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- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
technologies in the U.S. While there are several startups in clean energy that are well-suited to the traditional venture capital investment model, our analysis highlights a number of structural challenges related to venture capital (VC)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
says, ‘I left my heart in San Francisco,’ but it wasn’t the ‘little cable cars climbing half-way to the stars’—it was the willingness to follow a long path of discovery and try and fail repeatedly until one succeeded. And the best... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
civilians' support for the opposition, who failed to protect them. Instead we show that such violence increases parochial forms of solidarity and social engagement within the refugee community. Altogether this suggests that, when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. Entrepreneurs with a history of success are much more likely to succeed in new ventures than first-timers or those who failed previously, new... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
the most valuable possible next deal that credibly offers Iran a range of benefits, not limited to sanctions relief, that are greater and much more salient than those available from the interim agreement. The second prong should significantly worsen the consequences of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
School professor Benjamin G. Edelman discusses the paper's findings Teaching a 'Lean Startup' Strategy (24,997) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6659.html Published: April 11, 2011 Most startups fail because they... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
how we thought about online opportunities one year after the dot-com bubble burst. In retrospect, many of my thoughts about the internet’s future evolution missed the mark. If you think history repeats itself, then these forecasting errors might be germane, since View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
Credit: iStockPhoto Startups often struggle to find their first customers—especially in the sharing economy, where survival depends on securing users on both the supply and demand sides. No surprise, then, that our readers flocked to a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
helped large Greek companies and startups compete more effectively. But that hasn't happened.” Greek politicians are blaming, first, one another based on the party affiliation, and second, their European creditors for imposing harsh... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Management Badaracco started by researching the experience of entrepreneurs-figuring that if anyone knew what it meant to struggle it was those who started small businesses, half of which fail within the first year. In the wake of the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
rules and policies. Proponents claim that, far from reducing employment opportunities, immigrants actually help create jobs. "They are more likely to fail than those founded by natives, but those that survive experience greater... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
manage technological innovation. In his book, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (HBS Press), Christensen describes how large, well-established companies often get into trouble because they gradually... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
distribution, where new startups fail within the first three years following entry. This churning emphasizes a new mechanism through which financial sector reforms impact product markets. It is not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
forthcoming Strategic Management Journal When Does Advice Impact Startup Performance? By: Chatterji, Aaron, Solene Delecourt, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Why do some entrepreneurs thrive while others fail? We explore... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Apparel (B) The (B) case provides post-mortem analysis from Quincy's cofounders on why their startup failed and what they could have done differently. Explanations for failure focus on Quincy's ambitious... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
Summing Up Do Concerns About Job Creation By Small Businesses Miss The Point? Judging from responses to this month's column, there appears to be a visceral reaction to any suggestion that small business fails to live up to the many... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, this result masks the differences in entry size among startups that failed within three... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
strength of the country, is increasingly failing to provide stable policy decisions addressing the issues Sweden is facing. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53584 October 2017 Review of Economics and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
safety net for emergencies, but also would reduce financial stress and improve their quality of life. "In the private sector, a lot of startups fail, and the market provides a signal about whether the product is viable," says... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
the Market Harvard Business School Note 707-469 Strategists are not alone in finding failing markets irresistible. Governments and social groups ranging from unions to the World Wildlife Fund also respond to market failures. Governments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace