Publications

Educators

31 Oct 2019
Video

Dato' Sri Tahir

Dato' Sri Tahir, founder of a large financial services group in Indonesia, describes the need to attend to all potential consumers.

20 Nov 2019
Video

Zia Mody

Zia Mody, a founder of AZB & Partners, a leading corporate law firm in India, on creating a niche law firm in India.

20 Nov 2019
Video

Seema Aziz

Seema Aziz, founder of high quality fabrics company Sefam in Pakistan, describes the process of creating a corporate culture of excellence and attention to detail.

May 2020
Case

Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?

By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet

Four college friends market a beverage that combines ingredients like those in a drink they consumed in college bars. It includes a caffeinated energy drink, malt liquor, and a soft drink flavoring. They launch the business, Big Boom Beverages (BBB), with their own... View Details

Keywords: Alcoholic Beverages; Energy Drinks; Regulation; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Marketing Communications; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Reputation; Communication Strategy; Decision Making

Educators

25 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Attending HBS to Grow the Family Business

As a kid, Lauren Derse (MBA 2010) hit the family business jackpot. Her mom was the CEO and founder of—you guessed it—a chain of toy store franchises. After growing up in small town Massachusetts (and thriving in her role as resident toy... View Details

24 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Growing the Seeds of an Early-Stage Startup

It all started with a cold LinkedIn mail to Aaron Gailmor, the founder of Brass Roots, an early-stage startup that I happened upon while tracking Expo West 2019 (World's largest natural, organic and healthy products event) with a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

August 2022
Case

Rocket Learning: Evidence in Action

By: Brian Trelstad, Tomas Rosales and Malini Sen

Founders of Rocket Learning, an India-based nonprofit which focused on early childhood education (ECE), received an invitation from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), a development research organization, to test its intervention for ECE with a... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Early Childhood Education; Nonprofit Organizations; Literacy; Values and Beliefs; Social and Collaborative Networks; Education Industry; India; Asia

Educators

31 Oct 2019
Video

Mohammed Al Barwani

Mohammed Al Barwani, founder of the Oman-based diversified group MB Holding Company, discusses the origins of his group's growth beyond Oman.

12 Dec 2017
Video

Devi Shetty_Financing Heart Surgeries

04 Oct 2019
Video

Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, discusses Gandhi’s concept of trusteeship in business.

Christina R. Wing

Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on families in business, and she is the creator of Demystifying the Family Enterprise, a course that explores... View Details

23 Oct 2020
Video

Entrepreneurship Opportunities in a Post-COVID World: The Future of Work

Video

Badreddine Ouali

Badreddine Ouali, Founder and Co-CEO of Vermeg, details critical moments in his career which led him to start a banking software company in Tunisia. View Details

27 May 2015
Video

Class Day 2015: Scott Cook

May 2016 (Revised November 2018)
Supplement

Moleskine (B)

By: Ryan Raffaelli, Raffaella Sadun and Kathy Qu

This case discusses the decisions and outcomes of CEO Arrigo Berni and founder Maria Sebregondi that the Moleskine (A) case laid out. View Details

Keywords: Creative Industries; Brand Building; Digital Innovation; Digital Services And Strategy; Process Improvement; Organization Change And Adaptation; Culture; Identity Construction; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Creativity; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry