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- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
the common failure to think about the decisions of others contributes to suboptimal outcomes. Yet sometimes, an excess of cynicism appears to lead us to over-think the actions of others and make negative attributions about their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk," namely the risk that a government will discriminatorily change the laws, regulations, or contracts governing an...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
election years. These results describe how failures in electoral accountability can lead to suboptimal policy outcomes. Read the paper: http://www.cgdev.org/doc/events/MADS/Shawn_Cole.pdf Earnings and Ratings at Google Answers...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this paper we distinguish between two...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
for interaction, but how these two mechanisms interact in formal organizations is not well understood. We argue that organizational structures and geography delimit opportunities for interaction, but that within the opportunity sets created by View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
business and, if economies of scope are unavailable, to simply reproduce entrant behavior by creating a "firm within a firm." There are two broad streams of explanation for incumbent failure in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
contribute to the development of broader firm capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-019.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAkshaya Patra: Feeding India's Schoolchildren Harvard Business School Case 608-038 No...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Publications The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Harvard Business Press Books, 2012 Abstract Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2004
- Chapter
When Good Names Go Bad: Organizational Illegitimacy, and the Dotcom Collapse
By: Mary Ann Glynn and Christopher Marquis
Glynn, Mary Ann, and Christopher Marquis. "When Good Names Go Bad: Organizational Illegitimacy, and the Dotcom Collapse." In Legitimacy Processes in Organizations. Vol. 22, edited by Cathryn Johnson, 147–170. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Elsevier Science, 2004.
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
businesses outperform both single-unit firms and multi-unit firms composed of unrelated businesses. Explanations for this relationship between focus and firm performance have largely centered on economies of scope achieved by sharing...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
PublicationsCases about Redefining Global Strategy Authors:Pankaj Ghemawat and Jordan I. Siegel Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
The Power of Women Related LinksThe Accidental Pioneers From Where We Stand Celebrating the Women of HBS W50 Summit Registration A Daring Experiment exhibit Women's Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference Kathleen...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
we’re going to examine why Silicon Valley is at risk of losing its startup crown and what that could mean for the future of innovation. READ MORE If you were asked to name some of the greatest entrepreneurial failures in history, you...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
then his HBS colleague, was already working on a concept he called “predictable surprises,” the collaboration that led to their widely read book by the same title was launched. A distinguished expert on managerial decision-making, Bazerman is the Jesse Isidor Straus...
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- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Bruce Gago
me to pursue this new business immediately after HBS. Finally, HBS quite simply gave me the confidence to embrace risk. Many students--including me--attended HBS in order to reduce future career risk. Throughout my two years at HBS, I...
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- December 2021
- Supplement
Troverie (B)
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Olivia Graham
Resolves the questions raised in Troverie (A); recounts pivots and efforts to raise capital from strategic investors and sell Troverie; and shares the founder's post-mortem reflections on what went wrong and what he might have done differently.
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Startup;
Failed Startup;
Luxury Goods;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Failure;
Luxury;
Fashion Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Lindsay N. Hyde, and Olivia Graham. "Troverie (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-069, December 2021.
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
waited seven to ten years before setting up their own shops, today’s graduates are taking the plunge much sooner. In 1997, the first-ever HBS Business Plan Contest yielded a formidable number of participants and mobilized a strong...
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