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- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
It's getting a little less lonely at the top. So says recent research that reports a dramatic change in the top management structure of large US firms. According to a survey of some 300 Fortune 500...
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by Carmen Nobel
Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner
From Apple to Merck to Wikipedia, more and more organizations are turning to crowds for help in solving their most vexing innovation and research questions, but managers remain understandably cautious. It seems risky and even unnatural to push problems out to vast... View Details
- January 2012
- Case
Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market
By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty
As a joint-stock insurance company in China, with both state-owned enterprises and foreign firms as investors, Taikang Insurance was becoming a force in the industry. It not only competed with well-entrenched state-owned rivals, but it was also seen as an...
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Kirby, William C., and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market." Harvard Business School Case 312-109, January 2012.
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Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts
By: Ethan Mollick and Ramana Nanda
In fields as diverse as technology entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and...
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Crowdfunding;
Arts;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Fine Arts Industry;
Technology Industry
Mollick, Ethan, and Ramana Nanda. "Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts." Management Science 62, no. 6 (June 2016): 1533–1553.
- 11 Sep 2010
- News
Hedge fund stars shine above the crowd
- 03 Dec 2015
- News
Amy Cuddy and ‘Maze Runner’ author bring out crowds
- 01 Apr 2010
- News
New website brings crowd sourcing to fashion
- 14 Oct 2016
- Video
ConnectHealth is Crowd Favorite in 2016 Alumni New Venture Competition
- 12 Nov 2013
- News
Cities, startups tap the wisdom of crowds for sustainability
- 12 Mar 2012
- News
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
- 02 Jun 2020
- News
Protesters Weigh Virus Risks on Crowded Streets
- 19 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts
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by Ethan R. Mollick & Ramana Nanda
- July 2014
- Teaching Note
Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
By: William R. Kerr and Penelope Rossano
- 2016
- Chapter
Managing Communities and Contests to Innovate with Crowds
By: Karim R. Lakhani
Lakhani, Karim R. "Managing Communities and Contests to Innovate with Crowds." Chap. 6 in Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and Open Innovation, edited by Dietmar Harhoff and Karim R. Lakhani, 109–134. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
- September 2013
- Case
Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Homestrings is an online investment platform for overseas diasporas to link financially with their home countries. The founder believes crowd-funding can become a pillar for development, but U.S. regulatory hurdles and resources constraints are substantial. The company...
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Diasporas;
Investments;
Regulations;
Africa;
Crowd-funding;
Development Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Financial Services Industry;
Africa;
United States
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development." Harvard Business School Case 814-031, September 2013.
- 29 Jun 2021
- News
Medical Device Industry Wants Priority at Crowded Ports
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
of business and society is changing not only how we work and live, but also how we tackle the toughest issues. Lakhani oversees the Crowd Innovation Lab, a Harvard University initiative focused on...
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- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
recent study, which compared funding decisions of startup theater productions made by art-loving masses on crowdfunding website Kickstarter with evaluations by experts in the field. “Most of the...
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- 06 Feb 2013
- News