Publications

1988
Chapter

Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurs in Bureaucratic Companies

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design

Profile

Jeremy Andrus

Golden Ear.” Their no-holds-barred creativity is supported by a corporate culture steeped in youth and rebellion, as expressed in the company’s motto, “Every revolution needs a sound track.” The corridors of the Park City headquarters are... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship

Web

Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

September 2011 (Revised May 2013)
Case

New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green

By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz

New Resource Bank was founded in San Francisco in 2006 with a mission focused on environmental sustainability. The case illustrates the opportunities and challenges of banking on values and the challenges of organizations defining a social and environmental commitment.... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; San Francisco

November 2003
Case

Procter & Gamble 2000 (B)

By: William A. Sahlman and Ryland Matthew Willis

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Innovation and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Launch; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry

16 Mar 2015
News

Cooking Up New Opportunities in New Orleans

Carol Ahn Markowitz (MBA 2003) gave up a safe life in corporate finance to head to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. She now leads a $33.5 million culinary institute start-up. It’s been a bumpy road. Markowitz couldn’t find a job... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Five Receive 2013 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

Jakurski, MBA 1973 Founding Partner and Managing Director, JGP Asset Management Thomas A. James, MBA 1966 Chairman, Raymond James Financial, Inc. Thai Lee, MBA 1985 President and CEO, SHI International Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960 Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES... View Details

Keywords: awards; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade

1999
Chapter

From Planning to Growth and Beyond: A Cross Industry Analysis of Entrepreneurial Priorities

By: Myra M. Hart, C. Brush and P. Greene

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Plan; Business Growth and Maturation

01 Sep 2014
News

Case Study: Declawing the Competition

and/or alliance with a pet food supplier—get your kit endorsed. 4) Consider the new B Corporation status, which allows additional tax benefits for socially responsible corporations. — Glenn E. Perkins (GMP 11, 2011) Take a page from the... View Details

July 2005
Case

Family Governance at the Cousin Consortium Stage

By: John A. Davis and Courtney Sampson

Explains the governance system for the Eddy family, who own the Port Blakely Companies. Provides the viewer with an inside look at the running of the family council and family assembly meetings. Also provides a brief history and overview of the forestry and real estate... View Details

Keywords: Conferences; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Business History; Business or Company Management; Family Ownership

June 2008 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Big to Small: The Two Lives of Barry Nalls

By: Noam T. Wasserman and Rachel Galper

Barry Nalls describes lessons learned during his 25-year career—his rise at GTE and shorter-lived ventures—and how these prepared him to found MASERGY, a telecommunications start-up. Even as a young boy in a family of entrepreneurs, Nalls had a reputation as a hard... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Experience and Expertise; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career

24 Apr 2014
News

Clean water that provides a trickle-down effect

improving the city's wastewater service. In 1997, the Philippine government enlisted Ayala Corporation to assume control of the water and sewer systems of Manila's east zone, where more than 60 percent of the water was either lost or... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

L. Mace, a pioneer in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate governance, died on March 24. He was 88. Mace, a Minnesota native and graduate of the University of Minnesota (1934) and St. Paul College of... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Eight Join HBS Faculty

Art by Brian Taylor As an HBS doctoral student and recipient of the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, George Serafeim (DBA ’10) coauthored the paper “The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment... View Details

06 Mar 2017
News

Leading in the Community and the Boardroom

“I’ve come to appreciate how fortunate I was to have an experience that instilled so much confidence in my ability to try new and different things.” That carries over to Wiley’s increasing involvement in corporate boards, even as she... View Details

February 2007
Case

Orientation for Viewing "Startup.com"

By: Noam T. Wasserman

Introduces founders Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman as they start and grow govWorks.com. The movie "Startup.com" documents the challenges that these founders face in building their company while dealing with tensions within the founding team and managing a demanding... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Relationships; Familiarity

January 2001 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Lawyers & Leases

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Profiles Rajath Chaundry, an aspiring entrepreneur, as he attempts to secure office space for his growing team, select a lawyer, and continue to build his fledgling enterprise, eLearning.com. Designed to be used in an entrepreneurial management or small business course... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Business Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Intellectual Property; Management Succession; Leasing; Negotiation; Education Industry; Legal Services Industry