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  • 05 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

Are the world's poor, who individually have less than $5 a day in disposable income, a viable market for new goods and services? Consider the fact that there are four billion people around the globe that fit this description and you have the start of an answer. But... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Curriculum - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Curriculum 1ms Required Curriculum (1st Year) Cases Environmental opportunities and challenges are embedded in most Required Curriculum courses so that all students understand the importance of the natural environment to their roles as managers and are... View Details
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MBA Experience - Business & Environment

student-led clubs which can help you get to know students who share your interests, explore career paths, and deepen professional networks. Events A list of events for current MBA students. Funding Opportunities Learn about different funding opportunities for View Details
  • June 2018
  • Case

Relax (Boston): Innovating and Growing an Entrepreneurial Business

By: Paul Marshall and Carole Carlson
The Relax case traces the history of a massage services company from its founding in 2007 to mid-2017, when it is considering the best strategy for growth and an acquisition. The company's owner and top managers wonder how the firm should reorganize to cope with the... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Acquisition; Brands and Branding; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Design
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  • 23 Apr 2012
  • News

Harvard Business School’s Baker Library Receives Papers of Professor Georges Doriot

  • July 2012 (Revised November 2012)
  • Case

Dragonfly Corporation

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Jim Sharpe
After 3 years of losses and under legal threats from their landlord, a husband and wife team are faced with shutting the company down, buying time with the landlord or turning to their parents for additional funds. Despite opening a new location and seeing that sales... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Turnarounds; Bankruptcy; Bank Loan; Crisis Management; Family Business; Retail Trade; Financial Crisis; Financial Analysis; Entrepreneurship; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 09 Aug 2012
  • News

Big Business Does Best In Washington When It Plays the Underdog

  • January 1985
  • Case

Business Research Corp. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman
Contains a description of a decision confronting an entrepreneur: which of two investment proposals should he accept to fund the creation and marketing of a database that comprises the full text of research reports produced by Wall Street investment banking firms? The... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Valuation; Investment Banking; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Deal; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Service Industry
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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

funding opportunities across the University. Loan Repayment HBS offers a number of programs to assist with MBA-related student loans upon graduation. Students are encouraged to learn more about each of the... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

To succeed in today's fast-moving economy, traditional corporate structures are holding back companies, even great companies, from being creative enough and speedy enough to compete effectively. What's needed, argues Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 04 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

weapon. Introduced about thirty years ago, this system of very small loans to grassroots entrepreneurs such as street vendors, subsistence farmers, or home-based businesses has... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 21 Jan 2020
  • News

Why Business Leaders Should Solve Problems Beyond Their Companies

  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Getting on the Map: The Impact of Online Listings on Business Performance

By: Michael Luca, Abhishek Nagaraj and Gauri Subramani
We evaluate the extent to which small businesses maintain an online presence, looking at restaurant listings on a major online review platform. While the majority of restaurants have an online presence, we find that roughly 18 percent in our sample have no presence as... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Internet and the Web; Revenue; Digital Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry
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Business History - Faculty & Research

Business History Business History 2014 Book Business History By: Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones This volume contains a selection of 42 foundational articles on the... View Details
  • 02 Feb 2012
  • News

Harvard Business School Faculty Lead Immersion Trip to Israel

  • 02 Feb 2012
  • News

Harvard Business School Faculty Lead Immersion Trip to Israel

  • 27 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

Education offerings that teach scientists business and organizational fundamentals? What about joint MBA/Ph.D. programs? How about science/business seminars, more science-based cases, and more science-savvy faculty to teach them? We don't... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Business & Environment Business & Environment July 2015 Article BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself, and the Environment By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Bryan Bollinger As concerns... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

displaced, and millions left without electricity and water. Railways and roads were destroyed, and 383,000 buildings damaged—including a nuclear power plant that suffered a meltdown of three reactors, prompting widespread evacuations. Read the article in Japanese In... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 May 2019
  • Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education