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- 1999
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How Small Companies Should Handle Advisers
Sahlman, William A. "How Small Companies Should Handle Advisers." Chap. 25 in The Entrepreneurial Venture. 2nd ed. by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J Roberts, and Amar V. Bhide, 450–458. Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- July 1991 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Chain Stores
Describes the development of chain stores and their opposition up to the Robinson-Patman Act. View Details
McCraw, Thomas K. "Chain Stores." Harvard Business School Case 391-251, July 1991. (Revised August 1998.)
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
environmental performance, and social responsibility evaluation, which cover the company in the national, regional, and corporate levels for the purpose of realizing the comprehensive evaluation of economic and environmental performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
between immigrants and natives. Results in this paper indicate that, even when diversity is economically beneficial, it may nonetheless be socially hard to manage. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55981... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San Francisco International, one is struck by how small the region is. As View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
and prosperous than others. And the third, which arose from the second, examines how you can take competitive thinking and apply it to social problems such as the environment, inner cities, and health care. Most of my readers have tended... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- September 2009
- Teaching Note
iZumi (TN)
By: Robert F. Higgins
Teaching Note for [809105]. View Details
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51552 forthcoming Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm By: Kato, Takao, and Pian Shu... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Fast Answer
Workplace Diversity: Data Sources
Gender Equality. Associations & Organizations AllRaise.org An organization supporting non-binary and women founders and funders in the technology space. They create an annual report tracking diversity in venture capital and as... View Details
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
I was caught in that rat race, and I was making really, really good money. People thought I was possessed when I said I wanted to do this. It’s not a big money-making venture yet. For the first few months after starting Cookie Girl,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
host of Web-based social enterprises (WEBSEs): nonprofit information hubs, online giving directories, click-to-donate sites, workplace-giving centers, charity shopping malls and auctions, and volunteer clearinghouses. These start-ups are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
and CEO, Ranch Road Boots Neutrall is a great idea, currently focused as a D2C venture using Amazon, social media, and other online marketing initiatives to build the business. After the pandemic, however,... View Details
- March 2020 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
The Art of the Merger: The Museum of Modern Art and PS1
By: Dennis Yao and Hillary Greene
This case examines the organizational relationship between the Museum of Modern Art and its affiliate MoMA PS1. The relationship raises a number of business and corporate strategy questions regarding the evolution of organizational relationships and their management.... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Disruption; Decision Making; Fine Arts Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
Yao, Dennis, and Hillary Greene. "The Art of the Merger: The Museum of Modern Art and PS1." Harvard Business School Case 720-412, March 2020. (Revised May 2022.)
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Componential Theory of Creativity Author:Teresa M. Amabile Abstract The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
I was eager to go into business, become as successful as I could, and then use my resources as much as I could to help social causes that were important to me, especially those relating to education and the environment." "I saw no reason... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
utilizes the one asset that exists in abundance in even the poorest and most fragile social sectors - people's self-initiative. It increases the productivity of the person engaged in economic activity, thereby creating new wealth, rather... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
et al. Publication: British Journal of Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract Income inequality undermines societies: the more inequality, the more health problems, social tensions, and the lower View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
Summing Up Do we even need a stringent climate change agreement? Judging from this month's comments, a question can be raised about the necessity of a climate change agreement, stringent or not, as a catalyst to foster innovation and the View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
For Education Reform, PELP Is on the Way
school systems that have achieved a high level of excellence overall.” To address this situation, HBS and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education have launched a three-year joint venture with nine urban school districts representing more... View Details