Israeli Start-up Nation - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

"With the virtual mobility of global labor insured, only those companies and nations will grow ... that make the best use of entrepreneurial qualities...." How governments should spend money in support of innovation clearly... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

cost, serving as a national model. Failure, on the other hand, would have high institutional costs. Dr. Joaquin Montero, the head of Ancora and its intellectual father, must address the controversial project in the context of a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

section. They collect only five categories of consumer demographic data: age, sex, income, geography and e-mail. And yet they have been able to garner 70 percent premiums for their demographically targeted adverting. Knight Ridder has been successful in building out... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

10 Aug 2015
News

A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

earthquake, they were still so hospitable. It was a great opportunity for me to think about how to help them.” She returned to the United States, committed to making a deeper dive into social enterprise work. She landed at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

19 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech

(One cure for stock option abuse, say proponents, is to change accounting rules so that option grants are reflected in a company's principal financial statements. High-tech start-ups blister at that idea, saying it would harm their... View Details

Keywords: by Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan & Robert C. Merton

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

will be brought to market by a combination of pure start-ups and large multinational energy corporations." Charley Cummings MBA 2011 | Addressing Climate Change through Agriculture "The great thing is that in addition to making systems... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

Stephen Johnston (photo by Gary Laufman) For a mobile-focused business entrepreneur, Stephen Johnston (MBA 2002) is more than a bit of a contrarian. Unlike many of his peers, Johnston, 41, has his sights set not on emerging nations but on... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

04 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water

to locate along these waters,” Tim said, “where the Ojibwe people of the Dokis First Nation have been fishing, trading and hunting since long before we arrived. The Nipissing First Nation, a longstanding community of Nishnaabeg peoples... View Details

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct consultation to major corporations, governments, and start-up ventures. She co-founded the Harvard University-wide... View Details

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

competitiveness in the face of the territorial extent of the United States and its ability to integrate a dynamic industrial sector with ample raw material supplies, agriculture commodities, markets, and labor into one national economy.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2025
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Government doctrine and practice, and a seminal figure in early Israeli military history. Far from merely a tribute to his legacy, Ossad’s work serves as a critical tool for understanding the realities of mid-20th-century warfare in a... View Details

28 Sep 2015
News

Rockin’ for a Cause

firm. A veteran in the industry with recent experience in late-stage start-ups such as Mandiant and ArcSight, Scheel joined the company in 2014. Symantec is spinning off Veritas, a storage and back-up business it acquired a decade ago.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Symantec

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

vegetable garden with my parents and going to national parks with my family, so I have always had an appreciation for nature and the environment around me. I started my career as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, focusing largely... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

others. I view my volunteer efforts as a way to perpetuate the University as a renewable resource that will benefit others for generations to come.” is partner and national director of China for Ernst & Young. Born and raised in Hong... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

01 Jan 2007
News

Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion... View Details

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

invests significant resources in software such as Java and Linux that IBM does not own in order to integrate many companies' products and services for IBM's customers. Intel invests significant resources in university research (which it does not own) and in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

as a national blueprint. Near-universal coverage, a pipe dream anywhere in the United States a few short years ago, is the chief reason that the state’s model has generated so much excitement. And the Bay State’s example has arguably put... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2003
News

Andrea Silbert

who took a start-up course at CWE after being laid off from her job as a pet groomer. She now owns Animal Spirits, a successful pet-grooming store in Cambridge. Next to her is Carrie, who came to CWE looking for advice on how to expand... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 8

start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is compelling: a well-run fund can help a firm respond quickly to changes in markets and gain a better view of threats. In some cases, it can stimulate demand for a... View Details