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- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
The COVID-19 pandemic has battered industries around the world, but one sector's prospects aren’t so bleak: venture capital. Startup backers—and private-equity managers in general—say that half of their portfolio companies haven’t been harmed by the coronavirus that... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
iPhoto Marketplace lending platforms such as LendingClub and Prosper have made significant competitive inroads against traditional banks in recent years by bringing together people who want to borrow with investors ready to bankroll them. But lending platforms, also... View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
You don’t know what you don’t know—and almost by definition new entrepreneurial ventures need a helping hand from established partners if they hope to succeed. “Startups suffer from what researchers call ‘liability of newness,’” says Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Risk Management―The Revealing Hand
- 13 Apr 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Implied Materiality and Material Disclosures of Credit Ratings
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
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... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
Many high-tech companies in the United States look overseas to fill talent gaps in their employment ranks by hiring skilled immigrants, often sponsoring the visas these workers need to live in this country. Critics say this can create an unpleasant fallout effect,the... View Details
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Acme Investment Trust TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-296-042). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-295-096). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- August 1994
- Case
Gartmore plc
By: Jay O. Light and Jon Headley
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Light, Jay O., and Jon Headley. "Gartmore plc." Harvard Business School Case 295-022, August 1994.
- May 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund
By: Andre F. Perold and Sanjay Bhatnagar
Perold, Andre F., and Sanjay Bhatnagar. "Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund." Harvard Business School Case 294-116, May 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- January 1994 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Boston Company, The: Securities Lending
By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Kuljot Singh. "Boston Company, The: Securities Lending." Harvard Business School Case 294-024, January 1994. (Revised August 1995.)
- November 1992
- Background Note
The Mutual Fund Industry 1992
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "The Mutual Fund Industry 1992." Harvard Business School Background Note 293-075, November 1992.
- October 1992 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
Vanguard Group, Inc. (A)
By: Jay O. Light
Deals with the general mission and strategy of a large mutual fund complex. View Details
Light, Jay O. "Vanguard Group, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 293-064, October 1992. (Revised December 1993.)
- August 1990
- Case
Legacy Fund, Inc.
By: Jeffry A. Timmons and James Weber
Two young HBS graduates propose to create a new venture capital fund in 1989. The case focuses on: 1) evaluation of the venture capital industry; 2) whether there is an opportunity for a new specialized fund; 3) the structuring of risks and rewards in the fund; 4)... View Details
Timmons, Jeffry A., and James Weber. "Legacy Fund, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 291-010, August 1990.
- July 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
Brinson Partners
By: Jay O. Light
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Light, Jay O. "Brinson Partners." Harvard Business School Case 291-009, July 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- April 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
The Engine
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray and Nicholas Christman
The Engine, a venture capital firm founded by MIT to fill a gap in the technology funding landscape by commercializing breakthrough science and technology. Led by managing partner and CEO Katie Rae, the Engine's unique approach involved an unusually longer fund life,... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Services Industry
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray, and Nicholas Christman. "The Engine." Harvard Business School Case 824-147, April 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- June 2023
- Supplement
Leading with Trust: Sarah Al-Suhaimi Video Supplement
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Sarah Livick-Moses and Dave Habeeb
This supplement features video interviews with Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital, the investment arm of Saudi's largest bank. View Details
Keywords: Leadership And Change Management; Women And Leadership; Women Executives; Stakeholder Management; Investment Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; Change Management; Strategy; Finance; Asset Management; Financial Services Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
Sucher, Sandra J., Sarah Livick-Moses, and Dave Habeeb. "Leading with Trust: Sarah Al-Suhaimi Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 323-701, June 2023.
- August 2022
- Supplement
Broadway Angels (2022)
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In late June of 2022, Sonja Perkins, co-founder of Broadway Angels, contemplated the group’s future. She and her co-founders, Jennifer Fonstad, and Magdalena Yesil, started the group to gather together the most successful and powerful women in venture capital and... View Details
Keywords: Gender Equity; Impact; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Mission and Purpose; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Broadway Angels (2022)." Harvard Business School Supplement 823-001, August 2022.
- September 1983 (Revised October 1985)
- Case
Lehman Management Co., Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "Lehman Management Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 284-027, September 1983. (Revised October 1985.)