Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

2002
Book

Business Structures

10 Aug 2009
News

Where can I find out about cultural differences relating to international business? CultureGrams World Edition: Contains primary-source reports on 209 countries and territories—including every United Nations member state—focusing on 25 cultural categories,... View Details

20 Jul 2010
News

Business School Boost

Keywords: Professor Ben Esty; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

25 Apr 2012
News

Harvard Business School Holds 16th Annual Business Plan Contest

01 Jun 2014
News

Business School, Disrupted

13 May 2015
News

6 Reasons Businesses Are Rejected for Small Business Loans

Clubs

Family Business Club

09 Sep 2015
News

Starting a Business is Easy (for Harvard Business Grads)

13 Oct 2017
HBS Seminar

Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School

August 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Background Note

Business Incentives

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Guhan Subramanian

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02 Jan 2011
News

Professor Michael Porter

26 Feb 2010
News

Business Books

01 Dec 2018
News

Evergreen Business

Above: photo by John Loomis About 80 percent of Frans Kok’s (MBA 1972) cut-your-own customers make the trek to the Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm in Philomont, Virginia, during the two weeks after Thanksgiving. After bumping down the mile-long driveway, visitors... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

28 Apr 2009
News

Harvard Business School Holds 13th Annual Business Plan Contest

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

The dot-com boom of the 1990s had changed the rules of business forever, it seemed; all you needed was a sexy IPO, cold nerve, and the magic carpet of momentum trading. But even as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists were dismissing... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

June 2023 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Doing Business in Lima, Peru

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Max Hancock

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Peru. It highlights Peru's 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; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Peru; Latin America

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01 Sep 2007
News

Busy…Very Busy

Courtesy Thriving Office Bill Freund (MBA ’96) was working out of his home when he realized his telephone calls might pack more punch if they sounded like they were coming from a busy office. So he put together a CD that includes ringing... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

Article

Medium-term Business Cycles

By: Diego Comin and Mark Gertler

Over the postwar period, many industrialized countries have experienced significant medium-frequency oscillations between periods of robust growth versus relative stagnation. Conventional business cycle filters, however, tend to sweep these oscillations into the trend.... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Fluctuation; Information Technology; Research and Development; Resource Allocation; Framework; Trends; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity

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