Small And Medium-sized Enterprises - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

technology giants, Intel and SAP. Pandesic was designed to create a more affordable version of SAP’s enterprise resource planning software, targeted at small View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 1999
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enterprise that was such a success. I'm pleased that I was able to keep the Bucks in Wisconsin. I was just overwhelmed with getting elected to office. That's pretty special. I've been here eleven years, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

group of small businesses and nonprofits that could benefit from MBA talent. Now in the process of hiring an executive director, the nonprofit connects service-minded MBA students from 20 schools with... View Details

05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

(photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty) When F. Warren McFarlan and a small group of HBS colleagues arrived in Beijing in July 1979, they stepped off the plane into a country struggling for a toehold in the 20th... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

sector that thrives on anecdotal evidence. Here, the professors discuss what their findings mean for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and innovation. Today, the VC industry is still small in absolute... View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Jul 2021
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Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

Room sessions to connect HBS alumni mentors to Singapore’s startups and small and mid-sized enterprises (SME). “Our vision for the NVSC is to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2004
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Life Lessons

second of five children, growing up under apartheid in rural South Africa, she credits her parents with stressing the importance of education and for making her politically aware and proud of her Sotho... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 1998
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A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill

the MBA Program, and John C. Whitehead (MBA 11/ '47), who helped launch the School's Social Enterprise Initiative, provided substantial guidance and support. (Both now serve on... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

practices, which resulted in an offer to teach at Howard University. There, Fitzhugh created a marketing program and organized the school’s Small Business Center, in addition to introducing generations of... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Alumni Books

No-Nonsense Rules from the Ultimate Contrarian and Small Business Guru by George Cloutier (MBA ’69) (HarperBusiness) Having spent over thirty years guiding business owners, Cloutier, founder View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Student Conferences, at a Glance

Look for a social niche to fill. The heart of starting a social enterprise is to answer the question of where it will fit in. Align your project with an existing organization as a new department. Your chances of success are greater under... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments

greatest investment successes is Vistaar, a financing firm that offers funding to small- and medium-sized businesses in India that fall into the “missing middle”: too small for... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

11 Sep 2018
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Bringing Government Up to Code

populations. One of the reasons that I joined Code for America and one of the big pulls that we have is how do we 30x the impact of our work, without necessarily 30x-ing our budget? The problems are not going to be solved by our View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

respect to government and economic restructuring,” Jasinowski remarks, referring to the disruptive movement from state-owned enterprises to newer plants funded by foreign direct investment. Getting Close to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four

renewal process. I was surprised when Kent Bowen approached me about doing a case. We were just a small manufacturer. I didn’t think what I did would be relevant in the classroom. But there were actually quite a few students interested in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

the difficulty and high cost of bankruptcy. "Bankruptcy lawyers charge anywhere from $200 to $350 an hour, and I want to tell you that even for a small company, those hours can... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

economic effects across geography and industry thanks to the Dun collection’s comprehensive holdings. 2. New York, vol. 216, p. 731, Ibid. Credit reports for women, who were not legally liable for their debts, always made mention of the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

by his example. He grew up in a very small village in India and was one of the first people in his family to attend college, where he studied engineering. He then went to England to get a diploma in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

the airport’s few runways. On the ground, there’s traffic congestion of an entirely different sort. Cars, trucks, three-wheelers, bicycles, rickshaws, and even a couple of horsemen jockey for position on a road far too View Details