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- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
and redefine outcomes. The challenge was divided in three phases to provide flexibility to adjust based on outcomes in each phase. We altered our strategy as needed to move between competition and collaboration, which assisted in remedies... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
decline over time. While these are positive adjustments, "the problem is that these super-successful export machines are not necessarily creating new jobs in Germany," Fear says. "Labor is also more moderate in its demands and View Details
- 04 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy
flexible with how many hours a week you can work. Another piece of advice that I give students is don't necessarily go for the safe option. A lot of students come to me with the concern that they can't switch into investing with no... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
additional programming at the class and section levels on the afternoon of the virtual reunion, and more recently with a flexible approach to alumni-led gatherings in the weeks before or after the virtual reunion event. In all cases, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of the solution. What do you think about the issue of flexible work hours?... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This flexible approach was essential to the completion of the Water Cube, the building that hosted swimming and diving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1865878 The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments Authors:Qiang Liu, Thomas J. Steenburgh, and Sachin Gupta Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
creating an environment that's beneficial to both." Lacking the pressures of a major label, such as overhead costs and stockholder expectations, independent labels sometimes have greater flexibility than the majors to nurture cutting-edge... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
perspective on the current global "descent of money." Book Link: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/ 0,,9781440653995,00.html?The_Ascent_of_Money_Niall_Ferguson Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
competitor, Apollo Global Management. The case allows for discussion of strategic and financing considerations by Centerbridge, a New York–based investment firm employing a flexible approach across investment disciplines: private equity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
profitability, small size, safety, and total volatility—also perform well during good times. Stocks with characteristics signifying high liquidity, such as high turnover and low bid-ask spreads, perform well during bad times but otherwise underperform. We develop a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
database. Conclusions—Major benefits of the model include its basis in expert judgment, its straightforward application, the flexibility of transforming its output ratings to any linear scale, and its ease of interpretation. This metric... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
plagued earlier corporate ventures. The agreement made clear that the XTV partners had the flexibility to respond rapidly to investment opportunities, something that independent venture capitalists typically possess. They essentially had... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
member. Only HBS could be flexible enough for such a thing to happen! Maybe it was possible because we thought of ourselves more as pragmatic experimenters than as academics. Our strength at HBS is that we look at the world as it comes at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
important predictor of product performance, product variety, process flexibility and industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the software industry by use of a technique called Design Structure Matrices (DSMs), which allows us... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
accommodate the peaks and valleys of consumer demand. "You could have rooms that quickly and dynamically change from hotel rooms into conference rooms. So you can have this flexible capacity of rooms that are available on New Year's... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
service—price, for example—but being flexible in other areas, such as letting drivers choose the car they drive, says Hagiu. "This places [Uber] somewhere in between pure platforms and pure employers. While everyone agrees that the key... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
belief is sound, but the authors' analysis of the performance of 45 companies led by CEOs with military experience revealed differences in how the branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) prepare leaders for business. Those differences reflect the trade-off... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
juggling a family and career. Support could take many forms such as family, friends, neighbors or daycare. It's important to have a plan A, B, and C if possible. Have a plan in place but leave room for flexibility and fun along the way.... View Details