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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship
and by survey/frequency. United States Census: County Business Patterns - Annual economic data by industry in small areas of the country. Tables and maps that include... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
department, served as an advisor to a number of business and marketing clubs, and organized the school's Small Business Center. In 1965, Fitzhugh left Howard to accept a... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
founders. Similarly, the odds that founders were previously employed at small firms increases by 29 percent. Examining venture performance in the first few years after creation, we find that startups founded... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Q: Why is it so effective? A: A wide range of factors explains its success. For one, strong brands and high production values matter. Scale also brings marketing advantages: It is relatively cost-efficient to advertise those tent-pole... View Details
- 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-067.pdf Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences Author: Hanna W. Halaburda Abstract This paper investigates the causes and welfare... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
needed the marketing teams—which were spread out over 154 countries—to align themselves around a common goal and develop more collaborative ways of working. De Meo brought colleagues from all over the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jordan Bazinsky
contraption. But why stop at the edges of my own yard? I will build an organization that empowers others to create safe and healthy homes. The depth of poverty and malnutrition in our world is overwhelming... View Details
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Mark Gundersen
Whether on his own or within a team, Mark Gundersen loves to solve problems. So when a college friend told him about a microfinance initiative in Nicaragua, he was eager to jump on board. "It was World... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016
entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Airline industry: overviews & statistics
Australian, and global markets Statista - quick statistics and articles on the topic Additional resource: United States Bureau of Transportation Statistics Federal Aviation Administration Global and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Nagisa Manabe (MBA 1991)
automation in the Postal Service, but also this true attention to detail. It’s a little bit ironic, but we are doing much more marketing right now through direct mail, which is a very effective recruitment... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
example, both companies know that their investors are very concerned about the large amount of cash generated in oil and gas, but each has committed to explaining its use in a different way. While BP is very... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
can be turned into usable products. The company ships the glasses in carbon-neutral packaging, with an additional carbon offset to guarantee the product’s neutral environmental impact. The market for... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
question. Japan's reliance on industrial policy had already triggered a backlash in the United States with cries of unfair trade practices. With its emphasis on size and dominant View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
affiliated with firms here in the United States. Venture capital has been practiced in a deeper, more profound way in the United States than... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
Seegull coauthored a policy paper, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and others, focused on engaging the federal government in impact investing to achieve social and environmental outcomes. "That opened my eyes to the View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track
that is relevant in Shanghai, Panama, South Africa, Europe, or wherever. The United States is one big market. Contrast that with Europe, where we have a central office, but where there are lots of different... View Details
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Heidi Brooks
refugees in Cote d'Ivoire and helping build small businesses in Vietnam. I've strengthened programs that directly and indirectly improved the lives of thousands of people View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
major advances in energy technology it is unlikely that the world will be able to reduce green-house gas emissions rapidly enough to avoid a substantial increase in the risk of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace