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  • 2002
  • Dissertation

The Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur: Characteristics and Dynamics within VC Firms

By: Noam Wasserman
Keywords: Venture Capital; Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Wasserman, Noam. "The Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur: Characteristics and Dynamics within VC Firms." Diss., Harvard University, 2002. (Winner of George S. Dively Award For outstanding dissertation research presented by Harvard Business School.)
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When Bureaucrats Meet Entrepreneurs: The Design of Successful 'Public Venture Capital' Programs

By: Josh Lerner
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Design; Venture Capital; Programs
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Lerner, Josh. "When Bureaucrats Meet Entrepreneurs: The Design of Successful 'Public Venture Capital' Programs." Economic Journal 112, no. 477 (February 2002): F73–F84. (Symposium on Funding Gaps.)
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

The One That Got Away

spend more time thinking about what a venture could become if things go well as opposed to worrying too much about what could go wrong. Jeff Bussgang (MBA 1995) Flybridge Capital Partners HBS Senior Lecturer Missed Meal Ticket When I was... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

he's seen improvements in the way reinsurers distribute risk over the last two decades, he still questions whether reinsurers in their current form can survive a major catastrophic event. "Reinsurers assume the risk of, and hold the View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services
  • June 2006
  • Case

AtHoc: Dealing With Disruption

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Brian DeLacey
Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market environments, business opportunities, and customer... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Disruptive Innovation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Venture Capital
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Brian DeLacey. "AtHoc: Dealing With Disruption." Harvard Business School Case 806-073, June 2006.
  • November 2007
  • Article

Standing Out from the Crowd: The Visibility-Enhancing Effects of IPO-related Signals on Alliance Formation by Entrepreneurial Firms

By: Tim Pollock and Ranjay Gulati
In this study, we explore how multiple signals related to entrepreneurial companies at the time of their initial public offering (IPO) influence the firms' ability to acquire non-financial resources over time. Specifically, the study looks at how signals based on... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Alliances; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence
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Pollock, Tim, and Ranjay Gulati. "Standing Out from the Crowd: The Visibility-Enhancing Effects of IPO-related Signals on Alliance Formation by Entrepreneurial Firms." Strategic Organization 5, no. 4 (November 2007). (A shorter version of this paper appeared in Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, pp. 11-16, 2002.)
  • May 2021
  • Article

Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists? Evidence from Unicorns

By: Josh Lerner, Sergey Chernenko and Yao Zeng
The past decade saw the rise of both “founder-friendly” venture financings and non-traditional investors, frequently with liquidity constraints. Using detailed contract data, we study open-end mutual funds investing in private venture-backed firms. We posit an... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Governance
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Lerner, Josh, Sergey Chernenko, and Yao Zeng. "Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists? Evidence from Unicorns." Review of Financial Studies 34, no. 5 (May 2021): 2362–2410.
  • June 2003
  • Case

Peabody Simpson at the Crossroads

By: Rajiv Lal, Nitin Nohria and Leslie Freeman
Three managing directors at Peabody Simpson had just returned from a firm-wide recruiting event at Columbia University, which they had covered together, as all were alumni. They were commiserating about having to submit revised forecasts to their division heads by the... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting; Recruitment; Reports; Organizational Design
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Lal, Rajiv, Nitin Nohria, and Leslie Freeman. "Peabody Simpson at the Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 503-112, June 2003.
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Eshan Tewari | MBA

Eshan Tewari Statistics Dunster 2021 Cohort 2 I've had a chance to work in technology from a host of different angles, spanning from ground level research to rapidly scaling startups to venture capital to journalism. In the process, I've... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007

  Working PapersNone this week.   Cases & Course MaterialsArtisan Entertainment Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-067 Geoff Rehnert and Marc Wolpow have left Bain Capital to launch Audax Group. As part of their separation, they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Feb 2020
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Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy

Sandra Sucher (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva; Getty Images) Sandra Sucher (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva; Getty Images) After studying mass layoffs for a decade, Professor Sandra Sucher has seen the detrimental effects and advises against this now-common tactic for workforce... View Details
Keywords: April White; Telecommunications; Information
  • 04 Nov 2013
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The 'LinkedIn for the Military' Commemorates Its One-Year Anniversary By Raising $5 Million

Keywords: military
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Immigrant Entrepreneurship

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to native-founded companies. Our work quantifies immigrant contributions to new firm creation in a wide variety of fields using multiple definitions.... View Details
Keywords: Immigrants; Entrepreneurs; Entry; Firms; Growth; High-tech Marketing; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Immigration; United States
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Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-011, July 2016. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22385, July 2016.)
  • December 2005 (Revised April 2010)
  • Teaching Note

Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage (TN)

By: Boris Groysberg and Andrew N. McLean
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Capital Markets; Banking Industry
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Groysberg, Boris, and Andrew N. McLean. "Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 406-061, December 2005. (Revised April 2010.)
  • July 2001 (Revised August 2004)
  • Case

AdNet (A)

By: Ashish Nanda
Confronted by a business proposal that is remarkably similar to a project recently financed by a sister office, venture capitalist Monique LeMieux ponders what she should do. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Ethics; Standards; Financial Services Industry
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Nanda, Ashish, and Kimberly A. Haddad. "AdNet (A)." Harvard Business School Case 902-024, July 2001. (Revised August 2004.)
  • June 1996 (Revised July 1997)
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Hostile Bid for Red October, The

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Alan Bigman
Manatep Bank, a Russian investment bank, has just announced the country's first hostile tender offer for Red October, a confectionery company located in Moscow. As the chief financial officer of the target company, Yuri Yegorov must decide how to respond, how much his... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Cash; Governance Controls; Financial Condition; Investment Banking; Financial Markets; Trade; Valuation; Financial Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Moscow
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Alan Bigman. "Hostile Bid for Red October, The." Harvard Business School Case 296-084, June 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
  • October 2018
  • Case

Zenefits Board of Directors (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors to shepherd the company through its next stages of growth. For the company whose name combined the words “benefits,”... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-034, October 2018.
  • September 2011 (Revised January 2012)
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Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and Mala Kaul
The Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System case presents one home healthcare organization's efforts to use telemonitoring to improve the quality of care provided to at-risk patients who were discharged from hospitals and needed home care. After two years of... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Cost vs Benefits; Risk Management; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Mark Keil, and Mala Kaul. "Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System." Harvard Business School Case 112-030, September 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
  • December 2009 (Revised April 2022)
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Lyondell Chemical Company

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott
Hit with an industry recession and the global financial crisis of 2008, in January 2009 LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., one of the world's largest internationally diversified chemical companies headquartered in The Netherlands, placed its U.S. operations and a... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Crisis Management; Chemical Industry; Netherlands; United States
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Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah Abbott. "Lyondell Chemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 210-001, December 2009. (Revised April 2022.)
  • July 2008
  • Teaching Note

Yale University Investments Office: August 2006 (TN)

By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [807073]. View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Assets; Leveraged Buyouts
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Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Yale University Investments Office: August 2006 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-015, July 2008.
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