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- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
credible prospect of an attractive return on the assets required to create and expand the model. . . . Implications The biases introduced by an established business model can cut two ways. First, as noted earlier, they can mask the... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
It’s empowering to see how much you learn and what you can do with technical skills. At its core, coding is problem solving at its best. It’s also a creative, personal expression because there is never only one way to write a solution.... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
education, health care, and the environment at the organizational level of analysis unless we figure out a way to measure collective performance when multiple actors are involved. But funders tend to want to View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
example, may have been designed to serve various segments. But in fact they take advantage of how difficult it is for customers to predict their needs (such as how many cell phone minutes they'll use each month) and make it hard for them... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
erosion of the economy, which could lead to a decline in the standard of living. An individual company, though, can move assets anywhere. So companies can reward their shareholders regardless of what happens to the national economy. As a... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
penalties to infringement," says Cohen. Patent trolls bank that, in some cases, companies will settle rather than pay the time and monetary costs of fighting infringement lawsuits. In others cases,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
much-needed cash but also expertise and advice. In a perfect world, everyone benefits. The VC firm takes an equity stake and makes money when the company succeeds, rewarding... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
to drink the Kool-Aid and buy into the agenda or move on." On the flip side, the executives noted that employees who embrace the mission should be rewarded in a variety of ways, whether in terms of glowing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
donations to organizations such as World Wildlife Fund and Save the Children fit in. Those contributing money are driven first and foremost by an affinity with the idea, rather than by any individual View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
Management Practice in the General Management Unit at HBS. Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss: Managers, it’s story time The tech sector continues to shed workers after hiring prodigiously during the demand peaks of pandemic living, a shift... View Details
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
Management; and Fiona E. Murray, associate dean of innovation at Sloan and Kearney's thesis adviser. “Our paper provides concrete proof that gender discrimination exists in the context of entrepreneurial... View Details
- 13 May 2015
- Blog Post
Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive
who spent her summer working in consulting. Where did you do your summer internship and what was your job function? I did my summer internship at McKinsey and Company in the Lagos, Nigeria office. I worked... View Details
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
What's good for General Motors may no longer be good for the country. In its place must arise a new model of the company, one that serves society as well as rewarding shareholders and employees, Kanter... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Latinx Women in the Spotlight: Marimar Pérez-Riera (MBA 1994)
and even other neighbor titleholders who mistakenly use their board posts. The feeling of reward from doing what is right is unmeasurable. HBS gave me that license to do what I feel is right (including... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
for classes that demonstrate analytical rigor, such as in finance, strategy, and operations. Searching beyond job titles for hidden virtues may have unexpected rewards for the hiring organization as well.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
between April 2003 and March 2004. The firm's relative performance incentive scheme rewards a worker for outperforming her co-workers. We find that a worker does not act on the monetary incentives to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
challenges and rewards of doing business globally have been a particularly fertile area of research for HBS faculty. In just the last month we've seen books from Rawi Abdelal on international finance View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Working with Professors at HBS
cultural makeup in the U.S. and the world at large. While I didn’t get to work on the case [due to scheduling conflicts], it was nonetheless rewarding to see something that I believed in be pursued with... View Details
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
perform multiple tasks within a store, and the way in which they are evaluated and rewarded for these tasks affects their behavior. Using empirical data from multiple stores of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace