Angels - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Jennifer Kao of the University of California, Los Angeles and the FDA’s Kathleen Miller are also coauthors. Speeding... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

04 Aug 2003
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Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

be able to discern both of these aspects of people and of organizations. They need to see how in a moment of great trial all of Shackleton's possibility could come forward to affect his future and that of others. But in order to appreciate what Lincoln once called... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

relationships are moving to performance-based pricing—they are paid based on achieving certain client advertising and/or marketing goals. The contractor who rebuilt the 1995 earthquake-damaged freeway in Los Angeles received enormous... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

their own professional development in the venture space. Whether that is involvement in the VCPE or Entrepreneurship Clubs, fellowships, angel investing, or helping classmates figure out go-to-market strategies, they have sought out... View Details

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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

opened a branch office in Chicago in the 1930s and another in Los Angeles in the 1940s. Manhattan: William Street, 1923. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Digital Equipment Corporation. Programmed Data Processor-1 Brochure.... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

and the 30% Club steering committee, and as an Angel Member of 100 Women in Finance. Who Should Attend Accelerating Climate Solutions is intended for alumni business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs who lead organizations or... View Details

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

Angeles as an attorney specializing in the entertainment industry. My career interests lie in promoting empowering and representative content, with accurate and balanced portrayal of disability as a part of everyday life. View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Case Study: Staking a Claim

entrepreneurship and marketing. She is also the author of The Portfolio Life and an angel investor. Got a case? To take part in a future “Case Study,” send an outline of your company’s challenge to bulletin@hbs.edu View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

23 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf

United Record Pressing plant in Nashville and Erika Records in Los Angeles that might have 20 machines, which do a lot of work for the major record labels. The major labels don’t own their own means of manufacturing anymore, and they’re... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Music

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

Entrepreneurship in developing countries + – Networking Resources for Founders Entrepreneurs' Organization Young Entrepreneur Council Young Presidents' Organization FoundersCard Tech Cocktail Small Giants The Funded Discuss fundraising, rate and review View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

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record to the New York Times about a pattern of violent sexual behavior by Simmons. The Los Angeles Times ran its own story that same day with five other accusers. (To date, 18 women have come forward with allegations of rape, sexual... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

community has been on full display. In the last three weeks alone, clubs have hosted community-wide virtual events with Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Rich Gotham (President of the Boston Celtics), and Joe Maddon (Manager of the Los Angeles... View Details

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

stay connected with other alumni interested in social enterprise while you build lifelong relationships with MBA students, fellow alumni, and Executive Education participants. You can connect with regional clubs, as well as shared interest clubs, such as The HBS Alumni... View Details

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

Angeles Angels came here and Shohei Ohtani was pitching and hitting, that was a big fan attraction. But the individual sports stars we see most often are usually from football and basketball. One of the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

01 Jun 2023
News

Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Georgia: SE Summer Fellow Niki Patel (MBA 2024) Niki Patel 14 Aug 2023 Investing in Education to Help Meet the Needs of Learners Everywhere: SE Summer Fellow Angel Njenga (MBA 2022) Angel Njenga 05 Aug 2021... View Details

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Huang’s research examines early-stage entrepreneurship, and the role of interpersonal relationships and implicit factors in the investment decisions of financiers such as... View Details

December 2005 (Revised September 2007)
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Canyon Johnson Urban Fund

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Alexa Arena

Basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson and K. Robert Turner, managing partner of Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (CJUF), raised $271.7 million for investments in urban real estate. The fund considered two projects, both located in Hollywood, CA. The first was located on... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Projects; Business and Government Relations; Public Opinion; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Los Angeles

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September 2020 (Revised May 2024)
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Hot Wheels: Launching The Mixed Play Experience

By: Elie Ofek, Andres Terech and Nicole Tempest Keller

Chris Down, Global Brand General Manager for Hot Wheels, and his team from the Advanced Play Group within Mattel, Inc., had developed an entirely new “mixed play” product experience that blended familiar Hot Wheels play in the physical world with breakthrough play in... View Details

Keywords: Toys; Go-to-market Strategy; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Decision Making; Marketing; Strategy; Los Angeles