Alumni New Venture Competition - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

Venture capital is a tale of two continents, HBS professor Josh Lerner (coauthor of the book The Venture Capital Cycle) explained in his opening remarks at a Global Alumni... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

20 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

investor. The fund now has investments in 23 companies around the U.S. in 12 different industries. The Minority Renaissance in Venture Capital Like most new business ventures, Harlem Capital was created to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture capital industry. VC firms are... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

wild cheer when the scene settled to reveal a safe landing. “It was one of the most memorable and electric moments I have ever experienced,” Cornell says. READ MORE Maiden Voyage UAE’s ambitious, alumni-led space program gets off the ground An View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
Case

Blue Origin, NASA, and New Space (A)

By: Matthew Weinzierl and Angela Acocella

Jeff Bezos, six years after starting a revolution in retailing with Amazon.com, turned his life-long passion for space into a start-up, Blue Origin. Blue (as it was called) was a part of the New Space industry, a collection of startup aerospace engineering companies... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Partners and Partnerships; Transportation; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Aerospace Industry

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19 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

billion in venture capital money, an all-time record and 35% more than the previous year. The opportunities to bring new technological breakthroughs to the sector are massive, whether it be in robotics,... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students

leading-edge R&D, Novartis considers community outreach an essential part of its mission. It offers some drugs at a discount or free to needy patients; a new malaria therapy will be available at cost. Greylock, one of the country’s most... View Details

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

May 2025
Teaching Note

From oneworld to a New World? LATAM’s High-Stakes Alliance Dilemma

By: Juan Alcacer and Valentina Tarzijan

As global alliances evolve and regulatory barriers mount, LATAM Airlines must reassess the strategic logic of partnerships. In 2019, Delta Air Lines proposed a $1.9 billion investment and deeper cooperation via a Joint Business Agreement, prompting LATAM to evaluate... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America; North America

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28 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

the start-up movement about how best to organize and execute new ventures as “business experiments.” These lessons from the “start-up garage” enable established corporations to make progress on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How to Build a Resume That Stands Above the Competition

Jill Huggett is the CEO & Founder of Bridgepath Career Advisors, LLC, a full-service career management firm, an Expert Content Contributor for Forbes.com, and an HBS Career Coach. She specializes in propelling people forward in their careers, and recently joined... View Details

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

sudden rise of new entrants, especially Germany. The study shows that natural resource endowment is a poor explanatory variable for this geographical skewing. Public policy was a more important factor, although its impact was nuanced. The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2025
Case

From oneworld to a New World? LATAM’s High-Stakes Alliance Dilemma

By: Juan Alcacer and Valentina Tarzijan

As global alliances evolve and regulatory barriers mount, LATAM Airlines must reassess the strategic logic of partnerships. In 2019, Delta Air Lines proposed a $1.9 billion investment and deeper cooperation via a Joint Business Agreement, prompting LATAM to evaluate... View Details

Keywords: Aviation; Airlines; Transportation; Alliances; Agreements and Arrangements; Governance; Competitive Strategy; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America; North America

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01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

billion in venture capital money, an all-time record and 35% more than the previous year. The opportunities to bring new technological breakthroughs to the sector are massive, whether it be in robotics,... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318019 Harvard Business School Case 718-027 Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning the second place in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2022
News

Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of Lebanon (HBSCL) hosted the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, for dinner and a discussion on August 18 at the Monty Club in Beirut. According to Club President... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

2019
Working Paper

The Value Potential of New Business Models

By: David J. Collis

One attempt to regain the ground that strategy has recently lost, which was described in the first article, has been the introduction of “business models” as the precursor to competitive positioning within an industry. Understanding a business model provides a... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation

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22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

How the US’s Inflation Reduction Act has opened new business opportunities across multiple sectors Re: Julia Brady (MBA 1997); Christian Weeks (MBA 2010); Matt Arnold (MBA 1995); Heather March Takle (MBA 2006); Monica Varman (MBA 2016);... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

New Ways to Stay Connected

Women’s Leadership Accelerator in San Francisco this past March, where some 250 alumnae participated in a daylong program. Topics determined by the alumnae program committee included career pivots, social impact leadership, and how women investors are disrupting View Details

June 1998 (Revised December 2006)
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Clear Communications Ltd. vs. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (A)

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Martin Calles

Features the challenges facing an entrant in the New Zealand telecommunications market during the period 1989-1994. Clear Communications Ltd. (CCL), a joint venture owned by Bell Canada, MCI, New Zealand Television Corp., and Todd Companies, begins offering long... View Details