Wisdom Of Crowds - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

leader is the chairman of the family holding company and the clear leader of the family owners. In general, family business system leaders are the individuals with the most resources under their control;... View Details

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

investment banking house in the country’s financial capital. General Merchants to Commodities Brokers Investing in Emerging Industries [7 ] Peter Chapman, The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers 1844–2008 (New York: Portfolio... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

for startups. So it is important to go outside for a little fresh air and exploration of new modes that might already be springing up around you. “Going just a little beyond conventional wisdom isn’t enough... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

shop may be a harbinger of things to come,” says Luca. The study didn’t specifically track the fate of existing shops or services after new businesses started opening in the area, so it’s possible the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

years. Never before in the history of entrepreneurship has there been this extraordinary amount of committed capital designated to invest in startups. If you have built a good business with promising... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

crowded classroom, including a Harvard graduate student and former high-school teacher who was the course’s head teaching fellow last year; a historian who has coauthored some of the course’s 24 new cases;... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

danger of failing before, now your anxiety has made failure a foregone conclusion. We've all experienced the crippling effects of job performance anxiety. But far from being uniquely relegated to nightmare... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

here . Related Themes: Global Crisis & Debt Data More Info Does Reserve Accumulation Crowd Out Investment By: Carmen Reinhart, Vincent Reinhart & Takeshi Tashiro MAY 2016 In this paper, Reinhart, Reinhart, and Tashiro study nine Asian... View Details

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

that certain aspects may not work exactly as intended. It behooves organizations to be more thoughtful about how sponsorships are designed. For instance, a protégé’s success may be less about the mere vote of confidence than about the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

management and personnel, they said. What creates superior performance management? Attention to outcomes. Focus on stakeholders. (Surveys, satisfaction. How do funders and community perceive what we do?) Reversing a weak culture of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

determination and stamina--five speeches a day--and the size of his crowds impressed ordinary voters watching on television much more than Clinton's barrage of paid ads. The... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

Instead of joining the other parents in a competition for weak Wi-Fi in a crowded waiting room, Dixon camped out in her car. She used the time to strategize her startup; news radio kept her company. In all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2024
News

Case Study: Testing the Waters

drink mix; it’s quite another to compete with the ad spend, sales forces, and promotional programs of Gatorade and other big beverage companies in a larger but already crowded category. This entrepreneur... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

24 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

explicitly mentioned identity in the email, including the line, “I was hoping you might be willing to write back with a few words of wisdom for a young [person]/[man/woman/Black man/Black... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

person can possibly possess the knowledge, experience, and wisdom needed to make every decision. Organizational success today requires the involvement of everyone at all levels. Less authority-driven... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

dynamically. The book also presents the concept of “phronesis,” a kind of practical wisdom that benefits not only the organization, but also society at large. From ancient... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 Mar 2023
News

Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

of nonalcoholic beverages. The livestreamed event also included a Founder’s Chat between 2018 aNVC Crowd Favorite winner Benoit Dupont (PLDA 2016), cofounder and CEO of... View Details

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

discounting the wisdom they were given, often because of an egocentric bias that has them naturally favoring their own viewpoints. Sometimes people will ask for advice from others, but their true goal is to... View Details