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- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
(Editor's note: This is the last in a series of four articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of... View Details
- 14 Dec 2016
- News
Karen Mills on What Small Businesses Should Expect from Trump
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
the government should not be in the business of helping some small businesses and not others. The editorial writers reinforced their view of SBA by pointing to President Obama’s proposed reorganization of federal economic agencies in... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 04 Apr 2019
- News
Karen Mills on Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
Small Business Recovery Tips from Former SBA Chief Karen Mills
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
(Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of... View Details
Podcast: Karen Mills and The Case for Open Banking
The former head of the Small Business Administration and current Harvard professor says data sharing can be transformational for banks. View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
cycle can mean the difference between a small business growing or just staying flat. And, the good news is that we’re seeing innovative ideas in both policy and products on this front—ideas that actually help small businesses manage their challenges and, yes, create... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
Former SBA Chief Karen Mills on How to Jump Start the Economy Now
Keywords: Government
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
Karen Mills is a Senior Fellow with the Harvard Business School. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as Administrator of the US Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. Brayden McCarthy is... View Details
- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from chapter one of Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream, written by Karen G. Mills, senior fellow at Harvard Business School. The second edition was... View Details
- 19 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech
creditworthy customers are being shut out, that’s a problem. Even worse, if we don't understand why, we can’t fix it. About the Author Karen G. Mills is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Karen Sein
I used to see the world in black and white, circumscribed by the steadfast principles my parents taught me: work hard, do good, live humbly. As I grew up, the edges of my monochromatic world peeled away, revealing ashen fog and sallow... View Details
- December 2007 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
General Mills (A)
By: Raymond V. Gilmartin, Marco Iansiti and Bianca Buccitelli
General Mills is an 80-year-old company that specializes in consumer foods such as cereal, snacks, baking, and dinner products. Although General Mills is, on the whole, a very successful company, they have, in the recent past, had to face challenges as a result the... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Change Management; Cost Management; Problems and Challenges; Inflation and Deflation; Price; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Gilmartin, Raymond V., Marco Iansiti, and Bianca Buccitelli. "General Mills (A)." Harvard Business School Case 608-004, December 2007. (Revised July 2008.)
- 14 Aug 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game
Mills B. Lane, Jr.
Taking over the small southern bank after the death of his father, Lane went on to build it into one of the largest and most profitable banks in the Southeast. Lane shook up the staid banking community by employing a variety of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Finance