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- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
Friedman. He’d had a successful career in investment banking and venture capital, which included being the founder and former president of the investment banking operation of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Self-published The Speculator’s Mosaic is a speculative investment book that details the hard-earned wisdom accumulated during five decades of speculation and portfolio management. Culled from a lifetime of successes—and failures—the book... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
with social media information. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53102 forthcoming Journal of Finance Brokers vs. Retail Investors: Conflicting Interests and Dominated Products By: Egan, Mark Abstract—I study how brokers distort... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015
Experimentation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—The fundamental uncertainty of new technologies at their earliest stages implies that it is virtually impossible to know the true potential of a venture without learning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
forthcoming World Scientific Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets By: Iyer, Lakshmi Abstract—Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
really had to internalize that lesson to leave a steady job at Amazon and put all my weight behind launching a new and risky venture. To this day, my team and I have decided there's nothing to gain from being risk-averse. Every small milestone motivates us to run at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
requirement when it came to recruiting: find the best person for the job. So when he needed to staff the Special Funds Branch, which would finance the organization’s clandestine activities, Donovan turned to Wall Street and the country’s top colleges, tapping View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
PublicationsForeign Direct Investment and Growth: On the Role of Complementarities, the Search for Mechanisms, and the Potential for Linkages Authors:Alfaro, Laura, and Matthew Johnson Publication:Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52096 2016 Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America By: Nicholas, Tom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2024
- Case
ECOALF: Fashion for the Future
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Diego Aparicio, Carlota Moniz and María José Satrústegui
ECOALF, a Spanish fashion brand and sustainability pioneer, aimed to tackle the industry's challenges of excessive consumption and production. The brand's mission was to create timeless apparel exclusively from recycled and eco-responsible materials, matching the... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Decisions; Business Earnings; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Communication Intention and Meaning; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Competition; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Social Marketing; Marketing Channels; E-commerce; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Fashion Industry; Spain; Germany; Italy; Europe; United States
Keenan, Elizabeth A., Diego Aparicio, Carlota Moniz, and María José Satrústegui. "ECOALF: Fashion for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 524-057, January 2024.
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
learning how to manage. Ultimately though, he would go on to spend 35 years at the company, becoming CEO in 2001. He was so dedicated to GE that, at age 50, he got the company's logo tattooed on his leg. Immelt, now venture partner at New... View Details
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Tencent
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426.
Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details
Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; WeChat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2O; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; PC; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; JD.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Value Creation; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Segmentation; Business Units; Communication; Profit; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
edX, a new non-profit joint venture that would provide a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). edX did not produce original courses or instructional content—it made a web platform through which Harvard and MIT, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-004.pdf Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance Authors:Daniel Bergstresser and Jeffrey Pontiff Abstract Taxes have a first-order impact on portfolio returns. Most research mistakenly assumes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
co-CEO of the New Paper, and Sur, founder and CEO of the Juggernaut, leading a new venture in an intensely competitive environment has been the best sort of challenge, calling on every one of their MBA skills. On November 3 they talked to... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17
responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and grant‐making bodies. Little is known about the degree to which the crowd differs from experts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
organizations have made sizable investments in information technology. They’ve used their IT systems to replace paper records with electronic ones and to improve billing processes, thereby boosting revenue. But so far, IT has been of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
principal and investment earnings are taxed upon withdrawal. Using administrative data from 11 companies that added a Roth contribution option to their existing 401(k) plan between 2006 and 2010, we find no evidence that total 401(k)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
who co-founded Strava three years ago. The protagonists must decide whether or not to accept the Series A investment terms from their venture capitalists. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
drive up the cost of capital and curb investment. This paper evaluates the effects of capital controls on firm-level stock returns and real investment using data from Brazil. On average, there is a statistically significant drop in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne