Small Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Sep 2019
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Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

variety of choices, so they can pick the activities that appeal to them, she says. And if a business is going to spend money on a wellness strategy, the company should test it out with a small group of... View Details

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April 1990 (Revised November 1991)
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Frost, Inc. (A)

In many ways Frost is an archetypal, small, dying manufacturing firm. With profits gone in a no-growth business and unable to diversify, Charles Frost bets the company on computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment to replace the existing 1940s era screw machines.... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Diversification; Business Exit or Shutdown; Manufacturing Industry

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

in which agents recruited by a public health organization to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive, respectively, a View Details

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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work

and high churn for companies. As companies struggle to fill positions in the post-Covid recovery, they will need to invest in retaining and nurturing talent—especially for the lowest earners who perform the most critical tasks. Read the... View Details

20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

policy-makers. Stakeholder Marketing 2.0 Author:Bhaskar Chakravorti Publication:Journal of Public Policy and Marketing (forthcoming) Abstract As more companies pursue "open innovation" and adopt social networking and Web 2.0... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

Phirbol franchise was comprised of some 150 franchisees that had converted their small "mom-and-pop" shops into Phirbol-branded stores. Entrepreneurs Meghna Modi and Glenn Wong had launched the franchise in 2007, two years after... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

villages, small towns, and major cities, often with a sizable amount of investment or involvement by local government authorities. It is hard to find any reasonably sized Chinese company in which government... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

and/or specific companies or functions. Stay current Address concerns up front about your ability to stay current in both technology and in industry trends and developments. Your up-to-date knowledge and skills not only assure potential... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

it,” he says. That intuition has served him well: Over the past three decades, Levy has founded and led several tech companies and played a role as an investor and board member at dozens more. Now he and his team of scientists and... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

overwhelming. Make sure you choose what’s important to you, do your best to prioritize, ask for help, and most importantly, enjoy it. What is your favorite memory of your time at HBS?My fondest memories are the small dinners with my... View Details

31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

Goldman Sachs: Making an Imprint in Impact Investing Goldman Sachs acquired Imprint Capital Advisors, a small firm that specialized in advising clients on environmental/social/governance (ESG) and impact investments. The founders sold... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Dan Lufkin | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Howard E. Cox Greylock Michael Danzi US Labs William Donaldson Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Timothy C. Draper Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) William H. Draper, III Draper Richards, L.P. T. J. Dermot Dunphy Sealed Air Charles Ellis Greenwich Associates Orit Gadiesh Bain... View Details

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Michael R. Bloomberg

this was before people had desktops.” From a small startup in a one-room office, Bloomberg LP defied the odds and grew exponentially, attracting 10,000 customers in the first ten years. Offering a groundbreaking private network with data,... View Details

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

offers HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdocs the opportunity to work closely with leading biotech industry and biomedical authorities, receive mentorship, and join a community of entrepreneurs shaping the future of science. To date, Blavatnik Fellows have created... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Lessons from Nike's Playbook By: Lynn S. Paine One surprising role of Nike's corporate responsibility committee is to provide support for innovation. More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their... View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

appear eye-popping, in relative terms they represented only 0.3 percent of the value of Lehman’s assets. For smaller companies this percentage is significantly higher. This is a real concern right now given how severely View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Assess business opportunities through the lens of value creation Apply the value stick, a research-based framework for strategy formulation, to key strategic decisions that companies face today Master... View Details

06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

Publications The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Harvard Business Press Books, 2012 Abstract Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating and implementing a new idea,... View Details