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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered
England, and Germany by examining the 200 largest corporations in those countries. In 2001, Chandler wrote Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries, which focused on the fall of... View Details
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Industry Information - Alumni
Careers Industry Information Careers Industry Information Want to know the latest in your respective industry? Are you researching before a big interview? We've compiled resources to help you stay current. + – Banking ABA Banking Journal... View Details
- 18 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
Bitcoin, Terra, and Celsius has renewed calls for regulators to protect consumers from fly-by-night currency operators, scammers, and theft. How vulnerable are crypto investors, particularly the retail-level amateur investors? Kominers: I... View Details
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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
someday to bring the concept to consumers in emerging markets across the globe. “Most restaurant owners can cook, but they don’t have a business mindset,” Sasago says. “I have that advantage now, and I know we can make this work.” 1,868... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
diplomacy, are not innate talents but can be learned. It lists problems that research has shown often occur in the process of seeking or giving advice, including being overconfident about one's own perspective, failing to seek advice from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted below provides an interesting and... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
research rethinks what academics and practitioners have simply called the supply chain—a loose federation of individual suppliers that feed companies with the goods and services necessary to create products for View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
broader field of study. Microprocess research in organizational studies reveals implicit phenomenological assumptions that vary in the extent to which microprocesses are treated as parts of larger systems. We suggest that phenomenological... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
reality is that we don’t really know if commercial space flight will ultimately be a money maker, how many competitors will fit in the market, or what demand will be for consumers taking off on space vacations after the initial enthusiasm... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
pages, web forms) Users mainly consumed information published on the web, but it was a one-way street Static web pages Content owned only by the creator Minimal online transactions No/very little user data collected Inception of World... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Article
How to Launch Your Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists
By: Benjamin Edelman
The ubiquity of Internet access has caused a sharp rise in the number of businesses offering platforms that connect users for communication or commerce. Entrepreneurs are particularly drawn to these platforms because they create significant value and have modest... View Details
Keywords: Platforms; Launch; Mobilization Strategy; Two-Sided Platforms; Network Effects; Adoption; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology Industry; Advertising Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Transportation Industry; Financial Services Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "How to Launch Your Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists." Harvard Business Review 93, no. 4 (April 2015): 90–97. (Reprinted in Launch a Start-Up That Lasts, Harvard Business Review OnPoint, Winter 2016.)
- June 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Major League Baseball: Changing the Rules of America's Pastime
By: Stephen A. Greyser, Mac Levin and Brent Schwarz
This case describes the efforts of Major League Baseball (MLB) to make meaningful changes in the rules affecting the ways the game is played. These changes are intended to speed the pace of the game and make it more appealing to younger fans. The principal changes... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Age; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Demand and Consumers; Sports Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., Mac Levin, and Brent Schwarz. "Major League Baseball: Changing the Rules of America's Pastime." Harvard Business School Case 924-307, June 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009
behaviors led to undesirable consequences, even if they saw those behaviors as acceptable before they knew the consequences. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that a rational, analytic mindset can override the effects of one's intuitions in ethical judgments.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16
relationship; (b) reviews the literature on antecedents, consequences, and integration of M&A in the context of innovation; and (c) identifies potential directions of further research on this topic that have both theoretical and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Judges - Alumni
New Venture Competition Judges 13ms 2025 Alumni Track Global Judges Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Bio: Tina Henry Bou-Saba is an investor, advisor, and entrepreneur in the... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007
This, in turn, had an impact on De Beers' reputation and consumer confidence in the diamond as a product that represented integrity, love, and commitment. In 2000, De Beers' sustainability depends on the ability of its leaders to shift... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
gets punctured in a spectacular bust. Instead, market averages will not move very much, while value is consumed in the hedge funds as they speculate up and down, long and short, on the movement of prices in the markets. During the bubble,... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement
Patients like my mother have become the pioneers of change for rare diseases, advocating for themselves and educating their physicians in real time. Patient advocacy organizations and disease-focused, nonprofit, research foundations have... View Details
- 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13
during the interview process. Research shows that companies with more women on their boards have higher return on sales, higher return on invested capital, and higher return on equity. This article explains what boards need to ask to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
has to retail shopping. Amitabh Chandra is the Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the M.S./M.B.A. program in life sciences at Harvard Business School. He is also Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and... View Details