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- September–October 2017
- Article
Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers
By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
A small number of digital superpowers—Alibaba, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and... View Details
Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 84–92.
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
SUMMING UP Are Computers and Tech-Driven Networks In Their Twilight Years? Issues raised by the ascendancy of network technology are many and varied, judging from responses to this month’s column based on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- June 2023
- Article
When Does Uncertainty Matter? Understanding the Impact of Predictive Uncertainty in ML Assisted Decision Making
By: Sean McGrath, Parth Mehta, Alexandra Zytek, Isaac Lage and Himabindu Lakkaraju
As machine learning (ML) models are increasingly being employed to assist human decision
makers, it becomes critical to provide these decision makers with relevant inputs which can
help them decide if and how to incorporate model predictions into their decision... View Details
McGrath, Sean, Parth Mehta, Alexandra Zytek, Isaac Lage, and Himabindu Lakkaraju. "When Does Uncertainty Matter? Understanding the Impact of Predictive Uncertainty in ML Assisted Decision Making." Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR) (June 2023).
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
they never leave responsibility for work conditions in the hands of their partners or cede decisions on quality control. Implemented with care, this freedom within a framework sharpens and transforms value... View Details
- 04 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
In May 2020, the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program graduated its first cohort of students, growing the program’s alumni base from 0 to 28. These alumni joined the program’s existing 32 Alumni Advisors - a group View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Corporate Sustainability: A Strategy?
By: George Serafeim
We explore the conditions under which firms maintain their competitive advantage through sustainability-based differentiation when faced with imitation pressures by industry peers. We document growing intraindustry convergence on sustainability actions over time for... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Corporate Performance; Industry Analysis; CSR; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Environment; Social Responsibility; Strategy And Execution; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Performance; Corporate Strategy
Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "Corporate Sustainability: A Strategy?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-065, January 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
that is expected over the next five years," explained Crane. "That poses a significant short-term challenge in terms of replenishing the current faculty." In addition, Crane noted, over the past several years the School has expanded its... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
costs of employee turnover? What are the benefits of a loyal customer base? These are questions that intrigue members of the Service Management unit. Judging from the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Work-Around Culture: Unintended Consequences of Organizational Heroes
"Work-around cultures" are pervasive in health care. Employees tend to work around obstacles, often feeling like a hero in the process, without solving the underlying problems. The reasons for these cultures are manifold, but they are costly in financial and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Watching the Brain Think and the Surprises of Science
watch the brain think? The unpredictability of these big surprises makes us timid in our speculations: It is embarrassing to be publicly wrong, and big surprises make dunces of us all. But avoiding... View Details
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
resistance to totalitarian regimes, not only in Hitler's Germany but more broadly as well, whether in apartheid South Africa or contemporary China? What does history tell us about the democratic responsibilities View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
challenges them to accept responsibility for their own education and gives them first-hand appreciation of the application of knowledge and skills to practice."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
immigrants are responsible for a lot of great companies,” says William Kerr, the Dmitri V. D’Arbeloff — MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains, the researchers compared the results of two consecutive audits, evaluating what factors in the first... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
HBSGrid Terms of Service - Research Computing Services
All members of the Harvard Business School community, including guest users, have a shared responsibility to protect confidential information and critical HBS network resources. Harvard University has put... View Details
- 2009
- Book
Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed and What to Do About It
By: Josh Lerner
In response to the financial crisis, governments are being far more aggressive in intervening to promote economic activity, a trend that shows little tendency of alleviating. This book looks at the experiences of governments in encouraging entrepreneurs and venture... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Policy; Business and Government Relations
Lerner, Josh. Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed and What to Do About It. Princeton University Press, 2009. (Winner of Axiom Business Book Award. Gold Medal in Entrepreneurship presented by Jenkins Group Inc. Winner of PROSE Award for Excellence in Business, Finance & Management “For Professional and Scholarly Excellence” presented by Association of American Publishers.)
- 2017
- Report
The American Angel: The First In-Depth Report on the Demographics and Investing Activity of Individual American Angel Investors
By: Laura Huang, Andy Wu, Min Ju Lee, Jiayi Bao, Marianne Hudson and Elaine Bolle
Early-stage financing from angel investors is critical to the success of high-growth startups. Recent estimates suggest that annual US angel investment activity may total as much as $24 billion each year, contributing to the growth and success of more than 64,000... View Details
Keywords: Angel Investors; Geography; Risk; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Demographics; Geographic Location; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Huang, Laura, Andy Wu, Min Ju Lee, Jiayi Bao, Marianne Hudson, and Elaine Bolle. "The American Angel: The First In-Depth Report on the Demographics and Investing Activity of Individual American Angel Investors." Report, Overland Park, KS, November 2017.