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- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
competition and average management quality (part of which stems from the larger covariance between management with firm size as competition strengthens); and (iii) a rise (fall) in the level (dispersion) of management with firm age. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
development of theory with the teaching of it in a single enterprise we'll call course research. Conclusions such as those that Shugan and others have reached stem from misconceptions about the relationship of research, theory, case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
pass two California initiatives, one funding $3 billion in stem cell research and the other resulting in $23 billion for public schools. The biggest source of personal pride is my family. — SY View Details
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
that he underwent the most significant metamorphosis of his life, transforming himself from a professor of business into a world-class builder of innovative new enterprises." 30 Doriot's understanding of the risks and rewards of investing in new technologies View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
research. I’m interested in very focused and very early investing. What’s the next big thing in that area? Stem cell initiatives are going to produce interesting therapeutics. Good diagnostic and early detection, particularly of cancer,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
need to recapitulate here his life or achievements. Both were of such magnitude that their outlines, at least, are familiar to billions around the world. They are made more extraordinary, of course, because his impact stemmed from the... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
Looking ahead, the authors investigate two possible scenarios for the unfolding of the digital revolution, each stemming from a different well-established medium. Television, they point out, is belatedly attempting to enter the digital... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni
sooner rather than later.” Now if Francis is being considered for a new role, he often chooses to disclose his Dyslexia during the interview process, a decision that stems from the positive experiences he has had to date and in choosing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
compounds owned by struggling biotechs. Williams usually calls Tracy once or twice a day, with about a dozen emails back and forth daily. Things are moving. Long term, the Secklers see stem cell or gene replacement therapy wiping out the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
destroying individuals and families. In recent years, as the opioid crisis swept the country, the organization shifted to a broader focus, re-branded as the Georgia Prevention Project. Now Langford wants to stem the spread of opioids with... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
Care? By: Handel, Benjamin, and Joshua Schwartzstein Abstract—Consumers suffer significant losses from not acting on available information. These losses stem from frictions such as search costs, switching costs, and rational inattention,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
similar: “Our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply.” Remarkably, Keynes says much the same thing—that the economic calamity... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
huge that the economic benefits to a franchise far outweigh the risks of relocation, at least in the short term." Pitching and Catching Another lucrative revenue stream for the professional leagues and their teams stems from licensing.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
evidence that the decline in performance outcomes stems from reduced effort or increased risk taking. Instead, errors in logic lead to a decline in performance, which suggests a cognitive explanation for the negative response to increased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
come as a surprise to a lot of companies who are spending a lot of money and not getting a payoff for it. Q: There's been a lot of controversy around the ethics of stem cell research and cloning. Have you been keeping an eye on that? A:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
it India/Pakistan, the Balkans, or the Middle East, there are ancestral grievances about economic injustice underneath that have not been recognized or analyzed properly. A lot of our conflicts globally stem from these kinds of historical... View Details
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Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library
off the sandwich. The genius in Land’s invention stemmed from the immediacy of the process. Among the challenges the film team faced was determining the optimal chemical makeup and amount of viscous solution to be released from the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
where he can be part of the action. When he considers the company’s accomplishments, his satisfaction stems from what Baupost has done for others. “I’m proud of the fact that virtually everybody who has been connected with the firm —... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
suggests this positive effect may stem from a desire to avoid shame. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-073.pdf Author-Level Eigenfactor Metrics: Evaluating the Influence of Authors, Institutions and Countries within... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
1999. Porten's interest in The Broad Foundation stemmed from her own commitment to education, coupled with the desire "to work with an organization that was really trying to change things." Her internship included working in the field... View Details