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- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
and to establish a foundation upon which intelligent progress can be made. We hope to address this need by providing leadership educators with a single reference that not only shares current best practices, but does so within a broad... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
all over the world can come and fully thrive," he added. "In my own personal experience," he continued, "that is what the School has been to me. So it troubles me deeply that this School is experienced by some as not View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
118,000 datasets for public use. "I cowrote the case in part to provide a field guide to suggest how to encourage data openness within organizations and even countries. Some countries, I think, would be better at it: Canada,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
from outside that you should be doing inside to create proprietary advantage? Regulatory, Macroeconomic, Political, Societal: Are there impending (or early) shifts in regulation, political power, or society that threaten to disrupt entrenched power bases and View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
Traditionally, businesses thought about doing distance learning because it saved money or provided logistics benefits. But your suggestion is that it can be a better way of doing things if you really think it through and set it up right.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
was that this would provide a lower bound on the benefits from being politically connected. It was an enormous surprise, at least to us, to learn that the average firm in the chairman's state did not benefit at all from the increase in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
also quite over-regulated compared to other countries at its level of per capita income. Q: How does foreign direct investment affect the economic outlook for both countries? A: In general, FDI has been positive to both economies. It has, after all, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
investors may find such disclosures unappealing, greater transparency in the private equity industry is inevitable. Nonetheless, much work remains to be done to insure that such disclosures are done in a way that maximizes the valuable information View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
when network effects lead to unfavorable expectations about supplier participation, whereas it is shifted towards the marketplace for long-tail products. We thus provide a theory of which products an intermediary should offer in each... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
Peter W. OlsonHarvard Business School Case 710-444 In early 2010, e-readers, like Amazon's Kindle and Apple's impending iPad, threatened to disrupt the book publishing industry. The case provides an overview of the industry, describes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
time cared far more about finding a way out of the depression. Keynes provided a good road map, and that was a contribution of incalculable value. Conversely, Schumpeter's own refusal to prescribe remedies vastly reduced the appeal of... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
sauces for entrepreneurial ecosystems: the creation and the role angels play in funding companies. Technology-enabled crowdfunding provides entrepreneurs a wider access to capital. ©iStock/merznatalia There’s been relatively little work... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
provides the opportunity for a few faculty members to share recent work with an audience of doctoral students, staff members, and other professors. In a panel discussion, several professors shared the practical findings of recent field... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
the first two quarters of 2012, is a follow-up to an IAB study based on 2007 data, back when, as is sometimes forgotten, MySpace was bigger than Facebook. The most recent study provides a detailed look at the growth of the Internet over... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
when they report their findings. Our research shows that their assessment of the organization is valid and insightful. Senior executives have observed that having employees provide the feedback motivated them and their top team more than... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
skills needed to grasp and implement the general managerial responsibilities required to be a successful entrepreneur. The text provides an innovative approach to teaching the core general management skills via the lens of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
overall experience," she said. However, the gift buying that represents a huge portion of many retailers' fourth-quarter revenues is greatly enhanced thanks to the Web, Vobejda said. "Gift-giving is truly made better by the Internet," she said, View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
when the candidate list has been winnowed to a few individuals, the directors again return to the forefront, calling upon their many contacts to provide information about candidates' personal and professional qualifications. "There... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
entrepreneurs in these countries to build the future. And from an intellectual perspective, emerging markets provide a lab for scholars because everything we know about management needs to be reexamined in a new context: Are ideas about... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
appropriate and helpful ways now. There’s the mix of a long list of problems, potential solutions, potential solution providers among entrepreneurs in and outside of government that’s a call to action. What we’ve witnessed over the last... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace