Family Businesses - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

businesses to some 200 investors in the audience. The goal of the event was simple: to get financing. "This is about money changing hands," Harvard Business School professor Myra M. Hart, forum... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Dec 2022
HBS Seminar

Christine Beckman, USC Price School of Public Policy

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

06 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

Perseverance, “By high school, Jeff had turned the family garage into a laboratory for inventing and experimentation. One day, Jackie [his mother] got a call from Jeff’s high school saying he was skipping classes after lunch. When he got... View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

and frameworks from the BSSE class, as they are applicable in almost all situations in our business. My involvement in the HBS Family Business Club as copresident has also been very helpful as I got a chance... View Details

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

creative explosion in Florence when the Medici family brought together creators from a wide range of disciplines—sculptors, scientist, poets, philosophers, painters, and architects. As these individuals connected, they created new ideas... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

01 Sep 2023
News

Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Many innovations in modern medicine have come about due to cutting-edge drugs—advances that required both a scientific leap and a willingness to take risks. And while most pharmaceutical companies would... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2010
News

John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

FAMILY PORTRAIT: John and Aileen Crowley with Megan, John Jr., and Patrick. When John Crowley (MBA ’97) flew to Portland, Oregon, last spring to watch the filming of a movie about his life, what he saw was “beyond surreal.” The actors’... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

the landscape. Q: Another hot topic in the nonprofit world is the idea of creating a for-profit business to help underwrite the cost of operations. Is this the way to go to secure a reliable stream of funds? A: I don't think so. There's a... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Foundation, and the Stoneman Family Foundation. He received his degrees from Harvard, AB 1981, and MBA, 1985. Mr. Smith and his wife, Dana, have three children. Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965), Harvard Business... View Details

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

be moved with the male work force? I think it's something companies have to address," Naidoo said. According to Chigwedere, businesses need to think beyond their employees and families in formulating... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

Web

Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Foundation ; Impact Investing ; ESG ; Family Business ; Forecasting and Prediction ; Private Sector ; Renewable Energy ; Social Entrepreneurship ; Climate Change ; Environmental Sustainability ; Green... View Details

13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

(the robes hide the belly nicely!). I worked in PE, was sponsored at HBS, and figured that business school would be a great time to have kids given the easier schedule compared to the world of finance. While nothing about having kids... View Details

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

and International Economy (BGIE) – and we are discussing Korea’s growth story. Our discussion centers around whether government intervention helps economic growth and on the impact of the Chaebols, or large family conglomerates. While... View Details

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

their efforts often lack an overall strategy that dilutes their effectiveness. "Kash" Rangan and colleagues offer a pragmatic solution. Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are CaregiversShifting demographics are causing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

Mar 05 2019
Testimonial

Empowering Leadership Teams

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

maximizing productivity? How do we help employees with work/life balance?” “How to keep people engaged and connected and OPTIMISTIC in appropriate measure while so many have so many competing personal and business and health and View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

26 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606147 Matthew A. Hunter Harvard Business School Case 806-203 Matthew Hunter, CEO of a second-generation family business, must manage the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

success over the top. You may be immune to the grosser forms of celebration—how many really believed Dennis Koslowski's financial excesses at Tyco were a sign of good business leadership?—but culture is a strong shaper of worldview. These... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

Career Coach

Jonathan Shepherd

Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds of firms across these... View Details

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