Small And Medium-sized Enterprises - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Apr 2019
Blog Post

How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience

Workout classes at the Shad fitness center: A group activity that requires no small talk Attending talks across the river at Harvard Kennedy School and then studying in the Smith Center: Both places where I... View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

agriculture policies. Food Policy Pathways supports students, early-career professionals, and career shifters pursuing impactful roles at the federal, state, and local levels. Download to Calendar Keywords:... View Details

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

At one end of the global coffee supply chain are the diners who gather for brunch at the sidewalk tables outside Chloe’s Cafe in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. Regulars there order the fluffy banana-walnut pancakes and steaming... View Details

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

like transportation, and develop an industry around it, with meaningful careers and a meaningful solution.” So in our small sample we have an answer to one of our questions:... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

regard, helping to open and secure support. "It is hard work and absolutely vital if the organization is to succeed." McFarlan has spent the past 40 years serving on social View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Business History - Faculty & Research

economy where cash remains a dominant player in the market despite global advancements in digitalization. This is illustrated through Chari, a Moroccan based inventory procurement app, which hopes to navigate Morocco’s fintech landscape by utilizing the country’s dense... View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

timing, last Fall Congress passed the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which is designed to reduce the financial and administrative burden of Chapter 11 on small- to View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

or, in other words, to exploit and explore. To achieve your goals, consider leveraging cross-functional teams, employing creative exercises, adjusting expectations and deliverables, supporting an agile View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

Biomedical Research: Building a Sustainable, Globally Integrated Research Enterprise Vicki Sato, Christoph Jaeker, and Pooja Mehta SolankiHarvard Business School Case 612-048 As the head of the Novartis... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2023
News

Home Economics

In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of multinational firms. 2013 Chapter Multinational Enterprises and Incomplete Institutions: The Demandingness of Minimum Moral Standards By: Nien-he Hsieh... View Details

22 Nov 2016
First Look

November 22, 2016

economies, many business enterprises defy traditional industry boundaries. In this study, we evaluate six "big data" approaches to peer firm identifications and show that some, but not all, "wisdom-of-crowd"... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Succession in Small and Growing Enterprises C. Roland Christensen 1976 Policy Formulation and Administration C. Roland Christensen 1961 Problems... View Details

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently... View Details

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

also find important insights into how to motivate people, allocate resources, and act with great integrity in moments of crisis. I firmly believe that the template for business education can be very broad. As soon as that ship was frozen,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

decarbonization, built environment, climate intelligence and insurance, and sustainable agriculture. Sadok's role prior to HBS was an Associate at Kearney and Strategy View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

commercial success and failure. How is technology and the digital age changing this space? And when businesses generate strong financial returns, does it come at the expense of... View Details

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

Employees are feeling alienated Abdelal and DeLong see all of these phenomena as stemming from a common cause: the rise of contractual relationships with employees in place of emotional investment. “We’ve moved more View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

associations. There are 93 regional clubs and 9 shared interest groups. Alumnae Circles HBS Alumnae Circles are small groups of HBS alumnae who get together monthly to discuss a myriad of issues. Circles are... View Details

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