Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,950) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,950) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 58 of 1,950 Results →
  • July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
  • Case

Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., The

By: Andre F. Perold and Austin K Scee
NASDAQ's mission "to facilitate capital formation" is threatened by the emergence of Electronic Communication Networks, which are not as heavily regulated by the SEC. This case reviews the development of NASDAQ and its evolution from a loose network of broker-dealers... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Stocks; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Perspective
Related
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World

always outpace static compliance requirements, so trying to meet them amounts to a misallocation of resources, often costly and with little promise of better security. The ever-increasing data gathered by Internet giants such as Google... View Details
Keywords: cybersecurity; Information
  • Career Coach

Nicola Pugliese

optimally communicating a career narrative and personal brand, through written collateral (resumes, LinkedIn profiles, cover letters), interviewing and networking.  Work Experience: Gillette/P&G Ð Global... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Retail
  • 13 Aug 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

risk-taking, resourceful attitude of an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are good at identifying commercial opportunities and getting new products and services off the ground, even when they don't View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
  • 13 Oct 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

decades, including those who have found success professionally, when they lift their heads up in their 40s or 50s and question whether their lives are heading in the right direction. “We sit back, look ahead, View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education
  • 02 Dec 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

he said, “The very act of trying to attain gender equality portends to assume that is a positive goal. My concern is not equality but quality. Man or woman, we as individuals and organizations need to rip away all the barriers that lie... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting—Impossible to Routine: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Fabio Villa
We describe how Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG, or more popularly, “bypass”) operations revolutionized the treatment of coronary disease (that can produce fatal heart attacks and debilitating angina). Specifically, we chronicle the: 1) development of the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Related
  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

balance the relative voting power of their small and large investors. In companies that made such arrangements, the concentration of ownership and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Trust

barrier to entry to competitors offering innovative products. What were your main findings about how trust influences the speed at which new ideas and products diffuse in the economy? A: We found that the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service
  • 19 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines

The idea that novel engineering techniques could be used for medical purposes fascinated me and I sought to build smart devices for other anatomical and physiological needs. While LEGO provided an easy... View Details
  • 23 Apr 2014
  • HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

health," one health advocate said. Consisting of a small barrel-shaped design that mimics an actual cigarette, the devices vaporize a liquid nicotine solution, which is then inhaled without the tar and carcinogens found in smoke.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar
By 2013, after many decades of very slow development and adoption, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation procedures were attracting widespread attention. This case history chronicles the: 1) pioneering fecal transplants performed in the 20th century; 2) development of the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Related
  • 23 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

interactive database tracking 16 categories of policies announced in each country, from rate cuts and lending to quantitative easing, the large-scale asset purchases and View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

mundane topics that were candidates for this month's column. Clearly, an inability to identify and evaluate risk has led to an inability to value assets. What follows is the failure of "fair value accounting" View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 02 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

researchers and practitioners alike: What is the proper balance to be struck by a business between encouraging autonomy so that employees can ignore red tape to serve the customer quickly View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

age 24, McNamara was the youngest professor ever hired at HBS, shortly after getting his business degree there in 1939. When HBS temporarily shut down to support the war effort during World War II, McNamara was asked to design and teach a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • March 2021
  • Supplement

Facebook's Libra (B): The Privatization of Money?

By: Marco Di Maggio, Ethan Rouen, George Serafeim and Amy Klopfenstein
This case addresses the events that took place following the conclusion of the case “Facebook’s Libra (A): The Privatization of Money?” In October 2019, several months after the conclusion of the A case, multiple members of the Libra Association announced that they... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Accounting; Economics; Money; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Governance Controls; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Information Infrastructure; Technology Industry; Europe; Switzerland; United States; California
Related
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

degree of coordination required in the relationship, and that the effect of dispute approach on resolution costs is moderated by the degree of power asymmetry between the parties. Thus, even after View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Feb 2015
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

been a draw for innovators of a different sort—technology workers who began populating the suburbs of the South Bay, which came to be known as Silicon Valley, in the 1970s and '80s. In recent years, they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology