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- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
about the opportunity to pivot from a large corporation to a small business and build the general management skills he would need to eventually start his own company. Arriving at HBS, Linzmeyer hit the... View Details
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
professional Schools within Harvard, Harvard Business School is small enough for people to know each other, yet large enough to provide a wide array of opportunities. Community Diversity Our staff brings... View Details
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The Softer Side of Business at HBS - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
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Dan Lufkin | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Transcript (PDF) Dan Lufkin, HBS 1957, was a cofounder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). Among his early contributions to DLJ’s success was the idea of focusing on small high-growth firms rather than the blue chip stocks other... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
concerned about the outcomes of business practices and products on our global society, and evaluate leaders accordingly." Yadeed Lobo commented that "the mark of a great leader is the impression they leave on any employee."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights
increased public activity is largely the result of rapid opinion shifts, and Millennials and Generation Z are often at the leading edge. Sixty-seven percent of young adults in the U.S. do not believe that small View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This article argues that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more than a... View Details
Keywords: Ecotourism; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Sustainable Business And Innovation; Tourism; Green Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; History; Business History; Tourism Industry; Latin America; Costa Rica
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000." Enterprise & Society 18, no. 1 (March 2017): 146–183.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships
By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih
Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Firm Performance; Public-private Partnership Funding; Translational Research; Small And Medium Enterprises; Partners and Partnerships; Public Sector; Private Sector; Performance; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention
Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih. "Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-058, January 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
"Delivering phone books is the worst way to spend a Sunday when you're a kid," says Olds, now an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurship Management unit at Harvard Business School. The family lived paycheck to paycheck. And... View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
change both small and large: improving how operating rooms function, and “instituting changes from an administrative perspective” that would address socioeconomic inequalities. All with the goal of changing how health care is delivered. A... View Details
- March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Harmonic Hearing Co.
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig H. Stephenson
Harmonic is a small, privately held manufacturer of hearing aids. Harriet Burns and Marc Davis, two employees at Harmonic, have an opportunity to purchase the company from the founder. As well-informed insiders who understand the industry, Burns and Davis believe the... View Details
Keywords: Debts; Quantitative Analysis; Financing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Development Stage Enterprises; Small ＆ Medium-sized Enterprises; Small Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Cash Flow; Mathematical Methods; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Manufacturing Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Craig H. Stephenson. "Harmonic Hearing Co." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-271, March 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Rising Leaders Forum is HBS’s premier offering for social impact focused students. Through carefully tailored content and small peer group discussion, our highest potential change leaders are engaged in reflection, conversations,... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
small business productivity. For instance, the acceptance rate of students from underrepresented schools to top universities in the UK rose 34 percent after a letter from a top-tier student with a similar... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Thomas Murphy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Transcript (PDF) Thomas “Tom” Murphy, HBS 1949, joined a small television station in upstate New York after graduating from HBS. Over several decades, and as a result of many brilliantly crafted deals, he gradually built the... View Details
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James Sharpe | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
found it in Extrusion Technology, Inc., a small manufacturing company in Massachusetts that provides customized metal parts to diverse industries. Jim talked about the distinctive path he took in entrepreneurship in an interview from his... View Details
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Robert Higgins | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
(PDF) Robert “Bob” Higgins, HBS 1970, began his career in the admissions office first at Harvard and then at West Point. He went on to the U.S. Treasury where he realized he preferred working with small teams. He then led various... View Details
- October 19, 2021
- Article
The Facebook Trap
By: Andy Wu
Facebook has a clear mission: Connect everyone in the world. Clarity is good, but in Facebook’s case, it has also put the company in a bind because the mission—and the company’s vision for creating value through network effects—has also become the source of its biggest... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Mission and Purpose; Network Effects; Value Creation; Corporate Accountability; Strategy
Wu, Andy. "The Facebook Trap." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 19, 2021).
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
that social media users are increasingly attracted to the idea of such a model. But funding it without advertising's help won't be easy. Two digital marketing experts, Harvard Business School professors John Deighton, the Harold M.... View Details