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    Six Myths of Product Development

    Many companies approach product development as if it were manufacturing, trying to control costs and improve quality by applying zero-defect, efficiency-focused techniques. While this tactic can boost the performance of factories, it generally backfires with... View Details
    • 11 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 11

    Publications August 2013 American Journal of Managed Care The Impact of Electronic Health Record Use on Physician Productivity By: Adler-Milstein, Julia, and Robert S. Huckman Abstract—Objectives: To examine the impact of the degree of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • June 2016
    • Article

    Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds
    Background: Routine annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Employees; Health Care and Treatment
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    • 27 Feb 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

    of our clients who saw how we managed to overcome the crisis.” —Antonio Madero, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Sanluis Corporation (a leading Mexico-based automotive parts maker) Silverthorne: Was this focus on reputation development pushed... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • December 2012 (Revised January 2015)
    • Technical Note

    Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund Model

    By: Howard Stevenson, Michael Roberts and Jim Sharpe
    The funded search model is one alternative for individuals who, at some point in their career, want to run their own companies. This note looks at the funded search, as a means to entrepreneurship through acquisition and describes the path to buy and run a business... View Details
    Keywords: Search Funds; Search; Entrepreneurial Finance; Investor Behavior; Career Planning; Entrepreneurial Management; Fundraising; Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt; Personal Development and Career; Private Ownership; Acquisition; Finance; Leveraged Buyouts
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    • July 2018 (Revised January 2021)
    • Case

    RunKeeper

    By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
    The case examines the focus of an early stage company and how venture capital can distort a founder’s view. It encompasses issues such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the... View Details
    Keywords: Early Stage Funding; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Health Industry
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    • 04 Oct 2021
    • What Do You Think?

    How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

    copy of an extensively researched recent book, Power, for All, by Professors Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro. The authors define power as “the ability to influence others’ behavior, be it through persuasion or coercion (through)... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 07 Feb 2024
    • News

    The Sound of Success

    deaf, became the first person to receive gene therapy for congenital deafness during a clinical trial at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “There’s no sound I don’t like,” he said through interpreters during an interview in... View Details
    • Web

    Accelerating the Careers of Diverse Rising Stars

    The Advent Leadership Academy was a unique 13-week custom program designed to equip a diverse cohort of 40 talented leaders from across Advent's portfolio companies with the skills and frameworks they needed... View Details
    • Blog

    Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

    and email cover letter, you'll need a personal elevator pitch that will help you effectively convey your strengths and what you bring to the table. Describing yourself View Details
    • 01 Oct 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Better by the Bundle?

    bundle—known as an Extra Value Meal—for cheaper than the products would cost if purchased individually. “Bundling is pervasive in several markets, and it works in many cases” But those same customers might... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • August 2005 (Revised December 2005)
    • Case

    Coach K: A Matter of the Heart

    By: Scott A. Snook, Leslie A. Perlow and Brian DeLacey
    Successful college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces the decision whether to accept a lucrative offer to coach a professional basketball team or continue to coach at Duke University. Provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and... View Details
    Keywords: Power and Influence; Strategic Planning; Decisions; Personal Development and Career; Interpersonal Communication; Management Teams; Goals and Objectives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Sports Industry; North Carolina
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    • 25 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

    The Class of 2021 is facing a time unlike any other in human history. In these unprecedented times, we at HBS are so grateful that these students will lead us into a better future filled with possibility, inclusivity, innovation, and... View Details

      Uncovering the Mitigating Psychological Response to Monitoring Technologies

      Organizational psychologists have long held that monitoring workers saps them of their autonomy and thereby reduces their effectiveness. Yet technology has intensified such surveillance in recent years: Managers now track everything from clinicians’ handwashing to... View Details

      • 01 Sep 2015
      • First Look

      First Look -- September 1, 2015

      consultants with larger customer base and greater expertise mitigate these isomorphic tendencies. Additionally, interlocks and compensation consultants exert different... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 25 Oct 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: October 25

        PublicationsJoining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know Authors:Marc J. Epstein and F. Warren McFarlan Publication:Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2013
      • Dissertation

      Firm-to-Firm Matching Along the Global Supply Chain

      By: Raluca Dragusanu
      This paper examines the matching patterns between buyers and sellers at different stages of the global production chain. I construct a new dataset, which links firm-level information on Indian manufacturing exporters from the CMIE-Prowess database with firm-level... View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chain; Relationships; Trade; United States; India
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      • 20 May 2024
      • Blog Post

      Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

      community, and humor. “I have a deeply held belief that I should be learning from every single person I encounter,” said Roberts. “My dad’s biggest leadership quality was being self-actualized—a very hard... View Details
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Dirty Money: How Banks Influence Financial Crime

      By: Joseph Pacelli, Janet Gao, Jan Schneemeier and Yufeng Wu
      On September 21st, 2020, a consortium of international journalists leaked nearly 2,500 suspicious activity reports (SAR) obtained from the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, exposing nearly $2 trillion of money laundering activity. The event raises important... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Institutions; Crime and Corruption; Policy
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      • 24 Jul 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

      compelling as a researcher—that completing this totally arbitrary set is so motivating to people that they are willing to participate in an obviously bad bet.” Future research and advice for managers The researchers acknowledge that it’s... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel