Publications

09 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

examined in an HBS case study, that provides prepaid power plans to poor urban and rural communities using energy derived from rice husks and solar power. Its model benefits both poor populations and the environment. Husk thrives because... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

backlash ” Harti commented that, “The problem arises when the capital moves off-shore and the work force can’t follow.” Michael put it more bluntly: “I think many Americans have woken up in a state of shocked disbelief to find out free... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

1983
Other Unpublished Work

Services from Public Capital: The Outlook for Boston's Physical Infrastructure

By: Dutch Leonard, Arnold Howitt, Helen F. Ladd and Ann B. Weeks

Keywords: Capital; Infrastructure; Public Ownership; Urban Scope; Boston

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

far. The American capital markets are a key element of the economic system, and "when they function well, they are a wonder of the world," he said. But the American capital markets require four... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

smaller) communities and collaborations of inventors. Fleming and his colleagues found, for example, that at the end of the last decade, half of the patented inventors in Silicon Valley could trace an indirect collaborative path to one... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

a narrow segment of higher-end families in selected communities in the Boston area. After four years of perfecting its business model, Streamline only recently expanded to the Washington, D.C., market. Its... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

For years an important debate has been raging in the social investing community about the potential of social purpose companies to deliver satisfactory returns to investors. The conventional wisdom is that View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

governance structures and norms in place, businesses could help put people, including their workers, and the planet back at their core. Through a series of essays, the book exposes the fault lines between democracy and capitalism and,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

September 2004
Case

Valhalla Partners Due Diligence

By: William A. Sahlman and Dan Heath

The Valhalla Partners venture capitial firm introduced a new approach to the due-diligence process. An internal due-diligence report analyzes Telco Exchange, a startup company in the IT software space. An extended excerpt examines the trade-offs involved in the new... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Business Plan; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry

August 2018
Case

Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company

By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani

Lord Hobo Brewing Company accounts for its inventory process as it prepares to create its first set of professional financial statements for investors. View Details

Keywords: Inventory; Start-ups; Craft Brewing; Investing; GAAP; Brand Management; Accounting; Working Capital; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Business Startups; Business and Shareholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston; New England; United States

April 2009 (Revised March 2014)
Teaching Note

Evan Williams: From Blogger to Odeo (A) and (B)

By: Noam T. Wasserman

Teaching Note for [809088]. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Strategy; Groups and Teams; Blogs; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Governing and Advisory Boards; Projects; Entrepreneurship

August 2005
Background Note

Dual Class Share Companies

By: Samuel L. Hayes III, Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner

Provides a brief historical overview of dual class share companies in the United States, focusing on the New York Stock Exchange's evolving position on dual class structures since the 1920s, the impact of hostile takeovers on their use since the 1980s, and recent... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Capital Structure; Equity; Business History; Law; Organizational Structure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Perspective; Europe; United States