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- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
decades, including those who have found success professionally, when they lift their heads up in their 40s or 50s and question whether their lives are heading in the right direction. “We sit back, look... View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
mainframes. In the field of defense electronics, Lehman Brothers provided capital to Loral Electronics Corporation and supported entrepreneurs such as Charles “Tex” Thorton, who bought Litton Industries.... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
area between success and failure. As Evan Marwell (MBA 1992) notes in the film, over time, 70% of the businesses are actually operating in that middle zone between success and failure—it’s not all great or... View Details
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
Purpose with Profit solutions, and the imperfect nature of many of these arrangements. Even when a product offering or a strategy represents a clear Purpose with Profit solution overall, specific executional decisions might reside View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- May 2012
- Technical Note
Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing
Social Impact Investment is a rapidly expanding field, but terminology in the field is poorly defined and imprecise. This note suggests frameworks that help to clarify important dimensions of SII projects, distinguishing and clarifying key differences in approaches to... View Details
Keywords: Development Stage Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Instruments; Performance Measurement; Balanced Scorecard; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Research; Framework; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch". "Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing." Harvard Business School Technical Note 312-091, May 2012.
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
Entrepreneurs coming from high-tech sectors such as biotechnology or medical devices may face unique challenges when starting a company after a layoff. These industries require significant upfront investment View Details
- September 2019
- Article
Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital Among Female Microentrepreneurs
By: Arielle Bernhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande and Natalia Rigol
Multiple field experiments report positive financial returns to capital shocks for male and not female microentrepreneurs. But these analyses overlook the fact that female entrepreneurs often reside with male entrepreneurs. Using data from experiments in India, Sri... View Details
Bernhardt, Arielle, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol. "Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital Among Female Microentrepreneurs." American Economic Review: Insights 1, no. 2 (September 2019): 141–160.
- 25 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry
This is a repost from the Alumni Stories blog. Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
When you see an opportunity, follow what you believe in
Scott Smith (MBA 1991), CEO of Cellect Technologies, talks about how entrepreneurs see opportunities and follow through on their beliefs. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!
turned into a cement-like byproduct used in construction. Bags of waste feedstock that arrived at Amager Bakke. Source: Amager Bakke site visit presentation.Waste feedstock awaiting incineration. Image source: the authors. Amager Bakke... View Details
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Investing in Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan
but some young entrepreneurs are picking up on it — Nasdaq Japan listed forty companies last year. With only 10 percent of private investors participating in the securities market, Saeki sees enormous room... View Details
- 2021
- Chapter
Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This chapter focuses on the role of Industrie-Holding, the Federation of Swiss Industrial Multinational Companies, in the introduction of an investment risk guarantee during the 1960s. The chapter therefore contributes to a) the growing body of literature on how... View Details
Keywords: Investments; Multinational Companies; Political Risk; Business ＆ Government Relations; Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s." In Security and Insecurity in Business History: Case Studies in the Perception and Negotiation of Threats, edited by Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt, 111–134. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2021.
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
400 and Counting: Surge in HBS Cases with Women Protagonists
in new HBS cases and videos over the last five years. The targeted effort to boost the number of female executives featured in cases and discussed in classrooms at HBS and... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
today are still employees, the contractor option gives a company flexibility in building its workforce" Although most workers today are still employees, the contractor option gives a company flexibility View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
nation’s infrastructure. They boost entrepreneurship by supplying seed capital for budding entrepreneurs, providing a range of support activities, and assisting in the distribution and marketing of goods and services. And if an View Details
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
Clubs News Clubs News If capitalism is to blame for climate change, can it also be the best hope to stop it? That’s the paradox that HBS alumni in Southern California confronted in a sold-out, faculty-led... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA
Blog MBA in the Field Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author GEO Staff Author HBS Faculty Author Harvard Community Author MBA Students Topics Topics Alumni Business Etiquette Culture Domestic Entertainment... View Details
- June 2012
- Supplement
Foro Energy (B)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter, William A. Sahlman and James McQuade
Foro Energy developed proprietary and patent-pending fiber-laser technologies that could disrupt existing processes and services for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. These breakthrough laser technologies were protected by a strong intellectual... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Technologies; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Development Stage Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Petroleum; Natural Gas; High Technology; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Energy Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., William A. Sahlman, and James McQuade. "Foro Energy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-163, June 2012.
- June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Vidient (A)
Vidient, a young company, is in the process of being spun out of a much larger, established Japanese business. Vidient is in the business of analyzing the feeds from security cameras and catches security breaches automatically, without human assistance. The parent... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Service Industry; Japan
Roberts, Michael J. "Vidient (A)." Harvard Business School Case 805-163, June 2005. (Revised May 2006.)