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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) and Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) cofounded a risky Boston-based View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
Chinese entrepreneurs educated or trained in the United States remained here to start their companies if they could do so. In Beijing, we met a number of these entrepreneurs who are choosing instead to be based full-time in China, even if they have U.S.-based View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
venture capital and adapts them for established organizations, leveraging these two distinct skills as a form of management for building in a future that is uncertain. Faculty Books Disciples of the State?:... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
business school campus. They moved to Beijing, rounded out their management team, received venture capital investment, developed joint-venture partnerships, and set key milestones to create a full-impact... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge
1974, when a bear market and regulatory changes made it possible for pension funds to consider alternative investments previously considered too risky, like buyout funds and venture capital. PE firms typically identify private or public... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
watching the response." Let them lead while you learn. When you identify new offerings or markets where your assessment of initial risk versus potential returns suggests caution, a competitor may do you the favor of venturing onto... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- Web
Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
and three previous recipients had their funding extended. Moni Alli (MBA 2021) , founder of Front Edge, a lending platform in Lagos, Nigeria, that provides access to affordable working capital solutions. Nelly-Ange Kontchou (MD/MBA 2018)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
"user-friendly." Rogers thinks practical experience is important in teaching: He is a partner in four venture capital funds, which gives him a chance, as he says, "to put my money where my mouth is." He also... View Details
- January 2017 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
Earl Gordon - Eastern Circle
By: Steven Rogers and Greg White
This case follows an African-American entrepreneur through the process of sourcing a potential acquisition, valuing a company, and securing the funding to purchase the company. This entrepreneur must decide if he should close the deal and which financing term sheet to... View Details
Keywords: Negotiations; Manufacturing; LBO; Leveraged Buyout; Entrepreneurship; Term Sheets; Deal Structuring; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost vs Benefits; Cash Flow; Borrowing and Debt; Cost of Capital; Private Equity; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Process; Valuation; Value Creation; California
Rogers, Steven, and Greg White. "Earl Gordon - Eastern Circle." Harvard Business School Case 317-061, January 2017. (Revised August 2017.)
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Corp. cofounders Abrams and Hodgson crystallize their hard-won advice into a single how-to guide for small business owners. In Level Up, they share behind-the-scenes stories of building their own businesses, as well as actionable, get-it-done principles for founders... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
company in developing a new drug.” The case “E Ink in 2005” charts the multiple rounds of financing E Ink attracted over the years from a range of private investors, venture capital firms, and technology and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
producer, if you can maintain the rights, or have a pool of capital at your disposal, or both, you are ahead of the game.” Zee and the other alums interviewed for this article agree that it’s become more difficult over the past ten to... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it tried to keep up with Intel.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
years. We argue that the current world economic conjuncture is the product of a large and unusual divergence or "wedge" between the returns on capital and the cost of capital. Globalization—in particular the integration of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
international trade and investment. Insights about differences in the development of financial institutions across countries, the role of financial constraints, and the use of internal capital markets are proving central in understanding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
Israeli start-ups raised record-breaking amounts of venture capital, and exits for the year totaled over $8 billion. On the other hand, government expenditure on R&D had decreased and Israel’s position in the Global Innovation Index... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model was more conducive to green corporate strategies than liberal market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
election of more conservative legislators, higher support for anti-immigration legislation, and lower public goods provision. Exploring the causes of natives’ backlash, I document that immigration increased natives’ employment and occupational standing and fostered... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
that had synergies with the company's businesses, and formed a small venture capital fund for exploratory investments. Komori also initiated a reorganization that created six new divisions within the company... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
earning his MBA, Doerr joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1980. KPCB’s focus on technology and life sciences, while dramatically changing the landscape of both fields, has... View Details