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GlobalData Disruptor | Baker Library

GlobalData Disruptor Market research database covering technology disruption across multiple industries. Read More GlobalData's Disruptor database covers technology focused innovations, trends, consumer insights and venture capital... View Details

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Investment Strategies Course Number 1425 Senior Lecturer William Vrattos Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 Sessions Exam Career Focus Global capital markets are vast and dynamic, with over $100 trillion in listed public... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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What’s in a Name

want to let go of? How do we hang on to the paradox? At first they saw some pushback on social media, but Birch and his leadership came to the conclusion that the folks who objected to what they saw as woke capitalism weren’t the people... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Apr 2014
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Private capital, public good

US in 2011, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress. “The vision of expanding opportunity, by applying the rigor and discipline of markets to public goals, is what compelled me to launch Social... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Lessons from Private Equity

down the road?” PE managers can also teach you the value of managing cash. Most PE-acquired firms are capitalized with 70 percent debt, compared with the 40 percent average of U.S. public companies. Thus PE managers know how, in the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

In trying to secure financial backing for a new product, independent innovators generally face the question of how much to invest in development before showing it around. Should they create, say, a working prototype (and maybe even generate sales) or pitch the idea for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

August 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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Altos Ventures (B)

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo

In December 2021, Han Kim, Anthony Lee, and Ho Nam reflected on how far they had come since 2012. This B case provides an update on Altos Ventures’ decision-making and performance since the events presented in the A case. View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Partners and Partnerships

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March 2010 (Revised May 2010)
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Disruptive IPOs? WR Hambrecht & Co.

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Bill Hambrecht faces a dilemma: should he accept a high profile client for his online Dutch auction IPO? Though it would be viewed as a real coup, what would accepting the business mean to WR Hambrecht? Should he seek other high profile clients like this, or should he... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Initial Public Offering; Disruptive Innovation; Auctions; Online Technology; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco

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03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

of these firms face various issues—including management of exchange rate risk, how to structure their internal capital markets, how to do capital budgeting worldwide, and how to respond to varying regulatory... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

Alexander Civetta

his technology law expertise, and he has also earned distinction as a Superlawyers Rising Star and a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer. He is a Lawyer in Residence at Harvard Business School and has taught venture capital law at Boston... View Details

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Timothy C. Draper | Baker Library

he cofounded Draper and Associates, later renamed Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). DFJ maintains a loosely affiliated network of semi-independent venture capital firms in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The firm has... View Details

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Isabella Mandis | MBA

SaaS, and data science. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: Motivated to foster diversity in the venture capital industry, I founded Girls Into VC—the first organization dedicated to empowering the next... View Details

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Alex Slusky

started the program.” The best simulation of business experience Alex pursued the MBA because he had an interest in venture capital and wanted “to find a way to combine technology and strategy – how do we go up a level in business? Where... View Details

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

to become better employers. “Throughout my career, I have explored how private capital and public resources can be leveraged to ensure people living in historically marginalized communities have the opportunity for economic mobility,”... View Details

04 May 2021
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Reversing Brain Drain: Moving Talent to Middle America

18 Oct 2022
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Startups, Don’t Pin Your Hopes on VC Dry Powder

Arjun Goyal

Dr. Arjun Goyal is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Vida Ventures, a leading US-based life sciences venture capital firm with a ~$1.8 billion in AUM. Arjun focuses on creating and investing in companies that translate groundbreaking... View Details

Keywords: Finance

19 Aug 2016
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Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets

the more sophisticated due diligence of a venture capital deal. “It’s asking a lot of the same questions that you would try to tease out in a conversation with someone. Are they reliable? Are they confident? Are they optimistic?” says... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance After decades of liberalization, controls on cross-border capital movements are again being examined by financial institutions, governments, and policymakers around the globe. Associate... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2006
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HBS Annual Report Details Strong Financial Growth

fellowships. On the operating expense side, employee compensation represented more than half of all expenditures, increasing 10 percent to $153 million. This growth reflected a 29.5 percent University-wide increase in employee health-care and pension benefits. View Details