Publications

Educators

Purchase

March 1983 (Revised December 1988)
Case

First Place (B)

July 1967 (Revised September 1982)
Case

Head Ski Co., Inc.

Describes the development of the company to its present preeminence in high-priced skis and the avenues that it can follow to obtain new growth. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Sports Industry

Educators

Purchase

November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Holts (B), The

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

July 1993 (Revised August 1994)
Teaching Note

Karen Vincent and Zodiac Corporation TN

April 1986 (Revised July 1986)
Supplement

Duncan Field (B)

Following the acquisition of a new business, the manager is approached for the "continuation" of a regular payment for services to "insure labor peace" and maintain a parking lot. The case allows discussion of ethical, legal, and practical issues involved. View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Ethics; Law; Management; Service Industry

Purchase

September 1985
Background Note

Finding a Job with a Small Company

Describes a process of self-evaluation for working in small companies, discusses small company issues, focuses on some basic search techniques, and ends with a little how-to section. The goal is to facilitate the process of securing a job in a small company and to show... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Higher Education; Recruitment; Work-Life Balance; Interests

June 1984
Background Note

Techniques of Purchasing a Company

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions

28 May 2019
News

INK: Maker’s Manual

Difference in the World by Russ Banham, Shirley Spence, and Howard Stevenson In his 40-plus years at HBS, Professor Emeritus Howard View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

encouragement. Entrepreneurship is like an intellectual onion, one of his Finance advisors told him. You peel it and peel it, it makes you cry, and there’s nothing in the middle. There were some exceptions to this institutional indifference, including Sahlman’s mentor... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Jun 2022
News

Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

their capability to start a business six months from now, but also prepare them to think through entry decisions that will happen down the road. Thomas Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

1992
Working Paper

Employment versus Sub-Contracting: The Real Trade-Offs

By: Amar Bhide and Howard Stevenson

By many accounts, sub-contracting is in the vogue while traditional employment relationships are on the outs. Ten years ago free-lancers, independent subcontractors and the like accounted for about 10 percent of the labor force; today they constitute 25 percent. Of the... View Details

Keywords: Sub-contracting; Freelancers; Employment; Organizations; Theory

Read Now

2004
Book

Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life

By: Howard Stevenson and Laura Nash

Keywords: Success; Labor

01 Dec 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

another successful round of reunions in early October, the Alumni Association Board of Directors met on campus October 19 and 20 for its regular fall meeting. We heard from Professor Howard Stevenson, senior... View Details

Keywords: Susan Luick Good; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

social change has been at the center of many entrepreneurial efforts by Harvard Business School alumni. Howard Stevenson discusses their pragmatic approaches to overcoming long odds. Unlocking the Customer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

New Ventures, developed and taught by Professor Frank L. Tucker and doctoral candidate Patrick R. Liles (MBA '64, DBA '70). At about the same time, then Associate Professor View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

14 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at HBS. Through courses in business and engineering, as well as specially designed integrated courses co-taught by HBS and SEAS faculty, students hone their... View Details

March 8, 2004
Article

Secret to Success: Go for "Just Enough"

By: Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson

Keywords: Success

01 Feb 2001
News

New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated

others makes him an inspiring example to all." Professor David A. Thomas, the chair's first incumbent, was among those attending the event. A noted authority on mentoring, executive development, and managing a diverse workforce, Thomas... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

November 2007
Course Overview Note

Building a Business in the Context of a Life (BBCL): Course Overview 2008

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Curriculum and Courses