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- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
deliberate, using higher cognitive processing. While we might be likely to relegate gut feel to Type 1 thinking, Huang has found that what investors mean by the term is actually a combination of Type 1 and Type 2 decision making. “When people are making these View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge. "The delay was a big surprise," says Bo Becker, who coauthored the paper with colleagues Daniel B. Bergstresser and Guhan Subramanian. "Nobody thought the case had much merit. But all... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
after a merger." Tony Eckel said, "Properly applied, they are investments in the continuity and stability of the organization." Some were vehement in their opposition. "I view a retention bonus as a sort of blackmail... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
Media Wise That sort of approach isn't possible in today's media-rich world—and probably wouldn't be very effective anyway. "It's more like the Vietnam War now," Deighton continues. "The ideas have to belong to the people you're... View Details
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
effectively rewire some of the links in the network," says Stuart. "That sort of heated environment creates a rush of investment activity that increases the number of participants hoping to quickly take a company public. It... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
that is, top management's connections to major biotech firms. In contrast, upstream social capital-team members' ties to important research institutions-had no impact at all on the new organization's success. "In this industry," Higgins theorizes, "these... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
database of startups and investors, to analyze collaboration patterns. The authors also sorted through press releases, news articles, and regulatory filings to augment and verify the data. Of the Crunchbase startups examined, 16... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
while improving their own margins. "Two sides in this sort of negotiation will always differ on price," Sebenius observes. "However, if that conflict is the centerpiece of their interaction, then it's a bad situation. If... View Details
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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
opportunity to sort out interesting projects across the organization. Right now, I’m interested in interacting with the social investments team as well as the Detroit Program [a public/private collaboration] and the American Cities... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- News
Smarter Farming
farming and food company. It's focused on providing the world's best natural dairy and meat products. I was excited to work for PAMU because PAMU is looking to change how New Zealand farms. It's looking to change the sort of food that New... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
more and more commonplace, they help provide a richer context for intelligent and nuanced conversations about the game. And to Marinak and the MLB, a more enlightened fan is a more engaged fan. “You have to have some sort of processing to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
How I Got to Google
In addition to that, product managers can go from being an individual contributor to more of a group lead. The sorts of skills you use might eventually put you at the head of your own startup, or in a product director or general manager... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
recruiting the very best people and sorting them out as to who is the most effective, then empowering them, and watching closely while they run like hell for victory and achievement. As mentor and protégé, what drew Sidney Weinberg and... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
estimated in advance by companies who specialize in this sort of analysis. Bonds can be purchased to cover cost overrun risks, too. And it doesn’t hurt to have the reality check of a bonding agent looking over the movie’s projected... View Details
- 06 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Takeaways from the Peek Women's Colleges Cohort
interests, but also in culture, experiences, and personalities. The amazing people that I met at the Peek program were from all sorts of backgrounds with many different stories to tell. What united all of us was the passion for learning... View Details
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Database Best Practices - Research Computing Services
(production) database. Consider if it will save time to use temporary tables when doing complex joins. While your query is running, use SHOW EXPLAIN to fine-tune the SQL. Use SELECT * and ORDER BY only if necessary, as it is more efficient to View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)
unlike anyone else who went to Harvard Business School with me—but my words, as I recall, to her were, “I’m not the military type. I’m not at all what they’re looking for.” To which she, being a lot wiser than 17-year-old me, sort of... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
matter who that person is? And yes, it sort of does. Here we find that who you are and who is advocating for you, who is treating you, is making a difference.” Results don’t show exactly why male physicians don’t do as well with women, in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
managing inventory levels and sales and ultimately save customers money while improving their own margins. “Two sides in this sort of negotiation will always differ on price,” Sebenius observes. “However, if that conflict is the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
outlines—the “theory of jobs to be done”—and how that concept might play out in the auto industry. —Dan Morrell Your theory essentially reframes how managers think about their products or services—as a sort of job that the customer is... View Details