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  • 03 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

While many history departments of American universities prefer to keep business as a separate discipline, HBS entrepreneurship professor Geoffrey Jones encourages the examination of history as a way to better understand contemporary... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 18 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

18.2%—an effect driven by substitution of water for sugary drinks. Study 2 showed that graphic warning labels work by heightening negative affect and prompting consideration of health consequences. Study 3 indicated that public support... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector enables readers to attain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. The authors offer tools to develop the knowledge to pursue... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Myra M. Hart

    Myra Hart's research focus is high potential entrepreneurship.  She has taught MBA and executive programs, co-chaired the entrepreneurship unit, and led several HBS initiatives. As a founding memberView Details

    Keywords: consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; real estate; retailing
    • 03 Feb 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: February 3, 2009

    Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Jul 2023
    • Blog Post

    Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

    business that is creating economic opportunity for marginalized communities in the United States. McClain, who also completed a master’s in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as chief of staff at BrightUp, a... View Details

      Joey Ryu

      Joey (Won Jung) Ryu is a doctoral student in the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School. Her primary interests are strategic management, economics of innovation and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining HBS, Joey received her master's degree from Cornell University... View Details
      Keywords: biotechnology; health care; pharmaceuticals; high technology; information technology industry
      • Forthcoming
      • Article

      You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance

      By: Astrid Marinoni and Maria P. Roche
      This paper examines the impact of the expansion of the US Postal Service in the late 19th century on firm creation and performance. Utilizing newly digitized archival data on historic business establishments, post office locations, and road networks in California,... View Details
      Keywords: Institutional Innovation; Knowledge Exchange; US Postal Service; Firm Performance; Infrastructure; Expansion; Government Administration; Communication; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Public Administration Industry; California
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      • 14 Aug 2023
      • Blog Post

      Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

      Can you tell us about your background, including your pre-MBA industry and role? I am a joint degree MBA/MPP (Masters in Public Policy) candidate at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. I graduated summa cum... View Details

        Allen S. Grossman

        Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He... View Details

        Keywords: education industry; nonprofit industry

          John Jong-Hyun Kim

          John J-H Kim is a Senior Lecturer and part of the Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the course Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship—leaders and entrepreneurs who are improving the... View Details

          • January 2010 (Revised December 2012)
          • Case

          Knight the King: The Founding of Nike

          By: Noam Wasserman and Kyle Anderson
          It had taken Phil Knight 16 long years to build Nike into the number one athletic-shoe company in the country. When Knight had first conceived of the company for an MBA class project, Adidas had had more than 80% market share, but Knight's marketing approach had... View Details
          Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Initial Public Offering; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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          • 12 Sep 2011
          • Research & Ideas

          The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

          In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
          Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

            Robert F. White

            Bob White is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in the MBA program (Required and Elective curricula) and the Executive Education program. Courses taught include Entrepreneurial... View Details

            • Profile

            Nneka Ezeigwe

            Nneka Ezeigwe (MBA 2015) is looking to make an impact in her native Nigeria through entrepreneurial ventures and work in the public sector. View Details
            Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship

              Nancy F. Koehn

              Nancy F. Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. Robison chair of Business Administration. Koehn's research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Her... View Details

              Keywords: beauty products; clothing; consumer products; entertainment; fashion; marketing industry; retailing; health care; advertising; media

                Dutch Leonard

                Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

                Keywords: education industry; federal government; health care; nonprofit industry; state government
                • January 2014
                • Teaching Note

                Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Children's Health Forum

                By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Malone
                The case includes law, business, and public health perspectives on an African American leader's social entrepreneurship and leadership in other social movements. Later in his life, Dr. Benjamin Hooks championed the eradication of lead poisoning. Prior to that Hooks... View Details
                Keywords: Leading Change; Health Disorders; Social Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; United States
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                  Andy Wu

                  Andy Wu is the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. He researches, teaches, and advises managers... View Details

                  Keywords: software; e-commerce industry; venture capital industry; biotechnology; video games
                  • 07 Aug 2007
                  • First Look

                  First Look: August 7, 2007

                  http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13281 Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry Authors:Ramana Nanda and Tarun Khanna Abstract This study explores the importance of cross-border social networks for View Details
                  Keywords: Martha Lagace