Risk - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

infrastructure and ready talent, and an underdeveloped consumer market. Some innovators, however, have succeeded by building franchises to serve poorer consumer segments; tapping the vast opportunity represented by nonconsumption; internalizing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jul 2024
News

Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

are women, CB enjoyed a net income of about $73 million in 2008. According to Labarthe and Danel (aka “the two Charlies”), a high profitability rate is necessary to convince investors to take a risk on a relatively unknown bank; it’s also... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

when cities can tolerate risk and when there is enough labor with low opportunity costs. We also report on an inexpensive Boston-based restaurant tournament, which yielded algorithms that proved reasonably accurate when tested... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217045-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 215-025 Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium (Abridged) No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

licenses to small number of players, then they will still run the risk that they will continually get downward pressure on price by competitors like Dell, and greater availability of options by customers using Microsoft software. It's... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

July 2024
Case

Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

a for-profit incubator, PY Ventures, to provide North Korean entrepreneurs with customized mentorship and access to foreign capital. What role did See play in North Korea, and how should he evaluate the risks and opportunities of moving... View Details

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

life when he was a child was a life and death matter in the most literal sense. We're not talking about the life and death of a firm. We're talking about the physical survival of a human being and of his parents and of their extended family. That was at View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

10 Mar 2021
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. False promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

John’s very deep personal commitment to social issues. What really came through to me was the heart and soul of this guy. At the risk of embarrassing him, we were both interested in helping an indigenous student from the United States,... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

June 2024
Case

Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform

By: Ariel D. Stern and Susan Pinckney

In 2023, Israel-based AI health care company Aidoc evaluated its future. The company, founded in 2016, had grown from commercializing a single AI product for radiologists to a software platform that could detect 20 conditions and immediately notify care teams of... View Details

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22 May 2020
Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

They disproportionately hail from the southern states. They just graduated high school and never thought much about college. Half sign up out of patriotism but just as many enlist for free college. For risking their lives, they are paid... View Details

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of selling illegal tax shelters. Flynn has to decide whether to fight the charges and risk the dissolution of his firm,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

multiple times, with short notice. Work-life balance became irrelevant to us. Instead, as a family we adopted what I’d best summarize as “strategic equality,” making my wife’s career the central pivot around which everything else was fair game. I went for flexibility... View Details

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a healthy appetite for risk can shape a life Blissful Thinking Happiness research is all the rage. How understanding the origins of joy can improve the way we lead organizations—and our personal lives What We’re Reading Novels and... View Details

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