Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Jun 2014
What Do You Think?

Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?

loyal customer is a big deal for others as well. It's important for those among us who believe that employee and customer loyalty are important determinants of businesses' growth and profitability. It may mean a lot for us as consumers as... View Details

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

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

military services begins in structuring leadership positions of 'executive officer' ... principal assistants to designated leaders having command responsibilities ... growth positions to enhance individuals' abilities." Francine... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

contribute and grow can serve as a guiding compass. Nneka added that surrounding yourself with people who inspire you is another key to success. With that mindset, you build on your existing value add and continue to learn. This growth... View Details

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

and fellows’ companies funding has quadrupled. It is gratifying to be a part of the program’s tremendous growth and mentor next generation entrepreneurs who contribute to society by commercializing groundbreaking technology and biomedical... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

The State of Play

where the business models, like the ideas behind them, are still expanding outward. Estimates by Grand View Research predict the industry will keep growing at a compound annual rate of 34 percent, at least through the next five years. The origin of that View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

25 Aug 2022
News

Case Study: Sound Check

much is also the world’s best at the one thing they came to you for. I assume two things: You want growth and to be acquired by a SaaS company or big agency, and that you’ll specialize in one or two products and drop the consulting for... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

23 Sep 2021
News

Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies

professor in Executive Education at the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. “The OPN is a way to provide support to Black-owned businesses that are ready for growth but lack a few tools,” she says. “Our function is to help with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2003
News

Books

firms. And state ownership constrains growth and investment options for domestic firms more than it does for foreign enterprises. While FDI does bring benefits such as the stimulation of privatization activity, increased venture capital... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jan 2002
News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

"This is certainly the case in China, where I'm working with a number of Chinese and American universities, including Harvard, at the forefront of this effort." Esquel's impressive growth notwithstanding, Yang doesn't see her job as... View Details

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

shifting," she said. Panelist Rory Tahari, creative director and brand designer for Elie Tahari, Ltd.—and wife of designer Elie Tahari—said she saw a clear trend toward higher expectations from consumers in the fashion industry. "We're experiencing ourselves... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Nairobi Love: Heading Home

openness to technology adoption (e.g., M-KOPA)? I believe that the private sector will generate the majority of capital for our future growth, but how can it work together with the public sector to ensure that growth generates... View Details

Mar 2012
Article

How to Make Finance Work

has been mixed. The sector's growth has been beneficial for U.S. corporations, which enjoy ready access to the deepest capital markets in the world. Venture capital, for example, and the public equity markets that support it, has... View Details

Web

Global Maps - Creating Emerging Markets

Global Maps Historical Data Visualization The HBS Historical Data Visualization (HDV) tool charts the global growth and evolution of business over time and includes historical mapping of major economic and political indicators. It... View Details

02 Jun 2021
News

The NBA's African Expansion

academies to build a pipeline of talent and expand the NBA’s brand. “This growth will come to life by, amongst other things, increasing the NBA’s footprint in Africa and opening additional offices in priority markets across the continent... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

that in countries with higher GDP growth leverage is correlated with less corporate financial fragility. Consistent with Gabaix (2011) this paper finds a granularity effect in that large firms are systemically important—idiosyncratic... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 12

the co-founders and co-CEOs of salaUno, Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana, were encouraged by the results of their fledgling start-up. salaUno was founded as a for-profit enterprise in order to have the capital needed for rapid growth... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
News

Sole Mates

special benefits package consisting of a 10-year tax holiday (corporate and personal), a 99-year land lease at concessionary rates, grants of up to $750K, no customs or duty taxes, and more. Macedonia’s economy has been stable since its independence in 1991 with strong... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

August 2024
Case

Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities

By: Richard S. Ruback, Robin Greenwood, Joe Higgins, Matthew Preble and Dave Habeeb

Katie Holyfield and Taylor Matkins founded The Lucky Ones Coffee in 2017 with a mission to create jobs in Park City, Utah for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The company quickly earned strong support from the local community, and by early 2023... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Service Industry; Tourism Industry; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Utah; United States

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2024
Working Paper

The Efficiency of Patent Litigation

By: Samuel Antill, Murat Alp Celik, Xu Tian and Toni M. Whited

How efficient is the U.S. patent litigation system? We quantify the extent to which the litigation system shapes innovation using a novel dynamic model, in which heterogeneous firms innovate and face potential patent lawsuits. We show that the impact of a litigation... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Lawsuits and Litigation; Growth and Development; Welfare; Patents

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