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- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
veteran technology entrepreneur than a kid in a candy store. A lifelong techie, Levy learned to read by deciphering The Boys’ First Book of Radio and Electronics, a 1954 classic that gave step-by-step instructions for building a radio... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
could successfully compete against the entrenched cable, satellite, and telephone companies (known as Multichannel Video Programming Distributors, or MVPDs). Was $39.99 per month a sustainable price point for Hulu's new virtual MVPD... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
the five tenets of the mission at the Smithsonian's NMNH is to be a catalyst for the use of object-based science education in the K-12 school system. With a large education department that relies on close to four hundred volunteer docents, the NMNH runs four hands-on... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
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business and society by 2035. These technologies predict behavior and increasingly create behavior. They learn and improve relentlessly. They make better decisions than humans in an increasing number of contexts. They are unconstrained by... View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30
significant role. An experiment compared a condition where participants sequentially predicted the colored outcomes of a virtual roulette wheel spin with a condition where the wheel's past outcomes were presented all at once. In a third... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016
Abstract—We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
theory, happen to also tell her how unlikely her theory is. We investigate which combinations of errors, situations, and preferences tend to induce such incidental learning vs. factors that render erroneous beliefs stable. We show, for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016
entail a countercyclical fiscal policy. A simple debt rule that limits the maximum amount of debt is analyzed and compared to a simple deficit rule that limits the maximum amount of deficit per period. Whereas the deficit rule does not perform well, the debt rule... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15602 PublicationsSeven Lessons for Leading in Crisis Author:Bill George Publication:Warren Bennis Series. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2009 Abstract Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis outlines the seven critical lessons leaders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
over and the graduate has embarked on his business career, no one will hand him a ‘case.’ ” Instead, Raymond argued, the graduate will have to go out and in effect put together his own case before he can use the skills learned at HBS. WAC... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
thinking and your strategy? SWG: That's such an important point because the stereotype is that all older adults don't know technology. DM: Right. SWG: Many, many, many are using—and particularly in part because of COVID virtually every... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
million, or 2 percent, to $304 million, finishing fiscal 2024 slightly below plan. The decrease primarily reflected lower revenue from advertising and from HBP’s Corporate Learning and Harvard Business Press groups, which was partially... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
both a lot of hope and a lot of rage and frustration and confusion intermixed. Yet the American people and the economy have come through those crises, more often than not, both stronger and sounder." The big question for us today, she continues, is whether we will... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
sit-at-the-desk jobs where the hours matter, but an increasing number of jobs are run by self-managed work teams, in essence, where employees join virtual teams working from anywhere. IBM has done surveys that show that on any given day... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-081.pdf Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration Authors:Daiji Kawaguchi and Soohyung Lee Abstract Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
hunt to Brandeau. “If you really want to learn about leadership and innovation, you should come to Pixar,” he told her. In interviews with CEO Ed Catmull and Pixar leadership, Hill found an inclusive, democratic management approach that... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006
in the form of implied accusations or aggravated tones of voice. These dynamics are virtually inevitable, even when managers try hard to avoid them. We introduce the distinction between hot and cool topics to help clarify when avoiding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
negotiations are linked, BATNAs are rarely this cut-and-dried. Judging success with one seller is virtually impossible when you don't know what the second seller might be willing to do. Jim doesn't have a sure fallback. If talks with one... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler