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  • 12 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

creating, at great time and cost, a successful therapy, and then beating long odds to win FDA approval, the rewards can wane as quickly as a patent expires. And most drug candidates wash out long before even making it to market. That... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 12 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

jury, Salter discussed Enron's legacy: What happened, why, and what has been learned? "I want to stress one point: Enron is all about us," said Salter. "It's not just about some Dummkopfs in Houston. If it were just about some Dummkopfs in Houston, then... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

for the use of technology, and sensitivity to needs for work/life balance. This is the predominant collective response from many who responded to this month's topic, "How Will Millennials Manage?" It may be at odds with Michael... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

  • 08 Feb 2010
  • HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

of action? A: The hacking incident was probably the last straw in a rather long line of issues. Sooner or later, Google had to stand up for its principles. They have always been at odds internally as to whether or not being in China,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

it will raise the odds that she'll reap a high bonus next year as well. This perverse incentive becomes even stronger if her current year's performance is used in setting the following year's targets, as is often the case. When these... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 03 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

such as investment banking. Consequently, many companies are actively discouraging their best young people from leaving lower-level positions for business school, arguing that their odds of success are actually better if they stay at the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 22 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

study group, PhDs/postdocs and individuals previously employed at small firms). Specifically, our results indicate that a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 36 percent rise in the odds that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

increased the odds of a crisis to 40 percent." “Previous authors had shown that there was some ability to predict financial crises,” says Hanson, a professor of business administration in the HBS Finance Unit. “But we were surprised by... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 27 Aug 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur

iStock What do these people have in common? The daughter of former slaves, pioneers in the private space race, and oddball inventors who created the green business industry. They all overcame long odds to become great American... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

seemed odd to study the socialization processes of faculty while at the same time being a faculty member caught up in the socialization process. How did you separate or integrate the two experiences? A: Historically, many seminal research... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education
  • 27 Feb 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

health care landscape through a lens of disruptive innovation. How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity Instead of making health care delivery more efficient, electronic health records may be doing just the opposite. Women Heart Patients Have Better... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

can control." Improving The Odds What are some other ways that VC firms can influence their rate of success, asked Sahlman. In an increasingly competitive environment, how does a firm differentiate itself? "The View Details
Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services
  • 01 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

got a golden goose, your negotiating partner has to offer even better terms to get you to say yes. But if all you're holding is a dead duck, you may have to take whatever your counterpart offers you. You must figure out if going after one deal helps or hurts your View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 28 Aug 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters

individuals who overcome significant odds to achieve success. Over the last seventy-five years, education has become more critical in creating a path to power; religion and family ties less so. Access to power appears to be widening. In... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
  • 20 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

different sections for the duration of a flight. The chances passengers will become unruly were 3.84 times higher when they experienced “physical inequality” by the mere presence of a first-class cabin compared with planes that didn’t have first class. Meanwhile, the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel
  • 11 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

According to this way of thinking, Mayer has assumed that the personal lives and identities of her work-at-home employees are uniformly at odds with her corporate goals. Yet there is certainly some subset of remote workers who are... View Details
Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Publishing; Web Services
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities
  • 31 Mar 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

industries, from which customers appear to have been the major beneficiaries. I do not think the situation will change for the better for investors. It will not change because the odds are heavily stacked against them.— Dr. B. V.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Dec 2002
  • What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

expansion may face longer odds in getting approval. This is the result of scandals in executive compensation, many of which are associated with the fruits of large stock option awards. It is reasonable to assume that stock options, which... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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