Appropriability - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact

then gave her a lot of ownership on taking charge of the project.” For a deliverable, Kristina was asked to investigate and select the most appropriate technology platform for the training. Cotterman offers several suggestions for... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

01 Oct 1996
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

The September cohort of the Class of 1998 has arrived on campus, and with the new academic year starts a fresh term for the HBSAA Board of Directors. Since the Board represents over 60,000 HBS alumni, I thought it would be appropriate to... View Details

Keywords: Cathy Connett

01 Dec 2001
News

Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges

discussing their findings, Shleifer and Johnson combined business and economic statistics from these nations to illustrate the levels of investor protection achieved by the disparate models. Establishing appropriate legal support for... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

30 Apr 2025
News

A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

9th Congressional District, who serves on the Appropriations Committee which controls the federal budget. “Given the current market conditions and political dynamics, we wanted to understand the path forward for social enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

circumstances, including human purposes, evolved. While the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism can balance supply and demand on a global basis, or in subunits thereof, the visible hand of political authority is essential to the formulation of human purposes and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

capital structure, board of directors, compensation schemes, etc.—which may or may not be appropriate for any particular asset, the firm can create an entirely different governance system that is ideally suited for the asset in question.... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

design and identity before the 9/11 attacks and through three subsequent phases finds that successful changes to organizational identity are likely to be delayed after a radical external shock: Management is likely to be constrained, View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

behaviors? What do you think? Original Article Debates among business school faculties these days mirror those taking place on the business (and sometimes front) pages of our newspapers. The question: What are appropriate responses to the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

skills development." Other essentials for governments, Donovan said, are a willingness to privatize businesses, and to follow the rule of law "as opposed to the rule of individual parties and special interests." Another is what he termed an View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

appropriate for: Marketing professionals charged with creating, nurturing, and managing brand value; Entrepreneurs looking to create their own brands in the consumer/retail space; Consumer/retail general managers and consultants engaged... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

that bring appropriate contributions to the ecosystem and those that will be tempted to eat the data for lunch for themselves once they gain access. —Alex Evans (MBA 1993) At an early stage, AGR should follow the Apple ecosystem and work... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

and the moral hazard associated with that. Or the additional capital and regulatory requirements will put these firms at a disadvantage relative to their competitors, and you will have weakened the firms that you believe to be systemically significant. Neither is a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

of the national brand? Do affiliates receive an appropriate level of national services from the fees they pay? Traditionally these strains have fueled centralization versus the decentralization debate in the nonprofit community, Grossman... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

Vision: Sound Science

as sound. Getting a healthy copy of the critical gene to the appropriate cells is a solution, but precision inner-ear drug delivery has been a historical stumbling block. An early breakthrough for us was figuring out a way to pair gene... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

01 Mar 2017
News

How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine

communicating appropriately to maximize the therapeutic effects. The electrodes are placed inside the brain at the precise spot where the issue originates and communicate to a wireless monitor that tracks the neurotransmitter changes to... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

researchers credit to the early actions of local political leadership and governmental agencies that encouraged public-private housing partnerships. Different locales do seem to have developed different conceptions of what is appropriate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

pregnancy, because the term is more general. The term organ systems, used by some providers, is provider centric and not a medical condition at all. How to define the appropriate set of medical conditions around which to organize care... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

less competent than employees who do not. Across five experiments, we explore how reframing a socially inappropriate emotional expression (distress) by publicly attributing it to an appropriate source (passion) can shape perceptions of,... View Details