Real Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

investment opportunity that traditional VCs are simply overlooking. In this special episode of Skydeck, recorded live at Fall Reunions, Dodi speaks with Associate Editor Jen Flint about the challenges that female founders still face—and... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Letters to the Editor

While James Hoagland is correct that in recent years there is a growing tendency to flip or resell buyouts after a rapid turnaround, the general experience is actually quite different. As I mentioned, holding periods and investment time... View Details

15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Enterprise examines the foundations of bold yet reasonable action. Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results By Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi (MBA 2016) Harper Business To make organizations more fair, many well-meaning... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2011
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The Path to Economic Revival

innovation powerhouse? Shih: I think so. But the problem comes about as more manufacturing moves offshore and commercialization capabilities diminish. Flat-panel displays are a good example. Because there is no flat-panel manufacturing capability in the United States,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

09 Nov 2017
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Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress

worked for Duke Energy as assistant to the company’s CEO after graduation, but in 2013 he and McCready reunited and cofounded Double Time Capital, an investment firm focused on funding utility-scale solar farms in North Carolina. The firm... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

opportunity to start my own business. I actually wrote the business plan in one of my HBS courses as the final project. I then took this business plan to the bank and was able to secure a loan to start a real estate View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott

that Scott sees as "a testament to the creative energies at the School." She adds, "It will be great to see some real businesses emerging from this program." While launching the new contest, Scott was also hard at work on what has become... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Jan 2015
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Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized

lifetime in investment banking, met with health industry and digital record experts to learn how to make the industry more efficient. Thus, Health Record Corporation (HRC), parent company of MedKaz, was created. Passionate about his new... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun

Seattle cable television company, and in 1969 sold the enterprise -- by then a multimillion-dollar business -- to CBS. He then "dabbled in real estate" and during a trip to the South Pacific to explore potential View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution

Life Green Day Related Links What businesses can do to make a difference Takeaways: Preparing for the population boom Case study: Slum for sale Conference report: Investing in Cities of the 21st Century Making a Difference in the World -... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

think there was real opportunity to have done it and to have done it better. Certainly the most immediate way I think it's shaped me is in terms of how I coach my team. Right? I think about their career moves very comprehensively versus... View Details

12 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)

members at BollyX, or with the people who come take my class. "When working with startups, you have to be able to motivate people in ways that may not be connected to financial resources, which is challenging. I have found that giving team members a View Details

Keywords: fitness; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2018
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Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

Shames and Peter Barton (MBA 1982) “This book is about a man on his deathbed (Barton) looking back at his life and appreciating the energy and enthusiasm with which he has lived it, and another man (Shames) comparing his own as he chronicles Barton’s life and death in... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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A Message from Dean Clark

that are yielding substantial results. Our extensive investment in information technology (IT) has been particularly effective, enhancing our ability to teach, conduct research, and serve our diverse and often far-flung constituencies.... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

the future.” The Batten gift will enable the School to secure and enhance the southern entrance to the HBS campus in preparation for Harvard’s major investment in its Allston neighborhood. In honor of Batten, the School will name the main... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail

into the marketplace, including creation of federal deposit insurance, securities regulation, banking supervision, and the separation of commercial and investment banking under the Glass-Steagall Act. As Moss is quick to point out, there... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

discouraged. After graduating from Harvard College in 1997, she arrived in Silicon Valley just as the Internet began to enter everyday life. Maybank worked as an investment banker on some of the first Internet IPOs before joining eBay;... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Sep 2024
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The Making of a Streaming Sensation

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Case Study: Something New

design the company’s real value proposition? The Answers: Why not have a set of silhouettes with customizable features at a range of price points? With X bod- ices and Y skirts and Z trims, the bride now has a large number of... View Details