Informal Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2012
News

Straight to the Heart

obviously, having a personal brand crosses over to our professional lives, whether the goal is finding a job, developing new clients, or attracting investments to your start-up. What is your personal brand? Insightful, resourceful,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; marriage; social media; matchmaking; Personal Services

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

questions still remained: Was Promesa and the Oversight Board the best method to assist the island in fiscal recovery? Was the Board’s fiscal plan an acceptable approach? Would the island be able to regain access to capital markets and attract View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

Era for Raiders Author:Guhan Subramanian Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract The article presents information on corporate methods of preventing hostile takeovers by corporate raiders, such as the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Mar 2019
News

Life Is a Startup

the heart once you’ve gone and assessed those types of things. When I get calls from like venture capitalists or other people who might want to invest in some of my alumni, the easiest reference checks that I find that I can make, the... View Details

15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

more I knew an MBA there was the perfect fit for me.” Read More Take a Seat in the Case Method Classroom The case method presents big challenges confronting organizations - including the constraints and incomplete information found in all... View Details

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

result in a sale and aren't intended to, but simply to gather information or set up a future deal. Q: Is there a distinctive "American way" of selling? A: I don't think there is a distinctive American way of selling, but I find it... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008

However, since 2005, S Group has held the leadership position; in 2007, it had captured 41 percent market while Kesko's was 33.9 percent. Kesko Plc is publicly traded and pursues a model whereby retailer entrepreneurs use their personal funds to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

process and Davis's creative leadership and ability to cultivate talent (such as that of saxophonist John Coltrane)—many of the great jazz musicians of the 20th century came out of the informal "Miles Davis University." Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2020
News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

also not an ideal situation for athletes, who feed off of a crowd’s energy. But for the sports leagues and the related startups that can survive this transition period—and not all of them will—it could provide an opportunity to assess and View Details

15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

people, and activities across numerous self-governing enterprises in ways that are advantageous for the group as well as for the designer's own firm or community. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-100.pdf Platform Competition under Asymmetric View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

conference. There are few in the industry who can claim a similar veteran status: Rothrock had recently taken over as CEO of the cybersecurity firm RedSeal after 25 years at Venrock. For 24 of those years, he was focused on tech, launching Venrock’s Internet practice... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

equity—grew from 8 percent to 66 percent. Almost all of that was due to option programs that made relatively poor use of market information and were poorly designed. The compensation committees rely on consultants to provide market-based... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

research gives the field an advantage over other disciplines and will allow us to answer big questions, such as, "What explains the success and failure of entrepreneurs?" If business historians invest in reestablishing the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

miracle. Professor David B. Yoffie served as informal moderator and faculty chair. Global Gathering Early in the opening session on April 6, conference chairman Robert Piccus and HBS Dean Kim B. Clark welcomed the international group,... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

13 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants

For business executives trying to decide where exactly in the digital realm to invest their advertising dollars, new research indicates that paid search ads on review sites such as Yelp can be a good way to go—at least for small,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

15 May 2013
Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

access to our favorite things will make us keep appreciating them); Buy Time (focusing on time over money yields wiser purchases); Pay Now, Consume Later (delayed consumption leads to increased enjoyment); and Invest in Others (spending... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

effective green industrial policy might look like as well as pitfalls such as international conflict to help mobilize effective business investments to create and grow markets for low-carbon technologies. Former Racial Equity Fellows... View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine APRIL 15 As the reality of the conflict in Ukraine became clear in March, Antoine Leboyer (MBA 1992) went searching... View Details

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

It also contains materials on the branch offices and the management and administration of the company from the New York office. Collection Guide Harris C. Fahnestock Papers, 1855–1914 . Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School. The papers of... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

are interested in investing in startups. The class focuses on pre-product-market fit technology-based ventures in a range of information technology-based sectors. Business models covered include SaaS,... View Details

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