Harvard Business Review

Alibaba is about to make history with the first genuine mega-IPO of a Chinese entrepreneur-founded company in the United States. The numbers are historic as well—an anticipated market capitalization of some $200 billion.

It comes to the US rather ...

Publicado na HBR em 02/04/2014

When this column was inaugurated 14 years ago next month, we were asking ourselves whether we had entered the era of the “new economy.” Warren Buffett was telling us that we had not—that real assets, book value, and good brands still mattered—but many didn’t believe him. Now questions are again arising about whether we are about to experience a post-capitalist society centered around the creation and sharing of goods and services that have marginal costs approaching ...

Publicado na HBR em 09/04/2014

As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama’s senior economic team and a member of his Cabinet, specifically focused on the health and growth of America’s small businesses and entrepreneurs. Now Mills has brought her experience as a policy maker—as well as 25 years of experience as an investor and small business owner—to the U.S. Competitiveness Project at Harvard Business School.

Mills left the SBA ...