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30 May 2002
Keynote Speech

Corporate Values: Should Investors Care?" Speaker. "Shanghai International Conference on Business Ethics: Developing Business Ethics in China

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Ethics; Investment

17 Apr 2019
News

Karen Mills on Fintech, Small Business and the American Dream

23 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School

“For me, attending HBS was about choosing a time to take a risk on myself. It sets you up to take a chance and start a company,” says Julie Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO Armored Things, HBS 2017. When Julie Johnson applied to Harvard View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Scouts of the USA Grameen America Grassroots Business Fund Habitat for Humanity International Harbor Bank of Maryland Community Development Corp Harlem Children's Zone Health Leads Hebrew SeniorLife Hospital for Special Surgery Initiative... View Details

14 May 2019
News

Karen Mills on Technology and the Future of Small Business

November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
Case

Enabling Business Strategy with IT at the World Bank

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey

World Bank IT provides services (communications, applications, video conferencing, knowledge sharing, distance learning, information sharing, client commerce, crisis management, etc.) on a global basis to the poorest countries in the globe via satellites. This case... View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Globalized Economies and Regions; Information Technology; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

14 Apr 2020
News

7 ways small businesses can avoid bankruptcy amid the coronavirus outbreak

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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

As impact investing has emerged as a new, fast-growing category of private investing, so too has the awareness of the stark disparity between access to capital among small business owners. The Harvard View Details

26 Jul 2013
News

Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (235) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive... View Details

22 Apr 2019
News

How Fintech Can Push Small Businesses to the Next Level

April 2017 (Revised August 2020)
Case

The U-Turns of National Truck Stops

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Alexander W. Schultz

Raj Makam had spent months trying to restructure a 2006 investment he had made in National Truck Stops, Inc. (NTS) as a senior member of Oaktree Capital Management’s (Oaktree) Mezzanine finance business within their Corporate Debt platform. It was the first time they... View Details

Keywords: Mezzanine Financing; Corporate Debt; Bankruptcy; Real Assets; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Private Equity; Cost vs Benefits; Atlanta; New York (city, NY)

June 1978
Article

How Foreign Businesses Decide to Invest in Massachusetts

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Business Ventures; Investment; Massachusetts

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March 2025
Case

Mobvoi's Path Through Market Challenges and Business Reinvention

By: Paul A. Gompers and Shu Lin

Founded in 2012, Mobvoi evolved through multiple transformations—from AI-driven voice technology to smart wearables and later AI-generated content. Backed by major investors, the company navigated shifts in strategy while facing two failed IPO attempts. As market... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; AI and Machine Learning; Transformation; Initial Public Offering; Business Strategy; Technology Industry; China

October 2012 (Revised December 2013)
Case

Urbanizing China

By: Lakshmi Iyer and G.A. Donovan

In 2012, China attained a historic development milestone with more Chinese citizens living in cities than in the countryside. China's rapid urbanization, and the accompanying conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses, raised a number of economic, social,... View Details

Keywords: China; Urbanization; Industrialization; Property Rights; Local Government Finance; Social Protest; Business Environment; Food Security; Safety; Change Management; Food; Urban Development; Social Issues; Growth and Development Strategy; Public Administration Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China