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- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
cave—if you have a collection of caves within reach of each other—know other members of other caves, and it's this combination of a tight, local clustering with an occasional weak, distant tie to other clusters, that is the essence of a small world. Some argue that... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
focus on outcomes—keeping people well. These organizations will provide their members with the tools and teams of health professionals they need to stay healthy. ACOs will include not only doctors and nurses, but health coaches, nutritionists, physical trainers, and... View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
takes 10 years to get to $100 million, I’d argue that’s still a good outcome.” Stay close to your mission. “My confidence with investors goes up every time I talk to one of our users whose life we changed,” says Blakeman. “I forget when... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and growth in host countries, particularly developing countries. It provides a broad overview, with a focus on two elements that have recently become particularly important, (1) the role of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
I believe it is good to have experienced global fluctuations when you are running a business, because it makes you a smarter, more thoughtful executive. Sahlman: In general, I find that competent people can overcome cycles, even dramatic... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
expectations prior to any equity grant and using a template like the FAST agreement to solidify an adviser relationship. Most startups have at least two or three advisers filling in complementary areas, sometimes many more, but be... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Working PapersMixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
203's 85% threshold to 70%. Like the middle-ground approach on staggered boards, this amendment-to a single number-would also represent good policy: facilitating high-premium offers that attract a supermajority of disinterested shares,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
diversity-performance relationship in teams, while research on knowledge and practice explores the situated activities and logics of diverse experts in great depth. Both streams thus shed light on team diversity, offering complementary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
modular architectures, and good stewardship of legacy systems. It rests on multiple, complementary platforms. It requires intellectual property rights to be present, but not too strong. Finally, it requires... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
labor between innovative new entrants and industry incumbents, endowed with complementary assets, is common in many industries. Such settings are distinct because new entrants have the additional option to sell their innovation in a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
double their profits—especially retailers of products with short life cycles, such as clothing, consumer electronics, books, and music. But despite the potentially high payoff—and a commonly accepted belief among retailers that early sales are a View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
days, because consumers' demand for information about goods and services tends to be inelastic. As the model illustrates, additional forces drive industry change as well. Alternatives to advertising, known as substitutes in Porter's... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
term. AI automations of clinical documentation offer significant benefits for physician productivity and well-being. However, to ensure AI does more good than harm, complementary changes to financial... View Details
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
the absence of good news. This commitment provides the latter a greater incentive to collect information than a monitor holding the aggregate claim would have. Thus debt and equity are shown to be View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
barriers to entry into the business. Besides enabling many Chinese branded manufacturers to enter the business, the grey market in components unleashed a complementary market of "Shanzhai" makers. Together these firms captured a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
parties) have issued executive orders requiring federal agencies to use environmentally preferable products and services whenever possible, as has the European Commission. These procurement policies are specifically aimed to "spur private sector development of new... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
From Crowds to Collaborators: Initiating Effort & Catalyzing Interactions Among Online Creative Workers By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Patrick Gaule, Karim R. Lakhani, Christoph Riedl, and Anita Williams Woolley Abstract—Online collaborative platforms have emerged as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne