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- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
terms for that capital. That's one of the factors that Henry McCance and I examine in the "Wily" case. NB: Is it inevitable that founders will not be able to go the distance? Wasserman: Not inevitable, but probable. We teach a case in our first-year... View Details
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
HBS (MBA 2011) and became intrigued by the startup culture, specifically in the high tech space, and made the decision to eschew the lucrative world of private equity for the lure of the Silicon Valley. While at HBS, she had a chance to... View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/11/is-it-fair-to-blame-fair-value-accounting-for-the-financial-crisis/ar/1 Cases & Course MaterialsDigital Chocolate Linda A. Hill and Alison Berkley WagonfeldHarvard Business School Case 410-049 Trip Hawkins founded Digital... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
will be successful. Now, we rely on the actual market to tell us what will be successful before we hit commercialization. A good example is this boom we see in wearables and in hardware, which came about from Kickstarter when the Silicon... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
idea with the San Francisco SPCA, she learned that somebody else had approached the organization with a similar thought. This was Elena Battles, a Stanford MBA graduate and the former COO of the Humane Society Silicon Valley. Exley and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
and professional fulfillment. The book includes thought-provoking questions for reflection to help readers make a similar transformation. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao (MBA 1998) (Spiegel & Grau) In 2015 Ellen Pao sued a powerhouse View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
electric systems—used in remote power and emerging grid-connected markets. The PV modules produced by Evergreen Solar incorporate proprietary crystalline silicon technology known as String Ribbon. In 1996, seven members invested $3... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
with all I have.’ ” McArthur was as good as his word. Through his efforts, and thanks to a chair endowed in 1981 by HBS roommates and Silicon Valley pioneers, Arthur Rock and Fayez Sarofim (both MBA 1951), Stevenson became the first... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing innovative ways to incorporate... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
in Silicon Valley. Tell us a little bit about the preparation that went into this biography. A: Well, there was a lot of travel. I commuted there for a while and I lived in Silicon Valley for fourteen... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
establishment or to the Silicon Valley dream. To maintain the right balance of trust, I believe what is important is to have a healthy skepticism in ourselves and proactively put a structure to complement our limitations. For instance,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
“As a nonprofit, I think we’d be in fifty schools in Silicon Valley versus fifty thousand schools across the country,” he said. WEBSE efforts are paying off. Austin reports that they are connecting donors and nonprofits more effectively,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
Board of Directors of the Associates and assisting in the formation of the Asia-Pacific Research Center. Indeed, HBS research centers around the world have benefited greatly from the involvement of Class of 1976 members. In Silicon... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
because I had been around for a while. But my view was by no means determinant. I wanted to make sure that we had a genuine partnership-oriented decision-making process. What’s next for you? It’s going to be a busy semester. I just got back from California, where I... View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero (also listed under General Management) Vikram Gandhi January 2025 J 3.0 IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI Mark Roberge January... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511065-PDF-ENG Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight Thomas R. Eisenmann, William A. Sahlman, and Evan W. RichardsonHarvard Business School Case 811-077 In late 2010, Silicon Valley-based Chegg,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Michael Maples
investing but when he looked around, he saw a gap in the market. There was a raft of startups that wanted to raise seed or early funding but were not ready for a five million dollar round, which seemed to be the minimum that Silicon... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
transformation officer at the Carlyle Group, began work to put all those influencers together in what they called Culture Shifting Weekends, held annually in Silicon Valley and New York City. The idea was to celebrate Culture Shifters and... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
in deep discussion—is no different in this sprawling city of 20 million than it is in Silicon Valley or any other entrepreneurial hot spot. Yet, 10 or 11 years ago, incubators and accelerators were only emerging concepts in Egypt. An... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
inflection point in industrial capitalism, in which there's been widespread exuberance and some bad bets made to this point, but in which a range of more positive outcomes are on the way. Lorsch: To me, the trouble began in Silicon Valley... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons