A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

globalization and liberalization have increased the competitiveness of product markets, one explanation for the trend towards decentralization could be increased competition. Of course there are View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

would be better off flipping a coin to determine a probable winner. “We find that even guessing at a 50-50 level is just as good, if not actually... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

21 Mar 2016
HBS Case

Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'

Online Reviews at TripAdvisor in the HBS case collection at hbr.org. I’m Brian Kenny and you’ve been listening to Cold Call, the official podcast of View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Advertising; Travel

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

Lean start-up strategies aren't just for start-ups anymore. That was the key message that Intuit cofounder Scott Cook (HBS MBA '76) shared in a small seminar with Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

30 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

of entrepreneurial pitching," says Alison Wood Brooks, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School who... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

29 Apr 2008
Research Event

Venture Capital

Date: January 9-10, 2008 Faculty Chairs: Josh Lerner, William Sahlman Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: Venture Capital What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The VC Conference is one in a series... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

03 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks

sharks can affect efforts to save them. “Negative public opinion and fear of sharks continues to hinder conservation efforts,” says Elizabeth Keenan, an assistant professor in the Marketing unit of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Media & Broadcasting

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’

predecessors in a given field. Certainly in business as in education, China has shown innovation through creative adaptation in recent decades, and it now has the capacity to do much more. Reprinted by... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby & F. Warren McFarlan; Education; Technology

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

School of Public Health and director of the Healthy Buildings program there. John Macomber is a senior lecturer in the Finance Unit View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

relevant, one should identify it, try to activate it, and then leverage it," says Greyser, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

up,” says Benjamin G. Edelman, an associate professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School whose... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

16 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

organizations, and what managers must do to effectively lead the change process. Tushman and O'Reilly are the coauthors of Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

marketing. "That day, Maria's life changed forever, and so did mine," says Max Eisenbud, her agent at sports agency IMG, as quoted in the recent Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

hackathons and set up incubators to nurture new ideas. Traditional companies are even wading into co-working to stimulate interaction. But, does it take a village to hatch a groundbreaking venture? It can... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Dec 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

New Year, New Habits

research not only confirms change is possible, but outlines ways to make new behaviors stick. Here is research out of Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

Speed Trap, was poised for publication as I came up for promotion that year at Harvard Business School. However, in a reversal View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

general discussion, moderated by Harvard Medical School faculty member Dr. Warner V. Slack, of how access to information and the logistics of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

Choosing the right software platform is a critical task for developers. It can be a business life-or-death decision picking between Android or iPhone, Amazon Web Services or... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology