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23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/SimonSkafar View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

IPO” case in her Private Equity Finance class in the fall of 2019. Lomtadze, at the tail end of an international roadshow in preparation for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, returned to HBS to attend the class discussion along with... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

slowdown elsewhere within the industry, too. Last year’s decline in IPO activity meant VC firms generated just $71.4 billion in exits compared to $753.2 billion in 2021—a 90.5 percent drop. Fundraising also plummeted. Only 769 funds... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

24 May 2017
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David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

Establishes Advisory Board Foundation, precursor to CityBridge Foundation 1997 Purchases National Journal 1999 Corporate Executive Board (CEB) IPO 1999 Purchases the Atlantic 2001 Advisory Board Company (ABC) View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Research - Private Capital Project

understanding corporate defaults. In a given year, industries experiencing abnormally high VC or IPO activity subsequently see higher default rates, higher segment exits by conglomerates,... September 2022 (Revised June 2025) Case York... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

prioritize scale for short-term losses. When I look at the top 10 proptech IPOs from the last five years, many touted big data as a unique advantage but have share prices today 90 percent down from their IPO. Venture investors and public... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

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Companies: date of original initial public offering

Issue Type. Enter a timeframe for the Issue Date, and for Issue Type check off IPO. To search by Company: Type the company name or ticker into the main search bar along the top of the page and click on the company to load the overview page. Scroll down the main... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

devastates Kobe 1997 Founds Rakuten 2000 Rakuten IPO 2010 Institutes “Englishnization” at Rakuten 2012 Rakuten leads $100 million Pinterest investment In 1995, the city of Kobe, where Hiroshi Mikitani grew up, was devastated by what was... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

Applitek 1988 Cofounds Sigma Network Systems 1991 Founds Nu-Link, Inc. 1996 Cofounds NetCore Systems 2000 Cofounds Starent Networks 2007 Starent Networks IPO 2009 Cisco buys Starent Networks 2012 Cofounds Altiostar Networks Cofounder,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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VCPE Database Comparison

padding-left:1px; border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black">325K VC
376K Corp/Strategic M&A 142K Buyout 75K Private Debt 72K View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

advertising budgets are currently spending the bulk of their money outside the Internet media market. WPP's Sorrell notes that "in the last twelve months, branding has become more important than ever, because it provides a way to differentiate all the new... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

Portrait Project

Phil Black

5-year plan (pre-HBS) start a business with two HBS classmates grow sales to $500 million in first three years IPO within 5 years get on cover of Entrepreneurship magazine with cofounders repeat sleep (optional) Revised 5-year plan... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Featured Exercises Generating Your Strategic Question 5-6 hrs Module 1 Aligning with Innovation and Disruption Identify the three types of innovation, predict when they'll occur, and harness disruption to position your business for growth. Highlights Honda Motor... View Details

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

worked out. It may have contributed to the thinking behind the “dot-com bubble,” which was characterized by a wave of IPOs for organizations built around the information economy, ballooning stock options, and new attitudes toward company... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2003
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Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper

guiding the IPOs of giants such as America Online, Novell, Microsoft, Sun, and Oracle, Franyo, an avid sailor and fly-fisherman, knew he had to do something more than “just go home and organize my tackle box.” “I wanted to prove to myself... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

“Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)” with Marco Di Maggio and Greg Saldutte (HBS Case 218-095). Victoria Ivashina : Received the Robert F. Greenhill Award for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community in 2023. Ishita Sen : Winner... View Details

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

various ways. Some are being accepted by a limited number of buyers and sellers as tender for transacting business. They are now even being created as funding devices (ICOs or initial coin offerings) by companies avoiding more public IPOs... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

about Embraer versus Bombardier in the regional jet market. In addition, Embraer is selling or has sold a fraction of its equity to a French consortium. Plus, an IPO is being planned." "What problems confront a company that's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

24 Mar 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

owners opted for an IPO in March 2000. Valued at 400 million Rand on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, its shareholders included about 1,000 of the company's security guards. From Ipo To Acquisition "An... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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