Filter Results:
(3,121)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,121)
- People (4)
- News (1,046)
- Research (1,655)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (23)
- Faculty Publications (1,339)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,121)
- People (4)
- News (1,046)
- Research (1,655)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (23)
- Faculty Publications (1,339)
- Web
Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog
varying types of innovation (product, process and business model) How to partner with others through alliances, CVCs, strategic partnerships, to foster innovation Course Content and Organization: This course will have three modules that... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
enough; zero emissions had to be the new goal. “We lost our whole potential business model,” he says. “Ninety-nine percent of startups die at that stage,” Fenwick-Smith notes. But not Lightning Systems. The... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
procedures to start a business declining from 15 to 5. Equally good news was that the average time to prepare and pay taxes declined from 264 to 193 hours over the same period. The Failures This is all good news and, in theory, should... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our environmental impact of commuting and View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Mary Tripsas, Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School, is interested in how radical technological change transforms industries, and how such change affects established firms and creates... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
about what these different types of transitions are. A: The four broad types of business situations that new leaders must contend with are startup, turnaround, realignment, and sustaining success. In a startup, the new leader is charged... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
L. John Doerr (MBA '76) is widely recognized as one of the country's preeminent venture capitalists. A partner in the California VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (KPCB), he is known for backing startups that presaged entire... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence. "The government will enact a... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
targeted advertising, and now advises startups and early-stage companies as they get their own ideas off the ground. In this video, Grouf reflects on his track record as a tech entrepreneur and innovator. “The whole idea of making a... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
U.S. Army Captain Blake Hall (MBA 2010), right, in Afghanistan in 2007 with members of his unit Photo Credit: Tony Overman Blake Hall (MBA 2010) knows from personal experience that US military veterans can easily miss out on the benefits they have earned. A year before... View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
acquisitions, partnerships, new product launches, or international expansion in ways you might not have had the time and space to think through. 3. Pay down your organizational debt Every fast-growing startup incurs debt along the way.... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- October 2009 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count
By: Elie Ofek, Jason Riis and Paul Hamilton
Emotiv is getting ready to launch its innovative brain-computer interfacing (BCI) technology. The company has developed a special headset, called EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Sales; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Launch; Business Startups; Technology Industry
Ofek, Elie, Jason Riis, and Paul Hamilton. "Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count." Harvard Business School Case 510-050, October 2009. (Revised July 2012.)
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Parenting Magazine TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-291-015). A rewritten version of an earlier teaching note. View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Ideas
Web Extras Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas Listen to a webinar recording for alumni entrepreneurs Faculty Q&A with Professor Noam Wasserman When Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
environmental standards that require coordinated complementary investments by various types of private adopter. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2142085 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 814-089... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
James Reinhart
biggest takeaway from your HBS experience? I learned about the power of one’s network. And I learned the ability to process a lot of information quickly and develop an informed opinion. At a startup you are required to take a deep dive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
dilemmas. The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper III (MBA '54) (Palgrave Macmillan) Draper looks at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship works.... View Details
- June 2025
- Case
AI at QuantumBlack: McKinsey’s Open Source Dilemma
By: Frank Nagle, Sam Boysel and Susan Pinckney
In 2019, QuantumBlack by McKinsey considered releasing Kedro, a proprietary machine learning data pipeline tool as an open source software offering. View Details
Keywords: Open Source; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Change Management; Transformation; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Decisions; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Competition; AI and Machine Learning; Computer Industry; Consulting Industry
Nagle, Frank, Sam Boysel, and Susan Pinckney. "AI at QuantumBlack: McKinsey’s Open Source Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 725-433, June 2025.