Publications

February 1991 (Revised January 1992)
Case

Henderson Home Products: USSR Joint Venture

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Consumer Products Industry; Soviet Union; United States

13 May 2004 - 15 May 2004
Conference Presentation

Women in the Venture Capital Industry

By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and Myra M. Hart

Keywords: Venture Capital; Gender

Article

Grandstanding in the Venture Capital Industry

By: Paul A. Gompers

Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Ventures

December 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Case

BMS-Biocon Research Center: Growing a Joint Research Venture in India

By: Vicki Sato, Sen Chai, Rich Ballenger, Christine Chi, Alexander Down and Ross Leimberg

Bristol Myers Squibb, a multi-national pharmaceutical company, is seeking to globalize its R&D strategy while managing costs. It has formed a joint venture with an Indian company, which has worked well, but now faces a strategic decision on how and whether to continue. View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Global Innovation; Research And Development; Biomedical Research; Joint Ventures; India; United States

Educators

Article

Gender Bias, Social Impact Framing, and Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Ventures

By: Matthew Lee and Laura Huang

Recent studies find that female-led ventures are penalized relative to male-led ventures due to role incongruity, or a perceived “lack of fit,” between female stereotypes and expected personal qualities of business entrepreneurs. We examine whether social impact... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Framework; Perception; Performance Evaluation

2006
Working Paper

Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

By: Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David S. Scharfstein

This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are more likely to succeed than first time entrepreneurs and those who have previously... View Details

Keywords: Return On Investment; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Success; Experience and Expertise

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11 May 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates

Keywords: by Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf; Banking

1999
Book

New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

By: H. Stevenson, H. Irving Grousbeck, M. J. Roberts and Amar V. Bhide

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship

May 1999
Teaching Note

Advent Israel Venture Capital Program TN

By: Paul A. Gompers

Teaching Note for (9-298-072). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; Israel

April 1998
Teaching Note

ARCH Venture Partners: November 1993 TN

By: Josh Lerner

Teaching Note for (9-295-105). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

February 1986 (Revised September 1986)
Case

Bank of Boston: New Ventures Group

By: William A. Sahlman

Keywords: Banking Industry; Boston

2024
Working Paper

Scaling New Ventures for Successful Growth

By: Ranjay Gulati

March 2012
Case

1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Ramana Nanda, Evan Richardson and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

Educators

January 1991 (Revised September 1992)
Background Note

Note on Starting a Nonprofit Venture

Provides anyone considering starting a nonprofit organization with a basic understanding of the nature of nonprofit status, tax and regulatory issues for nonprofits, and the distinctive management challenges associated with a nonprofit start-up. View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Entrepreneurship

Educators

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

resources enhances the quality of deal structure for entrepreneurial ventures and thus the likelihood of venture survival, particularly in tough times when cash is tight. "Taken comprehensively, the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2021
Working Paper

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr

We explore co-ethnic hiring among new ventures using U.S. administrative data. Co-ethnic hiring is ubiquitous among immigrant groups, averaging about 22.5% and ranging from <2% to >40%. Co-ethnic hiring grows with the size of the local ethnic workforce, greater... View Details

Keywords: Hiring; Job Creation; E-Verify; Immigration; Selection and Staffing; Ethnicity; Entrepreneurship