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- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
promising them seasoned managers and top-tier business partners; recruiting people by assuring them of adequate financing and powerful partners; and securing partners by explaining the power of the customer... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
small-dollar loans, which are important to startups and businesses in underserved communities. These businesses often need $150,000 or less to get started and keep running, but in today's market they... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
Jim Knott's Aquamesh lobster traps set a new standard for durability, quickly supplanting the wooden traps used by generations of lobstermen. Chinese knockoffs failed to match Aquamesh's patented process. Will business leaders reconnect... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
dot-coms, to security windows, to a PC for children, to a gadget that makes the knot in neckties. Nine corporations, including General Motors, Veridicom, Anderson Windows, FitSense Technology, and Lynx System Developers, sponsored student... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
we finally pulled the trigger, it was the difference between $30 million and $100 million. I STARTED OUT in a variety of jobs at the Times, most of them not very glamorous. I was a building manager, negotiating janitorial and security... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
goal is not to identify the "best" program, but rather to lay out the range of innovations to meet the needs of heterogeneous potential savers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-075.pdf Cases & Course Materials2006 Hurricane Risk... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
John Rice (MBA 1992) that fights racial and economic disparities by empowering a new generation of diverse leaders. Engaging with MLT fellows broadened Ramirez’s exposure to corporate opportunities and planted the seed for attending View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 12 May 2015
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in General Management
of frozen pizza and snacks. How did your RC year shape what you wanted to do last summer? I felt that the array of courses in the RC helped me understand the range of business skills that exist. I was intrigued by my exposure to the field... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
Accounting and Management Unit, Srinivasan says that his research received an immediate boost from the trip. “I have a couple of projects on securities markets and financial reporting in China that have come into sharper focus since the... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
Growth or Disorder," held at the 5th Annual Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School on March 8. Harvard Business School Professor Debora Spar, the panel... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- Web
Introduction - The Request - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
instruction at Harvard Business School. Ayres and Davenport corresponded with the gamut of American companies, ranging from General Electric to International Harvester. Eager to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of their... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
Fenn, Jr., Edward L. Anthony (MBA '52), and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (51st PMD). Volume I, number 1 of the Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin appeared on January 3, 1925, after a three-year trial as a special section of the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
security of conducting business online. These fears are assumed to be temporary as consumers get more accustomed to using the Internet and gain confidence in security measures.... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
to continue their traditional services while marketing the use of their new technology. Many of today's consumers are concerned with the privacy and security of conducting business online. These fears are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
online food delivery business based in Denmark. This was our conclusion: “Just Eat seems to only work in Denmark, where business is profitable. Its other half-dozen markets are burning cash. It already has... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Remembering Well and Making Meaning of Memorial Day
of white marble headstones remind me of all – especially those I followed, fought alongside, and led – who lie interred in veterans' cemeteries from Arlington to Sacramento. In a real sense, those who volunteered to go in our place gave of themselves and their futures... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A commitment to conservation supports the bottom line
Protecting the country’s conservation land while also turning a profit guides the business model at The Lyme Timber Company. David Hoffer (AB 1990, MBA 1995, JD 1996), managing director at the timberland investment management firm, says... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Teamwork Testament
Not only have Marion Sandler (HRPBA ’53) and her husband, Herb Sandler, been married for more than forty years, they’ve worked together nearly that long as business partners. They grew their company, Oakland-based Golden West Financial... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
of the owner, who is asked by his father to take over the business. An example: You are working on the docks as a 28-year-old in Worcester, Massachusetts, and your father asks you to stop work for a moment so he can talk with you. He tells you that the View Details