• 04 Sep 2020
• Blog Post

Advice from a Career Switcher: The Value of Informational Conversations with Alumni

In the fall of 2019, Adam entered HBS in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program ready to test a career hypothesis. “I wanted to understand why we have climate change and what I can do to mitigate it,” Adam recalled. “What are the technical interventions that... View Details

• 10 Aug 2010
• First Look

First Look: August 10

negotiation cases have distinctive aspects that merit explicit treatment. This article offers three types of tailored advice for producing cases on negotiation and related topics (such as mediation and diplomacy) that are primarily... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 01 Sep 2017
• News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

lucrative industry,” says Moon, who is an investor in an esports team. Fans cheer on their favorite gamers during a Paris competition (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images) Esports entrepreneurs are asking the same types of questions the... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

• 15 Jun 2016
• Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

developed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they were able to tell which companies were competitors in the same patient application areas (such as cardiology, oncology, or urology) and product classes. Then, using commercial View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

• 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

find that the interaction of task change with intrapersonal diversity is related to improved project performance, while the interaction of task change with interpersonal diversity is related to diminished... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 27 Aug 2013
• First Look

First Look: August 27

author's connection to the media outlet is related to the outcome of the review decision. When a book's author also writes for a media outlet, that outlet is 25% more likely to review the book relative to other media outlets, and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• Fast Answer

Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

Research Topics Suggested Resources Private Equity - Funds, Firms, Transactions, etc. Pitchbook
Information on companies, deals, funds, View Details

• 15 Aug 2016
• Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

investments are once again declining. Reasoning that today’s tech entrepreneurs and investors might value a history lesson, I’ve published Speed Trap as an ebook, which is downloadable for free in PDF format, and available in the iBooks... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

• 27 Jan 2016
• Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

misconduct Minor is no stranger to the topic of risk preference. Before entering academia he launched his own investment firm. He constructed lawmakers’ risk preferences using data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks issues View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

• 06 May 2015
• Research & Ideas

A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market

which the art world uses market categories to separate and organize large amounts of information, which in turn allows buyers and sellers to accurately assess the value of various works. This investigation led to a related lesson that art... View Details

• 03 Dec 2008
• What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

smaller." John Homan suggested, "... that the Federal Government give a 10 percent tax credit to the purchaser of a house and the purchaser pay it back ... over 20 years in equal installments with no interest." Education in general as well as efforts to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

• Web

Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

on closely related investing strategies such as distress and private debt. Students will examine a wide variety of investment settings: from lower middle market companies to mega-cap, from the United States to emerging markets, from... View Details

• 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

stock price is suffering because of delayed and disappointing results. Removing the controller, however, is proving difficult because he is related to the company's founder. What approaches can the investor... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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