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- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Tank. Dressed in a bright pink Coffee Meets Bagel T-shirt under a black business jacket, Kang pitched the San Francisco startup to five investors including Mark Cuban. The sisters were looking for $500,000 in financing in exchange for 5... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Twitter’s profitability and the way the company was managed? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-019 MISHA: Modernizing the World of Shisha The case opens in 2017 with two of the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
have exceeded to date. More Help Required The 2012 JOBS Act reduced the regulatory burden for small businesses looking to raise equity in the public markets. It provided an "on-ramp" of up to five years for new IPOs to phase in certain... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
or even in the regulatory perception, is overstated," another director said. "At times this is a big challenge for board members. They feel they should be doing more, but doing more is difficult to do." Such comments suggest that, in... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
over five feet tall, Rapaport was the number-one draft pick of Orlando Magic forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who saw her experience at Jefferies, JP Morgan, and Goldman Sachs as a definite plus in helping chart his own financial future. Rapaport... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
specially configured, nuclear-powered submarine, a “spook boat” that was engaged in covert operations. He found his naval service rewarding, but when his five years of active duty were up, it was time to move on. “I thought that being an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
one’s employees. That’s pretty good!” That classmate, David Karam, who operates 135 Wendy’s restaurant franchises in five states, says of Navasky, “Vic really ventured into the lion’s den at OPM — we were a pretty conservative bunch. But... View Details
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
news? Gulati: You know, if you told me five years ago, “Ranjay, you're going to write a book about purpose,” I would've said you're crazy. Not a chance. For me, purpose was like mission statements. You know, it’s wallpaper. And who... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
presents a process for asking the big questions that will enable you to diagnose problems, change course if necessary, and advance your career. He lays out areas of inquiry, including questions such as (1) Do I clearly articulate my... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
on inner work life," Amabile says. "This is good news! Big breakthroughs at work are really rare. But small wins are something people can experience pretty regularly if the work is chunked down to manageable pieces. This... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
took effect in 2006. The ninth plan proposed five thrusts—moving the economy to higher value-added goods and services, raising the capacity for knowledge, addressing socioeconomic inequalities, improving the quality of life, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
tended to take greater risks—provided the ammunition he sometimes needed "to do some new things. It can be tough to get a huge company to move into anything that looks risky. But if a competitor was already doing it, the risk appeared lessened and the competitive... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
dating apps now, maybe five or 10 dates a week. So you really have to be good at making a first impression and standing out. And that's the same in job interviews or pitching your company to investors. You have to really know how to make... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
classmates and friends: They have had your back. So please, stand up and turn around. Take a moment now to show them how much their love mattered to you, and how much they mean to you, and join me in a big and heartfelt collective round... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
building of closer relationships among those of you who - like our faculty - come from many diverse countries. The issues facing Asia today are too big and complex for any single person, university faculty, or company to comprehend fully.... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
of HBS alumni and faculty, and by the School itself as an institution. Excerpts from the book follow. The Big Bang Fifty years ago, Kiechel writes, corporate strategy did not even exist as a concept, let alone as the foundational element... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
expand the concept to other parts of the developing world," says company CEO Monique Maddy (MBA '93). Maddy, who will be a panelist at the Cape Town conference, plans to bring voicemail to 25 developing countries within the next five... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
look large and compelling. But it can have significant downsides. Leaders who prefer to zoom in tend to create policies and systems that depend too much on politics and favors. They can focus too closely on personal status and on turf protection. And they often miss... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
to social problems through market solutions, the rate of return on these deals should be at least as high as traditional early stage investments. The big winners were in the technology and health care sectors, and in another group of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls