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- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
for "big teaming": intense collaboration between professions and industries with completely different mindsets. To explore the kind of leadership required to build the future, Edmondson and Reynolds tell the story of an award-winning "smart city"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
about needs and generate peer pressure for giving. And different locales do seem to have developed different conceptions of what is appropriate activity in this realm. In Silicon Valley, it is well known that corporate social action is very results-oriented, engendered... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
launch a new blockchain currency to facilitate financial services for unbanked and underbanked customers in emerging markets via their smartphone. Santos had to decide whether to go forward with the new plan despite regulatory risk, execution risk, and vocal opposition... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
Unit at Harvard Business School. "For example, procurement policies could serve a demonstration role that would stimulate private demand by making people more aware of green buildings. They might also cover the start-up costs of... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
click." Reinvestment—where "if someone succeeds, their felt obligation is to put it in the community"—is also increasing, said Stevenson, not just through angels, venture capitalists and other investors, but through View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
decades consulting to major businesses and governments all over the world, had something to say about this. I surveyed 785 companies, start-ups as well as the global giants, on many continents of the world, in collaboration with Inc.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Case 810-018 This case study provides an overview of Intuit's growth and, in particular, the sales and service initiatives that historically fueled the company's growth from start-up to a corporation. It also outlines certain processes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
performance are being carried down to next-generation entrepreneurs. Helping former employees is part of that legacy and culture. Senior mentor capitalists describe how Bill Hewlett encouraged them when they left HP and how HP engineers... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
outreach; a program of employee training that helps first-rung employees move from part-time work in high school to senior management. That’s what Taco Bell does. But any manager can identify a way of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
also extended to the companies in which XTV invested. These were structured as separate legal entities, with their own boards and officers. XTV sought to recruit employees from other start-ups who were... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
and incentives—whether organizations promoted and rewarded employees based on performance and tried to keep the best performers from quitting. To collect the data, the researchers hired teams of MBA students who could interview managers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
promoting it a personal mission. Many had experienced what it was like to be an outsider, which gave them a deeper understanding of the barriers that women, in particular, face at work. The CEOs resoundingly agreed that an inclusive environment was one in which View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
professor Mary Tripsas introduces conceptual models to help students launch and creatively manage new businesses, including both stand-alone start-ups and ventures operating within an established organization. "Whenever a firm... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
a token hire. Knowing the extended team around the business is diverse, can allay these concerns. Ask your investors to help sell the business to prospective candidates. This can be especially critical if you’re trying to hire a senior team member or a View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
20,000 employees operating in 138 countries, Lenovo needed a global marketing and branding strategy to extend its global reach. This meant determining what Lenovo stood for and designing products that supported that claim. In January... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
frontline staff work with particular attention to patient safety issues and facilitated open-discussion meetings with employees about their safety related concerns. Data Collection. Hospitals submitted data on the operational failures... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
that?' I have found that many people who come into this industry do so for a combination of professional and personal factors," Williams says, adding that he left his job at a technology consulting firm and joined a biotech start-up... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
Radio-Frequency Identification Harvard Business School Case 610-027 The Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) group was a start-up that was part of Intel's New Business Initiatives. It sought initially to develop and sell a high... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
sophisticated safeguards such as an independent ethics committee and a "whistle blower" system for employees concerned with the company's practices. In less than two decades, Sydney IVF grew from just four View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
PublicationsThe Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract The most effective managers have the ability to build a cadre of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne