Cycling - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

billion in disability benefits a year, Eldridge says. Gain Life’s existing wellness market has good prospects, although it’s highly competitive, “almost to the point of commoditization,” he adds, and the sales cycles can last up to a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

07 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Financial Distancing: How Venture Capital Follows the Economy Down and Curtails Innovation

Keywords: by Sabrina T. Howell, Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda, and Richard Townsend; Financial Services

01 Sep 2014
News

The Changing Nature of Research

for Research HBS funds research internally. By freeing faculty members from the constraints of seeking grants for their work, the School continues its century-long tradition of problem-focused research that is the foundation of a dynamic View Details

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

instance. The essay also features the leading proponents of this program, especially Charles Hook of ARMCO, and reasons for its eventual decline. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50915 Wesley Mitchell’s Business View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

organizations that really ends up with no trend line” “For decades, we’ve been in this cycle where an organization hires a consulting firm to help design and execute a restructuring, and then, as soon as they’re done, they start that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 27

households. In contrast, small subsidy payments have a large effect on the likelihood of opening a savings account. These payments are more than two times more cost-effective than the financial literacy training. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Ruling the Waves

by Debora L. Spar (Harcourt) In her new book, Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet, HBS professor Debora Spar looks back over the centuries and examines how revolutionary technologies,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Nov 2010
News

In Defense of Manufacturing

Keywords: Professor Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

06 Dec 2010
News

Rebound in the Automotive Garage

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

05 Nov 2024
Book

Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from chapter one of Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream, written by Karen G. Mills, senior fellow at Harvard Business School. The second edition was published in 2024 by Palgrave Macmillan. The View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

25 Feb 2020
News

Beyond the Plastisphere

breaks down safely in the environment. Enter Full Cycle Bioplastics, a California startup that has found a cost-effective way to produce mass quantities of PHA, which is an eco-friendly alternative to plastic that harmlessly degrades on... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2012
News

A Decade of Change

who now serves as a deputy director at the organization. “Over the past 10 years, the Leadership Fellows program has enabled social-sector organizations to strategically integrate MBA talent, collectively advancing our respective missions and making a difference in the... View Details

09 Aug 2011
News

A Toast to Macchu Pisco

of returning to work at Diageo, the world’s largest spirits company, but I decided HBS had given me all the tools I needed to take the entrepreneurial risk.” Asher is personally involved in the production cycle in Peru, monitoring the... View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

determine which format, large or intimate, is the best fit for your goals. Making the Investment in Recruiting An emerging trend in Private Equity recruiting is the use of the summer internship as a feeder for full-time hiring. The private equity deal View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

Profile

Jon Schechter

tech that takes a long time to come to fruition, something that requires engineers from different disciplines, more complex development cycles and research.” View Details

Keywords: Tech

16 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

methods, such as multiple-case inductive studies and traditional methods of causal inference. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55043 Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Nov 2011
News

Manufacturing a Recovery

Keywords: Manufacturing

February 2023 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Doing Business in New Delhi, India

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Radhika Kak

The case uses the example of Tata Motors to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business in India. View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economy; Macroeconomics; Business History; India

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March 2014
Article

Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina

Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been hard to quantify in the time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Banks and Banking; Bonds; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Banking Industry