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- 2014
- Working Paper
The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game
By: Karen G. Mills and Brayden McCarthy
Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not only do they employ half of the nation's private sector workforce—about 120 million people—but since 1995 they have created approximately two-thirds of the net new jobs in our country. Yet in recent... View Details
Mills, Karen G., and Brayden McCarthy. "The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-004, July 2014.
- 2009
- Chapter
Company Strategy: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
Keywords: Business Strategy; Business Model; Competitive Advantage; Innovation and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Globalized Firms and Management
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "Company Strategy: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization." In Competitiveness in Catalonia: Looking AheadA Report of the Center SP-SP at IESE Business School. Universidad de Navarra, 2009.
- Web
Howard E. Cox | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital Cities/ABC Joseph O’Donnell Boston Concessions Robert Reiss R&R... View Details
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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his first and second years at HBS: He loves to build things that make a difference. While working at Polymath Ventures in... View Details
- March 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Teaching Note
Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (A): Introducing a New Model
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This note is for the purpose of aiding classroom instructors in the use of the Harvard Business School case "Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility: Introducing a New Model." Instructors may use it to help students understand the challenges that come with disrupting... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Startup Management; Big Data; Smart Transit; Stakeholder Engagement; Stakeholder Management; Urban Vehicle; Mobility; Mass Transit; Uber; Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science; Entrepreneurship; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Startups; Transportation; Business and Government Relations; Transportation Industry; United States
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
SUMMING UP Do We Need Business School Courses On Inclusion and ‘Voice’? Responses to this month’s column suggest that the issue it raised—recruitment of minority talent into business careers—was somewhat... View Details
- 1979
- Chapter
Strategic Management: A New View of Business Policy and Planning
By: Joseph L. Bower and Yves L. Doz
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
guarantee programs, and state-sponsored venture capital programs. Additionally, in 2011 the SBA leveraged its partnership with larger banks, resulting in 13 of America's top lenders committing to increase their small View Details
- January–February 2021
- Article
A Culture of Continuity Is Key to Family Business Longevity
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "A Culture of Continuity Is Key to Family Business Longevity." Family Business Magazine 32, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 24–29.
- April 15, 2015
- Article
What to Do If a Feud Threatens Your Family Business
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "What to Do If a Feud Threatens Your Family Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 15, 2015).
- Article
Are Private Equity Investors Looking for Control in Latin America?: Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2001 to 2008
By: Roberto Charvel
This article reviews how private equity investments approach controlling stakes in their portfolio companies through Latin America. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Control Rights; Entrepreneurial Finance; Emerging Market; Business Ventures; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
Charvel, Roberto. "Are Private Equity Investors Looking for Control in Latin America? Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2001 to 2008." Venture Equity Latin America 8, no. 17 (October 31, 2009).
- January 2022 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
Simplifyy
By: Paul A. Gompers and Alicia Dadlani
Jake Lisby, co-founder and CEO of Simplifyy, a property technology startup in Kansas City, Missouri, was both exhausted and exhilarated by the flurry of activity surrounding the pivot of the business model in late 2021. Simplifyy, a venture-backed PropTech company, was... View Details
Keywords: SaaS; SaaS Business Models; Business Model; Business Startups; Small Business; Geographic Location; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Real Estate Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; Missouri
Gompers, Paul A., and Alicia Dadlani. "Simplifyy." Harvard Business School Case 222-050, January 2022. (Revised September 2023.)
- Article
Coming Out of Recession: The Role of Business in Alleviating Poverty
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Djordjija B. Petkoski
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Djordjija B. Petkoski. "Coming Out of Recession: The Role of Business in Alleviating Poverty." Development Outreach 11, no. 3 (December 2009).
- August 2025
- Article
Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business Owners in the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Olivia S. Kim, Jonathan A. Parker and Antoinette Schoar
Using financial account data linking small businesses to their owner households, we examine how business owners’ consumption responded to changes in business revenues during the COVID-19 crisis. In the first two months following the National Emergency, business... View Details
Kim, Olivia S., Jonathan A. Parker, and Antoinette Schoar. "Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business Owners in the COVID-19 Pandemic." Art. 104079. Journal of Financial Economics 170 (August 2025).
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
next level. “WAVE was developed and inspired by interactions with HBS peers, faculty, and alumni, as well as the enabling environment and programs run by SEI and the Harvard i-lab,” she continues, noting that WAVE was runner-up in the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS... View Details
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Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Course Number 6334 Senior Lecturer Randolph Cohen Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Weekly, 2 hour sessions Project Enrollment: Limited to 80 students Field Y welcomes both... View Details
- March 2012
- Case
The Agnellis and Fiat: Family Business Governance in a Crisis (A)
By: John A. Davis, Bernardo Bertoldi and Roberto Quaglia
After the death of Umberto Agnelli in 2004, the Agnelli family, led by John Elkann, needs to decide whether to keep Fiat CEO Giuseppe Morchio. The Fiat Group is in a delicate financial position, and John Elkann, the new family leader, is untested in this role. The... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Family Ownership; Management Teams; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Italy
Davis, John A., Bernardo Bertoldi, and Roberto Quaglia. "The Agnellis and Fiat: Family Business Governance in a Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 812-128, March 2012.
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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
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- June 2016
- Case
Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (B)
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
In 1861, the Heard brothers faced a decision: should they continue their family firm's business model that had made them a successful commission house in China, or was it time to make fundamental adjustments to their work? This case reveals that the brothers decided to... View Details
Kirby, William C., and Joycelyn W. Eby. "Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (B)." Harvard Business School Case 316-186, June 2016.
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
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