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- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
was recouped through a schedule of commission rates on stock transactions by the firm's clients. These commissions were regulated by the exchanges along with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The result was high commission rates and... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
innovate frequently and rely on a systematic way of doing so. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/EBR%202014%20Magic%20of%20Innovation_2071dd24-fd3e-4fe0-bac0-167ef27c78e3.pdf Working Papers Creating Reciprocal Value View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
technologies by examining the quality of the marginal entrants who benefited from reform. As expected, the reform relaxed constraints and led to an increase in entrepreneurship through the collateral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
protocol, and deportment comprise the visible tip, they might be linked to more deeply rooted, less obvious forces that are fully capable of sinking the ship. This working paper, through a questionnaire format—intended as an instrument to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch-banking deregulations affected the entry and exit of firms in the non-financial sector using establishment-level data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
successful brands do differently, he believes, is to target powerful ideological contradictions produced by society. Through popular culture, society paints a picture of its ideals: What is a successful person? What is the good life?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
acquisition or embark on a major European expansion, for example. While any competent CEO would discuss the initiative with his direct reports and, one hopes, gain their support, most subordinates will read the tea leaves and endorse... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
organizations, and what managers must do to effectively lead the change process. Tushman and O'Reilly are the coauthors of Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal, Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
road improvement project built through the heart of the city. Ann Cullen: The Big Dig in Boston is coming to completion. In terms of project financing, what are your thoughts on this project? Was there a better way to finance the project... View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
North-South freight transport suggest that if the cartel were broken, railroads would have passed through 50% of their cost savings from standardization, generating a 10% increase in trade on the sampled routes. The results demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
managed market disruptions and opportunities through acquisition and organic innovations. Its latest brands, 3DVIA, offers 3D models and lifelike experiences to a new non-professional client category, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
when he said that George Gilder correctly defines knowledge and entrepreneurship as the true driving forces of capitalism. "Airbnb and like companies are accelerating capitalism, not replacing it." As Hugh Quick put it,... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
capital market prices and corporate finance can, in principle, come from either supply or demand. This framework helps to organize empirical approaches that more precisely identify and quantify supply effects through variation in one of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
a VC, it pays to do homework. Through social media and publicly available sources, there is more information than ever on what firms are investing in which companies, making the reputational risks for VCs investing in multiple competitors... View Details
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Supplement
Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; VC; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Cash Flow; Equity; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Information Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships; Information Infrastructure
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-053, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-024.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsNone PublicationsChallenges in Managing Large Projects Editors:J. Ronald Fox and Donn B. Miller Publication:Defense Acquisition University Press, 2006 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
backgrounds―history, economics, law, and political science―in an effort to begin a re-conceptualization of the origins and history of political economy through a variety of still largely distinct but complementary historical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
can draw on the analytical skills they've developed to reason through an unfamiliar problem. In addition to the cases, we often assign readings to go with the cases. We use these readings to teach theory that the students can then apply... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
priorities?; (3) Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act on? Have I developed a succession roadmap?; and (4) Is my leadership style still effective, and does it reflect who I truly am? This highly readable and practical guide helps you learn to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne