Small And Medium Enterprises - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

and risk. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Liability Structure in Small-Scale Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Authors: Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?

model, clientele, client perception, and overall market share must be more than thorough." It may be small consolation to those dot.com entrepreneurs struggling to keep their heads above water, but... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

Rohingya’s spirits and break the monotony of life at a refugee camp. But, Hussam wondered if small work opportunities could help refugees reclaim their roles as providers, bring meaning to their days, View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

separate track for social enterprise ventures, and in 2009 the contest opened to first-year students with the understanding that it shouldn't detract from coursework preparations. “If you look at the quality... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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constituents A motivated self-starter Someone who enjoys adding structure and creating new processes and programs What makes it challenging to work in the Business and... View Details

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Eryn Schultz

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? I’m really experiencing the strength of the HBS network. In college, I wrote a business plan for a healthy school-lunch program and have been interested in food-access issues... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

28 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 28

Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2378558 Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk management (ERM) has... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2017
News

Paying It Forward

runs a school, a small farm and greenhouse, a pharmacy, and a shrimp farm—all of which are intended to give the children an education, vocational skills, View Details

19 Aug 2013
News

Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

manufacturing hives and offering village-level demonstrations and training. A social enterprise that has won multiple international awards, Honey Care also provides a... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Oct 2002
News

Lessons in Leadership

to be able to discern both of these aspects of people and of organizations. One thing Shackleton did very well was to revise, and reset, his objectives as the context changed. As soon as his ship was trapped... View Details

Keywords: Antarctica

01 Mar 2013
News

Celebrating Women at HBS

focusing on "Success Redefined." Nancy Barry (MBA 1975), founder and president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, and Melanie Healey of Procter & Gamble were among the... View Details

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Investing Seminar Finance Sara Fleiss Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Startup Operations Entrepreneurial Management Christina Wallace Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Value Creation in Small and View Details

02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of ties to agriculture. I was raised in a small community where... View Details

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Lehman Brothers Deal Books | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

represented in the deal books are extremely diverse, from small companies that survived only a few years to Fortune 500 companies that still exist today.The collection testifies to the broad reach Lehman Brothers had in both established... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

with this perspective, of course, and Congress, which makes the laws within which the FCC operates, is trying to overturn the new rules. Congress established the FCC in 1934. Why? Radio was the big broadcast View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

and Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Lynn Paine Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors General Management, Organizational Behavior Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Sole Mates

here for almost ten years, running a family enterprise that dates back to the 1960s. Along with a few automobile-related businesses in the French West Indies, we are the distributor for Toyota, Suzuki, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging

16 Jan 2018
News

Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

participants develop a network of support for their organizations, the reunion at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse in Providence included a social hour and a panel featuring the club’s four 2017 SPNM... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

26 May 2016
News

Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999

Download Sunil B. Mittal profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1957 Born, Ludhiana, Punjab, India 1976 Earns BA, Economics and Political Science, Panjab University 1976 Founds Bharti View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2012
News

Get Creative

developed an important insight into why the owners of small businesses typically wait until the last minute to update their books and file tax forms. Most people would say they are just lazy or... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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