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

15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details

14 Nov 2014
News

White, slender and wide-eyed

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

direction in the early planning stages required a fuller understanding of its financing. “I also wanted to bring better management skills to the nonprofit sector,” she adds. “I thought View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

21 Aug 2023
Book

You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance

The days of sticking with one job through retirement are long gone. Younger workers are prioritizing happiness over workplace loyalty, often out of necessity. Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark

This is a remarkable time in the business world and in the history of Harvard View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

25 Mar 2025
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. Entrepreneurs with a history View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

challenge facing today's business leaders is threefold. While the old strategy-structure-systems doctrine was very effective at allocating capital, he explains, it has proven a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Research Summary

Overview

My research is at the intersection of organizational strategy, global sustainability governance, and social change. It explores the diffusion of sustainability standards to non-traditional sectors (e.g. jewelry, cannabis, plastics, pets) and the relationship between... View Details

Reza R. Satchu

Reza Satchu is a Senior Lecturer in... View Details

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

stay in business today? A: My next book on family companies looks at a number of successful family dynasties and asks how they keep their View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

01 Jun 2007
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A Class All His Own

cofounding forty years ago of The Carroll School, which specializes in teaching children with language-based learning differences. He’s also active with his class at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

27 Jul 2017
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Seeing a Way Forward

Leger’s manager at the World Bank encouraged her to apply to Harvard Business School and earn her MBA. “I found my time View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

problem lies not with the people who serve on boards, but rather the structure of boards themselves, argue Harvard Business School professor Jay... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

How Firm Strategies Influence the Architecture of Transaction Networks

Keywords: by Jianxi Luo, Daniel E. Whitney, Carliss Y. Baldwin & Christopher L. Magee

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

earlier pledge to give reporters covering the Olympics unfettered access to the Web. At the same time, it accused the Bush administration of politicizing the Games after the United States criticized China's... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Oct 2020
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A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

in partnership with HBS Alumni Programs, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), and the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), the virtual event was held on two different dates to accommodate a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

27 Aug 2010
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Management mantras from the Mahatma and leadership lessons from Lincoln?

30 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Leadership That Defines you – Reflecting on my Time at HBS

inspire change on a global scale and challenge our understanding of society. Two months ago, I graduated from Harvard Business School. It still... View Details

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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