Small Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

these skills workshops to see if eventually there’s enough there to transition it into the official coursework. The club has been able to nimbly work with similar tech clubs across all the Harvard schools and other schools like MIT. The wealth of differently formatted... View Details

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

policy to work on a side interest, a machine learning tool to help small businesses identify promising business opportunities. “Google has useful information on foot-traffic... View Details

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

into why the owners of small businesses typically wait until the last minute to update their books and file tax forms. Most people would say they are just lazy or undisciplined. But Cook observed what was... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

that I've done over the course of the last 10 years has been field-based, working in conjunction with HBS student teams, partners in business and the nonprofit sector, and especially through the nonprofit that I founded, Doorways to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

preventing diabetes in indigenous populations. “I quickly realized that business alone was not enough to reverse the dysfunction of some tribal economies,” says Keen. Earlier, he’d experienced the fallout of an LBO at Maine shipbuilder... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

October 2016 Harvard Business Review Competing with a Goliath By: Avery, Jill Abstract—A Peruvian apparel company struggles to position itself against a global brand. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51646... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

It’s a drab gray morning in April, and real estate developer Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo (MBA 2008) is standing at the corner of West Baltimore and South Calhoun Streets in Baltimore’s historic Union Square district. Behind her, a chain-link fence decorated with a View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

restrict an employee’s upward mobility and reduce wage and benefits competition among employers. According to statistics cited by the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 12 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club

hope the MENA Club helps each of its members identify ways through which they can add the most value to the region and find potential like-minded business partners at HBS to get them on board for their regional plans. In addition, we hope... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Low 40 1940 s 19 Military spending explodes Graduated income tax, Victory Tax adopted to fund war effort Rationing Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Military spending shifts to nuclear deterrents Small View Details

18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

The law, which is still being hashed out in court, requires manufacturers to say sugary drinks can lead to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that even if San Francisco wins its court... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

Using Excel 2007: A Step-by-Step Approach Harvard Business School Note 109-052 The objective of this note is to provide a set of easy, step-by-step guides for some analytical techniques that are useful in the analysis of cases discussed... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

partnerships with companies looking to hire and companies working on initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion; Run workshops and panels of relevant topics to women in tech; Help build community for the group through small group... View Details

27 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

"Four minutes," a triumphant Amy C. Edmondson exclaims as she arrives at her Harvard Business School office, clutching a bike helmet and explaining that her commute is 10 minutes faster by bicycle than by car. Edmondson, the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

6397 MB (6.708e+09 bytes) * Memory used by MATLAB: 1094 MB (1.148e+09 bytes) Physical Memory (RAM): 7861 MB (8.243e+09 bytes) * Limited by System Memory (physical + swap file) available. One Mac and Linux, one must run download and run the View Details

01 May 2019
What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

alleged, had led to the site hosting inappropriate material. Employees believed that their proposals had been ignored in management’s quest for higher revenues and profits. YouTube is the video website and Google subsidiary on which creators post their content, host... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

Impossible, I draw out scores of actionable lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of fascinating real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and NHL, and beating the odds in... View Details