering purchase of... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That juggling act is made even tougher by... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
company add complexity to its app, design multiple apps for business segments, or expand into other mobile channels? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/512082-PDF-ENG Parent Company P and 80 Percent Owned Subsidiary Company S David... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
develop this perceptions framework is of a single stage stochastic inventory system with periodic review, constant leadtimes, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs. Forecasting ARIMA... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
deconcentration, but this alone cannot explain the change. A single supply factor in the market for ideas, such as the breakup of AT&T, cannot explain the trend either. Finally, 11% of patents change hands through mergers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
2007, Google responded by organizing the OpenSocial Initiative. OpenSocial provided an application programming interface (API) that was adapted by many of Facebook's social networking rivals, including MySpace and LinkedIn. Relying on a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
into account the role of contextual features. We conclude with a discussion of key themes, unresolved issues, and promising research directions. Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making Authors:Marlyse F.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs between rich countries. The share of vertical FDI (subsidiaries which provide inputs to their parent firms) is larger than commonly thought, even... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
viable product. He had to get price down, as it currently cost roughly $330,000 to make a single burger. He also had to find the right partner(s) to help him bring the product to market. But who should he work with: someone from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
transportation system. Like cars and taxis, PRT vehicles carried small groups—often just a single passenger—with no need to wait for a shared vehicle to arrive or for others to board. Yet PRT followed train systems in using an exclusive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
California consumers who rely on gas to heat their homes and cook their food. On the other hand, directors negotiating the sale of a Delaware corporation to a company controlled by a single individual would be obligated to accept the... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
redistribution as a medium to bring out the best in humanity. By the end of 2019, the Robin Hood Army was present in twelve countries, was serving over 500,000 meals per month, and had helped more than 750 children enroll in public schools. All of it without raising a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman