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- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
played in accelerating innovation. We know that small, entrepreneurial firms are the source of much of the innovation in the economy—but our work suggested that in many industries the emergence of those View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
Handbook for Banking and Governance, edited by James Barth, Chen Lin, and Clas Wihlborg. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming Abstract In this chapter, we examine the characteristics of acquisition of private firms by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
innovations by single user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
experiment: a 1990 law that imposed a SBs on all firms incorporated in Massachusetts. We find that the law led to an increase in Tobin's Q. Examining mechanisms for the change... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
Americans—especially those in the business community—do to increase the ability of firms to compete successfully in the global economy while raising US living standards? This is one of the most important questions facing the nation and... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
some of the most prominent law firms. Through Boston Lawyers Group, she identified potential firms and legal internships to get exposure to the sector and pressure test her interests. Yet, as she explored... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
The Value Net Government rule makers and referees shape businesses' ability both to initiate and to defend against these strategies—to play offense or defense in value-net games. Specifically, the ability to make game-changing moves is constrained by View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
2020 Vision
for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; and served as EVP at Dunk.net, Shaquille O’Neal’s footwear and apparel company. She is currently the CEO of Insomnia Consulting LLC, an Atlanta-based firm specializing in investment, development, and... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
some of the most prominent law firms. Through Boston Lawyers Group, she identified potential firms and legal internships to get exposure to the sector and pressure test her interests. Yet, as she explored... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
this case: http://hbr.org/search/712459-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case ###-### Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
the world. Handholding and Strong Medicine: HBS and the Consulting Industry As a young lawyer with degrees from both Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, Marvin Bower (MBA '30) believed that a new kind of professional... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
government, became his mentor and continued to support his studies through law school. Donham specialized in corporate restructuring as a vice president at Boston’s Old Colony Trust Company and won wide praise from both labor and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
institutions ranging from Wall Street, to law and business schools, to the AFL-CIO examining the responsibilities of “gatekeepers” — corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and journalists. They find that... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
many "multicultural marketing" efforts are both limited and limiting, and how firms can go beyond demographic data to craft effective strategies for selling to ethnic markets within the U.S. Read the Paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
for claw-backs when investments go sour, and give executives significant equity stakes in their companies. “Two firms with compensation plans like I just described, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, both failed. So having the right... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
Rothrock’s cell phone rings. Rothrock (MBA 1988) is the CEO of the cybersecurity firm Red Seal, and a higher-up at Sony was looking for his help. After the breach, he told Rothrock, the company essentially hit factory reset on their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
society and ensure that democracy is fair and inclusive for all? RH: I think the most important thing in the short term—and I see some firms beginning to do this—is to talk about government and democracy in a different way, to acknowledge... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
bulls. I'm not at all surprised by the nature of the conflicts that have been revealed, nor the areas in which abuses have taken place. These minefields have long been apparent to industry participants. What I find sobering is that a number of View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
politicians and the voters who elected them—fostering greater employment, say. SEC enforcement actions can be costly for companies, about a third of which go out of business after being targeted. Heese wondered, all things being equal, would the SEC show some... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding