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- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
more interest from potential employees when it is represented with the top investor badge than when it is not” In 2020, AngelList added graphic “badges” to job postings on the platform designed to highlight information about each startup.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
defenders claim, is no more problematic than the fact that, say, Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez is paid much more than earlier stars like Ted Williams. But the process affecting the compensation of star athletes is quite different from the one that determines CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 22 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
Foundation (DRK) – a venture philanthropy firm. The Initiative also partially funded my internship through its Summer Fellows Program, a sponsorship designed to help students explore career opportunities in social enterprise. In... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Richard Hackman died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 8, 2013, psychology lost a giant. Six and a half feet tall, with an outsize personality to match, Richard was the leading scholar in two distinct areas: work design and View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
seemingly rational ways making logical business decisions, often find their firms in trouble. The course seeks to develop insights into why these things happened and how we should think about them in our future careers. The original course View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
that HBS provided the ideal preparation for launching a new company. “You become familiar with all the roles in a startup, from CEO to HR director,” he says. He and his business partners also benefited from HBS faculty advice. “It’s like having a View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
design of transnational sustainability governance regimes. Harvard Business School Case 517-090 Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople Through the Sales-Force Compensation Plan No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
of diabetes; cardiovascular disease; cancer, spine and joint disease; and metabolic syndrome. One of the most important aspects of AHCA is the creation of designated accountable care organizations (ACOs). ACOs shift reimbursement away... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
least gives management the ability to preserve a viable business and create greater value than would be otherwise available for all the firm's stakeholders—in sharp contrast to other countries where "bankruptcy" automatically sentences companies to... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Simons. By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gaps in your strategy execution processes, focus on the most important choices you must make, and understand what's at stake in each one. In this concise guide, Simons presents the seven key questions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
team more effectively by identifying what you need in your teammates - whether it's the CTO or the company's first couple engineers. Even in product management, technical proficiency can help better ascertain what you should be asking for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
The company has raised about $500,000 in funding so far and is readying a Series A round. The Question: Unger and her team at Nix built the biosenser as an analog system, differentiated from the growing wearables market by its thin,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
traditionally used for absorption in the aerospace and healthcare fields. The insert is a small adhesive square that can fit into any shoe but has more odor-absorbing surface area than a tennis court. Originally called "N'Odor," the View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
the table in their insurance-plan choices, sometimes thousands of dollars. This is true both when consumers make active choices (e.g., they do not have a default plan) and when they make passive choices (e.g., they have a default plan). We discuss the implications of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
come to the team with their own ingrained ideas about how the game should be played and what roles everyone ought to play. (With eleven-year-olds in particular, everyone thinks they should be the one to run the ball and score touchdowns!)... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
School Case 809-063 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs pitches Wozniak on starting a company together to sell computers based on Wozniak's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
for two completely different reasons. The first is a change in technology that reduces the value of co-location (stickiness). This tends to lead to the decoupling of design and production activities and to a broad geographic diffusion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
led to more honest and open communication—became the foundation for Equitas Advisory Group, an evidence-based consultancy designed to help businesses and organizations reimagine and achieve their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
companies they will be visiting, and what makes them interesting case studies: Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, Montana). USA-made work clothes designed to fit women, including 70 sizes of pants. Founded in 2006 by Montana... View Details
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
that is evolving with dizzying speed. In addition to original content (Amed employs a small team of international editors and freelance writers), the site offers an edited daily digest of five fashion-related stories from other... View Details