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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
know-how. It was here in Santa Clara County that the idea of venture capital was born when Arthur Rock (MBA '51) funded the invention of the silicon-based semiconductor that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
have come from HBS.” Those friends have also been essential in the funding of Restorsea (www.restorsea.com), a line of luxury skincare products with an initial launch View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
- Case
New York Life Insurance Co.: Pension Department
By: Robert J. Dolan
Analyzes competition in the pension fund industry. In particular, New York Life must decide whether to compete head-to-head with mutual fund giants by offering record-keeping services or to just continue to focus on selling investment products. Presents the results of... View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "New York Life Insurance Co.: Pension Department." Harvard Business School Case 591-051, March 1991. (Revised May 1991.)
- February 2001
- Case
California PERS (B)
By: Jay O. Light, Jay W. Lorsch, James O. Sailer and Katharina Pick
The largest state pension fund continues the evolution of its approach to corporate governance contemplating "relationship investing" and other new approaches. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Financial Management; Asset Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; California
Light, Jay O., Jay W. Lorsch, James O. Sailer, and Katharina Pick. "California PERS (B)." Harvard Business School Case 201-091, February 2001.
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation: An Orchestra of One
already available on the Mac.) Chao, who serves as CEO, is working out of the Harvard i-lab and expects to seek seed funding after successfully concluding a Kickstarter campaign which enlisted many renowned... View Details
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
state-owned sovereign funds, led by Abu Dhabi and fueled mostly by oil revenues and trade surpluses, now total more than the value of the world's hedge funds and will grow by... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- January 2019
- Article
Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within the Private Equity Partnership
By: Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
The economics of partnerships have been of enduring interest to economists, but many issues regarding intergenerational conflicts and their impact on the continuity of these organizations remain unclear. We examine 717 private equity partnerships and show that (a) the... View Details
Keywords: Partnerships; Leveraged Buyout; Partners and Partnerships; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Leveraged Buyouts
Ivashina, Victoria, and Josh Lerner. "Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within the Private Equity Partnership." Journal of Financial Economics 131, no. 1 (January 2019): 61–87.
- 15 May 2009
- News
Diminished Returns
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Adoption
Houston real estate investment firm Rowland Taylor. Pathway’s perpetual trust, set up by Taylor, has already funded more than 250 family loans. With the support of fellow OPM alumni and a few key HBS staff... View Details
- Article
Believe in Vaccine Bets Like Bill Gates's
Commitment of public or private funds upfront speeds development, production, and distribution. View Details
Keywords: Coronavirus; Vaccine; Financing; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Product Development; Production; Distribution
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Believe in Vaccine Bets Like Bill Gates's." Bloomberg Opinion (April 28, 2020).
- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
accounts and even transferring token amounts of funds between these accounts without customers’ knowledge. When the practice became so prevalent—2.1 million accounts from 2011 to 2015—that it began to... View Details
- May 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Northeast Ventures: January 1996
By: Josh Lerner and Eric K. Jackson
Northeast Ventures, a venture capital fund focusing on the development of northeastern Minnesota, seeks to combine social goals with financial returns. This marriage poses several challenges. View Details
Lerner, Josh, and Eric K. Jackson. "Northeast Ventures: January 1996." Harvard Business School Case 296-093, May 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- July 2018
- Teaching Note
The Perfect Storm: What Happens When the Market Moves Four Standard Deviations?
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Adam Carter was the portfolio manager for Tate Modern Finance III, L.P. (“Tate” or the “Fund”), the third in a series of U.S. commercial real estate debt funds sponsored by the London-based Tate Partners. The Fund was capitalized with $700 million of equity... View Details
Keywords: CMBS; CLO; Repo Financing; Real Estate; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Financing and Loans
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
antibiotics," Shih says. "There was a feeling that if we invest in science and technology, it would lead to jobs and prosperity, and for that, the United States was an unquestioned leader." The government continued to feed scientific exploration with a... View Details
- October 2013
- Article
Corporate Venturing
By: Josh Lerner
For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies are investing in promising start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention
Lerner, Josh. "Corporate Venturing." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 86–94.
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Power of National Identity
Assistant Professor Rawi E. Abdelal began his talk on “Politics of Identity in the Post-Soviet World” by showing a photograph of a monument located near Vilnius in Lithuania. The pyramidal object marks the... View Details
- November 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Alexis Lefort
Kickstarter was a virtual crowdfunding platform and community that allowed creators of all kinds to raise funding for creative projects. The executive team was wrestling with a tension in its business model: the organization earned the majority of its revenue from... View Details
Keywords: Fundraising; Mission; Crowdfunding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Arts; Web Services Industry; United States
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Alexis Lefort. "Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts." Harvard Business School Case 524-016, November 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- 11 Jul 2016
- News