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    The Venture Capital Cycle

    In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen... View Details

    • 10 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

    time. This helps me prioritize the most important events, and not feel guilty about the many HBS activities I need to decline.  Best Mama Hack: Get a running stroller! Even if you don't run, they're more nimble than a normal stroller... View Details
    • 03 May 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    What Is the Future of MBA Education?

    to experiment to see what works best for them. Datar: We also believe that it is important for schools to broaden the types of research that faculty conduct at business schools. The discipline-based research of the last 50 years has... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
    • 25 Aug 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Agglomeration and Innovation

    Keywords: by Gerald A. Carlino & William R. Kerr
    • 06 Jul 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals

    Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn & Katherine L. Milkman; Legal Services
    • 18 Nov 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying

    Keywords: by William R. Kerr, William Lincoln & Prachi Mishra
    • August 15, 2014
    • Article

    Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    This article explores the intricate dynamics that often characterize family-owned businesses, shedding light on key archetypes that play prominent roles within these organizations. Using a narrative approach, the article illustrates the challenges faced by leaders... View Details
    Keywords: Family Ownership; Personal Characteristics; Family and Family Relationships; Management Practices and Processes
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    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds

    By: Shawn A. Cole, T. Robert Zochowski, Fanele Mashwama and Heather McPherson
    This note describes results from a survey of “anchor investors” in impact funds. Anchor investors are described as “generally the first investor to make a substantial capital commitment to a fund,” (according to the Global Impact Investing Network, “GIIN”) and their... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investment Funds; Anchor Investors; Investment; Surveys; Analysis
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    • June 2014
    • Article

    Informal Peer Interaction and Practice Type as Predictors of Physician Performance on Maintenance of Certification Examinations

    By: Melissa A. Valentine, S. Barsade, Amy C. Edmondson, A. Gal and R. Rhodes
    Context: Physicians can demonstrate mastery of the knowledge that supports continued clinical competence by passing a Maintenance of Certification exam. Exam performance depends on professional learning and development, which may be enhanced by informal routine... View Details
    Keywords: Training; Health Care and Treatment; Performance; Social and Collaborative Networks; Learning; Health Industry
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    Exploring the Duality Between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis

    By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Y. Baldwin and John Rusnak
    A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that the organization produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are... View Details
    Keywords: Organization Design; Architecture; Modularity; Open Source Software; Communication; Design; Governance; Management Practices and Processes; Open Source Distribution; Product Design; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Software
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    • 11 Feb 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Peter Belmi, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

      BUSINESS ETHICS: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

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      • 09 Sep 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

      prepared for it.” Click Here Cote also emphasized to students that, as important as it was to avoid the disruption of layoffs and to preserve the company’s workforce, Honeywell also continued its process of “seed planting”—investing in... View Details
      Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics
      • 11 Aug 2011
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Perfecting the Project Pitch

      it's important for speakers to grab the audience's attention early. There are a number of tricks for doing so, such as posing a puzzle to capture the audience's attention. "I tell students that they have 30 seconds with an... View Details
      Keywords: by Dennis Fisher
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      Artful Leadership | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

      Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned... View Details
      • 31 Jul 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Investment Incentives in Proprietary and Open-Source Two-Sided Platforms

      Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Gastón Llanes
      • Research Summary

      Overview

      By: Ethan C. Rouen
      Relying on empirical archival methodologies—as well as techniques in data science—to develop and structure new sources of data by which to approach questions of looming disclosure changes, Professor Rouen has focused on one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s... View Details
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      Vicarious Learning in Organizations

      To advance the study of how individuals learn through their interactions with others, Professor Myers has adopted a vicarious learning theory lens. Vicarious learning allows individuals to learn from the outcomes of others’ experiences, rather than solely their own... View Details

      Keywords: Learning And Development; Learning; Health Industry
      • Research Summary

      Dissertation: "Essays in International Non-market Strategy and the Political Economy of Environmental Regulation"

      My dissertation is part of a research agenda intended to advance our understanding of the interaction between companies and non-market actors (e.g. regulators) in an international context. The empirical setting of my analysis is the European Union Emissions Trading... View Details

      • 2021
      • Book

      Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving Society

      By: Andrew J. Hoffman
      Business leaders have tremendous power to influence our society, how it operates, whether it is fair, and the extent to which it impacts the environment. And yet, we do not recognize or call out the responsibility that comes with that power. This book is meant to... View Details
      Keywords: Business Education; Power and Influence; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Leadership
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