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  • 09 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

enforcement on air pollution controls. In California, OpenCounter streamlined registration for small businesses and provided zoning clearances in a fraction of the usual time. In New York, Mark43 is developing software to analyze crime... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 16 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

Wahlen of MIT Sloan—examine whether such “wisdom of the crowd” can beat the odds in predicting a blockbuster at a higher rate than the gut of an individual producer. "While some companies have used crowdsourcing as a way to make decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video
  • Web

the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

single-sided sheets), simple business cards, or small newspaper notices. The growing volume of mass-produced and mass-distributed goods after the Civil War, however, led to the creation of diverse forms of advertising media. Advertising... View Details
  • 24 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

out from Bain Capital Double Impact with an interest in investing in Medoff’s small company in North Carolina, helping scale it across the United States. He reflected, “The relationships that were built... View Details
  • 06 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

disease; but the time it starts to show it's often too late. Q: How can strategic business components help companies be more flexible in their strategies? A: For many years, companies have recognized that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Harvard Business School

Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit ALUMNI INTRODUCTION BACK TO THE EXHIBIT H. Naylor Fitzhugh MBA 1933 H. Naylor Fitzhugh joined the Howard University faculty in 1934 and stayed for 31 years, developing the university's marketing... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist

graduating from HBS, in 1984 he cofounded Vincam, a staff-leasing firm that provides HR functions to small companies. Two years after its headline-making 1996 IPO, Vincam's revenues exceeded $1 billion, and the firm became the largest... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

as many cited obstacles to its implementation, chief among them management itself. Many respondents were enthusiastic. For example, Leeor Geva characterized self-management as a "win-win strategy." In Jonathan Narducci's words, "Any method that gets all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Singing to the Corn

his work. A paper he’d written, using game theory to explore the liberalization of telecoms, was the ticket to his first job at Metropolitan Fiber Systems; an early project involved analyzing the best stock exchange for the company to go... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 1, 2016

with subsidies alone, but the subsidies have been too small to solve the “last-mile problem,” and so most poor households remain unconnected to the water and sewer system. In nineteenth-century New York, subsidies also proved insufficient... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

policy to work on a side interest, a machine learning tool to help small businesses identify promising business opportunities. “Google has useful information on foot-traffic patterns, plus satellite imagery and other data that can help... View Details
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

corrective action. Is there any way to find out earlier whether you're on the right track? There is indeed. The trick, we believe, is to periodically assess the decision-making process, even as it is under way. Scholars now have considerable evidence showing that a... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

which increased 6 percent and accounted for 43 percent of the group’s total annual sales in fiscal 2023. Revenue from Corporate Learning products and services increased 7 percent from fiscal 2022. Corporate Learning partners with View Details
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 211-088 Briggs Capital was a regional mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that helped owners sell their small firms. The case presents a company that was for sale in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2019
  • Supplement

Keroche (B): Considering Entry into the Kenyan Beer Market

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case discusses the situation of the Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche in July 2004, when co-founder Tabitha Karanja was debating whether to enter the Kenyan beer market. Doing so would mean direct competition with the multinational EABL in an industry and... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Alcoholic Drinks; Alcoholic Beverages; Beverages; Drinks; Wine Industry; Wine; Fortified Wine; Viena; Beer; Beer Market; Manufacturing; Production Capacity; Capacity; Growth; Regulated; Unregulated; Informal; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Substandard; Dangerous; Shutdown; Factory; Safe; Affordable; Low-income Consumers; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Investment; Safety; Quality; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
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  • 09 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

December 13, 2017 Harvard Business Review What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager By: Austin, Julia Abstract—As an aspiring product manager (PM), there are three primary considerations when evaluating the role: Core Competencies, Emotional Intelligence (EQ),... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Family Business Club

The mission of the Family Business Club (FBC) is to bring together students with family business backgrounds to facilitate discussions and conversations about their experiences working with family businesses. Our current programs include View Details
  • 17 Dec 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

to research and write this case? A: I came across the company during some of my travels in South India. It was so unusual to find "first-world health care at emerging-market prices" as the case says. Often better care—by which I... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

simply begin with the direction you want to go and take a small step. Thinking alone will never change your life-you must ACT. Then evaluate the lessons you learn from that first step, build on them, and take another step in your desired... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Recipient of a 2020 NBER Household Finance Small Grant Award. 2019 Shai Benjamin Bernstein : Winner of the 2019 Charles River Associates Award for Best Paper on Corporate Finance from the Western Finance Association with Rebecca Diamond,... View Details