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  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Bussgang, Jeffrey Abstract—Relative to established organizations, start-ups can be hard to figure out. What are the jobs to be done? The best entry points? How can you tell whether a company has potential for success and is the right fit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

course, starting a company at an opportune time and place also displays a certain kind of skill as well.Q: What are some of the more actively pursued industries by entrepreneurs? A: Venture capitalists typically invest in industries that have substantial View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

  Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/902412-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-012 ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is often lauded for bringing economic growth and know-how to developing countries. The conventional wisdom is not necessarily wrong, but the real story is much more nuanced than is commonly believed, says... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

  PublicationsHow to Identify the Best Customers for Your Business Authors:Cespedes, Frank V., James P. Dougherty, and Ben S. Skinner III Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review Abstract How can businesses achieve profitable growth so... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

behavior and preferences into service cost and productivity standard metrics. Optimal Value and Growth Tilts in Long-Horizon Portfolios Authors:W. Jakub Jurkek and Luis M. Viceira Publication:Review of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jun 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

intelligence firm for nearly $2 billion, he remained active in venture capital, start-ups and charity work. In 2009 he founded the risk management consulting firm K2 Global Consulting with his eldest son. That was also the year he asked... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services
  • 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy By: Eccles, Robert G., and Peijun Duan Abstract—China's sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of sustainable economic growth and economic transformation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business

and know who! How Can A Resource-challenged Start-up Grow? How Can Start-Ups Grow? For new ventures a lack of resources makes growth difficult to come by—just ask those nine... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

Great Firms to Fail, Christensen said he believes exciting opportunities await those who come up with ideas for other forms of high-tech start-up financing. When mainstream venture companies become huge financial institutions, he... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

generate growth include relaxing financing constraints for both large and start-up Greek companies and by attracting FDI by reducing political uncertainty and strengthening property rights. So Greece must... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

produce a machine based on the recently developed process named xerography. Invented by the patent lawyer Chester Carlson, xerography involved a process by which images were transferred from one piece of paper to another by means of static electricity. Rapid View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 25 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

assembled an experienced staff during a highly volatile period for such start-ups itself seemed a milestone, and a symbol of the enterprises that might be imagined and attempted in an American economy with deep reserves of risk capital... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

priorities that have made it so successful are difficult to overcome as the company tries to diversify away from its core. The case examines the history and evolution of the New Business Initiatives (NBI) group, as the leader grapples with the questions surrounding why... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50562 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

Publication:Hamburger Wirtschafts-Chronik 9 (2012) Abstract This article examines the growth and ultimate demise of the toothpaste brand Pebeco, which was created by the German personal care company Beiersdorf in 1903. The brand was an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE Susie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE-the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO-from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the microprocessor and the semiconductor; and third, the rise of... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

international capital flows net of government debt are positively correlated with growth and allocated according to the neoclassical predictions; (2) international capital flows net of official aid flows, which are mostly accounted as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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