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  • October 1995
  • Article

Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects

By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We examine the incentive problem confronting a firm and employee when the employee privately discovers a significant invention and faces a choice between keeping the invention private and leaving the firm to form a new company (start-up), or transferring knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Rights; Employees; Innovation and Invention; Compensation and Benefits; Knowledge Sharing; Capital; Profit
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  • Web

Employment Data Trends

<1% 1% <1% <1% 1% Technology 19% 19% 19% 16% 16% Consumer Electronics 1% <1% 1% <1% <1% E-Commerce 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% Equipment / Hardware / Networking <1% <1% <1% 0% <1% Internet Services 6% 6% 3% 4% 3% Software 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% Other Technology 3% 4% 7% 4% 4% Venture View Details
  • September 2019
  • Case

Dementia Discovery Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick
The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Mission and Purpose; Recruitment; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Financial Services Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; London; England
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  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

details, including a top executive’s stake in the firm. So, the researchers turned to Pitchbook, a company that tracks buyout data for private companies. They added specific CEO data from Capital IQ, LinkedIn, press releases, and company... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 26 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

March 2019 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Thin Slices of Workgroups By: Satterstrom, Patricia, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Lisa Kwan, Oliver P. Hauser, Wannawiruch Wiruchnipawan, and Marina Burke Abstract—In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 2024
  • Contribution

Work

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Julie L. Rose
This chapter has two aims. First, in light of the continued dominance of market capitalism, one aim of the chapter is to examine contemporary approaches to traditional concerns about the impact of market capitalism on the manner in which work is carried out. By the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Employees; Labor
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Horizontal Integration (1) Housing (4) Human Capital (27) Human Needs (14) Human Resources (292) Identity (6) Immigration (37) Income (7)... View Details
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

humans could perform. The present research explores the psychology of "botsourcing"—the replacement of human jobs by robots—while examining how understanding botsourcing can inform the psychology of... View Details
  • 18 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market Authors:Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda, and M. Julia Prats Abstract Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Brian J. Hall

    Brian J. Hall is the Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He served as the Unit Head for the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) Unit for 14 years. Previously, he was an assistant professor of economics in the... View Details

    Keywords: venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry
    • 28 Jun 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis

    months of the crisis. Rouen’s study sheds light on the true factors behind the choices leaders make when survival is at stake. Sales take a dive The research team used data collected between March and May 2020 by the nonprofit JUST View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • November 1996 (Revised February 1997)
    • Case

    Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The

    By: Stephen A. Greyser and Stephanie L. Woerner
    The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) runs one of the nation's most important research libraries and a museum focusing on colonial history. Financial analysis shows that the society has absorbed increased costs of operation over the past decade through slow but... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Cost; Human Resources; Leadership Style; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Pennsylvania
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    • 04 Sep 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

    the expense of others. Another reason is the human tendency to resist any policy change that leads to harm as well as benefit. These are complex issues. Politicians and activists have been trying to solve some of them for decades; but... View Details
    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
    • 31 Mar 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: March 31, 2009

    it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it tried to keep up with Intel.... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    failure and making it work for us. Why Startups Fail Professor Thomas Eisenmann (DBA 1998, MBA 1983) + More Info – Less Info Most startups fail. About two-thirds of venture capital investments do not earn a positive return. Surprisingly,... View Details
    • 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
    • Web

    Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

    composition of a firm's investor base. Finally, firms that report more information about the different forms of capital or follow more closely the guiding principles as described in the IR Framework of the IIRC exhibit a more long-term... View Details
    • Web

    Profiles - MBA

    an authentic desire to build the world they want to live in. ” Tech areas of interest: AI/ML, Design, Human Computer Interaction, Sustainability, Privacy, Security & Trust Formative experience at the intersection of technology and... View Details
    • 12 Sep 2023
    • What Do You Think?

    Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

    medium-sized, for-profit retailing organization. You have been asked to approve changes to the company’s orientation program that probably would not have crossed your desk several years ago. Your human resources group has proposed changes... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett