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- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
worked are positively correlated with firm performance, and differences between family and non-family CEOs account for approximately 18% of the performance gap between family and non-family firms. We investigate the sources of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
Continuous Learning is Key van Poecke had spent some time at a software business before co-founding Key ESG, but there remains a learning curve for both co-founders as they grow their business. A learning curve they welcome. “You can... View Details
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
Science.) The researchers used morphing software to create a visual continuum of animacy, with images of doll faces at one end of the spectrum and images of similar human faces at the other. The images in between were morphed combinations... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Out of PE, Into Africa
of my youth ("we should open a bar in the Bahamas!"), this nagging desire to do something off the grid as a family wouldn’t go away. I could see the last vestiges of childhood slipping away in my daughter, who didn’t yet have a... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
solutions beneficial for the ’Base of the Pyramid’ the two-thirds of the world’s population who live on less than two dollars a day,” he says. “The experience had opened my eyes to the power of applying business skills to socially... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Think Globally, Teach Locally
collectively with businesses and academics worldwide to generate globally relevant knowledge.” The formation of the HBS Global Initiative in 1996 and the opening of research centers in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and Paris is clearly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Information Systems Research Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View By: Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu Abstract—The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
in the world is crazy." It's evident in labor markets, where the case of India and the software industry is just one example of how incredibly active things are right now. "Of course, the idea market is what scares us all,"... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
Veterans Affairs benefits, Hall and fellow Army Ranger Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010) sought to create a business that would help veterans receive the benefits they deserve. The result was TroopSwap, an online source for discounts and other... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
That includes, especially, an understanding of the open standards process through which the Internet was built, with engineers stacking one set of open protocols on top of another from the physical—how you... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
“You’re able to see how real people have tried the products so you get a sense of how they work for someone just like you,” says Shah. “We source the video reviews from a diverse community of real people across all skin tones, all ages,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
now is managing growth and our increasing organizational complexity. Last year was very active: we opened an office in Zurich and secured European distribution rights for our products, set up a joint venture with a partner in Mexico to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
graduates who want access to the School's renowned inventory of management information. A new Web portal, HBS Working Knowledge (www.hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu), was launched in October, bringing together a wealth of information from leading print and electronic View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
performance of the district's lowest performing schools. But, relatively few BTR graduates joined these schools-they were free to pursue teaching openings at any school in the district. Solomon knew the potential to partner more closely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
writes, “is a car stuck in a rut: Managers put the pedal to the metal and dig the rut deeper.” In Revival of the Fittest, he offers managers the tools and frameworks they need to get their organizations rolling once again. — Deborah Blagg View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
Europe and Africa because property rights are more difficult to enforce there. —Walter Kuemmerle The first difference is the development of capital markets and the transparency of these markets. In countries where family-owned conglomerates are the main View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
Several years ago, on his first day of work at a Boston-based speech-recognition software company, Matt Marx's new employer surprised him with a non-compete agreement. The terms stated that if Marx left the company, he couldn't work... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- Blog Post
5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn
on outside sources to supplement. When there are concepts that are more difficult to understand, there are always resources to help out (discussion groups, tutoring, section mates, professors, assistants, etc.). Discussion groups are... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
during the past decade. "Absolutely," Porter replied. "It's a very interesting paradox. In a global economy where it's easy to move goods and information around the world, these things become givens available to any enterprise. As a result, they are no longer a View Details
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
source of inferences about and precursors to perceived justice. The study offers implications for the management of queues as well as other artifacts. Cases & Course MaterialsChoicePoint (A) Harvard Business School Case 306-001 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne