Firm Networks - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

the funding cutoff and find that these angel investors have a positive impact on the growth, performance, and survival of firms as well as their follow-on fundraising. The positive impact of angel financing is independent of the level of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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What Black Executives Really Want

what organizations are actually doing. Many people have good intentions and many companies have DEI programs but those are not translating into real impact. Other studies bear this out. Most consulting firms and other research... View Details

02 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

Cheng, J. Yo-Jud, and Boris Groysberg Abstract—: Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

helped create this situation. Or as Calvin Young (MBA 2015), a Baltimore native and 2016 mayoral candidate who now works at the private equity firm Green Street Impact Partners, puts it, “there was real intentionality around the policies... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Taking a Stand. Patagonia pulled its advertising from Facebook and has recently renewed its call on other firms to boycott the platform until Facebook can make sure its products do no harm. What would taking a stand look like for your... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

firm fading toward irrelevance, plagued by internal fights and inertia. A key element of his leadership approach was to redefine the company’s purpose (the “why?”) and culture (the “how?”), and to link them to the company’s strategy (the... View Details

23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

(forthcoming) Abstract Competition among firms yields many benefits but can also encourage firms to engage in corrupt or unethical activities. We argue that competition can lead organizations to provide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3

had done in tolerance stacking. Or should they "go broad" and continue to lobby headquarters for more complex assignments that might ultimately lead to program ownership for an entire vehicle? Each scenario had different implications for how GMTCI fit within... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1999
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Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

and probably hungrier. Our independence has eliminated the strategic conflicts that we faced in trying to sell networking solutions to AT&T's competitors. That's no longer an issue, and the entire market is open to us. How rapidly do you... View Details

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The Differentiated Network: Organizations Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations

By: N. Nohria and S. Ghoshal

Keywords: Networks; Organizations; Knowledge; Multinational Firms and Management

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22 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

communications in corporations? Where did the idea come from? Toby Stuart: For the first time in history, it is possible to actually analyze the "soft wiring" or largely complete social networks inside organizations. This is feasible... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

26 Jul 2016
News

HourlyNerd Rebrands as an Enterprise Talent Platform

role in redefining how enterprises access top talent to solve critical challenges,” according to a press release. The news follows the firm having received $22 million Series C funding earlier this month from General Catalyst Partners.... View Details

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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog

for technology-intensive businesses. What are effective strategies for winning in markets with network effects? How can technology be leveraged to build multisided platforms? How can firms create and capture... View Details

Career Coach

Jonathan Shepherd

Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds of View Details

20 Sep 2013
News

Connections Add Up

class and outside my class—that whole network is working for me to make a difference," says Morrison. Morrison has been making an impact since 2010, when she assumed the CEO role at the Council for Economic Education, based in New York... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

infrastructure to enable new entrants and established firms to create and exploit network economies of scale and scope. Network economies of scale are achieved when a... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

17 Apr 2014
News

York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition

(MBA 2005), Nayana Mawilmada (MBA 2005) and Jayamin Pelpola (MBA 2010). The firm hopes to capitalize on the current development drive and rapid economic growth taking place in Sri Lanka. Based in Colombo, York Street Partners was launched... View Details

Keywords: New Venture Competition; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

10 Nov 2008
Research Event

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology

capital firm Accel Partners; Susan L. Decker (HBS MBA '86), president of Yahoo! Inc.; and Eric Kim (HBS MBA '81), senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation's Digital Home Group. The first computer, the ENIAC, cleared... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

networks that are internal and external to the organization. "It's a process of shifting from vertical management to horizontal collaboration. One's title and role are far less important than the capacity to get things done."... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

"institutional capital." And, I was convinced that these Baxter-based social networks were instrumental not just for individuals and their ability to get their careers off to a good start, but for the welfare of their young... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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