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- 06 Sep 2016
- News
Appreciating the Big Role of Small Businesses
- 09 Aug 2012
- News
Big Business Does Best In Washington When It Plays the Underdog
- First Quarter 2013
- Article
Big Data in the Age of the Telegraph
By: Caitlin C. Rosenthal
Daniel McCallum's 1854 organizational chart for the New York and Erie Railroad resembled a tree rather than a pyramid. It empowered frontline managers by clarifying data flows. View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Telegraph; Organizational Charts; History; Data and Data Sets; Business History; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Rail Industry
Rosenthal, Caitlin C. "Big Data in the Age of the Telegraph." McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (First Quarter 2013): 13–18.
- 14 Oct 2011
- News
The big businesses learning how to think small
Building small business utopia: how artificial intelligence and Big Data can increase small business success
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details
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Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success
By: Karen Mills
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- Video
BiGS Turns 2: Transforming business for global good
- 17 Jun 2015
- News
Why the Internet of Things Is Big Business
- 03 Nov 2016
- News
Here's How Big Government Could Help Small Businesses
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
business of publishing technical papers. “I didn’t want to spend the next 5 to 10 years doing these little increments and never knowing whether, with the right effort, we could solve a big challenge,”... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 20 Mar 2011
- News
Businesses have Big Stake in Improving their Communities
- 16 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Business on Wall Street Faces Scrutiny
- February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Bairong and the Promise of Big Data
By: Lauren Cohen, Xiaoyan Zhang and Spencer C.N. Hagist
Bairong CEO Felix Zhang, in launching his credit scoring start-up that incorporates 74,000 variables per individual, found strong initial success. However, the shifting regulatory environment, growing breadth of competitors, difficulties in retaining top talent, and... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Big Data; Artificial Intelligence; Credit Scoring; Finance; Credit; Business Startups; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; China
Cohen, Lauren, Xiaoyan Zhang, and Spencer C.N. Hagist. "Bairong and the Promise of Big Data." Harvard Business School Case 221-068, February 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
Are auditors becoming too big to fail? For over a decade, there have been articles and op-eds in the popular and business press arguing that the auditing industry, currently dominated by Deloitte &... View Details
- March 8, 2016
- Article
How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger
By: Mark R. Kramer
Years of enriching shareholders has come home to roost. View Details
Kramer, Mark R. "How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 8, 2016).
- 04 Apr 2018
- News
Why Big Business Isn't Defending Amazon Against Trump
- 20 Mar 2015
- News
Big Pharma Needs to Get Busy in the Lab
Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
What’s behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and the NFL—along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge... View Details
- 25 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?
reasonable profits and reduced Hepatitis C, and rates of which are expected to fall by 86 percent between 2020 and 2030, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Health. This real-world example demonstrates how a business model can help View Details
- 15 Jan 2021
- News