Business Training - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
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The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision

could be prescribed, assembled, and fitted in the field by trained microentrepreneurs rather than by optometrists or ophthalmologists. The next step was to form a "Low Cost Available Eyeglasses" (LCAE) team and enter the HBS View Details

Keywords: eyeglasses

01 Apr 2001
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The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less

A few years ago, H. Kent Bowen, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, undertook a study of smaller companies (firms in the $5 million to $50 million range) in order to develop cases and teaching materials for the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Apr 2001
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Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters

Production internship program that provides women and minorities with hands-on training in film production, while also offering a support network of industry contacts. This year, opportunities for students with nonprofit View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Information

24 Apr 2014
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Giving business tools to small farmers so they can compete and succeed

Sylvia Wachsner (PMD 35, 1978), director of Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura, runs business training programs for small organic and sustainable farmers in Brazil. (Published April 2014) View Details

01 Jan 2014
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To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

21 Nov 2014
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MBAs Need to Stop Assuming That Markets Always Work

Keywords: market competition; MBA students; misconceptions; business education; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Mar 2023
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Family Recipe

the business, founded in 1889. But it was never a given that he would do so. Initially trained as a professional chef at La Varenne cooking school in Paris, he oversaw food operations at a Florida resort before stepping up to run the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; family business; leadership; food manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Jun 2019
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Harvard Launches New MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Joint Degree

18 Sep 2014
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Subscribing to loyalty cards and site offers

26 Jul 2023
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Know Your HBS Staff: Merrick Nelson

05 Dec 2018
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Skills gap solution? Disrupt the system

15 Feb 2018
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Young workers love cities. So what’s a suburban company to do?

08 Dec 2017
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New Study: Increasing apprenticeships will lead to more companies saying “You’re Hired!”

08 Dec 2015
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To Keep Productivity and Morale High In Offices, Avoid "Toxic" Employees

01 Jun 2005
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School’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Runs Deep

Contrary to popular perception, Harvard Business School isn’t just a training ground for future Fortune 500 CEOs, says author Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986). Just as important, it’s a launching pad for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Shaping the Waves; A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information