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- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
Following the dot-com bust at the turn of the century, the technology business went through a gloomy period, 2001-2002, when innovation dried up, MBAs looked for careers in finance, and investors put their funds in a holding pattern.... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
asset class. In recent years, a growing number of individual and institutional investors have allocated a portion of their capital into agricultural farmland. Private investors, public companies, and sovereign wealth funds are now all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
potential of new ideas could be inimical to operating a real business. All fall, the news had been sobering, as the dot-com bubble deflated, paring billions—ultimately trillions—of dollars of stock-market value from the "idea"... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
or more for the funds to actually be approved and made available. Some banks are even refusing to lend to businesses within particular industries (for example, restaurants) or below revenue thresholds of $2 million. Perhaps most... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
Boston Consulting Group study found that startups with at least one woman on the founding team garner less investment but earn more revenue. For every dollar of funding, the study found, teams co-founded by women generated 78 cents, while... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
profitability. And in the venture world, a Boston Consulting Group study found that startups with at least one woman on the founding team garner less investment but earn more revenue. For every dollar of funding, the study found, teams... View Details
- Profile
Michael Maples
investing but when he looked around, he saw a gap in the market. There was a raft of startups that wanted to raise seed or early funding but were not ready for a five million dollar round, which seemed to be... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
of violations, as well as the dollar amount of penalties, at firms’ local facilities after a local newspaper folded and compared those figures with a control group in an area where a newspaper continued to publish. The spikes in... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America. A staggering 97 percent of respondents expect their funding to decline during the next 12 months as the struggling economy and social distancing hurts fundraising efforts. What can... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
development. “Everybody says, ‘It normally takes 10 years to develop a vaccine. How come you are doing it in a year?’” Bingham says. Her answer: unprecedented funding and unheard-of cooperation. It’s a vital lesson, she says. One of the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
indoor-generated contaminants to maintain good indoor air quality. The IRA will accelerate the adoption of proven technologies like Sorbent Ventilation Technology by providing funding for state and local governments to adopt more... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
http://hbr.org/product/Google-Inc--in-2014/an/915004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-520 Investing in Online Marketplaces Simon Rothman had recently been promoted from executive-in-residence to partner at esteemed venture capital firm Greylock Partners and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
diversification of assets, managed through a portfolio of exchange-traded funds (ETF’s) that track market indexes. “It’s a great way to invest cheaply in a diversified basket of stocks, bonds, and other securities,” says Viceira. If... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
company and spend every dollar I had and the few dollars that I didn't have. While a wonderful experience searching for a company, it certainly was a financial hardship. I spent a couple of years working... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
fifteen years ago, as a doctoral candidate in Harvard’s Economics Department, Lerner was collecting data on the role of VC funding in the biotechnology industry. Before long, he also became intrigued by the concept of intellectual... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
of industries can't be managed as "silos," tucked away in corporate, university, or government research labs, in incubators, or within venture capital funded entrepreneurial start-ups. Access to the marketplace is needed to help... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
at an altitude of 12 miles, twice the altitude at which other jets can perform tactical maneuvers. The F-22 was originally expected to cost $88 billion in 2009 dollars for 648 aircraft. In March 2009, the program was estimated to cost... View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building Communities as Well as Companies
said, only 4 percent of the money raised by venture capital funds went to women- and minority-led business plans; at the same time, these ventures were growing at two to three times the rate of other businesses. Market Motivation... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Profile
Lara Hodgson
It seemed patently inefficient; the small businesses with a high cost of capital essentially funding the big players with all the cash. While many entrepreneurs might have been sunk by the conundrum, Hodgson, an aerospace engineer by... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
need to condition large volumes of outside air typically required to dilute indoor-generated contaminants to maintain good indoor air quality. The IRA will accelerate the adoption of proven technologies like Sorbent Ventilation Technology by providing View Details