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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
political biases in preventing leaders from recognizing and acting on warning signs of impending disasters. Could you give an example of each? In the book, we talk about the cognitive biases of those involved in the fishing industry who... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
overestimating the value of an item—and overpaying for it. Nobel Committee: In the 1960s, Robert Wilson started to investigate auctions with a common value. That is, a value which is unknown beforehand, but in the end is the same to all bidders. Consider an auction for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
Toby Klein, postmarked Tubuai, French West Polynesia. Toby wrote, "Several years ago I told the world to go to hell and moved to Tubuai, French West Polynesia, where I fish in the sea, eat fruit that grows all around me, and live in the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
sales manager, assistant manager for a large seafood distributor, eel exporter, seafood trader, and fish packer. He has also cast a wide net in an effort to keep up with his classmates as 1974's class secretary and Section F correspondent... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- Web
South Asia - Global Activities 2020
44 HBS students traveled to the small Sri Lankan fishing town of Hambantota, currently undergoing a major redevelopment, and found it to be a microcosm of the entire two-week study experience in January 2020. Pictured: Students in front... View Details
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
interviewed have a broad view of their societal and ethical responsibilities. "It's not something that we went fishing for, but it came through very clearly that many of these people, some of whom came from great poverty, are aware of the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
prided themselves on their sustainable fishing practices, which were not the historical norm for the industry; here, again, translating these practices into increased willingness to pay was a challenge. As background, the case also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
company’s most accomplished subject matter experts. “I was by far the youngest person on the team. It was reminiscent of my time at NASA, where I felt like a little fish in a big pond, but I just soaked up everything,” she said. “They had... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
over the network--may be destroyed. There is an answer to this problem: distributed networks with maximum connectivity (all nodes connected to each other by alternate paths similar to a fish net) with the capability of self-repairing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
industry. The story of forester Ben Cone Jr. is a touchstone for ESA critics. In 1991, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found 29 red-cockaded woodpeckers, an endangered species, living on Cone's North Carolina land. Acting under the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
shareholders didn’t meet the 1-percent-minimum holding requirement. At the same time, the researchers found that firms had sought to exclude proposals from small and large investors alike. So it wasn’t as if only the small fish were... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
the bodies up there.’ We ignored that advice.”) Cohen is also proud of her part in effecting the transfer of authority over remote Midway Island from the Navy to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For decades, the Navy had restricted... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
“My first entrepreneurial venture was around age 10, catching fish off a jetty near my house and selling them to fishermen as live bait. They paid 20 cents per fish, and for a dollar I could buy my own game of mini golf.” First order:... View Details
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
investor. He co-founded the Fish Sauce podcast, which shares the stories of AAPI founders and investors, and advises USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering and Harvard founder programs. Chad Laurans MBA ’06, Harvard University; BS,... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
wanted to be a larger fish in a smaller pond, and working for smaller firms provided the blueprint for starting StarVest.” Opportunity knocks: “My sectionmate Bill Mirbach called and said he was working at a little company that was... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
but is more efficient at fishing than at hunting. Ricardo pointed out that both tribes would eat somewhat better if tribe A sold game to tribe B in exchange for fish. Both parties would win; most notably, the poorer one. Ricardo's theory... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
in markets around the world. They prided themselves on their sustainable fishing practices, which were not the norm for the industry. Seafood buyers traditionally bought on price. Clearwater's innovations and technology investments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne