big business - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2014
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Innovation in Big Companies

Keywords: big business; innovation; leadership; manageement

01 Dec 2019
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INK: Big News for Small Business

The earliest small business loan on record dates back to Mesopotamia, when a royal baker borrowed capital—suggesting that small-business owners have been wrestling with access to capital literally since the dawn of civilization, says Senior Fellow Karen Mills. In her... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

17 Apr 2018
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Reimagining Capitalism: Business and the Big Problems

01 Sep 2017
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The Big Business of Returns

(illustration by Chris Philpot) Sources: (1) National Retail Federation; (2) Industry analyst Kurt Salmon; (3) Inbound Logistics; (4) B-Stock Solutions View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

13 Feb 2018
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Harvard's Porter Compares Small Business to Big Business

06 May 2010
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How Big Business Can Regain Legitimacy

14 Aug 2014
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Care.com, the Big Business of Babysitting

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2010
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Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest

The dream of starting their own business inspired 110 teams of students to enter the 2010 HBS Business Plan Contest, which awarded $170,000 in cash and in-kind services to winners and runners-up in separate... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Sep 2016
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The Big Business of Little Loans

Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before launching Funding Societies, a crowdfunding platform for small businesses in Singapore and Indonesia, Kelvin Teo and Reynold Wijaya (both MBA 2016) visited major... View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

17 Apr 2016
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Big Business Speaks Up on Social Issues

13 Oct 2013
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The Big Business of Big Hits: How Blockbusters Conquered Movies, TV, and Music

17 Oct 2013
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In Hollywood, big bets lead to big payoffs

07 Sep 2016
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Appreciating the Big Role of Small Business

“Why isn’t anyone talking about Joe the Plumber in this presidential election?” Dean Nitin Nohria asks in a new opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, in which he makes a case for the vital role of small business in the America’s... View Details