by Karen Mills - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2014
News

Dressing by Number

Taking Tailoring High Tech Katrina Lake Dressing by Number Dressing by Number Karen Moon Making Big Data Fashionable Making Big Data Fashionable Ivy Ross Creating the Shopping... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; cosmetics; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2016
News

its wine, but inferior product from Canada and China had begun flooding the market, driving down retail prices from $50 a pound that year to $12 a pound by 2006. Instead of joining the family business, Hsu went to work for General View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

19 Jul 2019
News

The most common mistake made by small business owners

02 Apr 2020
News

Rescue Plan for U.S. Small Business Kicks Off Beset by Concerns

01 Apr 2020
News

Facebook May Be Hit Harder Than You Think by COVID-19

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

markets, but they can create new growth. The disruption of integrated steel mills by steel minimills demonstrates how low-end disruptors harness what we call asymmetries of motivation. Minimills first took... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

18 Jan 2014
News

Boost prosperity by listening to small business

10 Apr 2020
News

The Small Business Administration Confronts the Historic Unemployment Spurred by the Coronavirus

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

of business closures.” “We’re finding that you can’t save businesses by just allowing them to reopen,” Mills says. “Until it’s safe, their employees don’t want to come back. Their customers don’t want to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

10 Aug 2009
News

Helping 27 Million Entrepreneurs

Keywords: Karen Mills, MBA '77; Government

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

suppliers, and seems to have implications for policies that promote innovation and good jobs,” says the study’s coauthor, Harvard Business School Senior Fellow Karen Mills. For example, the research challenges the focus on reviving the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

21 Jan 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence across Countries

Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinksi & Karen Wilson; Financial Services

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama's senior economic team and a member of his Cabinet, specifically focused on the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity By Karen G. Mills [A] business owner has one system, perhaps QuickBooks or Xero, for their accounting... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services