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- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender gap is harder to explain but is often...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
venture capitalists and the amount invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
gaps within the organization. Purchase this note:http://hbr.org/search/413037-PDF-ENG Ringier—Building a Digital-Age Media Company Felix Oberholzer-GeeHarvard Business School Case 713-423 Overview of the strategic re-orientation and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
allowing companies to systematically identify high-potential opportunities, address gaps between the planned deployment of the innovation and the factors that will determine its success, and begin to create new-growth businesses.
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
have workers who can do the job openings at a time when millions of Americans are looking for work That's inexcusable." 2 Eureka Ed, Inc. focuses on closing the gap in American STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education....
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- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
potential appeal of the product,’” Koning says. “When you are trying to grow a startup, the people you are getting advice and feedback from are overwhelmingly men.” This gender gap is hardly limited to Product Hunt. Men also comprise 75...
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by Michael Blanding
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boomor Bust?
Uncertainty about the future Information gaps "Soft" assets Volatility of current market conditions All companies must grapple with these difficulties, but young, emerging enterprises are particularly vulnerable to them, as...
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by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
capability to draft documentation that protects against all contingencies?; and (8) Can there be a gap between the promise and the capability (a way to improve an organization's performance), or is this too risky? In short, there was a...
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by James Heskett
- Web
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
increasing cost, and high turnover in the labor force. We will examine the responses of the industry to these issues, especially in light of increasing concerns about how to bridge the gap between consumer willingness to pay/perception of...
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- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
provided food—delivering food, distributing grocery cards, and setting up sites where people can pick up food. We’ve helped bridge the gap between paychecks. Partnering with the ICA Watershed, we are using their facility in East Boston...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
alumni.hbs.edu/makingadifference. Helping to Fill the Global Education Gap Before he came to HBS, Salman Khan (MBA 2003) didn’t think he had the stomach for entrepreneurship. Fast-forward 15 years, and Khan is founder and CEO of Khan...
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- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
assignment frictions, which appear to be more severe in lower-income regions. The productivity loss generated by inefficient assignment is equal to 13% of the productivity gap between high- and low-income countries in our sample. Download...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
in state industries—became a closed caste, an industrial elite with hereditary jobs, and with privileges and security far above that of their rural cousins. If anything, the gap between urban and rural identities became greater. And the...
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by William C. Kirby
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
e-commerce strategy. These analyses ensure that each unit is making a contribution to the e-commerce initiative and improving corporate profitability. Additionally, these metrics can be used to provide a gap analysis that permits managers...
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by Marc J. Epstein
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
person who understands both sides of management and technology so that I can bridge the deep gap between them. Jay Kim: As I continued my job search through the pandemic, my primary goal this summer was to keep exploring ways to make the...
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- 07 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience
hiring efficiently. Now that we’re here, we believe solving this problem unlocks massive opportunities for companies to close their talent gaps and meet the pace of innovation they are aiming for.It sounds like you have experience with...
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- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
Suchita Prasad (MBA 2011), the HBSCS Mentorship Program pairs HBS alumni in Singapore with students from five polytechnics—trade or professional schools—and two universities to help provide guidance and bridge the gap between academics...
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Margie Kelley
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
with higher level of CEO pay, greater emphasis on incentive-based compensation, and smaller pay gap with U.S. firms. Using a sample of CEOs of UK firms and using both broad cross-sectional and narrow event-window tests, we find that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
and how they are evolving. It gives an idea of current best practices and gaps and projects what the future requirements might be. The second discipline, building and editing, is an assessment of one's own channels with a view to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
'clean energy' cost gap versus coal has narrowed because of shale gas," Lassiter says. "A lot of people say, 'But, no, no, no, that's not clean energy.' Well, I say that if a gas-fired plant has lower emissions than a traditional coal...
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