Corporate Venture Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2003 (Revised February 2004)
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Scott Lawson's Dilemma

The head of SysCom's test equipment division is concerned about how to answer employee and customer questions concerning the possible sale or liquidation of the division. The consequences of alternative approaches (full transparency vs. strong optimism and reassurance)... View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Interpersonal Communication; Business Divisions; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry

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December 1999 (Revised August 2000)
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Superior Printing

By: Paul W. Marshall

Students must take the role of a family member who is the CEO of a commercial printing business. Discusses how you will finance growth and still maintain dividends for other family members. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Investment Return; Corporate Finance

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01 Mar 2011
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Tax and Grow

prod corporations to put some of their remarkable cash hoards to productive use. Estimates of the cash held by U.S. public corporations easily exceed $1 trillion; several technology companies alone are... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Jan 2003
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Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

information you have. Ultimately, this process leads you to a zone for judgment; it's a process I have used throughout my career." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Director, The Council for Excellence in Government Director, Capital Partners for... View Details

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

America, two years with an impact investment venture capital fund in India, and a year in Denmark as a Fulbright Research Fellow studying social return on investment methodologies. Mendu says being chosen as... View Details

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

be made to make nuclear power one of the world’s low-cost alternatives for meeting the urgent demand for power while winning the race with fossil fuels” No government official draws up the roadmap for development of these other civil technologies, beyond truly basic... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

work prestige. And in Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men, we discover, with regret, that VC prefers to give money to men—and good looking men at that. But sometimes business glory goes to those who succeed the old-fashioned... View Details

16 Oct 2017
News

Take Time to Serve Others

Rena Clark (MBA 1990) found success by following her heart. A managing partner at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in the lower-middle industrial market, Clark forged a nonlinear career path that... View Details

20 Dec 2019
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The 19 Musts of 2019

‘How did you get there?’ ” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Jahn Karsybaev (GMP 26, 2019), CTO at ProSource IT and host of The Ivy Podcast MUST READ Can American Capitalism Survive? by Steven Pearlstein “Pearlstein challenges what has... View Details

Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business

center the company remodeled, is expected to cost about $200,000 to break even.) The sector is not of interest to venture capital or many angels. The company is too small for private equity. There is not... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

Summing Up Do we even need a stringent climate change agreement? Judging from this month's comments, a question can be raised about the necessity of a climate change agreement, stringent or not, as a catalyst to foster innovation and the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

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Litsa Kapsalis | MBA

business: Over the past couple of summers, I interned in life science venture capital as well as life science consulting, where I witnessed the infectious drive of founders and operators to overcome... View Details

14 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

Case 315-109 Pearson Affordable Learning Fund An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 12, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607010 Note on Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Reimbursement Account Vendors Harvard Business School Note 307-034 Purchase this note:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2001
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Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)

economics in 1952, he was eager to study business at HBS, where he was inspired by Professors Georges F. Doriot and John G. McLean, who were pioneers in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate competitiveness, respectively.... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot; John G. McLean; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

Drivers of Corporate Sustainability and Implications for Capital Markets: An International Perspective Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Publication:In The Landscape of Integrated Reporting, edited... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

venture capital firm when he and his wife, Lee Bendig (whom he describes as a “foodie”), decided to open a fresh pasta retail store in 1989 with a few seats for lunchtime customers. On the first day of... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

16 May 2017
Blog Post

Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering

requirement, it doesn't make it worthless. I can only speak to my own experience, and how Harvard supports my work in tech/startups. For instance, this past year a few friends and I started working on a side project called Ummo, a personalized speech coach. Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care

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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources

and global markets. VCPE Research Guide A great starting place for research on the venture capital and private equity industry; this guide points to the best resources available to the HBS... View Details

March 2006 (Revised February 2007)
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Frederick Douglass Charter School: The Renewal Decision

Five years after the launch of the Frederick Douglass Charter School, the school's performance is under review by the state board of education as part of a decision about whether to renew the school's charter for a school as well as the implications of a... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Urban Development; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry; United States

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