SaaS Business Models - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2013
News

Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

for innovation to fulfill that promise. Charter schools, in other words, might just need a better business plan. School Ties A loosely knit HBS charter network links alumni nationwide. Greg Thompson (MBA 2005) leads the Tennessee Charter... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 Jan 2025
News

New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global

Real estate has traditionally been a local business, but more and more, it’s becoming global, the same way so many other businesses have. On a year-to-year basis, we’ve been seeing global cross-border flows into real estate increase by 10... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Oct 1997
News

Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75

students in the early 1920s, the idea for the magazine was quickly taken up by HBS faculty, who charged Arch Shaw, the Chicago publisher of System magazine (which later became Business Week), with producing the publication under the... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet

with the right investors," advised Burgstone. Satchu added, "Choose a business model you can be passionate about 24/7, then focus on the product and listen to the customer." View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Passing on knowledge at a new business program in Switzerland

Bob Gebhardt (MBA 1973) is following a long career in international business by helping to launch a business school program in Switzerland modeled after his experience at... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Road Work

restaurants in the Los Angeles area. But after 25 years, the business went bust, and she relocated the family to her native Mexico when the Salas brothers were 12 years old. It’s a fitting origin story for Camino Financial, an online... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

12 Aug 2015
News

Alphabet--the Pros and Cons

Keywords: Google; Alphabet; business structure; technology

01 Jun 2002
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

entrepreneurship and a fascinating case study of a large media business both experiencing and driving change. In their groundbreaking book, The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation, Heidi... View Details

Keywords: Harvard Business School Press; books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

20 Oct 2019
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Rent the Runway Opens Galway Office

Keywords: ecommerce; leadership; women in business; Ireland; entrepreneurship; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2020
News

In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested

it’s a good thing to do, but because it makes good business sense,” she says. “We’re addressing a massive gap in content.” Aussie advantage: “The general perception of Australians is that we’re easygoing and approachable. And the accent... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; women in business; COVID-19; film; media; television; Arts, Entertainment