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  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

characteristic-based portfolio strategy that requires relatively low annual turnover. This is a continuum, with small size (a very persistent characteristic) at one end of the spectrum and high frequency reversal at the other. Unlike... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2017 (Revised December 2017)
  • Case

Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?

By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth J. Cooper
Carmichael Roberts, a rare African-American venture capitalist, considered leaving his general partnership in a private equity firm near Boston and setting up his own in 2015. He weighed whether the timing was right, with the economy still not fully recovered from the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Equity; Innovation And Invention; Investment; Ownership; Science; Science Bassed Business; Markets; Relationships; Capital; Private Equity; Technological Innovation; Investment Return; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Science-Based Business; Market Timing; Marketplace Matching; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston; California; San Francisco; New York (city, NY)
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  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

way for higher rates of customer acquisition and higher rates of repeat purchasing among existing customers in the direct channels in the long term. Our results are based on intervention analysis with a treatment/control group design. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

more "collaborative." Too often, however, companies fail to distinguish among the various choices they face with respect to alternative modes of collaboration. Collaborative innovation can take a wide variety of forms, each... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Education Pioneers

hire for? EP has recruited Pioneers from Harvard Business School ever since our founding in 2003. We look for students who want to utilize their growing business expertise to impact the education system from outside the classroom, and View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 10, 2015

with their basic knowledge of the operating characteristics of these various industries to match each firm to the correct industry. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216014-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Why I Almost Didn’t Apply to HBS

visit, and I instantly knew that there was something special about this place. The case method, current students, and focus on making a difference in the world matched well with my learning style and outlook... View Details
  • 10 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

Business is about making money, not measuring macho. The scrap heap of business disasters is littered with managers whose ego drive overwhelmed good business sense. Founder and former chief executive Ray Noorda had a wonderful business in... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
  • 13 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

and Perez Cavazos identified False Claim Act cases against publicly listed companies and matched the legal filings with detailed contract specifications. They assessed the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction
  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

extrapolating past returns. Such beliefs are hard to reconcile with existing models of the aggregate stock market. We study a consumption-based asset pricing model in which some investors form beliefs about future price changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life

If your company is actively asking the question “How can we best support our LGBTQ+ employees?” then you are already part of this important conversation. But it’s important to directly answer this question with concrete steps you can take... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 23 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

Josephine (Jo) Tan (MBA 2021) always starts with a pencil sketch, a light grey roadmap of where things are going. Then bold black ink makes it permanent and watercolor paint gives it life. Recently she has added a step—bringing the almost... View Details
  • 03 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 3

destination firm in 10% of our sample, which is significantly higher than in a matched sample. Analyst-manager "co-migration" is significantly stronger when both firms are within the same industry. Analysts who move View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

designing focused experiments to test hypotheses in a capital-efficient fashion in order to achieve product-market fit. But ICOs substantially limit the benefits associated with such staged experimentation for three reasons. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

suggest matches with employers based on the nature of the crime, the amount of time since the conviction, and the nature of the job. For instance, “a low rating might be displayed for an individual convicted... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment
  • 19 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

case:http://hbr.org/search/513058-PDF-ENG Konys, Inc. Lee, Deishin, and Tunay I. TuncaHarvard Business School Case 613-065 This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

states were able to build with religion have generated long-term repercussions. Fatefully, both state policies that seek to facilitate equality through the recognition of religious difference and state policies that seek to eradicate such... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

enterprising companies, the current threats to market capitalism present vital opportunities. Drawing on discussions with business leaders around the world, the authors argue that companies must stop seeing themselves as bystanders and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

the growth of younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne