Silicon Valley - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

In 2008, entrepreneur Brian Chesky and his two San Francisco roommates made the rounds of Silicon Valley VC firms with what they thought was a great idea: a website and mobile app that would allow homeowners... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

prospective investors if they decide to launch another new venture. In many parts of the world, failed founders are stigmatized, but fortunately, in Silicon Valley and some other startup ecosystems,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

firms who were doing all that hard work of making the market take off. So they really conserved managerial time, attention, and resources to work on the product and make it better for customers.” McDonald cites the example of Theranos, a View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

smaller) communities and collaborations of inventors. Fleming and his colleagues found, for example, that at the end of the last decade, half of the patented inventors in Silicon Valley could trace an... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

important for regional development as well: "Given the many and mostly unsuccessful attempts to recreate Silicon Valley in various areas, understanding whether noncompetes play a role could be of help... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

pair had been studying Silicon Valley mentor-capitalists (successful entrepreneurs who have cashed out of their own companies but serve as business coaches to fledgling enterprises) and wondered if a similar... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

home country was clearly his default choice when looking for a partner. As Silicon Valley is a special place on many dimensions, I sought to characterize how well this case study generalized to other cities,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Why dot.coms Will Rise Again

McFarlan said, "There is no application gap at all. What is going on in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong is at the same rate of speed as what has been going on in Silicon Valley and Boston." In all... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

be non-American. Andy Grove, a survivor of the Holocaust, would not have wanted to come to a country that didn’t welcome immigrants. Moreover, it is no wonder that Silicon Valley is up in arms over this... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Mar 2016
What Do You Think?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

world. The law enforcement agency counters that its interest is strictly in this case. Clearly many interests have a seat at the table in this dispute: Apple, its customers, and a portion of Silicon Valley... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

growing academic interest in the influence of social networks on entrepreneurial successes and failures, Nanda says. As an example, he cites Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

of the OR” vs. the “genius of the AND” Only four of the 18 companies in their sample were based on the West Coast. But their point of view would be adopted by many startups in Silicon Valley and the venture... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

monetary policy over the past two years, and yet, not only is the economy robust, housing prices are robust. It's almost a mystery as to why things are so strong with such significant tightening. Layne: There have been some warning signals, such as the View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

15 Jan 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance

2002, executives from Silicon Valley to Boston met to tell how they twine their business leadership with religious and personal values. Attendees said their religious/spiritual beliefs helped them: inspire... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

bit. However, if I tell you it has to run on a gallon of gas for five hundred miles, you have to start over.” This kind of goal deserves the “super stretch” label. Increasingly, it is being cited as a reason behind the success of one View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

market timing was critical to the success of the new venture. In addition to providing financing and advice on product development, marketing, and finance, Kleiner introduced Netscape to key Silicon Valley... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

in Silicon Valley. Tell us a little bit about the preparation that went into this biography. A: Well, there was a lot of travel. I commuted there for a while and I lived in Silicon View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

these firms.” You Might Also Like: Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone' What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance? Are Banks the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched... View Details