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- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
doing just in response to people copying your strategy," he concluded. Reflecting on the last fifteen years in venture capital, Intel's McCall observed, "It's been a pretty wild ride." He recalled making twenty-five to thirty deals a year in the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
government procurement policies can accelerate the diffusion of new environmental standards that require coordinated complementary investments by various types of private adopters. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2142085... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
such competition is to be expected in more mature markets. Greater availability of cadavers for medical science could accelerate the quality of medical training and procedures—a fact most users recognize. Nonetheless, how much trust can... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
Luke Sherwin. The four met as members of a New York City venture accelerator program. All admired Warby Parker’s success in delivering on the promise of “designer eyewear at revolutionary prices,” via a direct-to-consumer sales model.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
that save their firms cash taxes. Their firms altered payout policies in 2012, distributing $8 billion in special and accelerated dividends, to save shareholders nearly $700 million in taxes. Further, each tax-minded executive reduces a... View Details
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
after our intervention. Entrepreneurs with MBAs or accelerator experience did not respond to this intervention, suggesting that formal training can limit the spread of peer advice. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
consistently, and providing frequent feedback to employees—grew 28% larger and were 10 percentage points less likely to fail than those who got advice from peers with a passive people-management approach two years after our intervention. Entrepreneurs with MBAs or... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
formats, which competed more directly with independents and accelerated their decline. Overall, these findings suggest that restricting the entry of large stores does not necessarily lead to a world with fewer stores, but one with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Administration guidance documents, public statements, and workshops, U.S. policy makers and regulators have recently accelerated efforts to clarify policies and foster innovation around software-driven medical devices. We describe key... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of accelerating digital convergence and decreasing magazine sales. Historically a proponent of evolutionary change, he is considering a radical move: creating a senior management... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
the EITC would be the fourth big missed opportunity. Then the final one is, trying to understand better why and how so much business income has shifted to pass through entities. If anything, the framework accelerates that in really... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
benefited from the catch-up following low-income levels caused during war or conflict. Five incidents were credited, or partially credited, to government spending on infrastructure or jobs. In most cases accelerated growth proved a... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
exhibited very different rates of economic recovery. We provide evidence that those countries that caught up the most with the U.S. in the postwar period are those that saw an acceleration in the speed of adopting new technologies. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
when he said that George Gilder correctly defines knowledge and entrepreneurship as the true driving forces of capitalism. "Airbnb and like companies are accelerating capitalism, not replacing it." As Hugh Quick put it,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
for the first-best quantity even if the difference in the degree of asymmetric information between the two sides is narrow. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-080.pdf Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
variables, we find that government procurement rules produce spillover effects that stimulate both private-sector adoption of the LEED standard and investments in green building expertise by local suppliers. These findings suggest that government procurement policies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
times—get started on the right foot. “It really is possible to bottle up life experience and tacit knowledge and deconstruct it to accelerate the learning curve,” he says. Ng says that unlocking the best career opportunities requires job... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
contests with real impact in healthcare. We have two programs underway with the Connectivity MAP at the Broad Institute for accelerating drug discovery, and one program with Massachusetts General Hospital on genomic sequencing. Our goal... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
challenges arise against the backdrop of the accelerated approval process, uncertainty about what the FDA will ultimately decide, and whether the company should indeed pursue early approval. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
candidates for the top sales job: a veteran sales director who has excelled under the old order and a brash outsider who has experience selling solutions but doesn't know the industry. With an outside board director pressuring him to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne