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April 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Teaching Note

Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-096. View Details

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

Hildreth had one day in Berkeley. “We went to lunch and started arguing about moral philosophy,” says Hildreth, who had previously worked as a manager at a global accounting firm for eight years. “When you work in an organization, you... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

likes to do operations like housekeeping and food and beverage. And there’s a third entity that has the brand. Companies like the Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton, we say they “flag” a hotel. They don’t manage it; they “flag” it. Trump has a... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

09 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 9

Publications December 2014 Academy of Management Journal Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises By: Battilana, Julie, Metin Sengul, Anne-claire Pache, and Jacob Model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 16

Publications September 2014 The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management Mergers and Acquisitions and Innovation By: Ahuja, Gautam, and Elena Novelli Abstract—This article (a) identifies the different theoretical perspectives and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

allowing some big projects to get the lion's share of funding, while more experimental entrepreneurs lose out. "It would be a winner take all kind of market," says Lerner with a shrug. "VC has always been an unfair game, and this will probably make it... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Trust Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Alisa Yu, Justin M. Berg, and Julian Zlatev “People often respond to others’ emotions using verbal acknowledgment (e.g., “You seem upset”). Yet, little is known about the relational View Details

05 Mar 2014
What Do You Think?

When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

Internet (mobile) businesses and users (have) already evaluated the benefits (and) analysts' valuations can be more predictable " Shankar N. Mandapaka added: "The earlier dot.com bubble was due to lack of proper valuation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

only with its own equipment. The establishment of XTV was driven by two events in 1988. First, several senior Xerox managers were involved in negotiating and approving a spin-off from Xerox, ParcPlace, which sought to commercialize an... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

Rohit Daniel Wadhwani's research and teaching interests lie in business and financial history and public policy. He received his B.A. with honors from Yale College in 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a management consultant with APM... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

20 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability

financial and accounting professionals, regulators, corporate executives, educators, fund managers and environmental sustainability advocates around the topic, according to the organizer, HBS professor Robert G. Eccles. Eccles, a pioneer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

more stable career path. The firms themselves also grew stronger, and the French government eventually saved more in unemployment benefits than the program cost, according to the study, Employment Effects of Alleviating Financing... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

12 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making

biggest variety in solutions, ranging from very good to very bad, but with a low average quality. Those theories were borne out. Rather than falling somewhere in the middle of those results, the intermittent groups combined the benefits... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

David, Goliath, and Disruption

As elegantly described by HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen in his 1997 bestseller, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, so-called disruptive technologies are upstart innovations that manage to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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 other people, about consequences... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

commemorate the HBS milestone. Beyond moving the overarching topic of women and leadership, speakers examined the role academic research plays and how that research can be used for what Ely termed "a lever for change." “Better lives come through a redesign of... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

of Maine by Colgate—to ascertain what is distinctive about the merger process and to analyze the elements critical to success. We develop suggestions about how other companies considering similar arrangements might best manage the process... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2015
What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

change fast enough for the U.S. to have the workers it needs in any near-term way.” Tema Frank went even further, commenting that “ we are still reliant on the human factor so a lot of potential productivity is wasted through bad View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

02 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 2, 2009

their help. This concern is particularly acute when making contributions to organizations that serve heterogeneous populations. While we have considerable evidence that donors are more generous if they know their assistance benefits a... View Details