Research & Ideas: Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
Organizations succeed
by identifying, developing, and retaining talented
leaders. Professors W. Earl Sasser and Das
Narayandas, who teach leadership development in
one of Harvard Business School's Executive Education
programs, discuss the fine points of leadership
development.
Research & Ideas: The Money Connection—Understanding
VC Networks
Venture capital firms often consider investments in
companies located far away or in unfamiliar
industries. How do they spot these opportunities and
also reduce risk? It's the power of networks, says
Harvard Business School professor Toby Stuart—and
understanding how they work in VC is just now
starting to be understood.
Research & Ideas: Rich or Royal: What Do Founders
Want?
It's a fundamental tension many entrepreneurs face,
the conflict between wanting to become rich and
wanting to keep control of their new company. Few
can have both. Professor Noam Wasserman
discusses his research into the motivations of
entrepreneurs and the people who invest in them.
How to
Look at Globalization Now How should smart
companies position themselves in the global economy?
By training a historical lens on the process of
globalization and thinking about strategies that can
take advantage of its current, intermediate
state—what HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat
calls "quasiglobalization."
