Publications

October 1985
Background Note

Analysis and Reporting of Intercorporate Investments and Business Combinations

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Financial Reporting

Web

Business and Geopolitics - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Business and Geopolitics Course Number 1155 Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Project Educational Objectives The goal of the course is to examine the... View Details

08 Aug 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship and Business History: Renewing the Research Agenda

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & R. Daniel Wadhwani

24 Aug 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Performance Hacking: The Contagious Business Practice that Corrodes Corporate Culture, Undermines Core Values, and Damages Great Companies

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin and Richard L. Nolan; Air Transportation

October 10, 2010
Article

The Economist Debate: Obama and Business

By: Bill George

Keywords: Economics; Government and Politics

Teaching Interest

Overview

By: Geoffrey G. Jones

I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details

2016
Working Paper

Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment

By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Ian Appel and Elena Simintzi

SSRN

Teaching Interest

Harvard Business Online: Business Strategy

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Business Strategy equips current and aspiring managers and consultants with a simplified framework they can immediately apply to create value for customers, employees, and suppliers while maximizing returns and an organization’s competitive edge. The course features... View Details

06 Feb 2023
HBS Seminar

Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies

2023
Book

Beyond AI: ChatGPT, Web3, and the Business Landscape of Tomorrow

By: Ken Huang, Yang Wang, Feng Zhu, Xi Chen and Chunxiao Xing

This book explores the transformative potential of ChatGPT, Web3, and their impact on productivity and various industries. It delves into Generative AI (GenAI) and its representative platform ChatGPT, their synergy with Web3, and how they can revolutionize business... View Details

Keywords: Generative Ai; AI and Machine Learning; Ethics; Technology Adoption

March 2004 (Revised November 2004)
Case

Great Depression, Mass Unemployment, and Business Leadership, The

Explores the texture of mass unemployment during the Great Depression in the United States. Business leaders offer assessments of the Great Depression and the New Deal. View Details

Keywords: History; Employment; Financial Crisis; United States

Educators

2021
Book

Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Family and Family Relationships; Outcome or Result; Business Model; Conflict and Resolution; Organizational Culture

18 Jun 2018
Panel Discussion

Strengthening Business School and Industry Partnerships

By: Lynn S. Paine

July–August 1990
Book Review

Business and Battles: Lessons from Defeat

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Learning

19 Oct 2009
News

Connecticut Business and Industry Association Newsroom

03 Nov 2019
HBS Conference

Business and Policy Perspectives on Digital

2015
Chapter

Reliable Sustainability Ratings: The Influence of Business Models on Information Intermediaries

By: Robert G. Eccles, Jock Herron and George Serafeim

A new generation of corporate reporting—integrated reporting—is emerging that will help investors and other key stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, and NGOs develop a deeper and more comprehensive appreciation of corporate performance than what is... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Business Models; Business Model

March 2014 (Revised January 2017)
Case

From Beijing Jeep to ASC Fine Wines: The Story of an American Family Business in China

By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell

In 1985, Don St. Pierre Sr. became President of Beijing Jeep, the troubled joint venture between American Motor Corporation and the Chinese government to build Jeep Cherokees in China. Just over a decade later in 1996, leveraging contacts from his time in the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; China; Joint Ventures; Wine Industry; International Entrepreneurship; International Business; Exports; Chinese Manufacturing; Business And Government Relations; Ownership Stake; Strategy; Operations; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China

Educators