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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
husband and two children across the country for a job at a no-name Internet start-up. What changed your mind? I spent the day at eBay. I learned that users were deeply dedicated to the site, which had a compound monthly growth rate of 70... View Details
- Blog
Understanding the Benefits of Our Virtual Programs
We spoke with four participants of our live online programs to learn more about their experience: Augusto Bassanini, President & CEO, United Grain Corporation Trey Ford, Vice President, Platform Strategy and Trust, Salesforce.com, Inc. Nina Olle, View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
the rarified New York Times from layoffs. Too often, restructuring begets thinner issues larded with generic newswire copy — hardly the recipe to bring back readership and ads. Fine, if all that won’t save us, then going wholeheartedly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
cartridge system to allow users to change the musical content of the toy. “This was a very obvious design for us because we came from the computer software industry,” explains Abercrombie. “We wouldn’t... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
not photoshopped to perfection but are flawed, vulnerable, and in-your-face. This total transparency generates a level of authenticity and intimacy with audiences that traditional marketing tactics cannot match. He also discusses the... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
entrepreneurs from other candidates. To address that problem, Butler compared the psychological testing results of over 4,000 successful entrepreneurs and of approximately 1,800 business leaders who described themselves as general... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
the milestone of 100 years of Independence in 2047? Should India become a manufacturing powerhouse to rival China? Or should it stay content with services and become the Information Superpower of the world? What about pursuing new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund, Terrana has completed the 192-mile, two-day ride for the past four years. As content as she is with her current path, Terrana notes that the transition to a slower pace required a period of adjustment. “If you... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
the problem owner (in this case, LISH) only pays for winning solutions with the platform acting as the broker. In simple terms, the intellectual property is transferred from the winner(s) to the platform, then onto the end user or problem... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
generally granted to those who do their homework, though luck still plays a major part." "Sometimes God will fool you," agrees James Hackett. "You'll think you have something, and the readings confirm it, but when you drill down it's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
create something that hasn’t existed before, an influential, international institution that will be around in 200 or 300 years. We don’t want be just a cute website, but something that makes the content and the tools of a world-class... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Panitchpakdi, the next director general of the World Trade Organization and the deputy prime minister of Thailand, discussed the need for managing developing countries’ reactions to rapid and widespread trade and economic liberalization.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
for information and search for solutions. Our results show that the effect of network structure is opposite for these two important and complementary forms of search. Dense clustering encourages members of a network to generate more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
infrastructure in the world. What are the implications for their ability to leapfrog content and technical developments in this sector in the United States? Internet development in China. Online marketing and consumer behavior in South... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
building each ecosystem, Ping An developed scenarios first, built traffic, generated revenue, and eventually hoped to make profit. After building the ecosystems, the company also hoped to use those ecosystems to grow its financial... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
market's growth that is the primary driver of profit margins and sales growth. A few retailers have succeeded in going global by developing strategies that apply four retail-specific rules for globalization. Rule 1: The home market is the linchpin. Retailers can View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
direct investment (FDI) flows arise endogenously when monitoring is nonverifiable and financial frictions exist. The mechanism generating MNC activity is not the risk of technological expropriation by local partners but the demands of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
San Francisco-based Internet company allowed users to monitor their investments and communicate with each other about their portfolio strategies. The case recounts key decisions made by founder and CEO Steve Carpenter, including several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
up and helping them find the actionable steps that pull on the best of what the innovation sector knows at the moment. The goal is to give them tools in their pocket that they didn't have before. For entrepreneurs at the early stage, I help them think about who their... View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
attributes of a decision problem. The hierarchy of new conditions varies in the degree to which it specifies the functional form, ranging from more general solutions with weaker constraints, to more specific solutions with stronger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne