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- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
Alumni-founded startups M7 Health and Hue came out victorious in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition on Thursday, winning the Grand Prize and Runner Up awards respectively in an impressive field of eight global regional winners.... View Details
- August 2016
- Teaching Note
Mahindra Lifespace Developers' Venture into Affordable Housing
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Monica Baraldi
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited (MLDL) was the infrastructure and real estate arm of the Mahindra Group, an Indian conglomerate with revenues of $16.5 billion in 2014. Employing 400 experts in land acquisition, design, project management, sales and marketing, and... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Housing; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Human Needs; Social Issues; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; India
- 01 Apr 2015
- News
Female-Run Venture Capital Funds Alter the Status Quo
- 2016
- Working Paper
Pivoting Isn't Enough: Principled Pragmatism and Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures
By: Rory McDonald and Cheng Gao
New technology ventures often experience deviations from their original plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how entrepreneurs explain and justify their... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Reorientation; Technology Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Product Development Processes; Organizational Adaptation; Qualitative Methods (General); Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Communication; Entrepreneurship; Alignment; Innovation and Invention; Product Development
- fall 1997
- Article
Venture Capital and the Creation of Public Companies: Do Venture Capitalists Really Bring More than Money?
By: Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul A., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital and the Creation of Public Companies: Do Venture Capitalists Really Bring More than Money?" Journal of Private Equity 1, no. 1 (Fall 1997): 15–32.
- 28 Apr 2009
- News
Harvard Business School Holds 13th Annual Business Plan Contest
- September 1994
- Supplement
Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (C)
Presents the decision made by the company. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-060, September 1994.
- Web
Social Enterprise Track | New Venture Competition
its potential for social value creation, and the likelihood of achieving success based upon the team’s plan and experience. Prizes & Benefits Descriptions of the cash and in-kind prizes for winning teams. Tools Across Harvard Business... View Details
- August 2012 (Revised November 2014)
- Case
Intuit Inc.: Project AgriNova
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Tanya Bijlani
In late 2008, a team from Intuit's office in Bangalore, India, is evaluating an opportunity to launch a new venture that would use SMS to deliver crop price information to farmers in India. The case describes the structure of Indian agriculture and the problems... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Venturing; Entrepreneurship; Research; Business Ventures; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Information Technology Industry; Bangalore
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Tanya Bijlani. "Intuit Inc.: Project AgriNova." Harvard Business School Case 813-062, August 2012. (Revised November 2014.)
- October 1996 (Revised May 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the interaction between private equity investors and the firms they finance. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-041, October 1996. (Revised May 2011.)
- 15 Feb 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How to Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
Keywords: Re: Jo Tango
- September 1998 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Walnut Venture Associates (D): RBS Deal Terms
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Plan; Research; Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Walnut Venture Associates (D): RBS Deal Terms." Harvard Business School Case 899-097, September 1998. (Revised November 1998.)
- 2020
- Article
How Signal Intensity of Behavioral Orientations Affects Crowdfunding Performance: The Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Crowdfunding Business Ventures
By: Goran Calic and Anton Shevchenko
Backers assess a crowdfunding campaign description not merely for a project’s capacity to deliver a reward, but also for the manner in which that reward is delivered. Viewed through the lens of signalling theory, crowdfunding performance depends on the signals of... View Details
Keywords: Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Consumer Behavior; Communication Strategy
Calic, Goran, and Anton Shevchenko. "How Signal Intensity of Behavioral Orientations Affects Crowdfunding Performance: The Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Crowdfunding Business Ventures." Journal of Business Research 115 (2020): 204–220.
- January 1998 (Revised January 1999)
- Background Note
A Note on Valuation in Entrepreneurial Ventures
By: Paul A. Gompers
Discusses various valuation methodologies for analyzing entrepreneurial firms. Gives a description of the methodologies and describes when each method is appropriate. View Details
Gompers, Paul A. "A Note on Valuation in Entrepreneurial Ventures." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-082, January 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
- 17 Jun 2015
- News
Gender, looks hold sway in venture capital funding
- 05 Aug 2015
- News