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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly found among household-based establishments. We measure and discuss the extent to which this...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
particularly, credit to those institutions? You’ve been a leader at Eastern in using so-called “fintech advanced technology” to automate small business lending. Is Covid going to accelerate that? Is it going to change that? How are you thinking about your go-to View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
aeronautics industry has undergone ups and downs in the past decades: Large orders of planes (and engines) and their cancellation can create prosperity or wreak havoc in these concentrated labor markets. This research surfaces the...
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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
commercialization of technological discoveries was Documentum, which marketed an object-oriented document-management system. Xerox had undertaken a large number of projects in this area for over a decade prior to Documentum's founding,...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
with open disagreement). The paper thus provides micro-foundations for the idea that bringing a project inside the firm gives the manager control over that project, while explaining concentrated asset ownership, low-powered incentives,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
of mine, Carl Kester. He takes some offense when I beat up on it. Sorry, Carl!” Sahlman’s perspective was influenced by his father, a successful manager who had dealt with similar kinds of resource allocation issues. Sahlman knew that in such circumstances, his dad had...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
management, and higher ROA. These effects are concentrated at innovating firms—those firms that are early-life-cycle or engage in R&D spending—and especially at those facing Wall Street scrutiny. Collectively, the evidence suggests...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
competition in a two-sided market that includes buyers and sellers. One of the platforms benefits from a partial belief advantage, in that each side believes that it is more likely that the other side will join the advantaged platform. We...
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
individual-level data from an Indian software services firm to examine the effects of team familiarity and variation in market experience on multiple measures of performance for over 1,100 software development projects. Consistent with...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
1998) CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Jadhav recommends writing a daily health journal as a way to inpire oneself to improve oneself. The mere fact that one is concentrating on some part of improving one’s health is enough....
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001, the Katzes have View Details
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
transfers by U.S. multinationals increased following reforms. Affiliates also increased their levels of R&D expenditures. These increases were concentrated among firms that one would expect to value IPR reform the most, namely those...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208125 China's Financial Markets: 2007 Harvard Business School Note 208-147 Provides an overview of capital markets in mainland China in 2007,...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Workforce Development program in the City of Oakland, California. Verónica received a joint PhD in Psychology and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan and a BA in Psychology with concentrations in Africana Studies and Latin@...
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- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
lower effort but nonetheless led to higher average problem-solving performance by concentrating these lesser efforts on the most performant technical approaches. Closed secrecy produced higher participation and higher effort, while...
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Anna Secino
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
software that helps firms perform critical work both using internal and external talent. They have about 75,000 freelancers for their external marketplace. The market opportunity Pat and Rob pursued illustrates key challenges posed by the...
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- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
viewed as mavericks, outside the mainstream. Companies are being pressured by foreign shareholders and competitive challenges. Many Japanese companies now have 25% of their stock owned by foreigners. In the case of the government, part of the problem is that there are...
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by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
necessary book, arriving not a moment too soon." Robert Reich writes "Anyone who wants to understand modern America should read this captivating book." Her 2012 The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times, explores the many ways in...
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Art Nature Business
"The Ice King," Professor Tom Nicholas illustrates how Tudor pioneered anew industry, creating a global market for a natural resource once considered worthless, and became a key figure in the history of American...
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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
strong example here, with the continued success of its Quicken application against Microsoft Money. The key is finding a large enough market that requires specialized capabilities. Leverage other capabilities from keystones. Effective...
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by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien