A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

treatments that primarily benefit women, yet an examination of biomedical patents filed over a 30-year period revealed a significant shortage of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

As Harvard Business School professor Laura Phillips Sawyer sifted through historical documents to trace the history View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

18 Sep 2017
News

Private Equity for Cheapskates Like You

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

you have performed much more than adequately to have lasted so long; and a confidence that having come this far, you are well prepared to meet all future challenges." "The nation's business community,"... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

curriculum? PM: Because of the spotlight thrown on entrepreneurship in recent years, people often ask if we still teach general management at View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Michael E. Porter

Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government

01 Dec 2002
News

To Educate Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World

delivered remarks at the kick-off dinner. Several hundred alumni, faculty, and guests came together on campus on September 21 to participate in the launch of the $500 million Campaign for View Details

26 Jun 2024
News

Know Your HBS Staff: Nicole Messuri

24 Jan 2017
News

Call to Create Jobs, or Else, Tests Trump’s Sway

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

students about the global water crisis and the role of business in helping to resolve it. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316178-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Stuart C. Gilson

Professor Stuart Gilson is the Steven R. Fenster Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and former chairman of the Finance Unit. His research, teaching, and consulting focuses on the financial, business, and legal strategies that companies... View Details

Keywords: investment banking industry; legal services

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

By investing in training that is not likely to yield a good return, senior executives and their HR professionals are complicit in what we have come to call the "great training robbery." Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Michael S. Kaufman

A Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School, Michael co-developed and teaches a second year MBA course, “Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry.”

A founder and partner of Positive Strategy LLC, a management/strategy consulting... View Details

Eugene F. Soltes

Eugene Soltes is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where his work focuses on corporate integrity and risk management. His research utilizes data analytics to identify organizational cultures and compliance systems that can effectively... View Details

09 Aug 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before

Source: rawpixel Hit a wall trying to increase your productivity? Recent research by Harvard Business School professors might help. The following... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 May 2021
News

Corporate Political Activity

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

Editor's note: The economy of Greece is in the depths of despair—a fitting topic for a Greek tragedy. As investor Wilbur Ross (HBS MBA 1961) has poignantly put it, "The... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

16 Jul 2020
News

How is the virtual recruitment experiment going?

29 May 2015
News

In Popular Vote, Your Friends Usually Win

21 Dec 2017
News

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