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  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

pizza delivery to what he termed technologically-intensive ones, such as CD metallization and products for cell phones. All twenty-nine sites are closely linked to their country context. They also represent a variety of deal structures... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    William A. Sahlman

    William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

    Keywords: airline; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; clothing; communications; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electronics; energy; entertainment; fiber optics; financial services; food processing; furniture; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels & motels; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; medical supplies; motorcycles; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retailing; semiconductor; service industry; soft drink; software; telecommunications; toy; transportation; travel; venture capital industry; video games
    • 17 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 17, 2006

    Course. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307011 iPod vs. Cell Phone: A Mobile Music Revolution? Harvard Business School Case 707-419 In 2006, a nascent market for music-enabled mobile... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Feb 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

    “occupational sorting,” with men choosing careers that pay higher wages than women do, labor economists say. For example, women represent only 26 percent of US workers employed in computer and math jobs, according to the Department of Labor. New View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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    Course Research: Using the Case Method to Build and Teach Management Theory

    By: Clayton M. Christensen and Paul R. Carlile
    Some in the Academy have questioned the usefulness of case studies in teaching sound management theory (Shugan 2006). Our research and experience suggests exactly the opposite-that case studies can unite the development of theory with the teaching of it in a single... View Details
    Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Teaching; Cases; Research; Theory
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    Christensen, Clayton M., and Paul R. Carlile. "Course Research: Using the Case Method to Build and Teach Management Theory." Academy of Management Learning & Education 8, no. 2 (June 2009): 240–251.
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Contributing to Growth? The Role of Open Source Software for Global Startups

    By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Frank Nagle and Shane Greenstein
    How does participating in open source software (OSS) communities spur entrepreneurial growth? To address this question, we analyze novel data matching accounts from GitHub—the largest OSS hosting platform—to the universe of global software venture-backed firms... View Details
    Keywords: Applications and Software; Open Source Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Human Capital; Valuation; Corporate Strategy
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    Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Frank Nagle, and Shane Greenstein. "Contributing to Growth? The Role of Open Source Software for Global Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-040, January 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
    • 02 Dec 2016
    • News

    Why We Are So Careless with the Things We Own?

    • 25 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)

    When we wonder whether money can buy happiness, we may consider the luxuries it provides, like expensive dinners and lavish vacations. But cash is key in another important way: It helps people avoid many of the day-to-day hassles that cause stress, new View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • June 2018
    • Article

    Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation

    By: John-Paul Ferguson and Rembrand Koning
    Racial segregation between American workplaces is greater today than it was a generation ago. This increase has happened alongside the declines in within-establishment occupational segregation on which most prior research has focused. We examine more than 40 years of... View Details
    Keywords: Firm Entry; Stratification; Segregration; Entrepreneurship; Business Ventures; Employees; Diversity; Race; Segmentation; United States
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    Ferguson, John-Paul, and Rembrand Koning. "Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation." American Sociological Review 83, no. 3 (June 2018): 445–474.
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Advancing Personalization: How to Experiment, Learn & Optimize

    By: Aurelie Lemmens, Jason M.T. Roos, Sebastian Gabel, Eva Ascarza, Hernan Bruno, Elea McDonnell Feit, Brett Gordon, Ayelet Israeli, Carl F. Mela and Oded Netzer
    Personalization has become the heartbeat of modern marketing. Advances in causal inference and machine learning enable companies to understand how the same marketing action can impact the choices of individual customers differently. This article provides an academic... View Details
    Keywords: Personalization; Targeting; Experiments; Observational Studies; Policy Implementation; Policy Evaluation; Customization and Personalization; Marketing Strategy; AI and Machine Learning
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    Lemmens, Aurelie, Jason M.T. Roos, Sebastian Gabel, Eva Ascarza, Hernan Bruno, Elea McDonnell Feit, Brett Gordon, Ayelet Israeli, Carl F. Mela, and Oded Netzer. "Advancing Personalization: How to Experiment, Learn & Optimize." Working Paper, July 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
    • August 30, 2022
    • Article

    School Choice Increases Racial Segregation Even When Parents Do Not Care About Race

    By: Kalinda Ukanwa, Aziza C. Jones and Broderick L. Turner Jr.
    This research examines how school choice impacts school segregation. Specifically, this work demonstrates that even if parents do not take the racial demographics of schools into account, preference differences between Black and White parents for other school... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Race; Policy; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Secondary Education
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    Ukanwa, Kalinda, Aziza C. Jones, and Broderick L. Turner Jr. "School Choice Increases Racial Segregation Even When Parents Do Not Care About Race." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, no. 35 (August 30, 2022).
    • May 2006
    • Case

    A123Systems

    By: H. Kent Bowen, Kenneth P Morse and Douglass Cannon
    A 123Systems was a young company that was founded on basic materials science research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A co-founder of the company, Yet-Ming Chiang, was a full professor at MIT and served as scientific adviser. Intellectual property based... View Details
    Keywords: Intellectual Property; Business Startups; Research and Development; Commercialization; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Product Development; Battery Industry; Electronics Industry; Massachusetts
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    Bowen, H. Kent, Kenneth P Morse, and Douglass Cannon. "A123Systems." Harvard Business School Case 606-114, May 2006.
    • 09 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

    Leaders have fretted since COVID-19 lockdowns that collaboration and innovation might suffer when teammates interact less. New research points to an emerging concern four years on, as organizations settle into remote, hybrid, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 18 Oct 2016
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    October 18, 2016

    the insights it provides. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51754 2016 Journal of Marketing Research 'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Anti-Political-Establishment Citizens: An In-Depth Study from Two Latin American Countries

    By: Loreto Cox and Natalia Garbiras-Diaz
    Building on citizens’ animosity towards politicians, anti-establishment parties and candidates have achieved significant electoral success. While recent studies examine the supply-side, we know little about what drives citizens’ anti-establishment sentiments and how... View Details
    Keywords: Political Parties; Political Instability; Democracy; Elections; Electoral Behavior; Election Outcomes; Ideology; Political Elections; Policy; Governance; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Society; Perception; Crime and Corruption; Latin America; South America; Colombia; Peru
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    Cox, Loreto, and Natalia Garbiras-Diaz. "Anti-Political-Establishment Citizens: An In-Depth Study from Two Latin American Countries." Working Paper, July 2024.
    • 2010
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    Saving Face by Making Meaning: The Negative Effects of Brand Communities' Self-serving Response to Brand Extensions

    By: Jill Avery
    An ethnographic study of a brand community following the launch of the Porsche Cayenne SUV finds that brand extensions can negatively affect the value of their parent brands. By studying the collective response to brand extensions of existing consumers and by... View Details
    Keywords: Brands; Brand Management; Brand Positioning; Brand Equity; Internet; Social Media; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Auto Industry
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    Avery, Jill. "Saving Face by Making Meaning: The Negative Effects of Brand Communities' Self-serving Response to Brand Extensions." (Invited for resubmission at the Journal of Consumer Research.)
    • November 2022
    • Article

    Measuring Inequality beyond the Gini Coefficient May Clarify Conflicting Findings

    By: Kristin Blesch, Oliver P. Hauser and Jon M. Jachimowicz
    Prior research has found mixed results on how economic inequality is related to various outcomes. These contradicting findings may in part stem from a predominant focus on the Gini coefficient, which only narrowly captures inequality. Here, we conceptualize the... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Inequalty; Gini Coefficient; Income Inequality; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Health; Status and Position
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    Blesch, Kristin, Oliver P. Hauser, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Measuring Inequality beyond the Gini Coefficient May Clarify Conflicting Findings." Nature Human Behaviour 6, no. 11 (November 2022): 1525–1536.
    • 13 Sep 2015
    • News

    We'll Tire of Trump's Narcissism, Eventually

    • 14 Sep 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?

    Might Also Like: STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back Feedback or ideas to share? Email the... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • 20 Jun 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

    Harvard Business School. People are more likely to recall information over a longer period when it’s wrapped in an anecdote as opposed to statistics, according to the study, “Stories, Statistics and Memory.” Graeber’s research validates... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
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