Filter Results:
(4,524)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,524)
- People (13)
- News (1,486)
- Research (2,273)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (93)
- Faculty Publications (1,136)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,524)
- People (13)
- News (1,486)
- Research (2,273)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (93)
- Faculty Publications (1,136)
- 13 Apr 2018
- News
The Indies: Threatened, But Thriving
- 24 Apr 2015
- Video
StreetShares wins Best Investment in HBS Alumni New Venture Competition
- 09 May 2022
- Video
A New HBS Impact Investment Fund Run by Students is Launched
- 13 Oct 2010
- News
Stimulus of $1 Trillion Adds Zero to Deficit
- April 2011
- Article
Strategies for Learning from Failure
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Many executives believe that all failure is bad (although it usually provides lessons)--and that learning from it is pretty straightforward. The author, a professor at Harvard Business School, thinks both beliefs are misguided. In organizational life, she says, some... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Failure; Opportunities
Edmondson, Amy C. "Strategies for Learning from Failure." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 4 (April 2011).
- January 2017 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Classtivity: Payal's Pirouette
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull
A few months after launching a new fitness technology product, the small staff of New York startup Classtivity gathers on a Saturday in April 2013 to take stock. With one successful pivot under its belt, Classtivity is finally generating revenue and enthusiasm among... View Details
Keywords: Product Pivot; Boutique Fitness; Fitness Industry; Market Sizing; Consumer Technology; Bundling; Subscription Model; Two-sided Marketplace; ClassPass; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Transition; Customer Focus and Relationships; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Marketing Strategy; Failure; Business Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; New York (city, NY)
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Olivia Hull. "Classtivity: Payal's Pirouette." Harvard Business School Case 817-002, January 2017. (Revised October 2023.)
- 06 Jun 2014
- News
What Role Does Government Play in Job Creation?
- 13 Feb 2018
- News
Harvard’s Porter on American Competitive Advantage
- 10 Dec 2019
- Video
The Difference We Make
- 14 Aug 2019
- Video
What difference will you make?
- April 2000 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Everdream
Silicon Valley start-up Everdream wants to turn the provision of PCs to small business into a turnkey service including excellent 24/7 support. This case explores what this will take by focusing on the question of what, if anything, Everdream can guarantee. View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups; Computer Industry; Service Industry; California
Hallowell, Roger H., and Christina L. Darwall. "Everdream." Harvard Business School Case 800-251, April 2000. (Revised June 2000.)
- March 2008
- Supplement
Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (B)
By: Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Alok Patel, the founder and chairman of a Gujarat-based, privately held edible oils processor, has hired a CFO and the company is doing extremely well. He wants to add a new plant to process oilive oil, but estimates he will need $20 million. He must decide among... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Financing and Loans; Investment; Financial Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Chemical Industry; Gujarat
Hardymon, Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 808-143, March 2008.
- April 1973 (Revised February 1986)
- Case
Harrington Corp.
Four individuals purchase a small company, making heavy use of debt financing. View Details
Moore, Ronald W. "Harrington Corp." Harvard Business School Case 273-129, April 1973. (Revised February 1986.)
- 06 Jun 2016
- News
What Role Does Government Play in Job Creation?
- 05 Oct 2015
- News
Marcus Jadotte, Karen Gordon Mills on Trade Opportunities
- 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
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Lawyers & Leases." Harvard Business School Case 801-166, January 2001. (Revised April 2001.)