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- 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016
meeting the founding teams. We find that the predictability of venture outcomes varies with the intensity of research and development (R&D) in the sector. In R&D-intensive sectors, such as life sciences, the ideas that elicit more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
way: "We currently have 12 million undocumented Mexicans inside the US and we do not know what to do with them ." Other arguments included those of Tony Eckel that "economic benefits of any worker immigration is limited... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
and 2021 that were compiled by Capital IQ. The research team matched those transactions to financial data supplied by Dun & Bradstreet, as well as information on IT spending provided by Aberdeen Strategy & Research. Finally, they... View Details
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
Toyota? A: It has to make good cars. Basically, Ford has been holding its position on the basis of SUVs and the pick-up. Q: Trucks. A: Trucks, you could say. And really,... View Details
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
Editor's note: Check out the crowd at a concert, a movie, a school play, a beach—heck, even a funeral—and you'll likely see several people sneaking prolonged peeks at their smartphones. They just can't help themselves. Ringtones and... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
put it, “Remember, if you lose personal liberty and privacy, you lose everything. Be very careful what you would wish for in the cause of ‘national interest’.” Commenting that it requires some subtlety to get this balance between security... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
Julia Lee, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats Abstract—It may be possible to offer people a new understanding of their best-self concepts, leading to positive personal and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
that internal agglomerations have a positive impact on location. The effects of internal agglomerations vary by activity, and they arise both within an activity (e.g., among plants) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
To what extent does a leader's inner life affect his or her behavior and actions toward other people? HBS professor emeritus Abraham Zaleznik, skilled in the practice of psychoanalysis and an admirer of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
fundamentalist Taliban and the subsequent U.S.-led invasion of the country. Provides a historical overview of Afghanistan and the position of women in the country to explore... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
organization to position itself for tomorrow. We illustrate how managers use different interactive systems to guide bottom-up emergent strategy. In addition, we explore the specials risks that are introduced through the use of these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
change to organizational change dilemmas associated with sustainability. Publisher's link: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198704072.do Working Papers Individual Experience of Positive and Negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
found in only a small number of tasks and functions. In the majority of situations, spans of accountability were wider than spans of control. This "Entrepreneurial Gap" is posited to be a result of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2024
- White Paper
Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice
By: Matthew Sigelman, Joseph B. Fuller and Alex Martin
Sigelman, Matthew, Joseph B. Fuller, and Alex Martin. "Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice." White Paper, Burning Glass Institute, February 2024.
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
who are at the very top of the ability distribution (non-superstars), react positively to increased competition from superstars. For them, we find some evidence of increased effort and no increase in errors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
rates for 2,159 infant patients, but only after two years. In the shorter term, using these activities is associated with worse performance. By the third year, the positive impact of using deliberate learning activities is similar to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
the private holder cap, and mini-public offerings. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313091-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-405 Amul Dairy In 2013, Rahul Kumar, the managing director of Amul dairy, India's leading dairy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Finding Success in the Middle of the Market
its customers well, their assets will grow to the point that they'll need more sophisticated services and advice. To control midfield, companies like Charles Schwab must stay consistent in their positioning... View Details