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- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
Move over, venture cap. There's a new kid on the block. It's the business incubator, and it has the potential to remake the way businesses are launched in the Internet economy. Incubators are not really new, of course. "They've been... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
remembers perching with a friend atop the backseat of his father's 1969 red Camaro convertible while Levitt zigzagged the car through the streets of Belmont. "That was part of who he was and his hardscrabble life growing up," notes Levitt. "The idea of... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
and social posts in 2018. Tell us in the comment section below what you thought were the most interesting business trends of the year and what you expect in 2019. Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults In earlier research, Kathleen... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home
coronavirus is changing everything we know about how to get work done. The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition Many parents are working and caring for kids at home. How can managers set expectations? Choudhury: It's a great... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
advertising; if you want to reach a narrow audience, you do niche advertising. But these marketers realized the best way to create cachet for a young audience was to make it inaccessible and let the kids discover it on their own. Q: So... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Brandless be the final nail in the coffin? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-011 Kids & Company: Entering the U.S. : In April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
reality is that some days you need to drive your kid to school.” So, what’s the alternative? Beshears teamed with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University in 2015 to test different ways to help 2,508... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his mom performed a series of odd... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
opportunities, you might find scholarships for your kids to go to school,'' he said. We're trying to show them that this stuff is relevant to you because you can find a way to get your crying baby to be quiet, you can find job... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
professor of strategy at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. In the case of Zuckerberg vs. the Winklevosses, the twins may have had created a simple interface for college kids to connect with one another, but it... View Details
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
what shoppers do. This observational work is the bread and butter of Paco Underhill, a consultant whose market research firm, Envirosell (New York City), has been studying retail shopper behavior for 20 years. Teach a kid to hammer, and... View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
Research that explores how children benefit from having a working mom blew away the field for most popular feature article on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge in 2015. With nearly 84,000 visits, twice the number of the second most popular article, View Details
- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
"My goal is to get athletes—and kids who are thinking about becoming athletes—to start thinking of themselves as businesses and not just athletes," he said. Sherman took the opportunity, as he has in previous public forums, to... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
my kids to have me away so much," she said. "There are certain jobs that you just can't do part time." Now she's home again and taking time to consider what sort of job she would like and how much energy she can devote to... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
to educate leaders. After all, actual Chinese leaders send their kids to American universities, and in increasing numbers. But it is worth recalling that in the 1920s and 1930s, China's paramount leader, Chiang Kai-shek, sent his sons to... View Details
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
the profile page of a MySpace member, turning the winner into the most popular kid on the block. Unilever, Pepsi, and many of the national advertisers that Google aspires to serve are playing with it. Q: What do you think of MySpace as an... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
own load on your journey and cover more ground more quickly or with less effort. I built connections with other kids on my football team based on what they needed in order to be on board—some of them I knew I had to be tough with, while... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
through a website compared with existing customers, suggesting that categories other than pants might have prompted them to buy online. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/2TKEYULIQKLUFANjs0Nt][/div] Another notable trend: In the US and UK, View Details
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
acknowledged both. While stabilizing the economy is a satisfying challenge, "the kind of public attention you get can be negative," he said. "I don't like my kids reading some of the stuff that's written about me But policy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
complacency might well prove to be the biggest weapon available to the new big-five kid on the block from Jamshedpur. First printed in The Economic Times/India Times. View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna