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- 15 Nov 2007
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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Since its inception, the Social Enterprise Initiative has explored the role of business in creating social value. Early efforts in the late 1990s included hosting a research conference on View Details
- Web
About - Business History
About History has played a vital role at Harvard Business School since the School’s founding. The School’s first Dean, Edwin F. Gay, was an economic historian. In “The Rhythm of History” (1923), Gay wrote,... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation
By: Karen Gordon Mills and Brayden McCarthy
Small businesses were among the hardest hit in the Great Recession, accounting for more than 60% of the total jobs lost. The economic crisis was one focused on the banking sector, which is one reason for the disproportionately high impact on America’s small businesses,... View Details
Mills, Karen Gordon, and Brayden McCarthy. "The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-042, November 2016.
- 20 Aug 2012
- News
The Business Ecosystem
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
Better Business Ethics
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
how we distinguish the cognizant from the mindless. "What I'm interested in is how and why the brain evolved to pay attention to other people," says Looser, a fellow at Harvard Business School who sports a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Business Plan Contest
’03), who is now CEO of FBC, and faculty advisor HBS associate professor Stefan H. Thomke. Photos by Catherine Walsh/HBS Communications Now in its seventh year, the HBS Business Plan Contest is designed to... View Details
- January 2025
- Supplement
Hippo: Weathering the Storm of the Home Insurance Crisis (B)
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan
Rick McCathron, CEO of Hippo, was optimistic about the InsurTech's path to profitability after navigating the financial uncertainties of 2022. By bundling their home insurance services with third-parties and established insurance incumbents, Hippo was adopting a... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Underwriters; Big Data; Homeowners' Insurance; Catastrophe Risk; Global Warming; Environment; Business Economics; Vertical Specialization; Bundling; Economies Of Scale; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Technological Innovation; Natural Environment; Natural Disasters; Weather; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Business Earnings; Insurance; Social Issues; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Insurance Industry; California; United States
- 31 May 2018
- Podcast
(Trailer) Introducing: Managing the Future of Work by Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. View Details
- 04 Dec 2023
- News
Amy Edmondson wins FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year
- 27 Oct 2020
- Video
The Role of American Business Leaders in a Challenging Election Season
- 15 Oct 2014
- HBS Seminar
Manuel Adelino, Assistant Professor, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University
- Sep 11 2017
- Testimonial
Expand Your Business Acumen
- 13 Jan 2022
Top Business Schools Discuss: Benefits of Deferred MBA Programs for Undergraduates
Join Columbia Business School, Chicago Booth School of Business, Harvard Business School, Kellogg School of Management, MIT Sloan School View Details
- 24 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy
Keywords: by Robert L. Simons
- 2013
- Book
Business and the Environment: Critical Perspectives in Business and Management
By: Susse Georg and Andrew J. Hoffman
Over the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism has passed through multiple iterations. Prompted by landmark environmental events such the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), the Santa Barbara oil spill, the Cuyahoga River fire,... View Details
Georg, Susse, and Andrew J. Hoffman, eds. Business and the Environment: Critical Perspectives in Business and Management. 4 vols. Routledge, 2013.
- February 2023 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Doing Business in Accra, Ghana
By: Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Leonard Schlesinger and Namrata Arora
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Ghana. It highlights Ghana economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Agribusiness; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Ghana
Belo-Osagie, Hakeem, Leonard Schlesinger, and Namrata Arora. "Doing Business in Accra, Ghana." Harvard Business School Case 323-090, February 2023. (Revised March 2025.)