Entrepreneurial Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

classes gave me some subject matter expertise on the industries in which North Island invests. The general management and negotiations classes gave me a toolkit to manage people and processes while executing... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

juxtaposed the School's historic roots as an institution dedicated to American management practices with the increasingly global nature of business. Today, there's a clear sense that this will be a global century in which economic... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

ambitious and bold—both criteria that have framed Royster’s career from the start. His initial break with convention occurred after his first year in college, when he took a year off from Duke to work retail near his hometown, in Newton, Massachusetts. “At 19, I helped... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

15 Dec 2024
News

The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

Bridges (a capstone at the end of the two years), and several entirely new Executive Education courses. In our doctoral programs, we launched PRIMO, a summer program that connects undergraduates with our faculty to learn about management... View Details

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

administration in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School and a general partner at Flybridge Capital. He closely studies the startup environment and draws from his experience as a... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

businesses after World War II, and how his children and grandchildren have taken the business forward, professionalizing the management and engaging in extensive social investments. The Group became a symbol of ethical capitalism, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2006
News

The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could

as a Baker Scholar, in his spare time Rogers honed a system for trading over-the-counter stocks and left HBS with his bills paid and $50,000 in the bank. Eager to return to the Bay Area where he grew up, Rogers accepted a job offer from McKinsey in San Francisco. His... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

17 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

bundle. Dominant firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2019
News

Leading Schools That Change Lives

personal connection to the transformative power of education and an entrepreneurial mindset. His father grew up in the Mission Hill projects in Boston but was able to attend Boston College High School on a full merit scholarship. “That... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

20 Feb 2013
News

Thanking Veterans Online

surprised than I was when I got in," Hall said. HBS proved to be an ideal and welcoming setting for Hall as he dealt with the trauma of combat and began to decide what he would make of his life after the military. The demanding academic program and View Details

Keywords: veterans; identity; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade

05 Aug 2016
News

Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

Photography by Susan Young “If you’re a brain geek, this is the best time in history to be alive,” says Jordan Amadio (MD/MBA 2010), founder and managing partner of NeuroLaunch, the world’s first neuroscience startup accelerator. “We’re... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Sep 2014
News

Groundwork

aspect of the School’s unparalleled educational experience,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “We are taking great care to build an exceptional environment for research and teaching in the 21st century.” How does HBS plan for the management... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; George F. Baker III; real estate; Tata Hall; Educational Services; Real Estate

Web

Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

addresses the following: Why did you seek the position? What is the relevance of your management education to this position? How will your previous experience or background enhance your ability to excel in this position? What are the... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

This Is What I Do

Hood. “Our staff features not only business-trained project managers but also an unusually young group of scientific Ph.D.s whom we value as a new kind of expert. They bring their own innovative ideas about what directions and projects... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

entrepreneurial channel using data from the Longitudinal Business Database of the U.S. Census Bureau. The marginal effect of taxation for growth for a state at the 10th or 25th percentile of corruption is significantly positive; on the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

Elizabeth Murray A panel of distinguished historians offered interesting perspectives on the evolution of entrepreneurial women in the U.S. The historians were asked to delve into their reactions to the exhibit, "Enterprising Women:... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

Could you describe some of these entrepreneurial efforts? A: There is a lot of talk—both in this book and elsewhere—about the massive potential consumer market at the base of the economic pyramid. However, for a poor consumer,... View Details