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- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
their collective interest levels to implement a regression discontinuity approach. We confirm the positive effects for venture operations, with qualitative support for a higher likelihood of successful exits. On the other hand, there is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
paradoxes of venture financing. Entrepreneurs have found, for instance, that venture capitalists provide cash only in stages, rather than in an initial lump sum (E Ink's $200-million problem). In supporting inherently risky start-ups,... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008
examined the relationships between inventory, gross profit dollars, and gross margin return on inventory. We find that inventory is positively correlated to gross profit dollars but negatively correlated to gross margin return on inventory. This View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
influence-seeking risk managers (1) establish and maintain interpersonal connections with decision makers and how they (2) adopt, deploy, and reconfigure tools-practices that we define collectively as toolmaking. Using prior literature... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
market opportunity or of a critical personal relationship," Wasserman says. In this section of the course, students study cases that deal with both early- and late-career founders. First they consider the case of HBS student Humphrey Chen (MBA '96), who struggles... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
interviews of over 80 individuals from 6 service delivery units and 8 support departments that provide them with equipment and supplies, we find that a lack of interconnectedness among interdependent departments-rather than errors or... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
in support of eight things that great service leaders know and do. Great service leaders know that (1) leading a breakthrough service is different, and they take steps to ensure repeated memorable service encounters; (2) customers buy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
the existing evidence only weakly supports this causal claim. Research in psychology, economics, and neuroscience exploring the benefits of charitable giving has been largely correlational, leaving open the question of whether giving... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
proving to be inefficient and were drains on the public treasury. Business would do well to support improvements in the system that purports to protect their investments abroad. The Thatcher and Reagan revolutions in the industrialized... View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
on the name in the interest of creating public support for research were advanced. Far from being concerned about the loss of NERC control over the naming process, the majority of those commenting positively on the name saw it as a result... View Details
- 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006
School Case 806-073 Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
more than the statement presented in company documents; it's the actual aggregation of commitments and their relationship to the realized strategy of the firm. Operating level decisions can change the de facto strategy of the firm.... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
supporters note a number of reforms over the past two decades, including a current review of the Bank's information disclosure policy, and a series of "safeguards" on sensitive issues such as environmental impacts and effects on... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
company officers, and even play interactive games showing the challenges and trade-offs the company faces in making difficult decisions. Thanks to these kinds of One Report practices, these companies actually document their commitment to sustainability, make better... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
U.S. corporations, which enjoy ready access to the deepest capital markets in the world. Venture capital, for example, and the public equity markets that support it, has channeled money to innovative ideas that have transformed industries... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
http://intranet.hbs.edu/dept/drfd/new_publications/papers/amabile/Challenges_of_Person-Centric%20Work_Psych_Amabile.pdf Perceiving Freedom Givers: Effects of Granting Decision Latitude on Personality and Leadership Perceptions Authors:Roy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
products. After presenting empirical support for our claims of an evolving marketplace, we discuss the tradeoffs associated with reshaping the ODA for the 21st century. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
sales per worker does not support the higher returns for entrepreneurship rationale. Our evidence suggests that entrepreneurship is higher when fixed costs are lower and when there are more entrepreneurial people. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
innovation," says McElheran. Other ingredients: Organizational understanding. A deep understanding of how the company functions and competes is essential, because IT needs to support essential firm processes, rather than vice versa.... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish