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- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
period, the corporate venture capitalists received 15 percent of the profits they generated, as well as a bonus based on less-tangible benefits to the corporation, which could run as high as another 5 percent of the fund's capital gains.... View Details
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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
appropriate for: Marketing professionals charged with creating, nurturing, and managing brand value; Entrepreneurs looking to create their own brands in the consumer/retail space; Consumer/retail general managers and consultants engaged in stewarding brand strategy;... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
Mariner (MBA '78), CFO of the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins, traces baseball's major turning point to the mid-1970s when several players, supported by a Supreme Court ruling, established their legal claim to "free agency" and the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Career Coach
Wendi Zhang
Wendi partners with MBA students and alumni to meet them where they are in their career journey, and 1) if undecided - helps them get clarity, 2) if decided - coaches them in taking the next steps to reach the next goal post(s), and 3) upon reaching the next goal -... View Details
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- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
The bedrock of this system is the "patent," a legal document that allows its holder exclusive commercialization rights of a part of the "idea space" granted through the patent. Strong legal protection of IP has made... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
celebrities including Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Oprah Winfrey, was drawn to Bono's commitment to conscious capitalism and to the question of what made Bono, well, Bono. "It so clicked for me," she says. "I hadn't listened to U2 in 10... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
company he built. He was also a gifted entrepreneur. Revson founded a nail polish company, Revlon, on March 1, 1932, in the depths of the depression with paid in capital of $300. When he died in 1975, the market View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 27 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19
volunteers, we aggregate high-quality support resources, use targeted digital advertising to get the right resources to the right people, and build solutions for communities when one doesn’t already exist.... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Bussgang, Jeffrey Abstract—Relative to established organizations, start-ups can be hard to figure out. What are the jobs to be done? The best entry points? How can you tell whether a company has potential for success and is the right fit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
people we might hire, I see three kinds. I have people I know are going to steal me blind no matter what I do. I definitely try not to hire those people. Then I have people who I know will always do the right thing, no matter what. And... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
uniform and are typically assessed on final goods. However, trends in capital taxation are mixed, and capital income tax rates remain well above the zero level recommended by theory. Moreover, some of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
inadequate disclosure rules were cracks in the financial infrastructure, options were the rocket fuel that blew the cracks wide open, with some disastrous results. I think all the attention being paid to the current problems—particularly by business itself—will help... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
is a powerful distinction to be drawn between two potentially profitable cross-border functions that firms can perform: arbitrage, which involves capitalizing on differences or distance between countries, and replication, which involves... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
needs of small businesses as they access the capital they require, the challenges traditional lending has faced in meeting these needs, and the opportunities that technology is providing for new solutions. Excerpted from Karen G. Mills,... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
valuable IP," he says. "That IP tends to be lost, or picked up for little money by companies that don't contribute to the competitiveness of the technology industry. I like salvaging them, then selling them to big corporate buyers. The ideas are often world-changing.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
“put yourself out there.” Akash Pradhan (MBA 2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016) How did you find out you had been named to the 2019 "30 Under 30?" Akash Pradhan, investor, TPG View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
settle into the new Science and Engineering Complex, which is right across the street from the Harvard Innovation Labs and adjacent to Harvard’s planned Enterprise Research Campus, the future home of company labs, startups, and venture... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
they may fail to notice when the moment is right for action on one path. They may also seem too remote and aloof to their staffs. The best leaders can zoom in to examine problems and then zoom out to look for patterns and causes. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
John Stuart Mill, philosophers have wrestled with the age-old questions autonomous vehicles are now raising—in new and urgent ways—for businesses and their leaders. “And by genuine ethical decisions, I mean decisions about the rights of... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
abstract available. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/213051-PDF-ENG Kirkpatrick Corporation Hawkins, David F. Harvard Business School Case 113-070 No abstract available. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/113070-PDF-ENG Social View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne