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- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
question of social change and organizations. Some are anchored in more macro accounts of how and why social change processes occur, while others approach the question from a more psychological or social psychological perspective. Many of the chapters in the book travel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
explore the mechanisms underlying the relationship between managerial discretion and future performance. Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008–2016 By: Cantoni, Enrico, and Vincent Pons Abstract— U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
a problem.” Koss said Springbank is launching a State of Care Report in partnership with Pivotal Ventures to assess the care market and its future growth, while also looking at household management and aging-in-place trends. “It’s a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
together. Rebuilding communities was the other big challenge. The fractured villages needed something to pull them together—not just at the family-to-family level (as was being done with the cows) but at the community level. This is where... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
members to use it." To remove the stigma, employers need to educate workers about mental illness and distinguish it from normal levels of stress. At the same time, managers must learn the legal restrictions about asking about mental... View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
various levels of alumni connections—from the vague connection of just having attended the same school to the strong connection of having attended the same school in the same degree program at the same time. “You can use that information... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
Freddie Mac, with about 50 percent of all mortgage credit going through these firms. They were able to take extraordinary risks with their implicit government backing and failed spectacularly in September 2008 just before Lehman went down. We need a system without this... View Details
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Caroline Elkins Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 ^ back to top C Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Capitalism and the State (CATS) Business, Government & the International Economy, General Management Debora L. Spar Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Capitalism:... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
which is good news for the industry because it helps save on fixed cost. But unfortunately, the level of sales that today’s blockbusters achieve is disappointing when compared with earlier hits.” Given the trends documented in Elberse and... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
private-capital database PitchBook, just 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. A survey by The Information, a tech-sector media outlet, found that just 1 percent were Black;... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
according to research conducted by private-capital database PitchBook, just 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. A survey by The Information, a tech-sector media outlet, found... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
acquisition by WorldCom, Keen joined Level 3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn't align with upper management's. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay and joined... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
so we can all work together as a team. Sometimes I get calls from CEOs who are nine months or a year into running a new company, and they want advice about how to motivate employees who don’t share their level of commitment and sense of... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
private-capital database PitchBook, just 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. A survey by The Information, a tech-sector media outlet, found that just 1 percent were Black;... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
approach to the “pitch or spec” dilemma by constructing a model that links this choice to writers’ past experience and their confidence level about this particular idea. The model also predicts the average quality of ideas offered for... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
entrepreneurs everywhere. Sarah Jane Gilbert: How did you first become interested in studying growth in newly founded firms and young organizations? Mukti Khaire: Only one out of every ten newly founded firms in the United States grows to... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
investment enabled Xerox to participate substantially in the resultant value. As Kearns stated in 1993, "XTV is a hedge against the repeated missteps of the past." 40 Armed with this new structure and the charter to hunt for... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-128.pdf PublicationsExtreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Joy Ishii, and Andrew Metrick Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
differs. ITunes provides a unified interface that seamlessly integrates the location, purchase, and consumption of content. Users of p2p networks, on the other hand, must navigate a complex environment and endure varying levels of... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
the transcontinental railroad in 1869 onward is not really covered. That's a huge issue for studying the growth of U.S. business and the creation of the mass market. One of the reasons the United States became the powerhouse it did was... View Details