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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Public Sector SME Grading System in Emerging Markets: A Focus on Nigeria

By: Saveshen Pillay, Anywhere Sikochi, Charles Odii, Zaakirah Ismail, Regina Bamaiyi and Denise Mubaiwa
In this paper, we explore the impact of creating a public sector nano, micro, small and medium enterprise (nMSME) grading system in Nigeria. Using insights from work with the Nigerian government, the first country in Africa to attempt to establish a public sector SME... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Economic Sectors; Africa; Nigeria
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    Emily R. McComb

    Emily McComb is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Unit at HBS, teaching "Finance 2" in the required curriculum of the MBA program, as well as a co-leader of the HBS Impact Investment Fund in the elective curriculum. Prior to joining the HBS faculty in 2017, Emily was... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; health care
    • January 2008
    • Case

    Lenovo: Building A Global Brand (Multimedia case)

    By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    Announced in December 2004, the $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC division by Lenovo, China's largest PC maker, made headlines around the world. A relative upstart in the business, Lenovo acquired the division of IBM that invented the PC in 1981. While Lenovo was... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Infrastructure; Global Strategy; Acquisition; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Computer Industry; China
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    • September 2007
    • Case

    Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
    Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. View Details
    Keywords: Transition; Teaching; Secondary Education; Leading Change; Nonprofit Organizations; Transformation; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry
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    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Blog Post

    Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

    small role in building a new system of supportive pathways to good jobs. I chose Year Up because I wanted to learn from an organization with a demonstrated history of success that is now developing and... View Details

      Capitalism at Risk

      The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before and raised living standards to new heights. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 came within a hair’s breadth of triggering another Great... View Details

      • 23 Apr 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

      Starbucks Coffee Company; and Michael Dell—all successfully navigated the transition from "garage" to global business. ... No Detail Too Small All three of them made that transition very... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • March 2012
      • Article

      Enriching the Ecosystem

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
      To remain a leader in innovation, the United States needs the support of foundational institutions that help seed, grow, and renew enterprises. Historically, these institutions-such as universities, venture creators, labor markets, and job-training programs-have tended... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
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      • 27 Sep 2006
      • Research & Ideas

      Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

      and how they influence the standards of the countries in which they operate as they seek global consistency. We are following a small number of companies with excellent reputations to locations both similar... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 28 Aug 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: August 28, 2007

      does not seem to explain the higher level of firm diversification. However, we find that Chinese state-owned enterprises diversify their operations more aggressively than other Chinese firms. Research limitations/implications—Ownership... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 11 Apr 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

      complex and multiple contingencies to reflect the factors that caused a particular transaction to be either fast or time-consuming to process. Q: What is the relationship between TDABC and View Details
      Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
      • June 30, 2020
      • Article

      Bipartisan Tax-Free Solution to Health Care Financing: Coupling HRAs With a Public Option

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard Boxer and James Wallace
      A combination of health insurance initiatives by the presumptive 2020 Democratic and Republican presidential nominees could expand health care coverage and significantly reduce costs, without raising taxes. Along the way, the combination could revitalize private... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care Financing; Public Option; Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA); Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Cost Management
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      • August 2015 (Revised May 2017)
      • Case

      TSG Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics

      By: Feng Zhu, Karim R. Lakhani, Sascha L. Schmidt and Kerry Herman
      In 2015, Dietmar Hopp, owner of Germany's Bundesliga football team TSG Hoffenheim and co-founder of the global enterprise software company SAP, was considering how to ensure long-term sustainability and competitiveness for TSG Hoffenheim. While historically a small... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Measurement and Metrics; Sports; Sports Industry
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        Benson P. Shapiro

        Benson P. Shapiro is a well-known authority on marketing strategy and sales management with particular interests in pricing, product line planning, and marketing organization. He is also the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing Emeritus at the Harvard Business... View Details

        Keywords: apparel; banking; beauty products; brokerage; chemical; computer; consulting; e-commerce industry; electrical equipment; electronics; financial services; food; high technology; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; manufacturing; marketing industry; metals; plastics; printing; professional services; software; steel; telecommunications; wholesale
        • 22 Oct 2014
        • Video

        Social Impact Investing: Alumni Initiatives

        • 22 Oct 2014
        • News

        Initiative for a Competitive Inner City recognizes inner city entrepreneurs

        • 15 Jan 2016
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations

        Keywords: by Christine L. Exley
        • 01 Nov 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: Nov. 1

        and output markets are strongly linked to higher establishment entry rates. We also find substantial evidence for the Chinitz effect where small local incumbent suppliers encourage entry. The importance of... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Teaching Interest

        Overview

        By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

        Launching Technology Ventures
        Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details

        • 26 Mar 2013
        • First Look

        First Look: March 26

        in State-Controlled Firms By: Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne