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

05 Feb 2019
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Protecting the Power Grid

his family and his small North Carolina town after a nuclear electromagnetic-pulse attack wipes out America’s electrical infrastructure. The book struck a chord with Popik (MBA 1988), who was a captain in... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; terrorism; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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

22 Feb 2019
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Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

Clubs News Clubs News Ten alumni from the HBS Club of Atlanta spent a day in early February mentoring and coaching 70 middle-schoolers as they learned how to launch a small business. Working with Junior... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

encountered some backlash for our efforts, but we also encountered a lot of support,” recalls DeShay, who was ultimately pleased with the town’s willingness to sit down and listen. “That hasn’t always been the case in this country,” he... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl

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

22 Dec 2022
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LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway

LGBTQ+-specific forums to meet the unique needs of our community. We did some outreach and got a lot of interest immediately." After a Zoom presentation by Halperin explaining how a forum works and the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2011
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The Path to Economic Revival

industrial commons, which represents the collective capability to sustain innovation. Pisano: Is there a future? Yes. It’s not too late. There’s still a manufacturing base in the United States, and it’s quite large even though it’s a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans

and in-kind services. In 2001, the School established a separate track for social enterprise ventures, and in 2009 the contest opened to first-year students with the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

01 Mar 2016
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Case Study: Paper Chase

integrated, with cards made in a facility Lovepop owns in Vietnam, which allows for greater flexibility. The company is doubling its revenues quarter over quarter and reported a $1.4 million run rate in late 2015. After some 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 Sep 2009
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Over the Top

right to nominate directors into something that is real — and has a real chance of holding boards of directors accountable to company owners.” Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding... View Details

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

01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

BP oil spill,” the 2010 disaster that devastated the environment and businesses along the Gulf Coast, including in the small town south of New Orleans where he grew up. Bagala watched his father’s business... View Details

Keywords: April White

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

17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

have 50 Rupees (75 cents in today’s US dollars, about $1 at the time) for her monthly rent. Following her I Create training, and with 500 Rupees in capital in her pocket, Parmar started a small security... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

companies. And indeed, this SDR theory-turned-to-code has shown the ability to aid in natural language processing, with one of Numenta’s partners, Cortical.io, using it to help machines read lengthy, complex contracts to make sure they... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution

small percent more is being built brand new). Moreover, the world’s dominant habitation pattern still consists of poor people in emerging nations flocking to urban areas to seek work. Typically, these migrants end up in illegal View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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