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- 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015
Experimentation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—The fundamental uncertainty of new technologies at their earliest stages implies that it is virtually impossible to know the true potential of a venture without learning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
compensation to performance, as they often fail to rein in pay when performance suffers. · Expectations placed on board members have increased. Most notably, Sarbanes-Oxley and the new listing requirements of the public exchanges have... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Dynamic Duo
Steve Pagliuca and Judy Pagliuca New HBS Fund Chairs Steve Pagliuca (MBA 1982) and Judy Pagliuca (MBA 1983) know the importance of giving back. Steve, a managing director of Bain Capital and co-owner of the... View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
office-but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she shows that you can devote more time to your personal life and accomplish more at work. The good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
Startup life can often feel like a solo sport, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs: “What the three labs in our ecosystem do is to make building a venture something... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com Harvard Business School Case 309-060 Now into their third year at the helm of an Internet start-up in China, Ken Pao and Bill Li were managing a totally different company (with a new name) from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO." But what they did discover should help CEOs learn to be more effective with their time, and provide boards with a new tool to help assess the effectiveness of their chief... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
culture of inclusion and belonging that stokes new thinking will flourish in its wake—propelling a company to its next innovation. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
three-piece suit kind of guy, and I wasn't. I preferred Boston to New York. And I didn't like working with computers then any more than I do now. Despite the good money, it wasn't the right fit." Instead, O'Donnell remained at HBS as... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
List, an annual compilation of promising scripts recommended by anonymous Hollywood insiders. In a new working paper, Judgement Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry, Luo and her two co-authors—Jeffrey... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
Karan Shah (MBA 2016) Karan Shah (MBA 2016) Karan Shah (MBA 2016) is executive director of Precision Camshafts Limited, a large precision manufacturing company in Solapur, India, and a partner in MAYU, a luxury goods startup. What’s a... View Details
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Diversity and Equity - Alumni
supports both core priorities and new initiatives, and donors have the option to direct their gift specifically to diversity and equity . To learn about other opportunities to support HBS’s efforts in this area, please contact Ellen... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
A History of Women at HBS
SIGN ME UP: Registration at Baker Library in 1960 BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS The presence of female students on the HBS campus is no longer a novelty, but a new Centennial year exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
A legendary professor at Harvard Business School for 40 years, Georges Doriot was a pivotal player in the founding of the modern venture capital industry. As Spencer E. Ante's new book notes, venture capital per se is as old as commercial... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
business owners that promotes economic growth by mentoring and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. Ko was looking for a new managing director of the Philippine chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, and... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
to being good stewards of the land, they wanted to produce syrup that would set a new industry standard in quality and flavor. Turner began researching everything he could find about sugaring and found a willing mentor in Mike Farrell,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
Working PapersInflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds Authors:John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract The covariance between U.S. Treasury bond returns and stock returns has moved... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
(EH) in inflation-indexed (or real) bonds and in nominal bonds in the U.S. and in the U.K. We strongly reject the EH in inflation-indexed bonds and also confirm and update the existing evidence rejecting the EH in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
to the challenge. Think of it as a new strategic initiative facing huge execution challenges. These require senior management to get the best information they can about barriers to execution, and it requires trust and commitment. That... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise
mesmerized by the way they leveraged their diverse backgrounds and experiences to bring new perspectives into the classroom. After years in the Silicon Valley bubble, it was refreshing to learn about industries, business challenges and... View Details