Big Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 May 2016
News

Here’s What Happens When You Let Your Team Have Fun

01 Apr 2016
News

New brew: Starbucks Canada to offer beer, wine

Karim R. Lakhani

Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

Keywords: biotechnology; communications; computer; health care; high technology; information technology industry; internet; pharmaceuticals; software; video games

March 2023
Case

MrBeast: Building a YouTube Empire

By: Anita Elberse and Oliver Band

Wednesday November 16, 2022 was a historic day in the ascent of Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, to the top echelon of YouTube creators. That day he became the YouTuber with the most subscribers ever—a total of 112 million. The meteoric rise of the 24-year-old... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Power and Influence; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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Educators

Purchase

15 Jul 2010
News

Bombmakers bombarded

25 Aug 2013
News

Needed at Microsoft: A Catch-Up Artist

20 Jun 2013
News

The Jobs of the Knowledge Economy Are Not What You Think

21 Sep 2018
News

Understanding the Post-Tax Cuts Buybacks Surge: A Primer

14 Mar 2016
News

GE is huge, but its future headquarters will be anything but

07 Mar 2022
News

Dreaming of Suitcases in Space

02 Feb 2022
News

How Dealing with Your Negative Emotions Can Impact Loneliness

10 Nov 2011
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Gauging Groupon’s Public Offering

25 May 2017
News

Why Wall Street Went Astray: Eight Ways To Humanize Finance

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment, demonstrates that such a strategy usually beats the more cautious approach of spreading around lower-amount investments in a larger number of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

07 Dec 2014
News

How Wall Street Bent Steel

11 Feb 2015
Video

The Serial Entrepreneur: From E-Readers to Nuclear Fission

Article

Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement

Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details