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- December 1998
- Background Note
Cash Management Practices in Small Companies
By: H. Kent Bowen, Andrew R. Jassy, Laurence E. Katz, Kevin E. Kelly and Baltej Kochar
Most small business managers claim that cash management is their leading concern. Often walking a tightrope between growth and illiquidity, small business managers face different cash management challenges than their counterparts in larger companies. Compared to larger...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Working Capital;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Design;
Cash;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Policy;
Business Strategy
Bowen, H. Kent, Andrew R. Jassy, Laurence E. Katz, Kevin E. Kelly, and Baltej Kochar. "Cash Management Practices in Small Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-047, December 1998.
- 2017
- Book
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurs;
Small Companies;
Small Business Finance;
Negotiation;
Due Diligence;
Sourcing;
Search Funds;
Search;
Deal Sourcing;
Deal Structuring;
Funnel;
Debt Financing;
Small And Medium Enterprises;
Small Business;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Negotiation Deal;
Ownership;
Equity;
Borrowing and Debt
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company. Harvard Business Review Press, 2017.
- September 1985
- Background Note
Finding a Job with a Small Company
Describes a process of self-evaluation for working in small companies, discusses small company issues, focuses on some basic search techniques, and ends with a little how-to section. The goal is to facilitate the process of securing a job in a small company and to show...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Higher Education;
Recruitment;
Work-Life Balance;
Interests
Stevenson, Howard H. "Finding a Job with a Small Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 386-076, September 1985.
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
A few years ago, H. Kent Bowen, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, undertook a study of smaller companies (firms in the $5 million to $50 million range) in order to develop cases and teaching materials for the...
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- January 2013 (Revised January 2013)
- Course Overview Note
Running Small and Medium Size Enterprises (RSME) Winter Term 2013: Course Overview and Syllabus
Course Overview and Syllabus for RSME
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Entrepreneurs;
Small & Medium-sized Enterprises;
Small And Medium-sized Enterprises;
Small Business;
Small And Medium Enterprises;
Small Company Management;
Small Companies;
Operations Management;
Growth Management;
Growth Strategy;
Growth Planning And Management;
Pricing;
Hiring;
Firm Growth;
Firm Organization;
Leadership And Managing People;
Entrepreneurship;
Operations;
Management;
Leadership
Sharpe, Jim. "Running Small and Medium Size Enterprises (RSME) Winter Term 2013: Course Overview and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 813-128, January 2013. (Revised January 2013.)
- Article
Making Small Farms More Sustainable—and Profitable
By: Lino Dias, Robert S. Kaplan and Harmanpreet Singh
Smallholder farms provide a large proportion of food supply in developing economies, but 40% of these farmers live on less than U.S.$2/day and their deforestation produces environmental degradation. With a rapidly growing global population, it is imperative to improve...
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Keywords:
Small Farms;
Sustainable Agriculture;
Agribusiness;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Environmental Sustainability
Dias, Lino, Robert S. Kaplan, and Harmanpreet Singh. "Making Small Farms More Sustainable—and Profitable." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (August 24, 2021).
- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Small Business Support in a Time of Covid-19
- Article
Managing Innovation in Small Worlds
Fleming, Lee, and Matt Marx. "Managing Innovation in Small Worlds." MIT Sloan Management Review 48, no. 1 (Fall 2006): 8–9.
- March 1, 1999
- Article
Time For the Big Small Company
By: L. M. Applegate
Keywords:
Business Ventures
Applegate, L. M. "Time For the Big Small Company." Mastering Information Management Series Financial Times (March 1, 1999).
- Article
Managing Creativity in Small Worlds
Fleming, Lee, and Matt Marx. "Managing Creativity in Small Worlds." California Management Review 48, no. 4 (Summer 2006): 6–27. (
Winner of Accenture Award For the article published in the California Management Review that has made the most important contribution to improving the practice of management
.)- 1999
- Chapter
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.
- October 1999
- Case
Bedrock Management Company
By: William A. Sahlman, Curtis E. Large and Matthew C. Lieb
Keywords:
Management
Sahlman, William A., Curtis E. Large, and Matthew C. Lieb. "Bedrock Management Company." Harvard Business School Case 800-181, October 1999.
- 26 Mar 2020
- News
Managing Through Crisis: Let's Talk About Small Business
- 26 Mar 2020
- Video
Managing Through Crisis: Let's Talk About Small Business
- September 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Harvard Management Company (2010)
By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
In February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was reflecting on the list of issues facing Harvard University's endowment in preparation for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Higher Education;
Asset Management;
Financial Liquidity;
Investment Portfolio;
Risk Management;
Education Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Massachusetts
Perold, Andre F., and Erik Stafford. "Harvard Management Company (2010)." Harvard Business School Case 211-004, September 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- May 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Harvard Management Company (2001)
By: Jay O. Light
Harvard Management Co. uses portfolio theory to help consider the asset allocation issues for its endowment.
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Keywords:
Asset Management
Light, Jay O. "Harvard Management Company (2001)." Harvard Business School Case 201-129, May 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Neeley University Investment Management Company
This case analyzes the problem of a university looking to reduce its private equity exposure in its endowment. The university hires Cogent Partners, a small investment bank specializing in private equity secondary trading.
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Private Equity;
Higher Education;
Financial Services Industry;
Education Industry
Chacko, George C., Ian Charles, Colin McGrady, and Veeral Rathod. "Neeley University Investment Management Company." Harvard Business School Case 204-150, April 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- August 1993
- Case
ARCO Investment Management Company
By: Jay O. Light and James O. Sailer
Light, Jay O., and James O. Sailer. "ARCO Investment Management Company." Harvard Business School Case 294-027, August 1993.
- 18 Sep 2023
- News