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16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

Developing skill as an effective acquirer is an important muscle for scaling companies and now is a great time to test out that skill. 6. Consider financing There is a ton of money out there looking for great companies to invest in. Funds... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

as Miller Lite’s virtual tip jar for bartenders or Yum Brands $1,000 bonuses to its Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC general managers during mandated restaurant closures and emergency medical relief fund for employees diagnosed with... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

Groysberg. "The stipend, the budget, the library - there are faculty at other schools who don't get the same level of assistance."That assistance means students can take on the topics that interest them most without worrying about funding... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

lacked the funds necessary to build a DVD factory and exited the consumer electronic industry almost entirely at the end of the 1990s. Again, this relatively unknown story provides an intriguing opportunity for description and analysis by... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

effective solution for companies. She co-wrote the journal article with HBS doctoral student Grace Cormier, as well as three employees of Happify, Allison L. Williams, Acacia C. Parks, and Julia Stafford. Happify, which funded the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

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Harvard Business School

growth-stage entities in obtaining access to capital, with sources of funding ranging from banks to high net-worth individuals. Cleveland was a presidential appointee to the Small Business Administration's Investment Division, where he... View Details

12 Oct 2017
News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

neighborhood-development strategy of mixed-income housing, a cradle-to-college education pipeline, and community wellness programs that have helped to revitalize Atlanta’s troubled East Lake neighborhood. Funded by philanthropists,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

innovative ideas?'" Firms don’t need to necessarily fund their own research, but they should think about hiring some employees well-versed in their field’s scientific landscape to help source, read, and understand the scientific... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

payments to support clients’ liquidity; helped salons apply to crisis relief funding such as unemployment support and rent postponement; hired consultants to create guidelines for safety measures in the salons, and shared them with each... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
Case

KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo

On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia

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International Health Economics

By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson

Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Global Range; Economics

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18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

will have extraordinary impact, and funding the development of these platforms and user networks within which learning tools can be exchanged should be financially rewarding for investors. Q: How would you like to extend this research?... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

advise/prevent you against doing something completely stupid." Another experienced VC suggests that some founders may simply not know what their funding options really are: "The reason people usually go to [family and friends]... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

form to your home institution. Once received, your institution will release the funds directly to you. Harvard Extension School undergraduate degree candidates may use their existing financial aid award toward the cost of CORe. The eight... View Details

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

leisure class passengers could adjust the amount of light coming in by rotating the inner window pane. Strong sales particularly in sunglass lenses and camera filters enabled the nascent corporation to fund further research and... View Details

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

required to pay an administrative fee (the Industrial Funding Fee), which is based on a fraction of their self-reported sales. To encourage more accurate self-reporting, the GSA moved the required signature box from the bottom to the top... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

brings new reports of hedge fund closings and the scaling back of private equity investments. Not surprisingly, the enormously high compensation packages in these fields are shrinking as well, making jobs in these sectors far less... View Details