by Karen Mills - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jan 2018
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In 2018, Trump must be the small-business champion he claimed to be

02 Nov 2017
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Trump’s tax bill is one tough sell

05 Dec 2016
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How Trump can help Main Street businesses

31 Aug 2016
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Hillary Clinton wants to be America’s small business president

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

the successes of the BNVC became the basis of the 2020 case, “The Black New Venture Competition,” written by HBS faculty members Karen Mills, Jeff Bussgang, and Martin Sinozich. The case is also the basis... View Details

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The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game

By: Karen Mills

Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not only do they employ half of the nation’s private sector workforce—about 120 million people—but since 1995 they have created approximately two-thirds of the net new jobs in our country. Yet in... View Details

11 Aug 2014
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Can Lending Technology Revive America’s Small Businesses?

12 Jan 2021
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5 Predictions for America's Small Businesses in the Biden Era

13 Apr 2020
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Helping Small Businesses Survive COVID-19

20 Mar 2020
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Square, Intuit Want Fintech Lending in Small Business Bailout

30 Nov 2016
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'Fintech' fast-cash loans are like 'wild west' for small businesses

21 Sep 2016
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Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

While many countries are facing mounting economic, social, and political challenges, Karen Wilson (MBA 1991) says that “there’s a lot of potential in leveraging private sector approaches to address these challenges in new ways. The... View Details

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Growth and Shared Prosperity

By: Karen Mills

In June 2015, 73 chief executives, mayors, governors, university presidents, economists, and thought leaders from across the political spectrum gathered at Harvard Business School to work on a question of deep and growing concern in the United States: How can our... View Details