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- 01 Apr 2001
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Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
Yu has only a tiny stake in Goldbank — “too embarrassingly small to mention,” he jokes. He is selling off most of the company’s 25 subsidiaries to leave just 3 business units. “We were a first-generation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
visiting 100 factories before presciently fixing his sights on the growth potential in auto parts. In the early 1990s, China manufactured only about 600,000 vehicles a year, mostly trucks, and parts makers remained small and regional.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Another basic insight from the research—that giving even small amounts of money to other people can make you happy—can also be applied by organizations. On the employee side, you could give someone a $25 bonus for a job well done, or you... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 Aug 2011
- News
i-lab Buzz
Approaching the i-lab on the walkway from Aldrich and Spangler. A kitchen lounge and video gaming area. There’s a small army of workers putting the finishing touches on the Harvard Innovation Lab, which will soon welcome MBA students... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
assumed that because it had a business it didn't need their support anymore. The bakery helps not only individuals but also the organization as a whole, Ekstrom insisted. Individuals "get the incredible motivation from being able to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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About the Collection | About
Business School together began purchasing contemporary art for the HBS buildings more frequented by students. Inspired by the growing collection, a small group of MBA students founded the HBS Art... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Tapping into more effective water technologies
demand for fresh and pure water is forecast to exceed supply by 40 percent. "Few businesses are prepared for water scarcity and its impact upon operations and their supply chains," says Shenkar, adding that a View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
said. "There was financial protection in their business plan, that in the first year it would generate $10 million in revenue, in the second year $20 million, in the third year, $30 to $50 million. "And it was such a piddly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
families, and small businesses and their employees made sense. But some of the larger corporate bailouts really should have taken a backseat to further investments in public health. People use the phrase... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Ink: Comfort in Discomfort
creativity and flexibility, sparking innovation. The book is based on 25 years of research. (Smith began hers at HBS and is now a professor of management at the University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business and Economics; Lewis is a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
Slang.ai can be a big business if they get it right.Two years out of HBS, I cofounded the first company to develop the original automated attendant systems for small businesses... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
alumni or students interested in launching startups? "Definitely take advantage of the HBS network. Some of my early stage angel investors and advisers were HBS professors who were incredibly helpful during early development. Early on, I also worked out of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Andrews, Raymond Remembered
his interests and capabilities is evident in the range of his teaching, from a program at HBS for big-city police chiefs to a Harvard College course, Business in American Life, in which students set up small... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
with the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. “We are approaching a cliff,” says Anna Diaz Triola (MBA 2000), vice president of marketing at Summit Therapeutics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is part of a cohort of small pharma... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- September 2019
- Supplement
Keroche (B): Considering Entry into the Kenyan Beer Market
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case discusses the situation of the Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche in July 2004, when co-founder Tabitha Karanja was debating whether to enter the Kenyan beer market. Doing so would mean direct competition with the multinational EABL in an industry and... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Drinks; Alcoholic Beverages; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; Viena; Beer; Beer Market; Manufacturing; Production Capacity; Capacity; Growth; Regulated; Unregulated; Informal; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Substandard; Dangerous; Shutdown; Factory; Safe; Affordable; Low-income Consumers; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Investment; Safety; Quality; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (B): Considering Entry into the Kenyan Beer Market." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-391, September 2019.
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Latin America - Global Activities 2020
products that support small business owners—predominantly women—who aren’t eligible for traditional loans. Pictured: Working with Fondo Esperanza, groups of microentrepreneurs meet regularly and are jointly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
Starting a business is never easy. But staking your future — and your bank account — on a concept that’s never been tried before makes it especially difficult. Just ask Stephen Stuntz (MBA ’69), the founder and president of Greentech... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
enjoy the hands-on nature of running my own small company, having the opportunity to focus on different businesses at different stages of development. In small markets, the... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
Kuhns: Wrote the book on Chinese business realities. When it comes to investing in China, financier and industrialist John Kuhns (MBA ’77) looks backward to see the way forward. “I have always invested in China based on my belief that it... View Details
- 17 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Interns: Discover Their Career Passions
Meet four Class of 2018 students who share the career criteria that drove their internship searches, and how their respective organizations aligned with their passions. Accepting a summer internship at Nike, Ross Galloway wanted to transition from his past experience... View Details