Business Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

compelling story or parable, I hope to capture the students’ hearts, their attention. I want to pull them into the experience by painting a picture to which they can relate. When I teach a case like “C&S Grocers,” a story about the dramatic View Details

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

nongaming business sectors became increasingly profitable both at the MGM Grand and in Las Vegas generally, understanding the nongaming customers appeared to be of critical importance to the continuing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2022
Background Note

Common Prosperity? China Shifts Left

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been mistrustful of entrepreneurs and the private sector that operates outside the government’s authority. In its first decades under Mao Zedong, the CCP... View Details

Keywords: Market Reform; Gdp; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Private Sector; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Economy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Social Issues; Society; Economic Growth; China

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Educators

19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

a later point in time. Students must assess whether the self-storage business model can deliver the growth rate in Europe that the company has promised his potential investors. Involves calculating some... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

because their market power allows them to charge higher service fees than domestic banks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-025.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Armstrong Investigation Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

01 Apr 1997
News

A Conversation with Dean Clark

manage technology in their subsequent careers. BULLETIN: How would you assess the state of the School today? CLARK: This really is a great time to be part of the Harvard Business School. There is a spirit of innovation and enterprise that... View Details

04 Jun 2014
What Do You Think?

Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?

technologies have brought us into a new age of international relations, but they have profound implications for the way we do business as well. For example, a question has arisen about how information both about us and available to us... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products; Technology

10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail

retailers’ business models” said Laurie. “While it is a challenging time for the retail industry in some ways, retail tech is definitely moving the industry and students are seeking out these early stage companies.” Who are the students... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog

any element of product management, marketing, business strategy, and innovation will learn essential frameworks and tools that will serve as a compass for decision making. The course will also be of interest to investors and stakeholders... View Details

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

Noam Wasserman is an assistant professor and MBA Class of 1961 Fellow in the entrepreneurial management unit at Harvard Business School. His paper "Founder-CEO Succession and the Paradox of Entrepreneurial Success," published in... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

committed to the idea of developing new understanding, deeper knowledge, and intellectual capital about business around the world," he stated. Along with increased support for global research, another visible manifestation of that... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Sep 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

this growth is inevitable as the divide between man and machine blurs. Hot Stocks: Investing for Impact and Profit in a Warming World by James Ellman (MBA 1994) Rowman & Littlefield The world is warming, our portfolios will have to adapt,... View Details

20 Nov 2015
News

Room to Grow

for a way to bring his Harvard business skills to bear on a cause he believed in. That led to a post as the CFO of New Hampshire Audubon, where he “quickly fixed some problems due to lack of financial controls” and put the organization on... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

today: the companies themselves. During that period, investor protection laws in Brazil were relatively weak—yet investors bought equity on a "massive scale," according to Harvard Business School professor Aldo Musacchio,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

March 2021
Case

Founders Factory

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett

In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within... View Details