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- 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21
majority owner, and Life Technologies (Life), a major manufacturer of sequencing equipment and services, was a minority owner. By the end of the year the CEO of Claritas Genomics, Dr. Patrice Milos, had to put Claritas in a position to grow and needed to have in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
Business and Economics, arguably the most comprehensive collection of early economics found anywhere. The institution in effect has a very long history of engaging with such questions, dating back to its first dean, Edwin F. Gay, and it is simply an extraordinary View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
the potential retaliatory measures of the stalwarts of the industry. And with their cash from shedding the non-core assets, South African firms had begun themselves to look for new opportunities. Q: How is it to do business in South Africa now? A: It's complex. It... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
also be an opportunity for established firms to enter the new industry. In the paper we emphasize that capital generally needs to stay in place for some period of time: You don't want to see your investment wiped out by the next new thing... View Details
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
paradoxes of venture financing. Entrepreneurs have found, for instance, that venture capitalists provide cash only in stages, rather than in an initial lump sum (E Ink's $200-million problem). In supporting inherently risky start-ups, they View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
take their place and the need for stocking or tidying up merchandise at store level doesn't exist. Without a store network, real estate costs are confined to a handful of distribution centers. Inventory aggregation at a few key points of... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
consumers with Bling Nation "tags"-microchip stickers that could be placed on any mobile phone device. The tags allowed users to make payments directly from their checking accounts and functioned similarly to a debit card. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
decide whether the units should allocate their open beds to these two patients. The admitting physician (Martin Zollo) for the Emergency Department (ED) patient closely adhered to the hospital's protocol for requesting an ICU bed, and his patient was View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
goods firm, used this study to change the way it marketed this product. Q: I found one of the most powerful take-aways from your work was just seeing in one place how many exciting approaches have been developed over the years, how the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
consumer products. Finally, a series of cubes represents major customers. The shapes lie scattered on your desk. Your job is to fit the pieces together. Do you place the spheres on top of the blocks so that functions report to the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
hospitals and didn't in others. And it actually had a lot to do with the kind of power their cardiac surgery departments had. It didn't take off in places with politically strong and well respected cardiac surgery departments, which is... View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
shareholders the right to place board nominees on the company's proxy ballot. Said SEC chairman Mary Schapiro: "This would turn what would otherwise be a somewhat illusory [shareholder] right to nominate [directors] into something... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
than ever before, says Paine. And boards now have the responsibility of continuously monitoring the culture and staying ahead of problems. “If you’re on a board, you should be asking: ‘Do we have adequate mechanisms in place to understand... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
economies where this shift has taken place before — such as the Asian Tigers — it was generally associated with lower growth since relying on endogenous progression of domestic demand is not as powerful as relying on an exogenous inflow... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
it a wise idea to model the revamped club after its namesake in Las Vegas that had become North America's highest-grossing club by focusing on electronic dance music and featuring a high-profile DJ every night? Could Strauss and Tepperberg make the seemingly risky... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
other place where you are seeing malls thrive is at the high end. The luxury malls, what the industry calls A-class malls, are doing very, very well. It's the B- and C-class malls that are in trouble. These malls are targeting the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
clear," she continued, "that HBS is a place where gender is taken seriously and where we have an opportunity—through our convening power and the investments we are willing to make as an institution—to move the needle on this... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
markets must also overcome the fact that some transactions are considered repugnant, especially in the infancy of an industry. (For instance, life insurance—in which companies essentially place bets on when a customer will die—used to be... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
tried installing video terminals in one of its restaurants to allow patrons to place their own orders. Younger customers loved them, but older people preferred to talk with human attendants. I recently tested an on-line banking system and... View Details