Howard - Publications - Faculty & Research

Describes the various stages in the start-up process and describes in detail the questions that can be asked and the analysis that can be performed to help deal with the issues that arise at each stage. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups

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14 Nov 2019
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Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

in-depth understanding of management and leadership. “These students want to build things and lead companies that make the world a better place. The program gives them the insights and tools to take their ideas to the next level,” notes Thomas Eisenmann, faculty... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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GLF Showcases London

thinking on a variety of timely business topics. Participants will hear presentations by HBS professors Clayton Christensen, Howard Stevenson, Krishna Palepu, Max Bazerman, and Debora Spar, among others. Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69),... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Georges F. Doriot

however, there was a lot of old Yankee money that might be made available for new companies embracing the engineering and technology innovations coming out of local universities and research labs. Howard Anderson, MBA 1968 and now an HBS... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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Birth of a Salesman by Walter A. Friedman Clearing the Hurdles by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart Just Enough by Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson The Watson Dynasty by Richard S.... View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 May 2022
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Bidding Up

physics to philosophy to math. But Wilson did meet Howard Raiffa, a renowned scholar in the field of game theory and decision analysis, and followed him to HBS. There, Wilson completed the obligatory MBA before going on to his doctoral... View Details

December 2007 (Revised February 2012)
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John and Andrea Rice: Entrepreneurship and Life

By: Howard H. Stevenson, Janet Kraus and Shirley Spence

The case follows the professional and personal lives of John and Andrea Rice, illustrating the challenge of "juggling" the multiple aspects of life (career, family, community, self) in the pursuit of a personal vision of success. Particular attention is paid to the... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Entrepreneurship; Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Nonprofit Organizations

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October 2000
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CDNow (A)

By: Stephen P. Bradley, Christina Akers and Howard Reitz

With CDnow's acquisition of N2K's Music Boulevard web site, this case deals with capturing value in the music industry with online sales. CDnow has the advantage of being one of the exclusive music online retailers on AOL but faces fierce competition from Amazon.com.... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation

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January 2006
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Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?

By: James E. Austin, Howard Stevenson and Jane Wei-Skillern

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Society

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September 1985
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Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures

By: Howard H. Stevenson and John R. Van Slyke

Describes the thought process an entrepreneur should undergo before committing to a course of action. Covers understanding the opportunity--assessing the critical skills, resources, relationships, and approvals--developing an action plan; forming a business entity;... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Framework; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Resource Allocation

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Luc Sirois

new era,” he says. Sirois credits former professors Jeffrey F. Rayport (Managing in Cyberspace) and Howard H. Stevenson (Entrepreneurial Finance) with jump-starting his thinking. “It was like an epiphany,” he says. “There were lessons on... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology; Nonprofit / Government

07 Aug 2017
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A Summer Internship with the City of Boston

neighborhoods, right as they’re experiencing the problem? Do it! Pre-HBS, I worked for 5 years at a company called Blue State Digital, a communications agency born out of the Howard Dean and Barack Obama presidential campaigns. Blue State... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments

Seth Klarman (MBA ’82). It received gifts from alumni and colleagues of Light, who served as Dean from 2005 to 2010. Thomas Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration. Eisenmann, chair of the MBA Elective... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

The second in a series of occasional reports on current research from some of the many faculty members whose classroom presentations to alumni have been a cornerstone of recent HBS reunions, this month we report on Professor Howard H.... View Details

16 Dec 2016
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Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff

Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff Kurt Wulff (MBA 1967) credits Harvard Business School with changing the way he viewed decision making. Even after 50 years, he remembers Dr. Howard Raifa’s courses on game theory and decision analysis. A... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

Kerr: There’s a lot of alignment between general management and entrepreneurial management. We define entrepreneurship following the early work of Howard Stevenson at HBS as “the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources controlled.” What... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

July 2012 (Revised November 2012)
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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