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  • 07 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

nuclear power from a venture capital standpoint. "There's presently a billion private dollars invested in nuclear energy in North America today," he says, adding a minute later that "nuclear is ripe for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 15 May 2020
  • News

New Menu

A couple of years ago, as his 50th birthday approached, Andrew D. Ive (MBA 1997) took a moment to consider his career. It had been a successful one, he thought. He had spent the previous 20 years building businesses, most recently at the global View Details
  • April 2011 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

Internet Securities, Inc.: Path to Sustainability

By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr and Ryan Johnson
Founded in 1994 when the Internet was still a "toy for techies," the case is set in 1998 when Internet IPOs were red-hot. Internet Securities provides hard-to-find financial, business, economic, and political information on emerging markets. Information from over 600... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Initial Public Offering; Analytics and Data Science; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation
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Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds | Baker Library

Help Center Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds How can I create a list of start-up or venture capital backed companies in a particular industry? In View Details
  • 28 Sep 2017
  • News

Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion

capital supplied by maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three... View Details
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

Catching Outliers: Committee Voting and the Limits of Consensus When Financing Innovation

By: Andrey Malenko, Ramana Nanda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Savitar Sundaresan
We document that investment committees of major VCs use a voting rule where one partner `championing' an early-stage investment is sufficient to invest. Their stated reason for this rule is to `catch outliers'. The same VCs use a more conventional `majority' rule for... View Details
Keywords: Optimal Voting Rules; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Investment; Decision Making; Voting
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  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13530   Cases & Course MaterialsBest Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms Harvard Business School Note 804-176 Describes investment decision-making... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2024
  • Case

Comun: Partners in Peril

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Alexis Lefort
In spring 2023, Abiel Gutierrez and Andres Santos, co-founders of Comun, faced a critical decision at their fintech startup serving Latino immigrants. Having launched their product the previous year, they experienced rapid growth but encountered rising fraud and... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Business Development; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Latin America; United States
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  • February 2010 (Revised January 2014)
  • Supplement

CommonAngels (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kaitlyn Simpson
This case discusses changes in CommonAngels' investment model and organization between 2005 and 2009. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Organizational Structure; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry
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Print View - Course Catalog

(LTV), and Venture Capital and Private Equity (VCPE) . Financial Management of Smaller Firms focuses on small, but typically mature firms, whereas in EF, we will focus on small, but high-growth firms. PE... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

companies are very big companies now." And, according to Butler, the time of the manager has come. "It seems like the limelight has gone a lot to the idea people and the people who find the money for the idea people," he said. "But now, when I talk... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
  • 17 Apr 2015
  • News

A Driving Force for a Sustainable World

Fabienne Herlaut (MBA 1984) has strived for sustainability in the greater world and in her own life. The founder and managing partner of Ecomobilité Ventures, a 25 million multi-corporate venture fund based in France and committed to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
  • 18 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Use Baker Library to Build a Target List

IQ, these lists can be created for you by Baker library based on your geographic preference, industry of interest, and even include companies that currently employ other HBS alumni. If you are particularly interested in working in the View Details
  • December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
  • Supplement

Bulb 2017: Launch

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
On August 21, 2015, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, co-founders of Bulb Ltd. (Bulb) launched a new business to supply energy to the United Kingdom’s 27 million residential homes with a promise of 100% renewable electricity at affordable prices. By the end of March 2017,... View Details
Keywords: Green Energy; Start-up; Launch; Customer Acquisition; Customer Churn; Customer Engagement; Electricity; Resources; Growth Strategy; B-Corp; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurial Financing; Renewable Energy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Working Capital; Product Launch; Customers; Growth Management; Business Plan; Decision Making; United Kingdom
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  • 1985
  • Chapter

Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy

By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Government and Politics; Chemicals; Chemical Industry
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Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog

with Intend to invest in startups or serve as startup advisors and board members Are interested in corporate innovation and applying the patterns of startup failure to innovation initiatives or incubator programs within traditional View Details
  • March 2003
  • Background Note

A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model

By: Jay O. Light
Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc. View Details
Keywords: History; Analytics and Data Science; Cost of Capital; Negotiation; Capital; Business Model; Economic Systems; Machinery and Machining; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Startups; Equity
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  • 16 Feb 2012
  • Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

American Competitiveness site where resources, commentary, and solutions are showcased. Harvard Business School's US Competitiveness Project is another must-visit-site to better understand the complex problems facing the US. One good way to observe a culture may be to... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
  • Web

Club Conferences | MBA

22, 2025 Middle East & North Africa Club Investment Club Conference December 7, 2025 Investment Club 2026 VCPE Conference January 31, 2026 Venture Capital & Private Equity Club WSA Conference February 7,... View Details
  • 19 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines

and MBA, it would have been difficult for me to pursue consulting and venture capital roles in early stage surgical innovation companies, where technical and business acumen are crucial.  During my RC year,... View Details