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- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
people who are willing to make high-risk bets on innovation in emerging markets,” says Bannick. “We need people who are willing to support the development of a sector, not just a firm.” “Pioneer” can be an attractive title, adds... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
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 bet on a return... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
about favorable future policy changes. A lab experiment involving monetary bets on the future popularity of politicians and a field experiment involving political donations (N = 660,542) demonstrated that BFF can influence people’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
startup, taking one big bet on a very small screen Complete Table of Contents June 2019 A More Perfect Union America’s faith in democracy is fading. Daniella Ballou-Aares is leading a group of alumni in an ambitious effort to restore it... 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
- 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
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
have no awareness of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. The government can kick Google out of China, but all bets are off when Chinese students return from travel outside the country. Q: And yet, the government is not opposed to so... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
http://hbr.org/product/Belk--Towards-Exceptional/an/415023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 915-002 Reinventing Retail: ShopRunner's Network Bet ShopRunner considers adjustments to improve its online shopping service, which offers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
the market—and everyone else will struggle to keep up. “Venture capitalists and private investors will lose a lot of money if they bet on a technology that doesn’t get to market first,” Kumar says. Levy argues that SEEQC’s approach won’t... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
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 years she... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
business in China, Sealed Air was now betting on the country to help propel its growth as a global company. The company identified China as one of the initial investments in the company's Global Manufacturing Strategy that aimed to create... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
Harvard Business School professors often travel into the field to conduct business research, but it's a safe bet none have had the experience of Professor Robin Ely. She and coauthor Debra Meyerson of Stanford University took helicopter... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
and Philando Castile and the emotions she felt as the mother of two sons who were four and seven years old. At the same time, McGruder was working at Viacom, where she was named senior vice president of programming at BET Networks in... View Details
- 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
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
well, making Seven Bucks Productions a force to be reckoned with in the world of entertainment. Are Johnson and Garcia right to bet on a new digital channel, which is scheduled to make its debut on YouTube in the next month, and do they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2025
- News
Play with Purpose
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Josh Harris (MBA 1990) attended NFL games at the old RFK Stadium in D.C. as a young child, and recalls being stunned by the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
which raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital only to get wiped out in the dotcom bust. But entrepreneurs and venture capitalists were making expensive bets well before Silicon Valley existed, says Alex Lazarow. Alex... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
diagnosis. Most people feel in their gut that something is going wrong in our economy. When we're in the company of political leaders and public figures, there are often statements of optimism, of not wanting to bet against America—and we... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin