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  • 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
  • 10 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

Regulators often punish companies for bad behavior—for instance, by fining them if they pollute the environment. But instead of focusing on what business leaders are doing wrong and constantly slapping their hands, government officials... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • Web

CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online

and eligible for student privileges like a Harvard University ID number (to access online library resources), free career and academic webinars, a Harvard Gmail account, and education tax credit and loan deferments. Upon successful... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

sexual experiences by 59%. We conduct a “placebo test” and show that for non-sensitive placebo items, the veiled methodology produces effects that are small in magnitude and not significantly different from zero in seven out of eight... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Investor - Entrepreneurship

(TEM) SUMMER Intern with a VC firm and serve as a Rock Summer Fellow. FALL Take EC Courses applicable to VC/Investing: Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity Finance Financial Management of Small Firms Launching Technology... View Details
  • June 2024
  • Supplement

Heritage Holding (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: The summer of 2022 marked a crucial period for Heritage Holding co-founders, Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter. The... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Private Equity; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; North America
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  • 2007
  • Chapter

Microfinance: Business, Profitability, and the Creation of Social Value

By: Michael Chu
The chapter examines the development of microfinance from its NGO origins to the present stage in which it is characterized by regulated commercial institutions capable of superior financial returns. It then looks at the creation of social value under these... View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Investment Return; Profit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Perspective; Value Creation
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  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52079 January–February 2017 Harvard Business Review Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship By: Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff Abstract—An increasingly popular route to success as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Aug 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

Payment: Evidence from the Federal Quickpay Reform By: Barrot, Jean-Noel, and Ramana Nanda Abstract—We study the impact of Quickpay, a federal reform that indefinitely accelerated payments to small business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

he explains, "We had our best year ever. We borrowed in US dollars and invested in Brazilian reais. It was incredible." By 1997, the once small Pactual had grown into a large institution. When his business... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 06 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

disease; but the time it starts to show it's often too late. Q: How can strategic business components help companies be more flexible in their strategies? A: For many years, companies have recognized that View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

of Debt Forgiveness: Strategic Default Contagion and Lender Learning By: Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo Abstract—I use a unique data set of loans to small business owners to examine... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • May 2007 (Revised April 2020)
  • Case

Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
Examines the career of Ernesto Tornquist, a cosmopolitan financier considered to be the most significant entrepreneur in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. Tornquist created a diversified business group, linked to the political elite, which integrated Argentina... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Development Economics; Partners and Partnerships; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Trade; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economy; Performance; Argentina
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  • Web

Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

payment method, please allow additional time for processing: Western Union - 3 business days Domestic wire - 5 business days International wire - 14 business days View Details
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

One Man Crime Wave

a textile mill, and issues of whether or not to keep or sell the mill, protect the employees and community, and maintain or forfeit personal integrity. In these, and in his thrillers, MacDonald clearly prefers small and family-owned View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

may work well when team sizes are small and there are limited personality conflicts." Ashutosh Tiwari, while questioning whether self-management could "prove its effectiveness in the long run," concluded that it might work... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Portrait Project

Phil Black

compassionate family is no small accomplishment. HBS's mission is to train business leaders who "contribute to society's well-being," but mine will start at home, where Accounting, Negotiations,... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology

Strategy, Marketing & Corporate Relations, Career & Professional Development Molly DeCastro – Recruiting Relations Manager, Career & Professional Development Cathy and Molly work closely with technology companies as they develop and execute their recruiting... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 05 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

Gerald Zaltman, an emeritus professor at Harvard Business School, and Lindsay Zaltman, managing director of Olson Zaltman Associates, a research and consulting firm, believe that deep insights from consumers are essential for brands that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products
  • 20 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

In a recently published book on current international research in business history, edited by Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, HBS professor emeritus Alfred D. Chandler Jr. contributed an... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products