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- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
lesson, and expected him to do all sorts of tricks!" Although the study ended in 2002—the researchers wanted to have at least three years' worth of performance data for each deal—Lerner believes RLBOs continue to create value for... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
California, at the Plug and Play office, which is an accelerator based in the area, and there was some entrepreneur who was presenting I think like a smart dog caller or something like that. And we both sort of looked at each other and... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
on the board, you don’t have to worry about anything. You just keep moving and you have a lot of debates, but there’s very little friction, if any. JH: Do you remember any moments from your time on corporate boards that have sort of... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Yelp restaurant reviews to target hygiene inspections? “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening” “There is all sorts of data that is coming in now,” says Luca, “and if you use it carefully you could revamp the way... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
to share it, will also need to sort out how to deal with privately collected data.” Weiss notes, “How different will things be when private companies have more up-to-date information on the condition of a city street—for example, whether... View Details
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
says that students have a great interest in the role of ratings in the financial crisis, and in the firm itself, Becker says. "The business models used, and the whole structure of the industry, are complex, and it can take us a while to View Details
- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
larger implication is in the delivery of any sort of undesirable news that an audience doesn't really want to hear. If you deliver it all at once, a person will tune out mentally. A better strategy would be to deliver the information bit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
get deeply involved in a new business, and when should they keep their hands off? What customers should we target? What activities should we do internally? Christensen and Raynor argue that managers who use theory to answer these sorts of... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
line. Not surprisingly, therefore, the class has no shortage of members involved in the sort of entrepreneurial ventures that demand innovative thinking. While many classmates started out in more traditional settings, within a decade of... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
expect their investments to outperform major equity indexes going forward, and they’re continuing to fund new endeavors. “It’s sort of the opposite of doom and gloom,” Gompers says. “We were surprised by how relatively unaffected the... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
problem, according to several readers, is identifying attitude in the first place. Bradburne Millett asks, "What sort of measurements are you contemplating to reveal desired attitudes on the scale needed to recognize their presence... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
will enforce formal contracts just as they are expected to at home. What they may ultimately learn is that dispute resolution can look very different in different cultures. In Japan, which has a relatively small legal system and few lawyers, companies rely on... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
obliterates all competitors, fall so precipitously? Other minicomputer firms were suddenly failing too. How could good managers seemingly turn bad so fast? That was the puzzle. Colleagues suggested exploring the disk-drive industry because the same View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
organized criminals sort of collaborating through different aspects of the human trafficking supply chain, so to speak. "It takes a highly focused effort to think about that, to figure out a way that we're going to respond to this," she... View Details
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
scheme that will encourage that sort of variety." This becomes increasingly important for companies running businesses dependent on user-generated content, adds Zhu. "What many companies are looking for is variety and quality,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
those three things, you have to ask how could China not lead?” Trouble is, the same sorts of books—and sometimes the exact same titles—beckoned book buyers at the turn of the twentieth-century as well, with entries including Rising China,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
Prominent among them were Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and MIT. Together, they have evolved to share common institutional traits, a sort of university DNA. Much as the identity of a living organism is reflected in its every... View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
simulation program that enables a classroom full of students to participate in situations that demand the sort of real-time decisions made in real-world markets. Simulations mirror historical (but disguised) examples, such as Apple... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
companies typically respond by putting in all sorts of controls. But if they go overboard in that direction, their businesses can become too internally focused and lose the growth engine. The ultimate challenge for managers is to maintain... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details