Business Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 5

with opportunities to discuss shareholder activism, the interaction between a company growth strategy and business model and its valuation, discounted cash-flow valuation analysis, multiples valuation,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

competitors locked into a product development strategy calling for growth through product obsolescence and more and more largely unused but expensive bells and whistles. We're told that the typical user of information technology today... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

private firms differs.” So when Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Joan Farre-Mensa learned he'd been granted access to a database of accounting information on tens of thousands of private American firms, he knew it was an... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

10 May 2022
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

listen to podcasts detailing their impact, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE For more than 50 years, Harvard Business School has recognized a number of outstanding individuals by conferring on them its... View Details

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

What happens to a country's economy when its government is politically unstable, such as has been the case historically in Mexico? Can business get done under a strong-arm dictatorship, or when a government is too weak to protect the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

According to experts at the conference session titled "From Bubble to Recession: The Current State of the Venture Capital Industry," none of the answers are simple, but a sense of perspective remains one highly valuable commodity. According to Walter... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

In so doing, we gain insight into how a company can build an operations-based advantage. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-001.pdf Cases & Course Materials Miles Everson at PricewaterhouseCoopers Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

Co-Presidents of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP). Desmarais joined HBP in 2018 after driving high-impact growth initiatives in global media and learning companies. Most recently, she served as Chief... View Details

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

digital technologies." Follow @HarvardHBS on Instagram to participate in the next installment of "Office Hours." About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

12 May 2011
Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

this happens is one of the many subjects discussed in the new book Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know, by authors Marc J. Epstein of Rice University and F. Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business School. In this excerpt from the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off

contact to manage their Amazon account and partnered with a manufacturer to handle making the product. These moves allow them the time to not only focus on their day jobs, but also on the fun aspects of building a business, such as setting a View Details

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)

is your current role and what steps and tactics did you use to get hired in your current position? During EC year, I focused my career search on impact investing roles. I was particularly interested in impact-first funds and growth... View Details

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Entrepreneurs Promise Signers - Alumni

Giving Entrepreneurs Promise Signers Giving Entrepreneurs Promise Signers Entrepreneurs Promise Signers The Entrepreneurs Promise is a special community of HBS entrepreneurs—founders, builders, and investors—who have made a commitment to be philanthropic to Harvard... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

CEO about as tough as it ever has been. Companies need world-class efficiency, constant innovation, and a customer orientation. This requires a group of talented, dedicated people working as a team across business units and country... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

a cab (Uber). It seems as if millennials would prefer to avoid face-to-face business interactions when there exists a more efficient way of getting what they want accomplished. “Having gone through the Great Recession, they tend to be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

creating the final versions. Some companies even base their business model on co-production; Build-a-Bear stores allow consumers to create personalized teddy bears. "With the growth of customizable... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

ripple through the balance sheets of businesses and households alike. Indeed, after years of debate, Congress recently took aim at drug prices through provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. But there are many systemic factors leading... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Novo Nordisk

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Visit Date:... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

Labor Relations Board then notifies the business owner that a secret ballot election must take place within six weeks. During that time employers wishing to make the case to their employees that they would be better off without a union... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Steven Vickers

Vanguard Group management, led by CEO John Brennan, was considering whether to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in early 2000. ETFs, first created in the early 1990s, combined aspects of traditional mutual funds and closed-end funds. The US ETF industry had reached... View Details