Publications

May 1984
Case

Michael Beck

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

December 1983 (Revised August 1988)
Background Note

The Start-Up Process

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

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

15 Nov 2013
News

Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again

left Toronto for Cambridge. At HBS, Laguë concentrated on entrepreneurship, which included a field study with Howard Stevenson, who later became an active mentor, investor, and advisor in several of Laguë's ventures. Other influential... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Oct 1999
News

New Releases

The Entrepreneurial Venture (Second Edition) by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts, and Amar Bhidé (Harvard Business School Press) At least one million new entrepreneurial ventures are begun every year. As... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

The Rites of Autumn

Margaret J. ("Marki") Ware, Lydia M. Marshall, and Margit L. Pearson attended the Class of 1975 Women's Reception. Former Alumni Board president Charles F. ("Monty") Milner attended a session with classmates from 1965. Howard H.... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

Article

Health as a Way of Doing Business

By: Howard Koh, Sara J. Singer and Amy C. Edmondson

For too long, the worlds of business and health have been mired in a checkered, sometimes contentious, history. Millions of deaths worldwide can be attributed to risk factors including tobacco use, alcohol and drug misuse, and suboptimal dietary intake linked to... View Details

Keywords: Health; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Public Opinion

October 2006
Article

The Tools of Cooperation and Change

By: Clayton M. Christensen, Matt Marx and Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Cooperation; Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

December 1999
Article

The Core Ideas for Better Decision-Making

By: John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raiffa

Keywords: Decision Making

1995
Working Paper

The Path-Dependent Evolution of Organizations

By: Michael C. Moldoveanu, Nitin Nohria and Howard H. Stevenson

01 Jun 1998
News

Generation Next

families bring to company situations," says HBS professor Louis B. ("By") Barnes, who, with Davis and Howard H. Stevenson, taught the program. "We try to help family members develop specific action plans for both themselves and their... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Entrepreneurship at HBS

small companies alike now need to be versed not only in running the established enterprise but also in entrepreneurial action, which embraces change and seizes opportunities. To borrow a phrase from Professor Howard H. Stevenson, who has... View Details

October 1998
Case

Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (C)

By: Andre F. Perold and Robert Howard

Farallon Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in risk arbitrage, has taken significant long and short positions in MCI Communications and British Telecommunications, respectively, in the belief that the proposed merger of these firms will be... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Institutions; Risk Management; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry

May 2016
Teaching Note

Seaside Organics (Brief Case)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Alisa Zalosh

July 2008
Supplement

Orchid Partners: Case Epilogue

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence

Describes the real-life outcome of the case “Orchid Partners: A Venture Capital Start-Up” (9-804-138). View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Outcome or Result; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry

May 2008 (Revised August 2008)
Course Overview Note

Avalon (HBS Version) (TN)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence

December 2007 (Revised June 2009)
Background Note

Identifying and Exploiting the Right Entrepreneurial Opportunity...For You

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence

This note provides an analytical framework for assessing potential opportunities in the context of an entrepreneur's life. The framework has two parts -- a business analysis and a personal analysis -- each comprised of a set of yes/no questions for critical assessment... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Opportunities

April 2004
Article

Success That Lasts, 659X

By: Laura L. Nash and Howard Stevenson

Keywords: Success

February 1989
Background Note

Note on Attracting Stakeholders

By: Amar Bhide and Howard H. Stevenson

Acquiring resources--or to put it more broadly, attracting stakeholders--is a basic entrepreneurial task. While every enterprise needs employees, customers, suppliers, and financiers who are willing to risk their time and money, attracting these "stakeholders" to an... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Human Resources; Organizational Design; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty