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  • 03 May 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Learning by Supplying

Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Joanne Oxley
  • Web

HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research

three working Americans with criminal records from the economy? In a case study, Paul Gompers explores the challenges a social justice startup encounters in helping the formerly incarcerated, as well as lessons for other entrepreneurs. 12... View Details

    Paul A. Gompers

    Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
    Keywords: high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology
    • 06 Apr 2016
    • What Do You Think?

    As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?

    for CEO Tim Cook. Responses to this month’s column provided a range of advice that centered around whether or not product security is as important as some other features of the Company’s strategy. Since the Government’s request for help,... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer
    • March 2008 (Revised December 2011)
    • Case

    IBM Values and Corporate Citizenship

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    IBM's transformation into a globally integrated enterprise (GIE) began with a conviction about what should never change. Since its founding in 1911, the company operated under a set of principles articulated by founder Thomas Watson and became known for a strong... View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Integration
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    • April, 2023
    • Article

    Reducing Information Barriers to Solar Adoption: Experimental Evidence from India

    By: Meera Mahadevan, Robyn C. Meeks and Takashi Yamano
    Off-grid solar technologies hold promise for unelectrified and low-quality electricity settings; however, their adoption remains low. Important barriers to adoption, such as incomplete information remain relatively unexplored in developing countries. In collaboration... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Adoption; Renewable Energy; Knowledge Sharing; Developing Countries and Economies; India
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    • October 2017 (Revised November 2017)
    • Case

    NYC311

    By: Constantine E. Kontokosta, Mitchell Weiss, Christine Snively and Sarah Gulick
    Joe Morrisroe, executive director for NYC311, had some gut instincts but no definitive answer to the question he was just asked by one of the mayor’s deputies: “Are some communities being underserved by 311? How do we know we are hearing from the right people?” Founded... View Details
    Keywords: New York City; NYC; 311; NYC311; Big Data; Equal Access; Bias; Data Analysis; Public Entrepreneurship; Urban Informatics; Predictive Analytics; Chief Data Officer; Data Analytics; Cities; City Leadership; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Prejudice and Bias; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; City; Public Administration Industry; New York (city, NY)
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    • 11 Aug 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

    Few resources have been committed and decision making is flexible, meaning that other approaches can themselves be tested. Thus, experiments that result in failure should not be viewed as failed experiments. Q: New experimentation View Details
    Keywords: by Wendy Guild
    • 03 Apr 2019
    • Book

    Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

    deserve. Martha Lagace is writer based in the Boston area.. Image credit: andresr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Book Excerpt A Platform to Rule All Others From:... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services
    • 11 Jan 2022
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?

    Keywords: Re: Mitchell B. Weiss; Technology
    • Web

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    3% Entertainment / Media 3% Health Care 6% Investment Banking 5% Investment Management / Hedge Fund 6% Manufacturing 5% Nonprofit / Government 5% Other Financial Services 4% Private Equity 19% Retail 2% Services 3% View Details
    • December 2007 (Revised July 2008)
    • Case

    Montague Corporation: Unfolding the Future in Cycling

    Montague has developed a major innovation that creates a new sub-category in the bicycle industry: a full-sized, high-quality bicycle that folds. In contrast to existing small-wheeled folding bicycles that are portable, but with inferior performance characteristics,... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Adoption; Bicycle Industry
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    • May 2007 (Revised August 2012)
    • Case

    Warburg Pincus and emgs: The IPO Decision (A)

    By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
    Two partners of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, are trying to decide whether to take a portfolio company public, and on what exchange. The company, Norway-based ElectroMagnetic GeoServices (emgs), has developed a market-leading technology that determines... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Globalized Firms and Management; Norway; England; United States
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    • 30 Jun 2020
    • News

    Disruption Amidst Disruption: Fintech in the Age of Coronavirus

    • 11 Jul 2019
    • Blog Post

    Meet the MBA Class of 2020

    IT’S AMAZING HOW CLOSE-KNIT IT IS.” HOME REGION Austin, TX UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Texas, Finance, 2010 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Turnkey Vacation Rentals, Snap Kitchen, HomeAway, American Express, Dell Technologies HBS ACTIVITIES... View Details
    • January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
    • Case

    Ivy Academy: Blended Learning in Downingtown Area School District

    By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
    In 2015, Downingtown Area School District (DASD), a suburban school district near Philadelphia, entered its second year implementing Ivy Academy, a blended learning program, in its two traditional high schools. Superintendent Larry Mussoline, having for several years... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Philadelphia
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    • 2015
    • Book

    What Great Service Leaders Know and Do: Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms

    By: James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser and Leonard A. Schlesinger
    Based on decades of collective field experiences, the authors present anecdotal evidence in support of eight things that great service leaders know and do. Great service leaders know that (1) leading a breakthrough service is different, and they take steps to ensure... View Details
    Keywords: Management; Leadership; Service Operations; Service Delivery
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    • January 2011
    • Case

    Masdar and Tianjin: Eco-Cities

    By: John D. Macomber
    Compares Masdar City and Tianjin Eco-City, two high profile "sustainable cities." Each showcases technological and financial innovation. Is it real? Is it replicable and defensible? The case is intended to introduce main concepts and tradeoffs with respect to rapid... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Model; Development Economics; Urban Development; Cash Flow; Project Finance; Competitive Advantage; Environmental Sustainability; City; Infrastructure
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    • 29 Nov 2018
    • News

    The gig economy connects the skilled

    • Research Summary

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    Dr. Logg studies how people can improve the accuracy of their judgments and decisions. Her main program of work examines when people are most likely to leverage the power of algorithms to improve their accuracy. Research on what she calls “theory of machine” is... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Judgment; Algorithms; Advice Taking