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- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
milestones: the birth of the silicon chip and the development of the venture capital industry. From humble beginnings, Valentine became a legendary salesman at Fairchild Semiconductor and National Semiconductor before founding Sequoia Capital in 1972. Valentine was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and perceptions that is critical to performance) than making progress in meaningful work. If a person is motivated and happy at the end of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Incentives and Operational Excellence
certainty of not being nickel-and-dimed," he said. The cost of measurement itself can sometimes override any benefits. For this reason, ABP may be a better bet for B2B interorganizational settings. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
making big real estate bets that could shape the city’s future. He’s all in on Detroit. You could say Cummings married into Detroit: His father-in-law was Max Fisher, a pillar of the business and philanthropic communities known as “Mr.... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
trade systems would help it adapt more easily to new regulations than its competitors. ("This looked like a better bet maybe five years ago when it made this call than it does today," he allowed.) One last possibility, and a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
of big data. Rather than relying on artistic vision, Peck wanted the company to use the mining of big data obtained from Google Analytics and the company’s own sales and customer databases to select the next season’s assortment. Peck was View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
faced by global brands. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/jurlique-globalizing-beauty-from-nature-and-science/an/314087-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-040 Japan: Betting on Inflation? The case focuses on the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
can look like a failure in the middle. President Obama has been in office less than a year, has tackled big problems—big problems are always controversial—and yet he is strong, steady, and focused on purpose. Therefore I bet that despite... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
commercial market to justify the lower returns. If the answer is yes, then buyers aren't overpaying even at today's record-setting prices. If the answer is no, the market may be in for a round of downward price adjustment. O'Connor places his View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
service, monetizing empty seats, allowing a driver to split the cost of gas or tolls for a given trip to the airport or into work. Passengers can pay as little as half what would ring up on a taximeter for the same distance. Although still a niche player, Zou is View Details
- 04 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?
working to undo something the company prides itself on—if there is backdoor in this day and age, no matter how secretive it is, some hacker will get access to it. And then all bets are off. In the electronic world, the world of the... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
she was hired in 1994. “I was really grateful that my partners took a bet on me because I did not have the traditional background of a venture capitalist,” she says. Although she didn’t have the typical engineering degree, within two... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
the others at Menlo Ventures when she was hired in 1994. “I was really grateful that my partners took a bet on me because I did not have the traditional background of a venture capitalist,” she says. Although she didn’t have the typical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
electronic ink — not end products,” Wilcox says, “and we bet everything that electronic publishing would become a big industry.” The move came too late, and by January 2004, the remaining technical issues had exhausted the last of the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
risks and making bold investments based on anticipated industry trends and client demand. Now, despite slowing demand for CRO services, PAREXEL is betting that a global footprint and technology capabilities will become its key future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
where no amount of money can guarantee the existence of a fair allocation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-053.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBetfair vs. UK Bookmakers Harvard Business School Case 709-417 Betting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
the learning time on Khan Academy directly. There’s no way to directly measure the total aggregate learning time in the actual school system. But if I could, I would bet that has gone down dramatically. Kids also are incredibly tired.... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
my bet is that 2037 will be very different as well. And this will be due to entrepreneurs, not private equity funds or public company boards." This may be linked, as D. R. Elliott suggested, to the rise in the "knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles
they may have lived through some years of particularly bad returns. This tends to make investors more cautious. Interestingly, fund managers older than forty—just old enough to have lived through the 1987 crash—were particularly unlikely to View Details
- 30 Jul 2025
- News
Play with Purpose
from a two or three cap rate to a six or seven cap rate. And it's inflation adjusted. Generally, sports is pretty resilient. It's not economically all that sensitive because 70% of the money is in media dollars. It's “a correlated” to anything else that you own. It's... View Details