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  • 02 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

the CEO and founder of BandPage, an online service that allows musicians to post information and connect with fans. Their conversation touched on power dynamics,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music
  • October 2018
  • Case

African Bank Investments Limited (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; South Africa
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  • 30 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

How do you reach the person on the street?" says Khanna, who was raised in India and still visits the country several times a year. "The case is a pretty dramatic illustration of the difficulties... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Nov 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

possible for them to take the long- and proper-view." Yadeed Lobo articulated the problem faced by corporate boards when he commented that "it is very difficult for board members to judge relative performance (it also) involves... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 14 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

"Creativity does have a reputation for being magical," says HBS professor Teresa Amabile. "One myth is that it's associated with the particular personality or genius of a person—and in fact, creativity does depend to some... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

substantial investment of $3 million to $5 million and work extensively with the management team as strategic advisors to help them build that organization. And in fact, some of our investment partners have... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 14 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against African-American Guests

Due to racial discrimination, white vacationers have an easier time booking an Airbnb rental property than African-Americans do, according to a new study from faculty at Harvard Business School. The problem seems to lie in all the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Web Services
  • September 1985 (Revised January 1986)
  • Case

Peter Wendell

By: William A. Sahlman
Contains a description of a decision confronting an employee of IBM in late 1981. Should he leave IBM to become head of a new venture capital fund which will specialize in technology investments? The case is designed to expose students to the nature of the opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Opportunities; Valuation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Resignation and Termination; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

private assets, and personal saving, represent exercises in linguistics, not economics. Technological Innovation and Organizations Authors: Josh Lerner View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

treating its employees well. The company provides staffers with free education services to complete high school and supplementary medical care to cover gaps in government health plans. These efforts have... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

repertoire of personal qualities, including qualities that run counter to conventionally masculine scripts. Our findings point to the mutability of masculine identity as a social status achievement and to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

social networks involves selling access to members based on their personal information. Subscription and freemium models get talked about, but even Wikipedia can't make such models work. Q: So what fate does... View Details
Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

more economically developed countries. But they do have something else: each other. "Peer groups are often used as a commitment device to achieve personal goals, but there has been little empirical evidence evaluating their... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • February 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Lending Club

By: Peter Tufano
A new entrant in the nascent online peer lending space, Lending Club must decide whether or not to register with the SEC. Lending Club provided a platform through which individual borrowers could receive loans funded by individuals who chose to invest in them. The... View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Price; Personal Finance; Financing and Loans; Financial Services Industry
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  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

and services including computers, handheld devices, servers, and digital entertainment, employed 172,000 people and posted $104 billion in sales... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Web Services
  • 20 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

concept was that all personal computers were alike because they depended upon Intel processors and Microsoft software. The only possible differentiation in running a personal... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
  • 04 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 4, 2016

information and instead message to shareholders and analysts something of opposite sign. The data suggest they may be motivated in part by subsequent personal stock-trading... View Details
  • 21 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

loyal in the traditional sense, ready to jump ship when their employers fail to meet expectations. Yet too many companies are falling short in their efforts to recruit the best and brightest young minds. Most try to convince skeptical... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

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