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- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
percent to Y Combinator’s Hacker News. And of course, they dominate the conference rooms of venture capitalists and tech companies that are making decisions on investing in new products. “When you are trying to grow a startup, the people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
dominant architect of the building boom in the early 20th century. But the Depression ended all that. Nothing like 740 or 834 was built for another 75 years. What newer additions to the New York skyline will future generations be... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
India on firm size dynamics and reallocation of resources within industries. Following deregulation, resource misallocation declines, and the left-hand tail of the firm size distribution thickens significantly, suggesting increased entry by small firms. However, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Mercadal “We use a detailed dataset on electricity transactions to investigate the impact of market-based deregulation in the context of the United States electricity sector. We find that the increase in markups dominates despite modest... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
dominant cultural traits and prevailing operating climate.” Anna Johnson recommended: “We need to flip the switch on dissent, delay, and accountability by enabling leadership to take a long view. Want to do better? Try asking your people... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
racial, sexual, or otherwise.” She noted that in Silicon Valley, which is dominated by wealthy, white males, major technology firms are creating positions like “chief diversity officer” and are commissioning reports on the state of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
that could be manipulated in non-threatening ways on a computer screen. Scott likes to say that Intuit had 47th mover advantage, in part because it adopted a strategy that identified the pencil as the company's most important competitor. As a result, Intuit has View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
should, intervene to control economic fluctuations when economies got stuck in a suboptimal rut. In decades after World War II, econometric and policy-oriented forecasting came to dominate the field. Q: What are you working on next? A: I... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Gardner Abstract Hierarchies are pervasive in groups, generally providing clear guidelines for the dominance and deference behaviors that members are expected to show based on their relative ranks. But what happens when team members... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
sell when somebody was doing well and clean up on the profit." 46 DEC reigned as the second largest computer company in the world after IBM and the dominant player in the minicomputer industry. 47 "[I]t was a sea change in the attitudes... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
You cite this decline as a root cause of widespread uneasiness among Americans about their future. What's gone wrong? One major structural change is that traditional mass production for a huge domestic market - the unique situation that contributed to America's View Details
- 24 May 2018
- Blog Post
Win/Win Board Assignments: Expert Advice from Board Recruiter Julie Norris
says. On the other hand, interviewers will be watching your behavior. "Humility goes a long way," says Norris. "Demonstrate it by not talking all the time. If you find that you're dominating the conversation, stop and listen. They don't... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
activity between strategic (operating firms) and financial (private equity) acquirers. What are the economic factors that drive either financial or strategic buyers to dominant positions in M&A activity? We introduce debt market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
international competition as well as technological innovation. Now consider these facts: In the US, there are 10 non-governmental jobs in the service sector for every manufacturing job. The ratio is roughly comparable in Western Europe and is even 3 to 1 in a country... View Details
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
bundle. Dominant firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
in addition to the already competitive mobile communication segment where the company's once dominant market share was heavily eroded. Mao had to decide on the pricing strategies for the company's various product lines, including fixed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Walt Whitman termed “the pulse of the continent.” As the century drew to a close, railroads dominated both freight and passenger traffic over long distances. But in densely populated cities, horse-drawn streetcars were still the most... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
have to encourage women a few times if you want to close these gaps.” It's important to note, Coffman says, that these studies also show that men have less confidence than women in their ability to shine in fields dominated by women.... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
success if it sold 200,000 copies. Today, the bar has been raised to 1.5 million copies, thanks in part to the dominance of "big-box" retailers (such as Wal-Mart and Costco) that only stock twenty or so bestsellers yet are... View Details