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- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an industry in the midst of dramatic structural change; and asks whether a16z's success to date has been due to its novel organization structure. a16z's 22 investment professionals are supported... View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016
42.4%; P = .01). Clinical activity and primary employment in a clinical role decreased after degree conferment. After completing their education, a majority of physician-MBAs divert their primary professional focus away from clinical activity. These findings reveal new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Blog - Business & Environment
Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production... View Details
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Research Services - Faculty & Research
academia worldwide, and study business challenges and innovations wherever they occur. Through sustained work in the field, faculty can immerse themselves in the culture and values, as well as the intricacies and nuances that lead to truly meaningful and View Details
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
and financial management, and generating creative ways to identify and meet market opportunities. FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES As more people take the assessment and HBS develops a richer data set, scholars, educators, entrepreneurs and those who... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- 25 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
exercise that helps them refine their elevator pitches and better understand several key marketing principles. Leads to an engaging and thought-provoking discussion. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Financial databases: certification and training
synthesis of finance theory, economic insight and market dynamics. The LSEG Finance Essentials... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
experienced colleagues. Assistant Professors Anjali M. Bhatt Organizational Behavior Julian De Freitas Marketing Summer R. Jackson Organizational Behavior Jung Koo Kang Accounting & Management Rebecca A. Karp Strategy Shirley Lu... View Details
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Skydeck - Alumni
complex issues with essential speed The Musts of 2023 Alumni recommendations from the year in media So You Want to Join a Startup Investor and entrepreneur Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) on how to look before you leap Love and Money Insights... View Details
- 14 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide
works for some people, but not others. There is a lot more performance pressure and accountability" In some ways, however, the company became a victim of its own success as a pioneer of organic sustainable foods. Peaking in 2013, it started losing View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
to learn from their own failures. Together, these findings offer both theoretical and practical insights into how individuals learn directly from their prior experience and indirectly from the experience of others. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 2023
- Article
When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments
By: Christian Kaps, Simone Marinesi and Serguei Netessine
Globally, 1.5 billion people live off the grid, their only access to electricity often limited to operationally-expensive fossil fuel generators. Solar power has risen as a sustainable and less costly option, but its generation is variable during the day and... View Details
Kaps, Christian, Simone Marinesi, and Serguei Netessine. "When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments." Management Science 69, no. 12 (December 2023): 7633–7650.
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
of the case is to bring our research insights into the classroom,” Farronato says. “We want managers to know firsthand the many ways in which this kind of data can help luxury brands improve inventory and pricing decisions.” Balancing the... View Details
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
What Ray Dalio Can Teach Us About Global Venture and Startups
Ray Dalio (photo via Bridgewater Associates) and Alex Lazarow (photo by Lindsay Upson) In a recent conversation with Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), Alex Lazarow (MBA 2010) gleaned three insights (and one bonus) from the global hedge fund leader on... View Details
- September 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform
By: Chiara Farronato, Stefano Denicolai and Sarah Mehta
Telepass, until very recently the sole processor of electronic toll payments on Italy’s highways, has ambitions beyond tolling. Since the mid-2010s, the company has been expanding into adjacent services. In 2017, Telepass launched TelepassPay—a mobile payment... View Details
Keywords: Mobile Payment; App; Mobility Services; Analysis; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Value; Value Creation; Consumer Behavior; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Insurance Industry; Europe; Italy; Milan
Farronato, Chiara, Stefano Denicolai, and Sarah Mehta. "Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform." Harvard Business School Case 622-011, September 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
Middle management used to be the place where careers stalled, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned that notion on its head. In fact, mid-level leaders possess more agency now than at any other time in recent history. The tight job market... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- 25 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number
corporate acquirers and their advisors would generally be knowledgeable of the effect initial offer precision has on acquisition outcomes,” Hukkanen and Keloharju write. “The absence of insight of a better option makes it natural for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley
Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele