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- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
virtual currency including electronic payments. Since its inception in 2009 by an anonymous group of developers, Bitcoin has served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions. Users have been drawn to Bitcoin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
Forces Group (Airborne) US Army ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Madison, WI REASON FOR SERVING: I was in eighth grade when four planes took off from my hometown, Boston, Massachusetts, on September 11, 2001. Watching my mother cry that night in the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Publication:Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization (forthcoming) Abstract We discuss the birth of a new economy in a society that has only recently emerged from a 22-year-long civil war. The pace of growth so far has been fast... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Katie Hood: Fast Forward Hood Hood and Fox In the hit movie Back to the Future, actor Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager in a hurry. Accidentally sent backward through time, Marty encounters a slew of nasty complications. (One... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
location with access to other business and transportation infrastructures; and the unmet needs of eight million households (with $100 billion in retail demand). Businesses can and do thrive in these regions that have often been... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
Padraic Kelly became the firm's new managing director (MD). One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size, wherein it was constrained by a structure of having each of the firm's founding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53958 Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating Managerial Discretion in a Geographically Dispersed Organization By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Using retail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
this year, and are close to our run rate goal of 500. We are building a community of overachievers and helping them to achieve even more,” says Stamps, who is, obviously, leading the group by example. Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977 TISCH: In... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
report ranks every country on the ease of doing business. Twenty years ago, the US would have been by far the easiest place. Now we're well down the list—not in the top 10. In other countries, I've participated in some government-established working View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
high quality, fast turnaround, because the problem I had identified from working with so many independent artists is, as digital content moves so quickly, you could suddenly have a hit on your hands and then be waiting to get merchandise... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
Wanderlust is built on “the pillars of mindful living,” of which yoga is one, along with the arts, personal spirituality, environmentalism, and “conscious consumerism.” Attendees tend to snap up equipment, accessories, and apparel sporting the Wanderlust logo, so... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
with people. People had long lists going all the way back to Vince Foster and Whitewater and fast forwarding to the Clintons taking furniture out of the White House, and the Benghazi and the emails, and the Clinton Foundation, and Donna... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
listed company and the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies, Chorus, a telecom infrastructure company, and new Telecom, a telecom retail services provider. In connection with this... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
company's commitment to sustainability mean that firms that ignore this do so at their own risk. BMW Group has been a leader in recognizing this. Several years ago, it issued a Sustainable Value Report detailing energy consumed, water... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits will carry the rest of their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
and permeated the overall company culture. It was now time to rollout the transformation to other units of the ING Group, but some questions remained: Could agile be as successful in other countries as it had been in the Netherlands? How View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
frame, is the perfect example. Every process, every incentive, every cultural norm was optimized to deliver efficiently, bypassing the retail channel. When the strategy changed, the organization simply did not follow. Execution continued... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209029 The Restructuring of Daiei Harvard Business School Case 209-060 In 2004, the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ) was given the task of restructuring Daiei, one of the largest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
point-of-view of the slacker counterculture. The ads featured daredevil stunts juxtaposed with the ironic, unimpressed commentary of a group of teenage boys: "Done that." "Did that." "Doin' it tomorrow."... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace