Harvard Business School


Getting Money for Good Ideas

Business plan competitions are growing in popularity, with social entrepreneurship contests proving a particularly burgeoning niche. These reward business...  Read story

No Mbas Need Apply

I was very interested to read your cover story concerning venture capital companies ("Why Smart Companies are Saying No to Venture Capital" August 1984). ...  Read story

Of Mice And Mettle

A stone's throw across the Charles River from our Boston offices lies Harvard University, home of the Harvard Business School, and a symbol of Establishme...  Read story

Babies

* By year-end, each of the more than 3.8 million babies born in 1986 will gobble up 552 jars of baby food, dirty approximately 3,000 diapers, and grow out...  Read story

A Harvard Education

Here's a good business idea: crib the title of a best-seller (What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School) and call your book What they Really Te...  Read story

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Poison ivy. Firms governed by their quarterly-earnings reports? Young Wall Street hotshots driven by greed? Harvard's business school has frequently be...  Read story

What's the Net Present Value of a Harvard M.B.A.?

A quick look at how valuable a Havard M.B.A. is to entrepreneurs interested in owning a business.  Read story

GuruWatch

A noted business expert tells how small companies can use technology to create a highly competitive workplace.  Read story

Harvard to Offer Entrepreneurship Program

Harvard Business School has created an executive education program for entrepreneurs seeking to launch a start-up, school officials said this week. Read story

Paying Homage to Royalty

You are convinced that your new invention is destined to be the bedrock of a new company. If so, ask yourself these questions: Do I want to own 60% of a c...  Read story

Harvard Business School's " Woman Problem"

This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the June 1998 issue of Inc. On June 4, when members of Harvard Business School's class...  Read story

Harvard Business School's 'Woman Problem'

News of sexual harassment of female students by male classmates surfaced recently at Harvard Business School. Is the HBS administration to blame for not disc...  Read story

The Perfect Decision

An interview with Howard Raiffa, John S. Hammond, and Ralph L. Keeney, authors of "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions." They explain...  Read story

The Forgotten Role of Venture Capital

A short review of "Venture Capital at the Crossroads" (Harvard Business School Press).  Read story

Book Value: The Ultimate Biz Toolbox

Two new books can help your staff better understand your business. And that might make you more money.  Read story

A New Leaf

Can you really learn to think differently? According to three new books, the answer is yes.  Read story

Life And Death On The Corporate Battlefield

"Life and death" is overstating it, but a few of the tactical struggles cozily documented here -- starting with Harvard Business School game-playing and t...  Read story

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"I think if we want to understand the entrepreneur, we should look at the juvenile delinquent." Professor Abraham Zaleznick, Harvard Business School...  Read story

The New Work Force

Book on the changing patterns of hours spent working.  Read story

Are You Economically Literate?

A basic economic literacy test.  Read story

GuruWatch

An IT expert talks to Inc. Technology about some issues important to growing businesses.  Read story

Letters

Readers react to articles from the June issue of Inc., including Norm Brodsky's "Multilevel Mischief" and Jerry Useem's "Harvard Business School's 'Woman Pro...  Read story

E-Culture Survey Methodology

E-Culture Survey Methodology All e-culture survey responses were received and analyzed by Rosabeth Moss Kanter's E-culture project ...  Read story

Book Excerpt: Beyond Budgeting

Introduction: Toward a New General Management Model The budget is a tool of repression rather than innovation. ¹ Bob Lutz, ex...  Read story

Young M.B.A. Seeks Attractive Company

There is a new tool that M.B.A.s can use to find a company they can own: a search fund.  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information discussed in articles appearing in the November issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

Scott Augustine's Reading List

Scott Augustine, CEO of Augustine Medical Devices, a $64-million maker of medical devices, shares his favorite books on creative thinking and running a busin...  Read story

Hall of Fame Profile: Laura Scher

On the business of supporting social change.  Read story

Creators of the New Economy

A look at why, in the new economy, amateur entrepreneurship is over, and how the professionals are now in control.  Read story

Best of the Net: B-School Brains

Business-school sites that can help you think big.  Read story

Campus Inc.

An introduction to the Inc. cover story on the hottest entrepreneurial programs offered by universities. Includes brief descriptions of more unique ...  Read story

Letters

Readers react to articles from the September 1998 issue of Inc., including Donna Fenn's "Built for Speed" and Edward O. Welles' "Ben's Big Flop."  Read story

Building and Leading High Performance Teams

You don't have to be Michael Jordan or Mia Hamm to have the skills you need to build and lead high performing teams.  Read story

Why Retailers Can't Discount Discounting

Department and specialty stores -- like Bloomingdale's and Brooks Brothers, I. Magnin, or Neiman-Marcus -- have traditionally dominated the retail apparel...  Read story

Best Hometown Businesses in America

Inc. launches a new series of articles and here is an overview of what the series offers, and what to look forward to.  Read story

Harness the Power of the Net

Net Gain: Expanding Markets through Virtual Communities, by John Hagel III and Arthur G. Armstrong (Harvard Business School Press, 800-338-3987, ...  Read story

Info Line

A new phone service puts a wealth of information at New York's fingertips.  Read story

Eager B-schoolers Get Small Biz Brush-off

Business school graduate students are going after small business careers, but small businesses, it seems, arent's biting. In 1980, the Harvard Busin...  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997.  Read story