Scaling And Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

early-stage challenges with an eye toward scaling operations after graduation. “The cases in Globalization and Emerging Markets were about business realities I’ve been living every day,” he notes. “Finance... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

Three important events happened at the end of the 1970s. First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Eyes in the Skies

Image courtesy BlackSky There was a time not too long ago, says Amy Minnick (MBA 2000), when only governments and the military had the hardware and human resources necessary to acquire View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

17 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

(TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which are made out of TPG View Details

01 Apr 1997
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A Conversation with Dean Clark

extremely well. Our long-standing programs, such as AMP, PMD, and OPM, are likewise thriving. In fact, the tremendous growth in our programs is creating a real challenge to our capacity. BULLETIN: What are... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Faculty Books

experiences in more than twenty countries. (See cover story) How Countries Compete by Richard H.K. Vietor (HBS Press) Professor Vietor examines the different social, economic, cultural, and historical forces shaping governmental... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Mar 2007
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Porter Ranks Competitiveness

The United States and Germany remain at the top of the latest global Business Competitiveness Index produced by University Professor Michael Porter and two colleagues at the Institute for Strategy View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2010
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One Student’s HBS Journey

interests choral conducting, prime numbers, carpentry, writing, and yoga. She spent the January Term backpacking around Africa by herself before joining the HBS Outdoors Club to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro. In a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Sep 2024
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The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

Image by John Ritter Professors Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna had been toiling away from their respective HBS offices for many years, each of them interested in emerging markets but expressed through different disciplines: Jones, a historian, was studying how the world... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
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The School that Donham Built

and 1927. “Donham’s innovations became anchor points for subsequent campus development,” says Executive Dean for Administration Angela Crispi (MBA 1990). “Our unique status as a residential business school has guided decisions about the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2020
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Saving Grace

Illustration by Neil Webb About a year before he reached retirement, Frank Chapman started mapping out the travels he and his wife envisioned for their golden years. A career accountant for British telecom companies, he thought it best to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

10 Oct 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

entrepreneurs to become really large and successful,” says Ayala. “The way they create this multiplier effect is by helping scale up a very special kind of entrepreneur that we call the ‘high-impact... View Details

25 May 2011
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Race to the Finish?

The National Research Council, an arm of the U.S National Academy of Sciences, recently added its voice to a growing chorus of calls for immediate action to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases. As it happens, the announcement came on the heels of a visit to the School... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2012
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Shop Talk, Different Avenues

Wilkis Wilson, Traub, and Maybank Main article: Where Innovation Rules Marvin Traub (MBA 1949) joined Bloomingdale’s in 1950, became its president in 1969, and served as chairman View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores

29 Apr 2025
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Challenge Accepted

me because I live and breathe it every day and it motivates me to keep on pushing. JH: During his tenure as CEO of Vodafone, Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990) transformed the telco into a truly global organization... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

01 Jun 2016
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Up by the Roots

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 Mills... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Capital Tech Opportunities who invests in B2B software companies in the late-stage growth phase. Hopkins cites an example that was brought to life in a case discussion attended by the protagonist, a founder of a company who had placed his... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

he speaks of with such passion. “John Keells is probably the only company based in Sri Lanka that has the scale and commitment to create systemic change,” he says, noting that housing will be one area of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

01 Dec 1997
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Banking on HBS

Challenge Indeed, the Bank's stated mission is to reduce poverty and improve living standards by promoting sustainable growth and investments in people. To those ends, it... View Details