Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (9,018) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (9,018) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 340 of 9,018 Results →
  • 05 Jun 2014
  • Blog Post

Learning to fail at HBS

some operational experience. With that, as the summer is dawning upon us, you’ll find me in Zambia, a landlocked country in the south/eastern part of Africa. I’ll be working for a recently launched e-commerce startup (the "eBay of Africa"), helping the small... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

produce a machine based on the recently developed process named xerography. Invented by the patent lawyer Chester Carlson, xerography involved a process by which images were transferred from one piece of paper to another by means of static electricity. Rapid View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Steven Vickers
Vanguard Group management, led by CEO John Brennan, was considering whether to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in early 2000. ETFs, first created in the early 1990s, combined aspects of traditional mutual funds and closed-end funds. The US ETF industry had reached... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Market Entry and Exit; Network Effects; Profit; Business and Shareholder Relations; Product Launch; Asset Management; Distribution Channels; Ownership; Financial Services Industry; United States
Related
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

reversal of the state's policy towards private business from late 1978, and has grown rapidly since. While insurance as a concept and product has been a big success in post-reform China, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

sciences. Survey after survey has found millennials prefer flexible work schedules, with the opportunity to work from home on more than just an occasional basis. These preferences have helped fuel the rise of the “gig economy” and the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

capital. Would it be a better idea to ride the wave of globalization and try to get acquired by a multinational corporation? Or should the firm remain privately owned and focus its View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 04 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship
  • 04 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for... View Details
  • Web

Raffaella Sadun | Working Knowledge

School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and View Details
  • 12 Jun 2017
  • Blog Post

Doubts about Applying to HBS

there to practice with but at the end of the day it’s all about really knowing yourself well and reflecting on the experiences in your life that have had a real impact on your growth as a leader. Speaking... View Details
  • January–February 1984
  • Article

How Fast Should Your Company Grow?

By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.
Keywords: Growth and Development
Related
  • September 1990 (Revised November 1994)
  • Case

Kao Corp.

By: John A. Quelch
As the Japanese diaper market expands, Kao management must determine its response to new product introductions by its two major competitors. Options include launching a new premium priced brand or a new low priced brand, or increasing advertising and promotion... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Industry Growth; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
Related
  • 10 Nov 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

time. Which of his choices are key to Lincoln Center's mission and which might distract time and attention from its core programming? Grossman observes that despite the important challenges that must be... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

economists working to solve problems. Retailers such as Walmart are also putting together behavioral teams. New frameworks are continuing to develop, and the broader use of behavioral economics has continued to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Person Page

Media

Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

give-and-take among students, professor, and manager, the class touched on the tension between the romance of ideas and the reality of enterprises, the conflicting motivations of the participants in an... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 29 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 29

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912413-PDF-ENG Boston Physicians Devices Marc L. BertonecheHarvard Business School Case 212-070 The case is a very simple, short case based on the author's general experience, to introduce financial analysis View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

few processes in clusters, such as operations management, customer management, innovation, and regulatory and social processes, that are expected to have the greatest impact on the strategy. The learning... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
  • 23 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

Abstract We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

much came from business experience. In all but one case, 80 percent or more came from the experiential learning. DL: We also had a four-point scale of novice, apprentice, journeyman, and master. We asked... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne