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- 1997
- Working Paper
Social Enterprise Series No. 1: Business Leaders and Nonprofits
By: James E. Austin
- 19 Mar 2012
- News
Why Your Business Should Follow IBM and Not Apple
- 10 Mar 2010
- News
Balanced scorecard author talks agile business and risk management
- 1970
- Book
DYNFOR: A General Business and Economic Systems Simulator
By: R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Information Technology
Nolan, R. L. DYNFOR: A General Business and Economic Systems Simulator. University of Washington Press Monographs. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1970.
- 13 Nov 2023
- HBS Seminar
Pierre-Yves Donzé, (Osaka University and Harvard Business School)
- Research Summary
Family Business Governance
Davis's other current work explores family, business, and ownership governance in the family business system. A book on this topic is in process. Included in this body of work is a large-scale survey project on corporate governance of Brazilian family companies and... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- News
Harvard Business School Holds 13th Annual Business Plan Contest
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Business School, Disrupted
- TeachingInterests
Scaling Minority Businesses
By: Archie L. Jones
Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB) is a field course designed to leverage the intellectual power and community of Harvard Business School to address the vital needs of Black-owned enterprises as they face the twin tasks of surviving and growing. The course... View Details
- Article
Management Accounting and Control: Lessons for and from the World's Tiniest Businesses
By: Srikant M. Datar, Marc J. Epstein and Kristi Yuthas
The article discusses skills microentrepreneurs need to manage and expand their businesses. After interviewing hundreds of microfinance clients around the globe, the authors were able to identify five tools drawn from management accounting where improved knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Expansion; Business or Company Management; Microfinance; Cost Management; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Accounting; Opportunities
Datar, Srikant M., Marc J. Epstein, and Kristi Yuthas. "Management Accounting and Control: Lessons for and from the World's Tiniest Businesses." Strategic Finance 91, no. 5 (November 2009).
- 2008
- Chapter
Sustainability through Partnering: Conceptualizing Partnerships between Businesses and NGOs
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "Sustainability through Partnering: Conceptualizing Partnerships between Businesses and NGOs." Chap. 3 in Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development: Reflections on Theory and Practice, edited by Pieter Glasbergen, Frank Biermann, and Arthur P.J. Mole. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governing the Family-Run Business
The topic of governance is hot. Shareholders, managers, and business advisors are demanding improved governance of (typically public) companies by strengthening their boards of directors View Details
- January 2010
- Case
Opportunities in Business and Life after Virgin Money: Asheesh Advani
Asheesh Advani is in an enviable position for a successful entrepreneur: he has sold his business and is trying to decide what to do with the next phase of his life. For the first two years after selling CircleLending—a pioneer in the person-to-person lending field—to... View Details
Chakravorti, Bhaskar, and Shirley Spence. "Opportunities in Business and Life after Virgin Money: Asheesh Advani." Harvard Business School Case 810-072, January 2010.
- 1987
- Article
Accounting Control Systems and Business Strategy: An Empirical Analysis
By: R. Simons
Simons, R. "Accounting Control Systems and Business Strategy: An Empirical Analysis." Accounting, Organizations and Society 12, no. 4 (1987): 357–374.
- June 2016
- Teaching Note
N12 Technologies: Building an Organization and Building a Business
By: David A. Garvin
N12 Technologies was a startup founded in 2010 that employed nanotechnology to manufacture a patented material to improve the performance of carbon fiber composites, which were used in a wide variety of products, ranging from bicycles to automobiles to aircraft parts.... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Organizational Structure; Nanotechnology; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Systems; Commercialization; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Bicycle Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
- Web
The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details