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- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
completely aligned with managerial needs. Therefore, our goal is to draw on previous research and current practice to provide insights on managing retention and identify areas for future research. This examination leads us to advocate a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
capital. Purchase this working paper from SSRN: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12592 Cases & Course MaterialsFriendster (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-409 In January 2006, the president of Friendster needs to choose between two View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
framework to address this problem, allowing a firm to better align the design of its development processes to the specific aims of individual projects. We illustrate this framework with examples from Hewlett-Packard, a large, diversified... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
outsourcing selected components to achieve both reduced cost and enhanced innovation benefits. Given typical inter-dependence between innovation at the system and component levels, an important challenge for the system firm is to align... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
acquisition by WorldCom, Keen joined Level 3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn't align with upper management's. At that point, Keen made good on his... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
We show that, on average, the tournament incentive plan was associated with improved store sales. We also find that such plans can be more beneficial for geographically distant participants, where the potential for improving alignment is... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27
favorable to authors who have garnered other attention in the press (as measured by number of media mentions outside of the review) and who have won book prizes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45339 August 2013 California Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Joy M., Liana Victorino, Ryan W. Buell, Michael J. Dixon, Susan M. Goldstein, Larry J. Menor, Madeleine E. Pullman, Aleda Roth, Enrico Secchi, and Jie Zhang Abstract—The purpose of this article is to present exciting and innovative research questions in service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
forecasts to align investors' expectations with their own, we predict that managers increased the quality of their earnings forecasts during the 1990s in order to keep pace with the improved forward-looking information provided by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
it's definitely outside the box of where I thought I would end up," says Le Roy Moore, who recently moved from operations to a marketing role that involves coordinating strategic initiatives across UP's business groups, including... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
even firms with successful funds have struggled to make use of the knowledge gained from start-up investments. Six steps can help companies avoid the pitfalls. Align goals. Corporate venture funds are more successful if the business of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
effects of signals generated by different types of networks on new ventures' formation of future strategic alliances. We argue that the signaling value of a given tie in reducing adverse selection is more pronounced when another type of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
strengthen alignment and accountability. Baker Library Reimagined The Baker Library team completed a strategic plan to guide key investments in collections, research, and emerging technology for the coming... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016
before targeted), the chotuKool represented a technological marvel—a small, inexpensive thermoelectric appliance powered by a rechargeable battery. The case traces chotuKool’s development and evolution from an initial product concept inspired by theories of innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
organization and in all sectors of society. Leaders of any venture—whether a Fortune 500 corporation or a grassroots nonprofit—are responsible for articulating the vision for the organization in a way that sets its direction for the short and long term, View Details
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venture’s failure and what to do with those learnings Addressing founder burnout & weighing tradeoffs when deciding if and when to found again Communicating key lessons from a venture’s failure when pitching a next venture to potential employees, investors, and View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
been the case in this country,” he says. JULY 31 As part of the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellows program, first- and second-year students participated in a diverse range of pursuits this summer, many of them focused on racial equity and justice. Among them:... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details