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- July–August 2021
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SPACs: What You Need to Know
By: Max Bazerman and Paresh Patel
Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have been around in various forms for decades, but during the past two years they’ve taken off in the United States. In 2019, 59 were created, with $13 billion invested; in 2020, 247 were created, with $80 billion... View Details
Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; SPACs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Investment
Bazerman, Max, and Paresh Patel. "SPACs: What You Need to Know." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 4 (July–August 2021): 102–111.
- 07 Mar 2013
- HBS Seminar
Horace Dediu, Asymco
Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick - Or Keep You Well
For too long we’ve designed buildings that haven’t focused on the people inside—their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too... View Details
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Creating a Successful Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Value Chain Continuity of Strategic Direction Creating a Successful Strategy Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value. Consider companies... View Details
- 16 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases
trip by, for example, vacationing closer to home; drive more economically and less aggressively to improve miles per gallon; and buy a specific dollar amount of gas rather than filling up every time, even though this may mean more visits... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 04 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness
replacing like with like,” he says. That could also mean considering diversity more broadly than just replacing a departing woman with another woman or a person of a particular race with the same race. “Just because you are making... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Nov 2010
- HBS Case
United Breaks Guitars
object lesson in what that means for big, recognizable companies and their brands. "United Breaks Guitars" documents the incredible viral power of social media, analyzing the reach and impact of a clever customer complaint music... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
information may be low and declining (Menz et al., 2021). Accordingly, in the digital age, firms and organizations of all kinds face an extremely strong incentive to increase their market shares, especially by means of developing and... View Details
- 2022
- Article
Before Plagiarism: Lawyers and Copynorms in Europe, 1300-1600
By: Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
This essay uses the concept of 'copynorms', social norms about copying expressive works that can be distinct from legal norms about the same, in order to understand the meaning of intellectual property among Roman law and canon law jurists from the fourteenth through... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Improving Store Liquidation
By: Nathan Craig and Ananth Raman
Store liquidation is the time-constrained divestment of retail outlets through an in-store sale of inventory. The retail industry depends extensively on store liquidation, not only as a means for investors to recover capital from failed ventures, but also to allow... View Details
Craig, Nathan, and Ananth Raman. "Improving Store Liquidation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-096, May 2013.
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Lone Inventors as Sources of Technological Breakthroughs: Myth or Reality?
Are lone inventors more or less likely to invent breakthroughs? Recent research has attempted to resolve this question by considering the variance of creative outcome distributions. It has implicitly assumed a symmetric thickening or thinning of both tails, i.e., that... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Patents; Groups and Teams; Creativity
Singh, Jasjit, and Lee Fleming. "Lone Inventors as Sources of Technological Breakthroughs: Myth or Reality?" Management Science 56, no. 1 (January 2010).
Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner
From Apple to Merck to Wikipedia, more and more organizations are turning to crowds for help in solving their most vexing innovation and research questions, but managers remain understandably cautious. It seems risky and even unnatural to push problems out to vast... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision." Regarding communication: "Good communication does not mean that you have to... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
to revitalize a firm look for superstars; they seek outgoing personalities. Corporate governance in the West means oversight from regulators, boards of directors, even institutional shareholders. While Asia now has most of these... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 07 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back
a potential for improvement. The statistics are disheartening no matter how an entrepreneur defines failure. If failure means liquidating all assets, with investors losing most or all the money they put into the company, then the failure... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Business Review What TikTok’s Fate Will Mean for Global Business Re: Andy Wu 22 Jan 2025 VoxChina Exports in Disguise: Trade Rerouting During the US-China Trade War? By: Jaya Wen & Ebehi Iyoha 21 Jan 2025 Nikkei Asia Trump Should View... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
Kullman and her board were left with the difficult decision. Should they allow four of Trian's nominees onto their board, knowing that it would mean replacing four highly experienced and valuable directors, or should they go face to face... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle
relationships. The study offers new ideas for quiet quitters who are contemplating the meaning of happiness and fulfillment amid pandemic burnout. In addition to Norton, the authors include HBS doctoral student Hanne Collins, HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Develop Your Career Vision - Alumni
Life Criteria As you embark on your job search, we recommend you create your Career and Life Criteria early in the process. Career and Life Criteria are single clear concepts that hold meaning and can be a pillar for moving your life and... View Details
- 07 Nov 2023
- News
Love and Money
helpful to start with this framework that people may not know about. Many people might be familiar with Gary Chapman's five love languages. This is a parallel framework called four money languages. And it's essentially what money means to... View Details