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Women at HBS - Alumni
alumnae's experiences at and beyond HBS. 800 alumni attended the two-day W50 Summit on campus April 4–5, 2013 to celebrate the anniversary; hear keynote speakers Karen Gordon View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
Source: Mills Source: Mills Drawing on her experience leading the US Small Business Administration as a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, Senior Fellow Karen Gordon... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
Technology May Change the Game By: Mills, Karen, and Brayden McCarthy Abstract—Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not only do they employ half of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2017
- News
Don't Try To Make Your City The Next Silicon Valley
- 07 Sep 2016
- News
Who Wants to Start a Bank?
- June 2018
- Case
The Grommet in 2018
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Karen Gordon Mills and Lena Goldberg
The Grommet, an online product launch platform, was at the brink of scaling its business. The Grommet's daily launch and sale of innovative consumer products, using personal videos created by product makers, had led to its initial success. In 2014, the company launched... View Details
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The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services
By: Karen Mills
An active debate has centered on the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper offers an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. We... View Details
- October 2020
- Article
The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services
By: Mercedes Delgado and Karen G. Mills
An active debate has centered on the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper offers an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. We... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Industries; Business-to-consumer Industries; Services; Innovation; Economy; Framework; Supply Chain; Service Operations; Innovation and Invention; Economic Growth; United States
Delgado, Mercedes, and Karen G. Mills. "The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services." Research Policy 49, no. 8 (October 2020).
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Past Issues - Alumni
ideas and trends that generated buzz in 2021—and could define 2022 New Wave Tapping the power of tides and waves to help power the planet is an attractive concept, but marine-energy companies have long been... View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation By: Mills, Karen Gordon, and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Events - Private Capital Project
moderated by Victoria Ivashina (Harvard Business School) FinTech and Small Businesses June 16, 2021 “FinTech and Small Businesses” with Sabrina Howell (New York University’s... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
about the research exploring the supply chain economy conducted by Karen Gordon Mills and Mercedes Delgado. FIRST-YEAR MBA STUDENTS TO WORK WITH... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Celebrating Women at HBS
and other faculty members will present his new case, "Women at HBS and in Business." Featured speakers will include Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995), COO of Facebook; Ann Moore (MBA 1978), former chairman of Time... View Details
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
energy public and private infrastructure, working with your shareholders, and convincing the board to go along with the plan. Fintech and Small Business Lending: How Technology... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
Buying lobster at Watson’s near her Brunswick home. Leading a meeting with her team at the SBA. Strolling with her son Henry on Bowdoin’s campus. Throughout her career, Karen Gordon Mills has owned, managed,... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Notes from W50
negotiation tactics and responsible investing. Keynote speakers included Karen Gordon Mills (MBA 1977), administrator of the US Small Business Administration; Ann Moore (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
South Carolina, Representative Tom Rice—both of whom have included the US Competitiveness tenets in their respective agendas. Shared Prosperity To help address stagnant middle- and working-class household incomes, Senior Fellow View Details
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- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
the successes of the BNVC became the basis of the 2020 case, “The Black New Venture Competition,” written by HBS faculty members Karen Mills, Jeff Bussgang, and Martin... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
status quo isn’t working for those without power and privilege, Mendu, a 2020–2021 HBS Leadership Fellow, believes “the more fortunate among us have a deep obligation to disrupt it.” Her HBS mentors included former United States Small... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before launching Funding Societies, a crowdfunding platform for small businesses in Singapore and Indonesia,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller