Idea Generation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

employed more than 10 million American workers and generated $1.8 trillion in revenue in 2003, concluded a study by Global Insight, a leading economic and forecasting firm. HBS professors Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner, in their 2001 book,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

schools could lead the work of racial equity and inclusion through engagement with various learning modes. Best practices were captured for learning about and from racial differences, and innovative ideas View Details

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption Author:Anita Elberse Abstract The idea that online channels facilitate the distribution of a vast assortment of products is undisputed, but what consequence the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2020
News

“Raise the Line”

born. Today, Osmosis features thousands of engaging animated videos that explain complex ideas in under 20 minutes and is working with more than 60 institutions, including the University of Illinois, New York University, and the... View Details

03 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?

the model, information leading to actual harm often contains specific details that receivers can act upon, such as a sender posting where and when receivers can gather to take part in potentially troublesome activities. By contrast, View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Technology

01 Apr 2001
News

The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less

how companies that lack resources and clout respond to a range of issues, from developing products and services, to establishing supplier relationships, to hiring and growing a staff.” In the spirit of his research, Bowen began his presentation, titled “Running and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

spring course, Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) 1418, students cannot take both of them. Career Focus This course provides a general management perspective on corporate finance and is designed to improve your ability to... View Details

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

University, sent an email invitation to all faculty, staff, and students at the university (more than 40,000 individuals) encouraging them to participate in an ideas challenge that Harvard Medical School had launched to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

these sections that turned out to be the participants' favorite part, according to Hart. Hart discussed entrepreneurship as an alternative to corporate careers. "But," she explained, "I was careful to disabuse them of the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2007
News

Up from the Ashes

Someone whose ideas have become so ubiquitous and ingrained that we cannot separate his foundational thoughts from our own.” Remarkably, Schumpeter, an only child with deep and conflicting emotions, produced his sweeping body of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Aug 2015
News

The Play Alchemist

generates electricity as it rolls—“[a] project that makes the world a better place.” Cofounder and CEO of Uncharted Play, a company based in New York City that creates a line of socially beneficial play-based products, she was on Forbes... View Details

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

concept is very large scale. The lower-tech investments require a great plan from the very beginning to roll things out nationwide. Understand the industry. The first thing that is important to understand is what venture capital is meant for. The View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2019
Blog Post

"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016

blooming consciousness of what excited her most. Growing up in India, a resource constrained country, environmental and sustainability issues were always top of mind, but it was only in the summer of 2017 that the idea of pursuing a... View Details

20 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

first-generation college student, Katie Kelsall in MBA Financial Aid, understands firsthand what it’s like to have to figure out how to pay for school. Education is an investment, and Katie is here to tell you that it IS possible to afford an HBS MBA. With View Details

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

and German. Government leaders and policymakers in each of these countries were influenced by the Essay's key idea that government should be a dominant player in helping shape economic development. Of particular interest to Reinert is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Jul 2019
Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

technology-driven efforts to sway their votes, and from as far away as Russia, according to US government claims. Social media in general and Facebook specifically were the primary weapons of choice. It worked so well that spending by US... View Details

Keywords: by George Riedel

16 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

valuable than the individual components of the portfolio.” In other words, it's a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing—each unit is trying to maximize its own performance, generally without much regard to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Mar 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy

on Where It Counts Most When discussing recruiting strategy with energy and cleantech companies, Amanda and Phillip find that conversations are generally geared towards informal recruiting. “Some companies may not have the time to be... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

01 Jan 2002
News

Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

Hobbies Golf, skiing, reading Recommended Reading The Future of Life, by E.O. Wilson "Wilson is lyrical in his expression of some very complex ideas concerning biodiversity and the fate of life on Earth." Helping to lead a revolution of... View Details

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

creative ideas from their generation through future use by others. We test the hypothesis that brokered ideas are less likely to be used in future creative efforts. The results... View Details