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- 03 Apr 2016
- News
The Tampon of the Future
together, it becomes obvious. We have an opportunity every single month to collect blood from women, without needles.” Working with a business partner, Tariyal, who was a 2014 Blavatnik Fellow in Life Science Entrepreneurship, has... View Details
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
I am becoming. The power of that memoir title never really hit me until I sat to write this blog post. I don’t mean to quote Michelle Obama in making that statement (I mean there are definitely worse people to quote), but it’s a powerful... View Details
- February 2020 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Wellthy: The Economics of Caring
By: Brian L. Trelstad and Joseph B. Fuller
In 2014, Lindsay Jurist-Rosner (MBA ’09) founded Wellthy, a B2C business that coordinates care for working professionals seeking help to support loved ones with chronic diseases or aging parents. With personal experience as a young professional providing care for her... View Details
Keywords: B2B Vs. B2C; Future Of Work; Health; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; United States
Trelstad, Brian L., and Joseph B. Fuller. "Wellthy: The Economics of Caring." Harvard Business School Case 320-028, February 2020. (Revised January 2024.)
- 10 Nov 2012
- News
Making it through the storm
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
keep HBS at the forefront in the use of technology to teach management skills and will help support cutting-edge research and course development.... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- October 2011
- Supplement
Jack Hughes, Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, In-class comments 4/8/11
By: David A. Garvin
TopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Online Technology; Information Technology Industry
Garvin, David A. "Jack Hughes, Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, In-class comments 4/8/11." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 312-709, October 2011.
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Numenta in 2020: The Future of AI
By: David B. Yoffie
In 2020, Numenta’s co-founder, Jeff Hawkins, completed his pathbreaking research on artificial intelligence. His co-founder and CEO, Donna Dubinsky, had to find a business model to monetize the technology. This teaching note explores the challenges of building a... View Details
- Web
HBS - The year in Review
Climate Action Plan . The School’s influence on sustainability and climate change extends well beyond campus boundaries. Faculty research related to environmental issues comprises nearly 1,000 cases View Details
- 31 Jan 2020
- News
The origins of tech clusters
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Transformation of Self Employment
By: Innessa Colaiacovo, Margaret Dalton, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Over the past half-century, while self-employment has consistently accounted for around one in ten of the United States workforce, its composition has changed. Since 1970, industries with high startup capital requirements have declined from 53% of self-employment to... View Details
Keywords: Self-employment; Startup Investment; Occupational Choice; Financing; Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Financing and Loans
Colaiacovo, Innessa, Margaret Dalton, Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr. "The Transformation of Self Employment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-051, January 2022.
- April 2008
- Case
A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products
By: Larry E. Greiner and Elizabeth Collins
Alex Sander is a new product manager whose drive and talents are attractive to management, but whose intolerant style has alienated employees. This tension is presented against the backdrop of a 360° performance review process. Sander works in the Toiletries Division... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Conflict Management; Behavior; Management Practices and Processes; Talent and Talent Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Problems and Challenges; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe
Greiner, Larry E., and Elizabeth Collins. "A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-177, April 2008.
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
institutions—and that this failure has put capitalism itself at risk. In this conversation, Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, discusses the need for... View Details
- December 1983 (Revised August 1988)
- Background Note
The Start-Up Process
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the various stages in the start-up process and describes in detail the questions that can be asked and the analysis that can be performed to help deal with the issues that arise at each stage. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "The Start-Up Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-179, December 1983. (Revised August 1988.)
- 16 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs
is that it is impossible to comprehend the vibrancy, energy, and enthusiasm without experiencing it firsthand. Q: Although moving toward a more capitalist system, the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September–October 2024
- Article
The Art of Leading Teammates
By: Tom Brady and Nitin Nohria
When our society talks about leaders, we focus on formal roles, such as the CEO. This view undervalues the role of informal leaders—team members who influence outcomes by the tone they set, how they conduct themselves, and how they interact with their peers. Their job... View Details
Brady, Tom, and Nitin Nohria. "The Art of Leading Teammates." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 5 (September–October 2024): 62–69.
- 23 Sep 2020
- Video
Driving Impact: A Dialogue on Capitalism, Climate, and Social Change
- November 1994 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
The Domik Project
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Cameron Sawyer, CEO of Sawyer and Co., seeks financing for an office building he is developing in Moscow. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of development in Russia. Also highlights entrepreneurial opportunities in a changing world. View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Opportunities; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Moscow
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Domik Project." Harvard Business School Case 395-104, November 1994. (Revised December 1995.)
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Harvard Innovation in the 21st Century
- 2009
- Working Paper
Don't Just Survive - Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad
By: Lynda M. Applegate and J. Bruce Harreld
Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global financial crisis provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk Management; Leading Change; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy
Applegate, Lynda M., and J. Bruce Harreld. "Don't Just Survive - Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-127, April 2009. (Revised May 2009.)
- 03 Jul 2019
- Cold Call Podcast