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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
How to Write a Great Business Plan
Every seasoned investor knows that detailed financial projections for a new company are an act of imagination. Nevertheless, most business plans pour far too much ink on the numbers—and far too little on the information that really matters. Why? In an article in the... View Details
Keywords: Re: William A. Sahlman
- June 1974 (Revised December 1983)
- Background Note
Note on the Mechanical Writing Instrument Industry
Christensen, C. Roland, and Elisabeth Lyman Rachel. "Note on the Mechanical Writing Instrument Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 374-341, June 1974. (Revised December 1983.)
- December 1955
- Background Note
Some Suggestions for Writing a Business Case
Davis, Robert T. "Some Suggestions for Writing a Business Case." Harvard Business School Background Note 355-005, December 1955.
- 1 Aug 1983
- Conference Presentation
Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writing
- January–February 1997
- Article
How to Write a Great Business Plan
Keywords: Business Plan
Sahlman, William A. "How to Write a Great Business Plan." Art. 97409. Harvard Business Review 75, no. 1 (January–February 1997).
- December 2013
- Case
Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home
By: Frank V. Cespedes and James Kindley
The Clique Pens Writing Implements division of U.S. Home is a manufacturer of a full line of pens, pencils, markers, and art supplies. Despite solid sales, division president Elise Ferguson has seen gross margins drop from 42% in 2010 to just over 36% in 2012 as a... View Details
Keywords: Production; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Compensation and Benefits; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and James Kindley. "Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-525, December 2013.
- December 2003 (Revised November 2004)
- Teaching Note
John Maynard Keynes: His Life, Times, and Writings
By: Huw Pill
Teaching Note to (702-092). View Details
- July 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Background Note
Running and Growing the Small Company: Project-Paper Writing Recommendations
Students are required to do a team project. During the project, they are to do a benchmarking study of a business process to determine best practice or to study a single business process for the purposes of discovering improvement opportunities. The student teams are... View Details
Spear, Steven J. "Running and Growing the Small Company: Project-Paper Writing Recommendations." Harvard Business School Background Note 602-022, July 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- March 2021 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Ayn Rand: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the life of Ayn Rand from Russia to Hollywood to New York City. The case describes how Rand fled communist Russia and, in reaction to the deprivations she experienced under communism, developed a philosophy idealizing free will and personal... View Details
Keywords: Writing; Values and Beliefs; Economic Systems; Society; Mission and Purpose; Success; Work-Life Balance; Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Ayn Rand: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-070, March 2021. (Revised January 2024.)
- August 1986 (Revised September 1987)
- Background Note
Short Guide to Successful Writing in Management Communication
Morrison, James C. "Short Guide to Successful Writing in Management Communication." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-037, August 1986. (Revised September 1987.)
- 07 Dec 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
- 2018
- Working Paper
Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets
By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
This working paper highlights the benefits that rigorous use of oral history can offer to research on the contemporary business history of emerging markets. Oral history can help fill some of the major information voids arising from the absence of a strong tradition of... View Details
Jones, Geoffrey, and Rachael Comunale. "Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-056, November 2018.
- December 2013
- Teaching Note
Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home (Brief Case)
By: Frank V. Cespedes and James Kindley
- February 2006
- Article
Writing the Rules of Global Finance: France, Europe, and Capital Liberalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Abdelal, Rawi. "Writing the Rules of Global Finance: France, Europe, and Capital Liberalization." Review of International Political Economy 13, no. 1 (February 2006): 1–27.
- November 16, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Write a Memoir
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Write a Memoir." The Atlantic (November 16, 2023).
- Article
Manuscript Variations of Dabistān-i Maẕāhib and Writing Histories of Religion in Mughal India
By: Sudev J Sheth
A text that has found renewed interest among scholars of early modern India is the Persian compendium of religion called Dabistān-i Maẕāhib. Written between 1645 and 1658, the Dabistān presents a lively ethnographic and historical account of customs and habits of... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Experts or Collective Intelligence Write with More Bias? Evidence from Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia
- December 2013
- Supplement
Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)
By: Frank V. Cespedes and James Kindley
- December 2022
- Teaching Note
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: The Power of Writing to Launch and Sustain a Movement
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Julie Battilana and Rachel Tropp
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 418-004. View Details
- Editorial
I Tried Writing This in the Time It Would Take a Russian Missile to Hit Washington—I Didn't Finish
By: J. Peter Scoblic
Scoblic, J. Peter. "I Tried Writing This in the Time It Would Take a Russian Missile to Hit Washington—I Didn't Finish." Zócalo (September 26, 2016).