Entrepreneur - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

directly vulnerability to multi-homing, which happens when users form ties with two or more competing platforms network bridging, which allows platforms to leverage users and data from one network in another network When entrepreneurs are... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has largely abstracted away from the fact that a startup typically does not have just one investor but rather several VCs that come... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

part of that-healthcare, quality of life services such as environmental technologies, and education. The white coat is a symbol for both health professionals and people working in laboratories to discover new things. Our entrepreneurs are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

most entrepreneurs and leaders dealing with the stress of scaling their companies and balancing life’s demands. Therapists are medical professionals with extensive training who focus on an individual’s psychological, emotional, and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

a) incorporation decisions by entrepreneurs that anticipate the burdens of being a US corporation, b) merger patterns that reflect the penalties of being domiciled in the US and the importance of offshore cash for US corporations, c)... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

in his book, The End of Work. More recently, Jaron Lanier concluded that job-destroying productivity leading to inequality occurs when all of us contribute information about ourselves gratis on the Internet to a few high-tech View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?

in-your-face," Piskorski explained. "Guys who are short and a little overweight are also shying away from this feature, suggesting that the feature is not helping those who search for others most." Piskorski hopes that View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

Just as we saw with the securities industry, entrepreneurs will respond to the unleashing of consumer demands with clearly differentiated products featuring various combinations of benefits, levels of insurance coverage, payment systems... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

era are especially in need of this kind of updating. 1. Forgo stewardship for entrepreneurship. A steward, writes Robert Hargrove, co-CEO of Masterful Coaching, based in Brookline, Mass., in E-Leader, is someone who conserves the existing business. An View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

frequently of paramount importance in the creation and development of cross-sector alliances. Strategic unions "need champions, or internal entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), at high levels on both sides [who] largely determine the acceptance... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur Harvard Business School Case 807-165 Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

politicians, and entrepreneurs are engaged in the rebuilding process. Also, explores the tensions that emerge as the community faces both the rebuilding task and conflicting visions of what the future should look like. Purchase this case: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

lot of opportunity to be a fast follower: kind of troll the market, see what's successful. Then as soon as you see a successful business model, go copy it. There are entrepreneurs out there right now who are doing that for a living. But... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

As a vast place full of limitless possibility, space is a huge draw for brilliant minds and big ambitions. A new generation of billionaire entrepreneurs is vying to lay claim to it. Be it Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, or Paul... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

entrepreneurs and business experts can predict their subsequent commercialization. How Should We Pay for Health Care? (536) Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan argue that reimbursement for medical services through bundled payments is... View Details

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

pp. 44-58. Eric Reis, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, (New York: Crown Business, 2011). Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly III, Winning Through... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

advertisements to building their own outlets and content. Kraft Foods, for example, is now one of the largest publishers of food-related materials. IBM is launching thought leadership communities. PepsiCo uses social networks to reach millions of social View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

Second, the ambitions of American inventors and entrepreneurs demanded the broadest possible distribution. The Wal-Mart mission, for example, is to lower the cost of living for everyone everywhere. Third, American society was open to... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

enterprise to address industry changes. In early 2016, following a reorganization, he faced questions of how to change the culture and use digital capabilities more effectively than competitors. Lévy turned to millennials within the Groupe and technology View Details