Industry Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Apr 2025
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The Growth of the Private-Sector Space Industry

13 Nov 2014
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Industry Leaders Fear Middle-Skill Worker Shortage Could Stunt Houston's Growth

21 Sep 2009
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Harvard Business School Program To Help Media Executives Identify Growth Opportunities In Rapidly Changing Industry

28 Oct 2012
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The Perils of Feeding a Bloated Industry

03 Sep 2017
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America's Superstar Companies Are a Drag on Growth

01 Sep 2017
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A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett In an era of artisanal coffee bars blossoming in neighborhoods worldwide, how could a producer of award-winning beans be struggling to stay afloat? That was the puzzle confronting Chijioke Dozie (MBA 2008) when he cofounded Kaizen... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Aug 2014
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A closer look at the industry of beauty

The global beauty business is a $450 billion industry, yet it received little serious scholarly attention until Geoffrey G. Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at HBS, published Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty View Details

14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

17 Apr 2017
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Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry

As Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) grew Au Bon Pain and then the Panera Bread Company into the nation’s largest “fast casual” chain, he was also shaping a team of highly skilled restaurant executives. A recent article in the Boston Globe traces the lineage of these... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Apr 1997
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The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry

whose innovations and creativity greatly influence the direction of the industry. How big is the foodservice industry? Sales for restaurants alone are projected to top $320 billion in 1997. Restaurants are a hot entrepreneurial growth... View Details

12 Feb 2025
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Fawn Weaver’s Use of Storytelling to Build Her Brand in the Spirits Industry

27 Sep 2021
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Revival: The Independent Bookstore Industry Is Growing with a Loyal Customer Base Wanting to Shop Local

06 Dec 2021
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Turning Point: Makeover

rebuilt our team, held space for my people during a wave of AAPI hate, and tripled our growth rate. I will never again doubt my ability to lead and am committed to helping others see themselves clearly too. Vicky Tsai is the founder of... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing