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- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
it difficult to secure further venture capital investment. In the meantime, blockchain protocols were growing in popularity in technology circles and many blockchain projects were securing investment via Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Santos and his View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
teams will know where to halt their golf cart-size plows. In the fall, leaves are meticulously assembled in piles at a distance from the main paths and then trucked out of sight. All the paths linking the periphery of the campus to its... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
a more inclusive culture? And how should HBS change over the next 10 years in order to accelerate the advancement of women leaders who make a difference in the world?" On March 8, in observance of International Women's Day, faculty View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
at the top than business acumen and "soft" leadership skills do. Members of senior management now have more in common with their peers than with the people they manage. To thrive at the C-level, you must be a strong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
people," said Cynthia Fisher (HBS MBA '90). In 1993, using her own capital, Fisher founded ViaCord, a business that allows customers to bank cord blood stem cells for possible future use in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Keeping that support... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
University colleague Ray Fisman (HBS PhDBE 1998l, and Nancy Adler of the University of California, San Francisco. The first experiments will take place later this year at Harvard Business School's Computer Lab for Experimental Research. View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
four decades. "There are many people who believe the government is doing too much, and that the government interferes with economic growth if it enacts and implements policies around climate change; therefore, they choose not to believe in climate change." Is It Worth... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
to be inconsistent, if not contradictory. "In the ultimate analysis, however everything boils down to perception of the team members or subordinates or followers of the leader concerned." The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
Field Research Out of the classroom, Ashraf has been walking the talk by incorporating co-production into her own field research. In 2010 Ashraf was part of a research team that helped the Zambian government with a nascent national... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama's senior economic team and a member of his Cabinet, specifically focused on the... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
results of an exercise in which members of Harvard Business School's MBA Class of 2009 collectively attempted to replicate Blinder's study. Overall, the MBA students' assessments of offshorability matched Blinder's well. Across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
Tost of the University of Washington, Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School, and Richard P. Larrick of Duke University. Key concepts include: Members of teams with high-power leaders are likely to keep... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way You Work Author:Leslie A. Perlow Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2012 Abstract Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
performance, but only for two years. Those who switched to firms with better capabilities and those who moved with other team members exhibited no significant decline in short-term or long-term performance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
control over brands is explicitly ceded to the public for marketing purposes. As I write this, the Binghamton, New York minor league professional baseball team is thought to be on its way to being named the Stud Muffins in a poll of fans.... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
why managers may respond to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results are consistent with the notion that the investor base affects corporate policy choices. Utilizing Team Member... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
expertise in personalization developed during his time as a serial entrepreneur and a founding team member of Google+; he sets about recruiting engineers, educators, VC investors, and families to set in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
disclose extensive financial information. Thus Koehn and her team had to search high and low to try to piece together Winfrey's business model and understand her company's revenues, costs, and competitive advantage in the crowded,... View Details
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
more than the average worker in US companies), in executive hiring, or in their organization’s adjustments to health or financial crises. Instead, especially in nonunionized workplaces, control over these decisions is concentrated in the hands of top executives and... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
Sector? MacCormack opened the session by asking why, of all business sectors, the panelists chose this one. Kosmas Kalliarekos (HBS MBA '91), founding member and senior partner of The Parthenon Group, a strategic advisory company, and... View Details