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Financing New Business Formation

By: Paul A. Gompers
New business creation has become a potent force for economicdevelopment in the United States. Prior to 1980, large firms created the majority of new jobs in the American economy. While considerable debate rages over whether small firms are the source of recent job... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

Harper Business Books (1997). It examined the massive transformation process of companies that began in the 1990s. So The Individualized Corporation looked at the implications of this transformation. We... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success

By: Karen Mills
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details
  • Spring 2018
  • Article

The Next Phase of Business Sustainability

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Trends; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Disclosure
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  • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
  • Case

Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda

By: Andy Zelleke, A. Zelleke, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Rwanda. It highlights Rwanda's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Transportation Industry; Tourism Industry; Rwanda
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  • 03 Apr 2019
  • News

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

  • 03 Apr 2019
  • Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data will transform financial services and small-business lending long before they impact driverless cars, predicts Harvard Business School Senior Fellow... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services
  • 28 Mar 2018
  • News

Wharton Business Radio with Tsedal Neeley

  • Feb 2014
  • Report

Lasting Impact: A Business Leader’s Playbook for Supporting America’s Schools

This booklet provides a practical approach for business leaders seeking to understand the complex issues involved in transforming PK-12 education. It lists actions that View Details
  • 30 Apr 2021
  • News

Hubert Joly on The Heart of Business

  • Web

About - Business History

He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters (2013) and Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America(2004). He is currently... View Details

    Building small business utopia: how artificial intelligence and Big Data can increase small business success

    Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details
    • 2022
    • Book

    The Heart of Business (ハート・オブ・ビジネス)――「人とパーパス」を本気で大切にする新時代のリーダーシップ

    By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert
    A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
    "It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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    • February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
    • Case

    Doing Business in Santiago, Chile

    By: Willis Emmons, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Ruth Costas
    The case uses the example of the opening of the first IKEA furniture store in Chile – which is operated by Chilean group Falabella – to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business in the country. It gives readers an overview of Chile’s economic... View Details
    Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economy; Macroeconomics; Business History; Chile; Latin America
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    • 21 Nov 2019
    • Blog Post

    The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

    How do countries and companies work to achieve their carbon reduction goals? Is a Green New Deal necessary to transform the United States economy? These were just a few of the questions driving discussions at the 16th annual Symposium... View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech
    • Web

    Harvard Business School

    Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core... View Details
    • March 18, 2014
    • Article

    Family Businesses Must Set the Agenda (Without Micromanaging)

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    This article discusses the role of owners in family businesses, using the story of Charles, who transformed his family's shipping business by taking ownership decisions. The article highlights that owners have the power to set goals, define performance metrics, hire... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Family Ownership; Governing and Advisory Boards; Goals and Objectives
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    • 31 Jan 2022
    • News

    Leading Disruption in a Legacy Business

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    Podcast - Business & Environment

    the company’s strategy, operations, customer value, and transformation work help enable their consulting and private equity clients identify opportunities associated with climate change and mitigate climate risks. She also offers advice... View Details

      Rong Family: A Chinese Business History

      Provides the complex historical background to understanding the development of family businesses in China from the late 19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the... View Details