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- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
by both venture capital firms and venture capital-financed companies in three cities-San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We find that firms open new satellite offices based on the success rate of venture capital-backed investments in an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
biosimilar drugs, we analyze how market features and public policies predict entry, market prices, and penetration of biosimilars. We find significant heterogeneity across countries and drug classes in all of these outcomes. While we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
CSV Explained - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Explained Creating shared value is a framework for creating economic value while simultaneously addressing societal needs and challenges. When businesses act as businesses —not as charitable donors—they can improve profitability while also improving environmental... View Details
- September 2020
- Case
Uber at a Crossroads (2017)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Customer Satisfaction; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Price; Profit; Revenue; Investment; Government Legislation; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Wages; Lawfulness; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Attitudes; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Transportation Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Uber at a Crossroads (2017)." Harvard Business School Case 721-376, September 2020.
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Publications October 2014 Management Science Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Christoph Riedl... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
from the nonprofit and public sector to attend HBS, these fellowships enable the School to award $10,000 to a select number of incoming MBA students for each of their two years in the MBA Program. Beginning with the Class of 1990, 267... View Details
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance, but ever since his undergraduate days of studying public and international affairs at Princeton, Offensend planned that, one... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
sustainable to freeride on the green image. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52393 October 10, 2016 Harvard Business Review Why Lincoln Hid His Strongest Feelings from the Public By: Koehn, Nancy F.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research
issues take different forms, including sustained, HBS-wide initiatives built upon robust cross-disciplinary research agendas that lead to publications and conferences to broaden the impact of the findings, and multidisciplinary projects... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- HBS Case
Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent
Beckham, but there are stars in all sorts of domains, in all sectors of business. You see this with CEOs who become public figures and are stars in and of themselves.” Business increasingly orbits these iconic talents, Elberse says. The... View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/IPRImit.pdf Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector Authors:Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda Publication:In America's Energy Innovation Problem Abstract We examine the extent to which venture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
not to mention money-losing investments in silly ventures. Separating enduring strategic lessons from the hype can help avoid a new crash. Hint: the lessons don't include rushing to fund start-ups on the basis of back-of-the-envelope... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Juan Leung Li
While it takes introspection, Juan believes in the meaningful differences (finding purpose!) these efforts have in career searches. While at HBS, Juan considered a diverse set of opportunities such as brand management, consulting, PE, View Details
- 17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016
2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: John A. Quelch. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
hiring (in this study, by the head office of a U.S. retail chain) or decentralized hiring (by store managers) leads to higher quality employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2016
- Article
Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach
By: Malcolm Baker, Brock Mendel and Jeffrey Wurgler
We outline a dividend signaling model that features investors who are averse to dividend cuts. Managers with strong unobservable cash earnings separate by paying high dividends but retain enough to be likely not to fall short next period. The model is consistent with a... View Details
Keywords: Investment
Baker, Malcolm, Brock Mendel, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach." Review of Financial Studies 29, no. 3 (March 2016): 697–738.
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
By: Kerr, William R., and Ufuk Akcigit Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Accelerating Innovation In Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors
- November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
BiomX: Bringing Phage Back to the Stage
By: Paul A. Gompers, Elie Ofek, Orna Dan and Emilie Billaud
In the spring of 2023, and following the favorable results of a trial involving its phage cocktail for treating lung infections among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, the leadership of BiomX had several critical issues to wrestle with. First, given its precarious... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Financing and Loans; Health Testing and Trials; Product Development; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Gompers, Paul A., Elie Ofek, Orna Dan, and Emilie Billaud. "BiomX: Bringing Phage Back to the Stage." Harvard Business School Case 524-051, November 2023. (Revised April 2024.)