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- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
Boston predict which places might be violating public health regulations. And it is working with an education nonprofit in Watertown, Mass., Education Resource Strategies, to study how school districts spend money. "The outcome is that...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
surprised by the design of the Apple Watch. Many told me is it not as aesthetically pleasing or distinctive as they would have predicted from an Apple product. If you put the Apple Watch in a lineup of its competitors, some people might...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
If the category of offerings known as “immersive experiences” were a soup, it would probably have to be a gumbo—a saucy and colorful assemblage of potentially disparate things. And while it’s rooted in familiar traditions, it’s also open to whatever bright new ideas or...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
only discern the psychological profile of an entrepreneur and then hold an individual up against that profile, one could predict whether that individual has the pontential to become an entrepreneur, or is one already. Yet none of the...
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- 18 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative
her co-authors found that having a working mother predicted positive outcomes later in life for both women and men—contrary to negative stereotypes about working moms. (See Professor McGinn speaking about the study in this video.) They...
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- Web
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
in businesses, and to predict which tools, strategies, and methods will and will not be effective in the various circumstances in which our students find themselves. We integrate a unique understanding of strategy formulation with...
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Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog
ideas. They are conjectures, hypotheses, and predictions about how a firm can make money by solving a problem that the market has yet to solve. As with any new idea, knowing with certainty if your startup idea will work is impossible....
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
first-year MBA students encounter nearly a dozen cases that address environmental concerns. “My vision would be that all students graduate with a clear understanding of the predicted ramifications of climate change on society and on...
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April White
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
course there is the obvious upside. As IBM says, such business analytics systems “help cut costs, boost profits, manage risk, and make better predictions about your customers and your market.” One area in which the company is particularly...
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Garry Emmons
- April 1991 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Southland Corp. (A)
Examines the Thompson's $4.9 billion leveraged buyout of the Southland Corp. in 1987. As the original founders of Southland, the Thompsons were concerned about losing control over the company upon learning of the Belzberg family's acquiring interest. The teaching...
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Leveraged Buyouts;
Governance Controls;
Corporate Governance;
Bids and Bidding;
Valuation;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Strategy;
Cash Flow
Ruback, Richard S. "Southland Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 291-038, April 1991. (Revised December 1997.)
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
negative actions? In the final study, the researchers investigated whether people treat humblebraggers worse than they treat braggers. "We predicted that people would allocate less money to humblebraggers than to braggers when given $5 to...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
dancing. One hundred and fifty nine middle-class children from diverse backgrounds in a northeastern USA metropolitan area completed the study in 2011. The development of ToM is associated with decreases in self-esteem, which in turn View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and complicated than it is today. So I would say the primary impact of the FDA over the past century has been to make predictable the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, and other products regulated by the agency. As consumers we don't have...
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- November – December 2011
- Article
Most Likely to Succeed: Leadership in the Industry
By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher
What is the critical factor for success in the U.S. mutual fund industry? Is it top-ranked investment performance, innovative products, or pervasive distribution? In our view, it is none of these factors, despite their obvious importance. Instead, the best predictors...
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Leadership;
Success;
Investment Funds;
Rank and Position;
Performance;
Investment;
Innovation and Invention;
Product;
Distribution;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Asset Management;
Governance Controls;
United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Theresa Hamacher. "Most Likely to Succeed: Leadership in the Industry." Financial Analysts Journal 67, no. 6 (November–December 2011).
- January 2011 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Matrix Capital Management (A)
By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane
Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale...
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Forecasting and Prediction;
Asset Management;
Cash Flow;
Stock Shares;
Financial Markets;
Investment Funds;
Measurement and Metrics;
Mathematical Methods;
Strategy;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., and David Lane. "Matrix Capital Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 211-017, January 2011. (Revised January 2015.)
- February 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
ClubTools, Inc.
By: Paul W. Marshall and Kristin Perry
Discusses the development of an Internet start-up by a recent HBS graduate. Details the company's business plan, incubation, technology development, marketing strategy, and search for funding.
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Business Startups;
Business Plan;
Cash Flow;
Marketing Strategy;
Financing and Loans;
Technological Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Forecasting and Prediction
Marshall, Paul W., and Kristin Perry. "ClubTools, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 801-164, February 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
predicted support for raising the minimum wage, suggesting that attitudes toward inequality may not translate into preferences for redistributive policies. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
products—and more likely to indulge in treats. Why? “You did something good for the environment,” Karmarkar says, “so you can have a cookie.” It was easy to believe Bill Gates in 2012 when he predicted that Sal Khan’s (MBA 2003) 2006...
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- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
at risk of cancelling health insurance coverage within two months, the researchers found. Almost one in five, 18.9 percent, predicted they’d be able to keep paying premiums for no more than two months. Another 13.2 percent were unsure how...
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- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
superiority or inferiority of a given race (Gannon, 2016; Goodman, 2003; Kolbert, 2017), the color line persists as an enduring social issue in the United States. Over 150 years post-emancipation, the wealth gap between blacks and Americans of other racial backgrounds...
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Re: Gerardine A. Doyle