Media Rights Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

identified opportunities for mutual learning in areas such as value generation, problem diagnosis, motivation, and performance measurement. The SEKN group identified smart operating practices that help organizations implement successful strategies. Two important... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

attention and especially energy around speculation and trading—this gives an entrepreneur more time to focus and actually develop their product carefully without constantly having to face the market. Gazette: In November, the global crypto market View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

for help. Yet we're exposed regularly by the media to the stereotype of the flawless leader who always has an answer and is never left questioning a decision. While most leaders know this is a fantasy, they still struggle with admitting... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

only player, but it should try to become the first player that comes to mind when customers, analysts, or the media think about the new market category. McDonald points to recent examples such as SpaceX in commercial space flight and... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

"excessive" use of decision rights. Consistent with these implicit incentives, we find that employees in tightly monitored business units are less likely than their loosely monitored counterparts to 1) use decision rights and 2)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Media, and Sports Professor Anita Elberse No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info What does the future of entertainment look like? Fueled by advances in digital technology, will a select few superstars in media and... View Details

03 Jul 2008
What Do You Think?

Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

and beliefs." Respondents raised several interesting questions. In referring to author Barbara Kellerman's typology of followers (isolates, bystanders, participants, activists, and diehards), Kim Allen questioned whether we hire for the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

narrowing his list of potential expansion sites to the five Chinese cities of Chengdu (the capital of Sichuan Province), Jinan (capital of Shandong Province), Nanjing (capital of Jiangsu Province), Suzhou (Jiangsu), and Wuhan (capital of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the North American energy sector,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

have the market capitalization to back it up. Among multinationals doing business in China, many others have endured cyber attacks on their private networks, although it is unlikely those attacks had the same human View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

well as workshops at the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business. Do I need permission from interviewees to use specific quotes from interviews? You do not need permission. The rights to these interviews have been... View Details

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

developed an on-demand bus service for routes underserved by public transportation. The innovations are happening at a scale large enough to even attract venture capital investment, despite past VC skepticism about funding public... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

their place. I do not claim that arbitrage to exploit differences is any more a complete strategic solution than the optimal exploitation of scale economies. To the contrary: If they are to get their global strategies right in the long... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

Baker Scholar. After spending a year at HBS as assistant to the legendary Professor Georges F. Doriot, Barford moved on to work as a financial analyst at Doriot's American Research & Development Corporation, one of the first U.S. venture View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Firm Foundation

few investors were operators, and vice versa. “There’s not often a lot of respect or a lot of switching of skills in that space,” she says. “And yet, you’ve seen the power of it in venture.” Startup founders routinely go into venture View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; private equity; Warren Buffett; career path; investment strategy; family business; Finance

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge funds... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

Finance II, students learn about the Rule of One Price, or why two people do not always pay the same. Students learn what professor Peter Tufano calls the "Matrix of Imperfections" in the capital markets, such as transaction... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

human capital and the machine learning toolbox stand to improve decision-making and product development. But doing so requires careful consideration of the balance between personalization and privacy. At what point do curated online... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

than in recent years, indicating that a shift is potentially already underway. “The added uncertainties and costs of tough tech development and commercial exploration require a different approach to testing the startup’s hypothesis, raising View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

not sure which course is right for me. How do I choose? Please take a look at our course catalog which compares details on each of our current course offerings. What kind of access will I have to faculty? Our courses have been developed... View Details

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