Sourcing - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Feb 2018
Blog Post

Out of PE, Into Africa

course, there were practical obstacles to consider. As the founder of a small private equity firm, I was nervous about the impact on my career and the reaction of my partners, deal sources and investors. For my wife, it was even more... View Details

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

worked are positively correlated with firm performance, and differences between family and non-family CEOs account for approximately 18% of the performance gap between family and non-family firms. We investigate the sources of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

convince others to join your company?” Attracting high-quality talent is an important challenge for any young firm, and it’s critical to establishing reputation and growth. Simply publicizing a well-known venture capital firm as a funding View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

the environment, she jumped at the opportunity to join them—even though she did not know what to expect. Joining has made a significant difference in Sandra’s life. Not only have the other worker-owners been a source of information,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

of money. Before the emergence of the venture capital market, the vast majority of entrepreneurs seeking financing from traditional sources failed to realize value from their ideas. Indeed, many product or service innovators privately... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

disrupt traditional supply chain models by allowing users to carry out digital business through a collaborative supply chain. DIBIZ is dedicated to users who struggle to find and source authentic certified and sustainable products. They... View Details

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

City–based startup, offering investors equity in individual CRE properties that its investment team had sourced and vetted. Traditional private equity (PE) funds required investors in CRE equity to accept an entire portfolio of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

financier or a source of technology—and that these contracts can be enforced. A second important—though very challenging—role for government is to intervene directly in the entrepreneurial process. But these programs must be executed... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

kind of moral bankruptcy, it isn't going to last. There are so many questions around the world as to whether we are taking on the responsibilities of economic leadership in a proper way. It takes great strength to sort that world out, and religious faith is one of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

anticipated, the lower surplus reflected, among other things, higher expenses associated with investments in the faculty and staff to support strategic priorities such as the School’s ongoing digital transformation and new research initiatives. Revenues HBS relies on... View Details

Web

Archiving Your Research Files - Research Computing Services

file"/export/scratch/archive_jdoe/AcmeCase.tar.bz2" from all items in directory "AcmeCase" The total data size (in KB) of the source is: 12976 Compression done. Now testing archive and making table of contents. Done. Mail has been sent to... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch

partners. Another source of satisfaction for Karch is the strong consumer practice she helped to build in Chicago, her hometown. Karch, who is active in Atlanta's Woodruff Arts Center, has never regretted forsaking her academic... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Fast Answer

Company or Industry News

company or industry. Bloomberg.com: contains the complete content of Bloomberg.com including global business news, daily and weekly newsletters, podcasts, and the full text of Bloomberg Businessweek. Business Source Complete:... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Ready, Set, Launch

product that they know will resonate. Photo courtesy of Eric Grosse Photo courtesy of Eric Grosse “Starting a new company is the ultimate test of passion, determination, and persistence. Passion is an especially important energy source to... View Details

December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
Supplement

Bulb 2018: Hypergrowth

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

After a wild and volatile year, Bulb, a new entrant in the UK residential energy market, ended March 2018 with 329,171 properties, 1.2% of the total residential energy market). This was 150% ahead of a plan for 130,000 properties and almost ten times the size the... View Details

Citation

Purchase

01 Oct 1999
News

Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

look to us as a source of information to help them with that. They can be seventy years old and care about how they look, or they can be seventeen. How have your product lines evolved? We started with a core brand definition of providing... View Details

16 Mar 2023
Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

source of capital. Crossbridge Energy purchased the Shell refinery with a two-part investment thesis that would optimize the current “dirty” refinery to maximize profits in order to use those funds to finance their “green” transition.... View Details

17 Aug 2015
News

The Play Alchemist

When Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) was 19 and in her junior year of college, she and some classmates invented the Soccket, a soccer ball that generates and stores electricity during play. It was designed to provide a clean source... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

source of America’s economic decline and fading international power and provide an action plan for restoring “true” democracy, in which politicians provide only the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

broker, such imitation does not occur. Similarly, we show that the clients of the broker employed by activist investors to execute their trades tend to buy the same stocks just before the filing of the 13D. This evidence also suggests that an important View Details