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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
RunKeeper became allergic to revenue, ramped up its burn, and tried to pursue both the running app and the Health Graph—but did neither well. At the end of the case, the company is almost out of cash, and Jacobs has exhausted his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Alexander, Tatyana Deryugina, and Julian Reif Abstract—Economic theory suggests that demand is more elastic in the long run relative to the short run, but evidence on the empirical relevance of this phenomenon is scarce. We study the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Business School Case 315-130 HealthCare.gov: The Crash and the Fix (B) The (B) case provides the follow on strategy and processes utilized to get the site up and running after the initial failures of implementation. Purchase this case:... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
“ancient quest to measure.” Specific discontinuities in the practice of information science are identified that, the paper argues, have large consequences for the social order. The infrastructure that runs on big data is described as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
about the deficit implications of this. Again, this is a real revenue-negative plan. We think there will be negative consequences of running much larger deficits, but exactly how we will reconcile the budget constraint is not clear. Will... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
a lower price. In late 2012, Quincy's cofounders are debating how to approach a crucial board meeting. Their seed-stage startup is running low on cash; to survive, they will need more capital, probably in the form of a bridge loan from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
more on top of these problems. Q: What were some of their thoughts? A: It was clear that many felt the impact of corporations' increasing complexity. You need people with more knowledge to serve on the boards of such companies, but that View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
boarded a bullet train, headed west as far as they could, and exited in a village to start asking people what would make them buy a computer. What they discovered surprised them. Wandering to an impoverished part of town full of corrugated iron shanty houses without... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
volunteer as poll workers. Facilitate political engagement. Look to online platforms that have simplified small contributions to political campaigns and increased the diversity of donors, as well as efforts to encourage employees and customers to View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Sweden have received unprecedented support in national elections by running on anti-immigrant platforms. Yet, none of this is new. A century ago, mounting public pressure prompted Congress to pass the Immigration Act of 1924, which ended... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
"single school system to a system of schools." Entrepreneurs from the region and around the country had flocked to New Orleans to run schools and provide the talent those schools needed to help their students succeed. State... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure after Britain abandoned its gold standard in mid-September. As... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
Harvard Business School Supplement 310-017 As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
Conrail-CSX-Norfolk Southern deal that was happening around then. To understand the case better, I wrote a letter to Bruce Wasserstein (HBS MBA 1971), who at that time was running Wasserstein Perella in New York City and who was advising... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
within a particular industry, they would buy up companies in other industries. Though South Africa is often classified as an emerging economy, it might be more correctly seen as having two economies. It became a very concentrated corporate structure with basically... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
manufacturers initially aren't well connected to the user community, but they have capital and the capabilities to run high-volume production and distribution systems. However, they must earn a return on their investment over time, hence... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
intermediaries in determining the lawful parameters of trade practices. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50589 Who Should Be Running Ahead? The Roles of Two Types of Entrepreneurship in China's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
which those who are charged with running its most important institutions are fairly compensated, but in a way that doesn't reduce the legitimacy and the respect of the institutions they are charged with running. One of the consequences of... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
in large chunks or in smaller increments. Additional topics that can be covered include consideration of what happens to commercial activities formerly run from slum dwellings, whether the market-rate units will indeed sell for high... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
USA. Having a succession plan allowed the board to take quick action when complaints against Easterbrook began piling up, without having to worry about who would run the business. “You’re not stuck keeping a person too long,” Paine says.... View Details