Small Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

emerged in areas ranging from labor markets to credit applications to housing—sometimes made worse by a lack of regulation, the absence of in-person interactions, and the use of automation and big data. How can companies reverse the tide?... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2012
News

A Better World, One Idea at a Time

commission-based, door-to-door sales organization while reinvesting profits to expand and provide employee benefits in Haiti. In addition to the judges’ picks, the “Audience Choice” award went to Essmart, a retail distribution company in... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; cosmetics; Crop Production; Agriculture; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

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Private companies: fast growing | Baker Library

will see section entitled Your News. Under Digital Editions, there is a link to Book of Lists. Note: Some cities' lists (ex. Chicago, Los Angeles) are available only in print in the Stamps Reading Room (ask at the desk for help). Forbes Lists (ex: World's Most... View Details

Career Coach

Scott Renner

consulting (or both). He often discusses the tradeoffs of the two paths, and can help craft a dual search approach if needed. Scott’s experience in both large and small companies working in traditional roles... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing; Real Estate

25 Apr 2014
Blog Post

Get the Scoop on Date Release at HBS

for details on the many ways to connect with current students. We have a variety of options throughout the year, including interviews in Boston and San Francisco, company presentations, and small group... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

entrepreneurs have excelled both as progenitors of startup enterprises and as prime movers in the transformation of small or medium-sized companies into corporate giants. In this role, since World War II,... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Case Study: Growing the Family Business

center the company remodeled, is expected to cost about $200,000 to break even.) The sector is not of interest to venture capital or many angels. The company is too small for... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

01 Apr 2001
News

William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency

private-label manufacturing of quality products. “Up to now, we haven’t been able to service the small customers, such as country clubs, in a cost-effective way,” says Fung. But with the Internet, the View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

Mar 2012
Report

Enriching the Ecosystem

they are far more effective when they're networked. By collaborating to bridge the gaps between them, business, academic, and policy leaders can help generate more ideas, start-ups, company growth, global competitors, and prosperity. In... View Details

Career Coach

Ryan Kim

Ryan (HBS '02, Harvard College '95) is particularly interested in helping students and alumni find balance and meaning in their career choices. Throughout his adult life, he has attempted to balance divergent personal and career interests and is still on that journey.... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

business in order to be successful." Other Articles In This Series Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices Companies Must Forget—and Borrow The Business of Crowdsourcing Freeing Patient Data to Enable... View Details

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music

Henry R. Towne

added later. This and other techniques, many of which were the invention of Towne himself, helped make his company the leader in locking equipment, from small household locks, to bank locks, and night... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

turn, means putting the "mom-and-pop" operations cherished in American lore out of business. Indeed, the creation of the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, which put small companies out of business and... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101

deadlines. I even remember thinking: “I’ll do my summer internship in this company, get a full time offer and then stay for a couple years, go back home, start working for this other company and someday I’ll be CEO”. It didn’t take me... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2022
News

Ink: Comfort in Discomfort

particular order, are all about survival, growth, or the downfall of enterprise: How the Mighty Fall and Why Some Companies Never Give In, by Jim Collins; A Good African Story: How a Small View Details

11 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

Conversations as Coffee Chats at other MBA schools. These 1:1 or small group meetings are a great way to connect with companies and get to know them on a personal level. View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Studying Japan from the Inside

cultures and languages. When Japanese companies send their managers overseas, however, they have to face completely different cultures and languages. Other Asian companies may face the same issue, but in... View Details

Keywords: Cynthia Churchwell; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Vincent R. Shiely

Shiely continued Briggs & Stratton’s (world’ largest manufacturer of small gasoline engines) three decade long top financial performance – even during the energy crisis of the 1970’s. For 30 years, Briggs and Stratton has been a top... View Details