Central Park - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

not have to travel far to make deals, change jobs, or find professional partners. John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins is fond of saying that the Valley is a place where you can change your job without changing your parking spot. Shared values... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

private sector or the public sector, you have to worry that people might get the wrong incentives. Those who are relieved of risk may decide to take more risk. If you've ever had a rental car where you were fully covered against damage or loss, perhaps you drove a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

have preferences over relative outcomes, we derive predictions about the antecedents and consequences of dividing equity equally among all founders. Using proprietary survey data, we empirically test the predictions. Our central finding... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

While trucks continue to rumble in and out of the container-cargo rail yard opposite the HBS parking lot, the depot's days are numbered. Adjacent to it, several blocks of low-rise commercial buildings are already history, demolished and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

business world. Yet any entrepreneur can attest to the creative power required to build an organization where none existed before. "Look, I made a hat /Where there never was a hat," sings Georges Seurat in the musical Sunday in the View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

advocates labeled our “national suicide” well before Donald Trump began his Presidential campaign. The latent demand was so great that there were serious proposals like Blueseeds to build large ships parked off of the California coast to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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