Publications

21 Aug 2014
Blog Post

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC

A lot can be achieved through emails, phone calls, and meetings, but being in the field helps broaden perspectives. The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) did just that –... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

25 Oct 2021

Life at HBS Chat: Women's Student Association

Join us for a Life at HBS Chat that focuses on women at HBS. This event is a unique opportunity to hear from current HBS students in the Women's Student Association regarding their MBA experience. These... View Details

June 1997 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Genset Initial Public Offering (A)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky

Pascal Brandys, founder and CEO of Genset, must decide whether to take this young biotechnology company public. If so, should he do a dual offering in both France and the U.S.? The case also explores the business models in genomics research. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Genetics; Going Public; Management Teams; Biotechnology Industry; France; United States

20 Oct 2022
Video

Life at HBS Chat with the Women's Student Association

June 1997 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Genset Initial Public Offering (B)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Genetics; Going Public; Management Teams; Biotechnology Industry; France; United States

07 May 2014
Video

2014 G&WS: Leah Sheppard Presents "Prescriptions for Female Solidarity and Women's Relationships"

Video

Kathleen McCartney presents "Not a Cloister—An Intervention: Women's Colleges and the Project of Gender Equality

04 Dec 2014

HBS Women's Student Association Webinar Series

The HBS Admissions Board and the Women's Student Association (WSA) are co-hosting a monthly webinar series that gives prospective students the... View Details

July 2020
Article

The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

By: Ramana Nanda, Sampsa Samila and Olav Sorenson

We use investment-level data to study performance persistence in venture capital (VC). Consistent with prior studies, we find that each additional IPO among a VC firm's first ten investments predicts as much as an 8% higher IPO rate on its subsequent investments,... View Details

Keywords: Performance; Monitoring; Selection; Status; Venture Capital; Performance Consistency; Investment

01 Sep 2003
News

Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

As we begin the new academic year, I welcome the opportunity to share the exciting initiatives and activities under way at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
Case

TBIRD: The Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

During the period of 1987 to 1990, while Thailand had one of the fastest growing economies in the world (average growth rate of 12%), the income disparity between its rural and urban population (especially Bangkok City) was growing increasingly worse. Mechai... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Management Skills; Programs; Wealth and Poverty; Thailand

Find at Harvard

15 Nov 2010
News

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

emotional level with this initiative. As one Pfizer manager put it, "One of the reasons people enjoy working at Pfizer is that we conduct medical research that helps with the illnesses that mankind... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

November 1994
Background Note

Social Enterprise: Private Initiatives for the Common Good

Presents a model for understanding how private social-purpose ventures (nonprofit and for-profit) differ from traditional business firms in both their objectives and methods of operation. Identifies six dimensions that are useful for understanding the differences. Also... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship