Publications

01 Dec 2013
News

Alumni News | Book Briefs

organization to go beyond "very good" and attain and sustain excellence. In his latest book, he shares his hard-won insights and reveals what it takes to be best in class in any industry. Tech and the City: The Making of New York's View Details

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

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

third adopt a modified form of the recommendations. However, global partner surveys report that 99 percent of FIELD partners want to work with FIELD again. The reason: Their local management teams enjoy the collaborative process of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Heese Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Robin Ely , Monique Burns Thompson Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Avoiding Startup Failure Entrepreneurial Management DJ DiDonna Spring 2026... View Details

16 Jan 2020
News

Helping California Wildfire Victims Rebuild

Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes A recent article in Forbes highlights the work of the home-building management startup Homebound, cofounded by CEO Nikki Pechet (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction

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Curriculum | MBA

Venture Immersion Joint Course Spring Term MBA Required Curriculum Harvard Business School Engineering, Design & Innovation Management Seminar Joint Seminar Summer During the summer between Year 1 and Year 2, most students either work on... View Details

Shirish Nimgaonkar

Shirish is the co-founder of an AI enabled predictive automation software company. and a Natural Language Processing company focused on enhancing customer experience through AI. In the past, he has been a part of the senior management... View Details

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

Credit: iStockPhoto Startups often struggle to find their first customers—especially in the sharing economy, where survival depends on securing users on both the supply and demand sides. No surprise, then, that our readers flocked to a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
Case

AppHarvest: Rebuilding the Appalachian Economy Through Agriculture

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, William R. Kerr and Christian Godwin

In 2021, AppHarvest completed construction of a 60-acre indoor farming facility, one of the world’s largest, recorded its first sales, and went public in a multi-billion dollar IPO. Described as “a force of nature,” Jonathan Webb founded the company to bring jobs back... View Details

Keywords: Agricultural; Entrepreneur; Business Startups; Development Economics; Sales; Goals and Objectives; Going Public; Growth Management; Buildings and Facilities; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; North America

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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

problem for many ecosystems globally. Given that much of the global growth in startups is less than a decade old, few ecosystems have solved this dilemma. As such, many of the venture capital investors still View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Accelerating Therapies

supporting early-stage technologies, enhancing their value, and making them attractive candidates for licensing, startup formation, and commercial development. The idea for the Blavatnik Fellows program resulted from conversations between... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

July 2014
Teaching Note

Vaxess Technologies, Inc.

By: John A. Quelch

Keywords: Marketing Innovations; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Business Startups; Marketing Strategy; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; North and Central America

December 2005 (Revised May 2007)
Case

Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Ingrid Vargas

Describes the start up of Viacord, a Boston-based medical services firm founded by Cynthia Fisher (HBS MBA) in 1993. Told from Fisher's perspective, the entrepreneur details the conceptualization and launch of the business and the many obstacles and expenses faced in... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Service Industry; Health Industry; Boston

August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Jake Becraft and Strand Therapeutics: The Making of an Entrepreneur

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Ananya Zutshi

Jake Becraft, a PhD student at MIT disillusioned in pursuit of his dreams of becoming an academic, serendipitously finds himself discussing the potential commercial applications of his work with Tasuku Kitada, his former postdoctoral research mentor. The two decide to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business or Company Management

23 Oct 2019
News

Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program

leaders of technology ventures by combining their passion for innovation and engineering with an in-depth understanding of management and leadership. “These students want to build things and lead companies that make the world a better... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations; MS/MBA

March 2024
Supplement

Miracle Therapeutics (B)

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Wendi Yajnik

Supplements the (A) case. Following on the negotiations detailed in the Miracle Therapeutics (A) case, Beth Sharp and Jennifer Brilliant from Miracle Therapeutics face new challenges with their company's funding and intellectual property (IP) after several missteps.... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Intellectual Property; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management

April 1998 (Revised July 1999)
Case

Randy Komisar: Virtual CEO

Randy Komisar serves as "virtual CEO" to numerous hi-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Explores Randy's role, his perspective on general management, and a choice between two opportunities in which he is considering investing his time. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Business or Company Management; Leadership; Business Startups; Management Teams; Technology Industry; California

Find at Harvard

October 1996
Case

Jim Bender and Alert, Inc. (A)

Jim Bender has just been hired as CEO of Alert, Inc. Alert, founded in 1986 by a charismatic technologist, has accumulated an impressive portfolio of patents and leading edge technology projects in a variety of fields. The company has never, however, shown a profit and... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Management Skills; Business Startups; Technology Industry