Harvard Business Review

Name

Harvard Business Review

Legal name

Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation

Website

https://hbr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Management Media and Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business, Economics & Management Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAF), Business Intelligence, Reporting & Visualization Services (BPAEAHAD)

Keywords

• Business management media
• Executive education publishing
• Management research content
• Business news subscription
• Leadership professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Watertown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Magazine and Digital Subscriptions: HBR generates revenue through print magazine subscriptions and digital access subscriptions. Subscribers pay for access to the full archive, exclusive content, and tools.
2. HBR Press Books: Harvard Business Review Press publishes business books that are sold through the HBR Store and other retailers. Books include HBR's 10 Must Reads series, guide series, and authored works.
3. HBR Analytic Services: Sponsored research and surveys conducted with the HBR Advisory Council and senior executives worldwide. Corporations sponsor research reports on specific topics.
4. Events and Webinars: HBR hosts virtual and in-person events including the HBR Strategy Summit and webinars that generate revenue through attendance fees and sponsorship.
5. Corporate Learning (HBR Learning): Executive education and learning programs offered through HBR Learning platform with course fees.
6. Article and Case Reprints: Sale of article reprints, case studies, and bulk content licensing for corporate training and educational use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Harvard Business Review is a multi-platform business management media brand that publishes a flagship print and digital magazine, an online content platform (HBR.org), podcasts, business books through HBR Press, executive learning courses through HBR Learning, and sponsored research through HBR Analytic Services. It distributes content globally via web, mobile apps, email newsletters, and live events for business executives, managers, and enterprise learning programs.

Product overview

Harvard Business Review operates as a comprehensive business media platform offering a portfolio of integrated products and services. The core offerings include the Harvard Business Review Magazine (print and digital publication), HBR.org digital platform, and multiple podcast series including the flagship HBR IdeaCast and HBR On Leadership (announcing hiatus in 2026). The portfolio extends through HBR Press (book publishing with books translated into 46 languages), HBR Learning (online courses), HBR Executive (premium subscription tier), the HBR Store (e-commerce for reprints, books, cases, and tools), HBR Email Newsletters (including subscriber-exclusive The Insider and HBR Executive Agenda), HBR Case Selections (business case studies), HBR Data & Visuals (research insights), HBR Reading Lists (curated article collections), HBR Analytic Services (commercial research surveys), and the HBR Mobile App (with AI-powered personalization). The platform also includes HBR Webinars and event programming such as the inaugural HBR Strategy Summit. This multi-channel approach combines magazine, digital, audio, learning, and event content distributed across web, mobile, and podcast platforms to serve business professionals globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HBR IdeaCast: Flagship weekly podcast featuring leading thinkers in business and management
• HBR On Leadership
• HBR Analytic Services
• HBR Learning
• HBR Executive
• Women at Work
• The Insider
• HBR Strategy Summit

Products and services

• Harvard Business Review Magazine Flagship print and digital magazine offering articles, research, and analysis on leadership, strategy, management, and business topics for senior executives, managers, and business professionals globally.
• HBR.org Digital Platform Online digital platform providing articles, videos, podcasts, case studies, data visualizations, and premium subscriber content to 7 million monthly unique visitors worldwide.
• HBR IdeaCast
• HBR Press (Book Publishing)
• HBR Learning
• HBR Analytic Services
• HBR Store (E-commerce)
• HBR Mobile App
• HBR Webinars and Events Virtual and in-person events including the HBR Strategy Summit and webinars that generate revenue through attendance fees and sponsorship for senior executives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 59% of organizations have AI in production according to HBR Analytic Services research
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ValencecoreTechnology or Integration · 24 March 2026Valence announced plans to incorporate Harvard Business Review content into Nadia, its enterprise AI coaching platform used by nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies. The integration aims to provide real-time leadership and management insights during coaching conversations to support organizational performance and development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Businessweek: Bloomberg Businessweek is a global business news magazine targeting executives and finance professionals, combining news, analysis, and feature journalism. It overlaps with HBR on executive readership and subscription distribution but covers broader financial/markets news rather than management thought leadership.
• Fast Company: Fast Company is a US business media publication covering technology, leadership, and innovation for executives and professionals - overlapping with HBR on the innovation-and-leadership editorial territory and the advertising/subscription-based revenue model, though with broader technology-news scope.
• Forbes: Forbes is a major business media brand spanning news, lists, leadership, and entrepreneurship content, monetizing through subscriptions, events, and branded content. It competes for the same executive/professional audience as HBR but covers a much broader topical range.
• LinkedIn (Microsoft) - LinkedIn Learning & News: LinkedIn Learning and LinkedIn's editorial/news products (now part of Microsoft) compete most directly with HBR Learning for executive education subscriptions and with HBR.org's professional content distribution - both reach senior professionals through a digital subscription and learning model.

Direct peers

• MIT Sloan Management Review: MIT Sloan Management Review is the closest direct peer: an academic-anchored (MIT Sloan School) management publication offering articles, research, podcasts, and executive learning resources aimed at practitioners. Same horizontal target audience (executives and managers), same bridge between academic rigor and practice, same multi-platform business model including enterprise and individual subscriptions.
• McKinsey Quarterly: McKinsey Quarterly is the management-thought-leadership publication of McKinsey & Company, distributing original research and articles on business strategy, leadership, and operations to executives globally. Directly comparable to HBR's editorial offering, with the difference that McKinsey ties insights to a paid consulting franchise while HBR sells access content-led.
• Chief Executive Magazine: Chief Executive Magazine is a US-focused business publication targeted at C-suite executives covering leadership and strategy topics - smaller in scale than HBR but operating in the same niche of senior-executive practice content with subscription and event revenue.
• The Economist: The Economist operates a global subscription-based weekly news and business magazine with digital, app, podcast, and premium tier products - a near-mirror business model to HBR in its consumer subscription economics, multi-channel distribution, and audience of senior professionals, though with a broader news/politics scope than HBR's pure-management focus.
• Bain & Company Insights: Bain & Company's insights portal publishes proprietary research, articles, and tools on business strategy and management for executives - operating a similar thought-leadership-to-enterprise-revenue bridge as HBR Analytic Services, and competing for the same executive mindshare.
• Deloitte Insights: Deloitte Insights publishes research-driven articles, podcasts, and benchmarking reports aimed at senior business leaders, spanning strategy, operations, technology, and human capital. It is highly comparable to HBR Analytic Services and to HBR's broader executive-content franchise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HarvardBiz
• YouTubeyoutube.com/harvardbusiness
• Facebookfacebook.com/HBR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1649
• Instagraminstagram.com/harvard_business_review

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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