Business Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

and CEO Thompson terms "satellite infrastructure" (technology that enables people to conduct business activity anywhere on the planet). Before reaching its fifteenth birthday this spring, Virginia-based Orbital will have surpassed $450... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

Conference, held February 7 at Harvard Business School. Panelists represented private equity groups that handle funds from $1.5 billion to 5.1 billion euros. Like its amazing variety of wines, languages, and driving habits, the European... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face

I wanted to be president of a $500 million business, and I achieved that,” he says. “When I left at age 54, there was no great epiphany, although the fact that we sold our subsidiary businesses made it financially easier for me to... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

songs since its April 2003 debut. No wonder then that Steve Jobs was a recent BusinessWeek cover boy. But for longtime Apple watcher David Yoffie, the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

with the case method, helping to shape business education programs and business leaders around the world. Lehman Brothers 1850-2008 The history of Lehman Brothers, stretching over a century and a half,... View Details

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Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?

By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli, Sabrina T. Howell and Karina Souza

In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the unprecedent crypto momentum as a window of... View Details

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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-049.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbsolute Return for Kids Harvard Business School Case 309-036 Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support—what are the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

Related Links Ten Amazing Facts about Beauty Register for a Club presentation with Professor Jones on October 19 In his new book, Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry (Oxford University Press), HBS professor Geoffrey Jones explores how the beauty... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

of the study, Alvin Silk, Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus, and Joel Weissman, associate professor, department of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School. The Physicians Report ran in the April issue of the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

Business and Pleasure: Kim and Coup Coupounas enjoy the scenic beauty of the Rocky Mountains just as much today as when they moved to Boulder almost a decade ago. (photo by Stephen Collector) The trail weaves back and forth in steep... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

easy way to make a little bit more progress and feel like you're having more control.” About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

13 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

work for a firm that was global in nature,” Kuyoro shared. “McKinsey was for me the perfect combination of, you can try different industries and we're one global firm, with the Lagos office very much rooted and grounded on the Continent.” Developing as a Leader at HBS... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Apr 2019
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HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders

role. However, Gino will push you to question why some rules exist, and think about what would happen if you did things differently. Rebel Talent profiles successful business owners, pilots, magicians, and military leaders to highlight... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

25 Mar 2016
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Putting Faith in a Good Education

become an aruaba, ‘a woman who goes to work in a business suit,’ in the West African language Twi,” says Crane, founder of Edify, a nonprofit that provides micro-enterprise loans to faith-based schools in Africa and Latin America. “I’m... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Israel - Global Activities 2021

and nutrients directly to the root zones of plants and the slow flow ensures uniform delivery. “Water is scarce here,” says Danielle Golan, assistant director of the Israel Research Office, who worked with Reinhardt, the John D. Black Professor of View Details

01 Jun 2002
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title of one chapter), these groups ignored several fundamental tenets of business development: choose leaders with experience, don't grow new companies too fast, and take companies to IPOs only after several quarters of profitability.... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

29 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Watch out... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Mar 2012
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Shop Talk, Different Avenues

have different pricing for different markets. AM: One of our biggest growth areas is Koreans coming to shop on Gilt. The price of a good can be almost 100 percent more in certain markets. Do you think this will force View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

acquisitions that occurred after the end of the industrial policy program had an important effect on the performance of the plants founded when the program was in place. Industrial policy, especially in conjunction with a competitive post-industrial policy View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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