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  • 18 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

SIPs in 2021

experience with skin tone-matching technology and samples; CareTech (Vivek Agrawal, Felicia Hanitio, and Mili Sanwalka), a personalized learning platform for domestic care workers; and Space Factory (Conan Cooper, Cyrus Hessabi, Malory McLemore, and Aaron Yang), View Details
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

information, increased volume, or idiosyncratic volatility. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51024 February 2017 Academic Radiology Dissecting Costs of CT Study: Application of TDABC (Time-driven... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

game and that a passive approach is more profitable in today’s market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

compensated for bearing non-diversifiable risk—in other words, what’s left over after you take all of these disparate projects and throw them in a single portfolio of every risky project in the world. And yet, everywhere I went, venture... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

transaction data from a Japanese bank's home loan application processing line. We find that over the course of a single day, specialization, as compared to variety, is related to improved worker productivity. However, when we examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

strategy as demonstrated in Funds I ($70 million) and II ($250 million) emphasized careful targeting of sectors and in-depth work to develop the portfolio companies post-acquisition. With the industry's greater velocity and deal size, can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Mission Possible

experience never left Chertavian, who wrote his HBS application essay about starting a school to close what he saw as an “opportunity divide.” After HBS, Chertavian set that goal aside to cofound a successful View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

sequencing, and coalition building certainly find application in multi-deal situations. Yet beyond such concepts, negotiation analysts can find special value in thinking in terms of campaigns, with multiple interdependent fronts, that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

each company in the portfolio is acting in a socially responsible manner. So-called green funds attempt to invest in socially responsible companies but often their selection criteria, which are often based on the industry a company is in... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 01 Jun 1996
  • News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

information revolution pose for managers, and what important principles should govern management's response? In a plenary session on March 21, Jeremy Coote, president of the applications software producer... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

Cooke, Mario D. Parrilli, and José L. Curbelo. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=14530 Evaluating the Impact of the Mozilla View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

infrastructure ITG had constructed to support clients with customized software tools and technical support had grown well beyond sustainable levels. With his management team, Gasser had developed a two-part response to the challenge: a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

sustainable businesses whereby DSM could create value with differentiated offerings. Sijbesma emphasized innovation and moving into “sunrise” businesses that would fuel future growth by playing a positive role in the broader society. Sijbesma asked himself, did DSM’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

Taking in Business, Investing, and Life by Karen Firestone (MBA 1983) (Bibliomotion) Firestone has developed four core tenets of risk-taking that are applicable when anticipating, evaluating, and responding to risks in business,... View Details
  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

calling on bullish analysts tend to underperform in the future. Firms that call on more favorable analysts experience more negative future earnings surprises and more future earnings restatements. A long-short portfolio that exploits this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

relevant to our customers, we must have a global perspective and a global presence.” The bank opened offices in London and Bangalore last fall and plans to open one in Shanghai this year. Relevance also drives venture-capital firms to explore business opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

practitioners take this approach to applications in finance, there are huge gains to be achieved. We caution the reader that since our intention in this piece is to call attention to aspects of life and aspects of finance that are not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • September 2019 (Revised February 2020)
  • Teaching Note

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

Teaching Note for HBS No. 919-013. Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technologies; Customer Value; Value Chain; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Advertising; Product Marketing; Digital Platforms; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Communications Industry; Employment Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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  • December 2018 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John
Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and across industry. Unlike many other social media apps, on which users typically present idealized portraits of themselves, on Fishbowl,... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technologies; Customer Value; Value Chain; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Advertising; Product Marketing; Digital Platforms; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Social Media; Communications Industry; Employment Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

company. A simple portfolio strategy of going long the buy recommendations with school ties and going short buy recommendations without ties earns returns of 5.40% per year. We test whether Regulation FD, targeted at impeding selective... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace