Refining - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

and projects as you refine your pitch and develop more confidence. 7. For major solicitations, you should prepare a detailed call report shortly after the visit. Prospective donors have quirks and preferences that are really important for... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

the cost of being affiliated with end users exceeds the benefit. With more clarity brought to what makes MSPs special, Hagiu and Wright expect future research to further refine the modeling of strategy decisions around the MSP versus... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

21 years. Nowitzki refined his skills by breaking them down into their component parts and focusing intently on the elements that needed improvement—not just practicing jump shots, but watching videos and breaking down the movements and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

rather reveal a pattern of incremental investments approved individually. Although Firestone encountered some production glitches in refining the new process, overall the transition from bias to belted bias tires proceeded smoothly.10... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

Working Papers Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements By: Schmidt, William, and Ryan W. Buell Abstract—We examine how people make decisions when the value they derive from those decisions... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 5

working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2470523 Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements By: Schmidt, William, and Ryan W. Buell Abstract—We explore how individuals make decisions in an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

E-Commerce Unplugged

revenues over a five-year period. Building m-commerce applications will present huge challenges. Instead of improving a product or refining a distribution channel, companies will need to leverage superior consumer insights to develop... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma

31 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

and spending decisions.” Origination volume of refinance mortgages below and above the conforming loan limit following the first two rounds of quantitative easing, as recorded by LPS Field Services. FHA loans are excluded from the data.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

ranks. Still, a great deal more needs to happen. Standards and measurement systems are only one part of the solution for changing corporate behaviors, and they are difficult to get right. But as long as we know about the assumptions used to develop the standards and... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

presents us with cause and effect, with action and result, and through the characters' stories we can learn about the dangers, or rewards, of acting in certain ways. “Firms should be looking for some kind of reliable method for leaders to develop and View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

booms, we have seen the impositions of tougher standards by venture capitalists when examining whether to fund or refinance companies, a decrease in the valuations assigned to these firms, and a slowing of the frenetic pace of investment.... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

hundred and fifty volunteers helped screen and interview the applicants who met the September 6 deadline. Winning applicants then received hands-on coaching from McKinsey & Co. and Springboard to help them refine their business models... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

materials into the classroom and refined the concepts and models through discussions with students in my MBA course, Achieving Profit Goals and Strategies. The result is the fourteen chapters of this book, which includes contributions by... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation

R&D systems for performing experiments that will generate the information needed to develop and refine products quickly. The challenges are managerial as well as technical: Organize For Rapid Experimentation Examine and, if necessary,... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke

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

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

23 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

new apps and other products, offering feedback to help entrepreneurs refine their ideas. However, there’s a caveat to this feedback: 90 percent of users on Product Hunt are men, according to a recent working paper by a trio of Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

industries ranging from oil refining to scientific instruments. But how do user innovations take place? How do they get to market? HBS professor Carliss Baldwin discusses her research on the rodeo kayak industry to understand the world of... View Details

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

competition. Comparison Quote is their clever service design that takes advantage of their data analysis superiority. They can get at the true 'riskiness' of a customer in a more refined way than anyone else can, so they know the true... View Details