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- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
Case 218-095 Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A) Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the country. Over the next three weeks, 14 analysts... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
https://hbr.org/product/indus-towers-from-infancy-to-maturity/415005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-031 Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development Homestrings is an online investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
It also contains materials on the branch offices and the management and administration of the company from the New York office. Collection Guide Harris C. Fahnestock Papers, 1855–1914 . Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School. The papers of... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
Here are a few ways MBAs can support the movement for Black lives: Donate to and fundraise for racial justice nonprofits. Support local Black-led organizing groups and/or invest in national organizations like Movement for Black Lives, a... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
collaboration. Second, they didn't organize effectively for collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't invest in building... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
Recommendations are based on analyses of individuals’ career histories in the professional services sector and other settings, such as appliance manufacturing, oil and gas, health care, and education. The article proposes strategies on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
sell-side analysts employed at state-owned brokerages issued relatively optimistic earnings forecasts and stock recommendations during these periods. This relative optimism is particularly pronounced in earnings forecasts for larger firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
working as an economist in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance when the Arab Spring swept through Cairo in 2011. When we met, she was executive director of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, a $300 million investment initiative between... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
recommendations on how future research can be enriched through a systematic examination of how entrepreneurial ventures navigate the organizational dilemmas growth presents. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
are used to evaluate investments creates a systematic bias against successful innovation. The authors recommend alternative methods that can help managers innovate with a much more astute eye for future... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
high-potential, next-generation senior managers energized and growing? The answers can help the board realize whether a company with great financial results today may have terrible results in six months, six quarters, or six years—unless there's an intervention.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage. "Short termism" has been blamed for everything from the decline of the U.S. automobile industry to the low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
hence preventable. The author, a longtime consultant to the VC industry, outlines four recommendations for entrepreneurs sitting down at the table with prospective funders. Understand your leverage. Your leverage is not only a function of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
investment strategy of VCs in recent years—an increased prevalence of a “spray and pray" investment approach—where investors provide a little funding and limited governance to an increased number of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
while transparency of government data overall was an important goal in principle, Data.gov should prioritize its acquisition efforts and pursue specific high-value targets. One CTO recommended giving priority to environmental data in... View Details
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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
nation, Ray plans to advance his research how businesses and other organizations respond to racial disparities, focusing on individual and systemic responses. His work bridges social science with practical recommendations for designing... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
satisfied with the firm itself, 3.26 compared to 4.80 and 4.38 respectively. “It’s offensive because consumers feel as though the firm broke the contract,” John says. The right way to run a poll For companies looking to let consumers vote on choices, Norton and John... View Details
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
2.0" turned up on the online encyclopedia one day—and was recommended for deletion—McAfee and colleague Karim R. Lakhani knew they had the makings of an insightful case study on collaboration and governance in the digital world.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
office. An executive search professional refuses the headaches associated with leading a practice area. Information technology consultants resist management assignments, for fear they'll become "administrators." Aggressive View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
Offspring Beth, MBA '97 John, HBS '03 Hobbies Sailing, skiing Recommended Reading A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell "Sowell provides important insights into public policy and how it is driven by certain assumptions about human... View Details