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- March 2016
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank
- June 1, 2021
- Article
Capitalism Won't Thrive on Value Investing Alone
By: Amar Bhidé
Investors fall into two camps: value investors, who base decisions on a careful analysis of revenues and costs, looking for steady performance, and growth investors, who place bets on risky projects with very high potential payoffs. A capitalist economy needs both... View Details
Bhidé, Amar. "Capitalism Won't Thrive on Value Investing Alone." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 1, 2021).
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Cambridge Technology Partners: Corporate Venturing (August 1996) TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-297-033). View Details
- 03 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean
- February 2015 (Revised February 2015)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and Nathaniel Burbank. "Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide." Harvard Business School Module Note 815-108, February 2015. (Revised February 2015.)
- 13 Oct 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers
- 2020
- Book
Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead
Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? Business—not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Policy; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Corporate Strategy
Bower, Joseph L., Dutch Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine. Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead. Updated and expanded ed. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
- February 2024
- Case
Vespucci Partners: The New World of Venture Capital in Hungary
By: Paul A. Gompers, Tonia Labruyere and Emilie Billaud
Julia Sohajda was the young, female founding partner of the Hungarian VC firm Vespucci Partners, which focused on investing at seed stage into Hungarian deep tech startups and prepare them for a launch in the U.S market. Vespucci's first fund had largely been comprised... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Investment Funds; Financing and Loans; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry; Hungary; United States
Gompers, Paul A., Tonia Labruyere, and Emilie Billaud. "Vespucci Partners: The New World of Venture Capital in Hungary." Harvard Business School Case 824-138, February 2024.
- 2017
- Chapter
Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter places the concepts of ethical capitalism developed by the 19th century Japanese venture capitalist Shibusawa Eiichi in a global historical perspective. The chapter reviews the similarities and differences over time and between countries of proponents of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ethics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business History; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Jones, Geoffrey. "Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism." Chap. 7 in Ethical Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective, edited by Patrick Fridenson and Takeo Kikkawa, 144–169. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.
- January 2018 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Capital Allocation at HCA
By: W. Carl Kester and Emily R. McComb
In early 2017, HCA Holdings, an investor-owned hospital management company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit of its private equity sponsors in 2016, HCA had to determine how best to allocate its substantial annual free cash... View Details
Keywords: Capital Allocation; Cash Distribution Policy; Dividends; Share Repurchases; Growth Strategy And Execution; Growth Investing; Capital Expenditures; Debt Management; Debt Reduction; Debt Policy; Hospital Management; Investor-owned Hospital Chains; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Corporate Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Industry; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Emily R. McComb. "Capital Allocation at HCA." Harvard Business School Case 218-039, January 2018. (Revised April 2021.)
- Article
Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital
By: Paul A. Gompers
Gompers, Paul A. "Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital." Journal of Finance 50, no. 5 (December 1995): 1461–1489.
- June 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Sequoia Capital
By: Jo Tango, Christina Wallace, Srimayi Mylavarapu and Johnson Elugbadebo
Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm founded in 1972, quickly grew to become one of the most storied venture capital firms in the world. Fueled by a strong culture, Sequoia's investment track record included the names of some of the largest global successes.... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Tango, Jo, Christina Wallace, Srimayi Mylavarapu, and Johnson Elugbadebo. "Sequoia Capital." Harvard Business School Case 824-212, June 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- March 1998 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
ONSET Ventures
By: Michael J. Roberts and Nicole Tempest
ONSET Ventures, is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage start-ups. Describes the principles and strategies the firm has developed over its life. Also presents an in-depth discussion of one of the seed-stage companies ONSET has been incubating. View Details
Roberts, Michael J., and Nicole Tempest. "ONSET Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 898-154, March 1998. (Revised March 2005.)
- January 2001
- Article
Patterns of Venture Capital Funding: Is Gender a Factor?
By: Myra M. Hart, P. Greene, C. Brush and P. Saparito
Hart, Myra M., P. Greene, C. Brush, and P. Saparito. "Patterns of Venture Capital Funding: Is Gender a Factor?" Venture Capital 3, no. 1 (January 2001).
- December 2002
- Article
Learning about Internal Capital Markets from Corporate Spinoffs
By: Robert Gertner, Eric Powers and David S. Scharfstein
Gertner, Robert, Eric Powers, and David S. Scharfstein. "Learning about Internal Capital Markets from Corporate Spinoffs." Journal of Finance 57, no. 6 (December 2002): 2479–2506.
- 2005
- Other Unpublished Work
Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Role of Experience and Specialization
Keywords: Venture Capital
- January 1999
- Article
An Analysis of Compensation in the U.S. Venture Capital Partnership
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "An Analysis of Compensation in the U.S. Venture Capital Partnership." Journal of Financial Economics 51, no. 1 (January 1999): 3–44.
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-298-001). View Details
- Spring 2012
- Article
The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets
By: Roberto Charvel
This article shows how alternative assets could be a good way for banks to start providing more loans to firms in emerging markets and finance growth, while giving local institutional investors access to new asset types. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Latin America; Mexico; Financial Intermediaries; Entrepreneurial Finance; Hedge Fund; Alternative Assets; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Private Sector; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Credit; Equity; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Latin America; North America
Charvel, Roberto. "The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets." Journal of Private Equity 15, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 53–62.
- 2001
- Book
The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth
By: Josh Lerner and Paul Gompers
Lerner, Josh, and Paul Gompers. The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.