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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
Johnson Publishing Company, Johnson was an ideal choice as the opening speaker at the Chicago conference. Titled "2000+: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership," the event attracted alumni from around the globe and offered an... View Details
Uncovering the roots of innovation
archival data, illustrating the intricate web of relationships that enabled the rise of a world-leading cluster. They also provided a holistic understanding of how academic science, entrepreneurial spirit, View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- Profile
David Kang
what it is now – just ten years ago." HBS has also opened up new vistas for David. "I used to think of entrepreneurship solely in terms of start-ups. But now I think of it in any setting where you see opportunity and risk – and... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
management will inhibit innovation and entrepreneurial activities. We disagree and argue that risk management should function as a Revealing Hand to identify, assess, and mitigate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
Coty. When Beetz was hired as chief executive, it was still a fragmented collection of recently acquired brands. The case describes how Beetz re-ignited the dormant celebrity fragrance business with the successful launch of a new Jennifer Lopez fragrance line.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Advancing Opportunities for Others
I had to ask myself, ‘What risk are you taking? You've been doing this for 20 years; you're good at it; you can do four or five deals in a week; and no other company knows that you're working on any other deal. Maybe you've got a little... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
respectively, I find that the identity of a new industry is in fact the result of an interaction between contexts and entrepreneurial agency. With the help of oral histories, magazine primary sources, and other databases I show that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
everyone starting a new company, in the forms of incumbent advantages like brand recognition, scale, and capital.” What has surprised you most about your entrepreneurial journey since graduating from HBS? Ben:“How much of it you can only... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
says. “The question is, why don’t they take those kinds of risks in Europe? That’s because the barriers and frameworks and bureaucracy don’t give them the incentives.” One solution, he notes, is bringing innovation into classrooms far... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Data were analyzed for type of failure and frequency of occurrence. Interviews were conducted with frontline staff. Principal Findings. The two most frequent categories of operational failures, equipment/supplies and facility issues, posed safety View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new model in mind: slums as lucrative... View Details
- Profile
Clemens Raemy
The entrepreneurial bug bit Clemens Raemy early. As a high-school student in Switzerland, he started an online premium-tobacco business that took advantage of the tax differences between the German and Spanish markets. “I did it for two... View Details
- Profile
Dan Vallone
be prepared to defend it while remaining open to learning from other perspectives. There’s also a very big thing here, what I call an interaction with the entrepreneurial spirit. There are so many ideas here, so much willingness to take... View Details
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
and improved services in the same area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and HBS professor and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole at the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History at HBS. Professor Myles Mace, back from military service in the Pacific where he found GIs eager to... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
anticorruption ratings are domiciled in countries with low corruption risk ratings and strong anticorruption enforcement, operate in high corruption risk industries, have recently faced a corruption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
another arranges funding new schools. “Some volunteers get a taste for what is not necessarily monetarily rewarding, but quite rewarding nonetheless, and it changes their perception of life,” she says. After HBS, Huebner moved to California, first to build a View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
at the School to accelerate climate solutions and help society adapt to the changes already upon us. We are seeking to maximize ways to reach the broad community of practitioners who can both benefit from and inform this work, through cocurricular student activities,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie