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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
ATTRACTING INVESTORS like moths to a flame is Firefly Network, Inc. (www.firefly.com), a privately held firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that strives to make the Internet more consumer-friendly. Firefly CEO and co-founder Nicholas Grouf explains that the company's... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa
economic change in rural Africa. “ThirdWay Africa is an investing and advisory firm focused on Indian Ocean Africa. We believe in a socially and economically empowered Africa. We work with multiple ecosystem stakeholders to create and... View Details
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David Kang
example of the power of international perspectives, David refers to a case that compared the way two Indian states are managed by the larger central authority. "That led to a conversation about how the European Union handles its... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
guy. Later, everyone said, "You guys knew nothing about technology. Why did all these smart people give you money?" And I said, "You know what? I think they saw two Indian kids sitting across the table and assumed we knew what we were... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49375 Enabling Versus Controlling-Online Appendix By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—No abstract available. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49378 Mobile Money... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
involving the development of a “Center and Museum of Tolerance,” to be housed at the University of Mississippi; and, most important and personal, Hope for a Cure for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Berman provides a blueprint for realizing... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
or is the phenomenon evident in other developed economies-such as Australia? We assessed Australians' perceived and ideal wealth distributions and compared them to the actual wealth distribution. Although the United States and Australia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Values Proposition
by publicly traded health care IT company Allscripts. Rumi Spice Cofounder and CEO Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015); Founded 2014 With the goal of spurring development in rural Afghanistan, Rumi works with 80-plus farmers and hundreds of saffron... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
advantage of a natural experiment, in that we observe products that fulfill the same function being developed by very different organizational forms. At one extreme are commercial software firms, in which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
connecting members. Leaders Need to Show Their (Re)commitment Launch sessions are also an opportunity for leaders to reinforce their commitment to the team. Consider Jennifer Reimert, the leader of a consulting team at Workhuman, a company that View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
Manny Medina (MBA 2003) didn’t set out to found Outreach, the Seattle-based sales-engagement unicorn. He never expected to become an entrepreneur. When he quit a frustrating role in business development at Microsoft in 2011, he didn’t... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
Software 806-121 Black Duck Software involves a venture-backed start-up that converted software developers' concerns about violating copyright licensing agreements or open... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
where he ran a job-finding software business from his dorm room, Mistele went to work for Microsoft. Over the next nine years there, he helped to launch four businesses, the last of which focused on automotive telematics, which is known... View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
software product over its entire lifetime, comprising six major "releases." In particular, we develop measures of modularity at the component level, and use these to predict patterns of evolution... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
David Duffield
After failing to convince Larry Ellison that Oracle should invest in the development of human resource management software, Duffield decided to create his own business. PeopleSoft with its innovative View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
methods. But the payoffs have not been nearly as dramatic for service industries applying lean principles. HBS professor David Upton and doctoral student Bradley Staats look at the experience of Indian View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
the next big thing both as a mitigation strategy and a business opportunity. Indian politician Jayant Sinha admitted that his country generates some seven percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, he stressed that India does... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
their start-up pitches to a panel of judges in late April. To his surprise, Mahesh, representing the HBS Club of India, took top honors and was awarded a $25,000 cash prize for his plan to manufacture low-cost medical beds for Indian... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
complementary producers, distribution channels, and consumers must often develop new capabilities, beliefs, and behaviors for the product to succeed, creating a challenge for the innovator.” Tripsas has View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
abroad in a cost-effective manner. India's software companies, for instance, recognized the possibility of providing services to overseas customers at least a decade before Western companies even considered hiring View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne