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  • June 2008
  • Article

Bringing the Context Back In: Settings and the Search for Syndicate Partners in Venture Capital Investment Networks

Most existing network-based theories of relationship formation, whether based on homophily or structural constraint, imply that actors form highly cohesive, homogenous clusters. Yet real networks also include many "bridging" ties—isolated links between parties that... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Networks; Theory; Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Growth and Maturation; Size; Geographic Location
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  • October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

ghSMART & Co: Building and Scaling a Time Smart Firm

By: Ashley Whillans and Sara Coronel Rodriguez
"For ghSMART, freedom is the first principle from which all good things flow”—Geoff Smart, Chairman and Founder, ghSMART. ghSMART was a leadership advisory firm that was grounded in the principle of freedom. Talented Consultants and Partners could work remotely from... View Details
Keywords: Time; Consulting Firms; Time Management; Talent and Talent Management; Employee Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion; Reputation
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  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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First-Generation Students - MBA

helping students achieve their academic and personal goals. In addition to providing academic services and resources, including one-on-one writing coaching and tutoring, SAS also offers confidential support services that include but are not View Details
  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

building on intense lobbying to encourage further domestic deregulation and limit federal oversight of the energy industry, Skilling encouraged Enron executives to exploit to the hilt recent Securities and Exchange Commission rule changes... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

engineer scarcity by limiting supply when secondary markets thicken to separate primary and secondary markets. We find support for these hypotheses in the U.S. concert ticket industry. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS - The year in Review

Students 18 Applications 896 Acceptance Rate 4% More Key Enrollment Statistics Full-Tuition Scholarships Offered In an effort to make the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree more affordable and accessible to a wider array of... View Details
  • Web

Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Master it and you will be in a better position to make your company a massive success. But how do you finance a new venture? In this note, I will try to help answer this question by addressing the following topics: Types of funding. The... View Details
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

of Work Project. Slides Readings: Building from the Botton Up Hidden Networks The Partnership Imperative Navigating the Brave New World of Cryptocurrency Bankruptcy Professor Stu Gilson + More Info – Less Info In this session, corporate... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

the fundamentals of business. But what does it mean to excel in these areas? There are myriad tools and techniques available to help executives master these practices. To improve execution, for example, leaders can employ TQM, Kaizen, or... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

in organizations, such as the World Management Survey, the Executive Time Use Study, and the first large scale management survey in hospitals, MOPS-H, conducted in partnership with the US Census Bureau. Her work has helped uncover the... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18242 When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Abstract We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

reinvention is that an organization’s past success can either be the greatest asset or the chief liability to its future. The article introduces three traps that can limit a company’s ability to find new avenues for growth: organizational... View Details
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

Limits to Network Effects Authors:Hann Hałaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets rationally prefer a platform restricting choice rather than a platform that offers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

and outside of the robotics field to assess 10 of 101 design proposals. That yielded some 3,869 pairs of evaluators and entries to analyze. "There are limits to domain expertise. When they see a novel design that they have never... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace
  • March 2021
  • Case

Founders Factory

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett
In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Markets; Planning; Expansion; Global Range; Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry; Africa; South Africa; Johannesburg; Europe; France; Paris; United Kingdom; England; London; United States; New York (city, NY)
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  • 25 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

that a move to the US can sometimes take on these individuals. The team brings a wealth of intercultural experience to conversations with students about acculturation, academic concerns, and personal circumstances. SAS staff speak frequently with students on topics... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research

rewards are more effective when the peer group is larger. Overall, the findings demonstrate the power of non-financial rewards to motivate agents in settings where there are limits to the use of financial incentives. August 2001 (Revised... View Details
  • 29 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

business school to potentially save lives. The role requires an understanding of behavioral economics, strategy, organizational behavior, and operations. Thus far in my career, my experiences have primarily been limited to the classroom... View Details
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

partnerships with established pharmaceuticals, and other crucial activities are now even clearer to me because of CORe. Enrique Garcia-Rivera Pursuing a PhD in Chemical Biology in Boston BSc, Interdisciplinary Sciences (Chemistry, Biology... View Details