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- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
that's what it takes to make something truly new. Miles had reached the pinnacle by playing and innovating in the bebop tradition. But in Kind of Blue he walked away from all that, in the direction of a very different sort of music called... View Details
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “I believe quite simply that the small company of the future will be as much a research organization as it is a... 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 medium-sized businesses (those... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
reduced the temptation governments face to intervene in the operation of large strategic enterprises. In the Leviathan as a minority shareholder mode, governments have small equity ownership in corporations View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn’t align with upper management’s. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay and joined Cherokee Nation View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
which serves public financial agencies and state owned enterprises on mission delivery and performance improvement. Since joining McKinsey in 2007, Dan has worked across... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
creating an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem can be seen through the stories of four women—two of them Black, one Latinx, and one white—who launched new enterprises in Miami with an eye to diversifying... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
running and investing in large companies were doing quite well. But working- and middle-class Americans were struggling, as were many small businesses. The most promising... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
prior to HBS was the Under Secretary of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at the Brazilian Ministry of Economy. Jeremy Fischer (MBA 2023, Section H), Summer... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
fund geared to small inner-city entrepreneurs. “Carla invests in other people and helps others see their dreams come to light,” says Damon Caldwell, an HBS classmate who was in her study group. “She really... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms Jason Pananos Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Richard... View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
are big questions but especially in today’s environment it’s important to continuing asking them of ourselves.” Ari Medoff Current Role: CEO and Co-Owner, Arosa – a social enterprise that seeks to build new... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Download Mikitani profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Kobe, Japan 1972 Family moves to United States for two years 1988 Earns commerce degree, Hitotsubashi... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
fund Durban Capital, Berman says the game helped to get him away from bullies who teased him for his small size. (Though a star tennis and squash player in his hometown of Durban, South Africa, he often... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising
small shop, or through itinerant peddlers. Retailers distributed basic goods, for example textiles and grains, to general merchants, while regional enterprises manufactured... View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
Regulators often punish companies for bad behavior—for instance, by fining them if they pollute the environment. But instead of focusing on what business leaders are doing wrong and constantly slapping their hands, government officials... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
proposals but invested in only a small percentage of them. The firm's prized portfolio companies included Circo Products (automobile tools); High Voltage Engineering Corp (high-powered generators and nuclear... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
small robotic aircraft to deliver essential medical products, first asked Ayala to help her assemble and vet the board for Endeavor Philippines, and he happily agreed. “That... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
enforcement on air pollution controls. In California, OpenCounter streamlined registration for small businesses and provided zoning clearances in a fraction of the usual time. In New York, Mark43 is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Derek T. Ferguson (MBA 1990) could be mistaken for a minister by fellow commuters on the train from Connecticut to Manhattan. Yet his calling is not to the pulpit, but to the midtown headquarters of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, a privately held View Details