Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

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 venture View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise

data/information Capital IQ - provides public and private company profiles and strong in company financials, capital transactions, etc. For a multimedia learning module on View Details

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

worked well only at the early phase of modern economic growth and would not necessarily become an obstacle for dynamic development as the economies mature. Our research shows that while political institutions and capital markets have... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Manuel Llano

Manuel wants to help students explore the opportunities available to HBS students in the Investment Banking, Investment Management, and Venture Capital industries. Manuel can provide insights into how these industries recruit, what the... View Details

September 2024
Case

Myeloma Investment Fund

By: Kyle Myers and Scott Sawaya

This case explores a critical decision facing the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) as it evaluates two investment opportunities aimed at accelerating a cure for multiple myeloma.

The MIF, a venture philanthropy fund, must choose between two distinct paths. One... View Details

Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Biomedical Research; Investing For Impact; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Science-Based Business; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

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20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

of a front page per month, or 37% of a standard deviation in our measure of coverage. The results control for newspaper, month, and individual corruption scandal fixed effects. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15402 PublicationsGlobal... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2010
News

How to Spur Prosperity

Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner offers a timely look at what works... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Insurance company filings: Statutory reports

Where can I find insurance company's statutory reports? Here is what you can do: go to S&P Capital IQ Pro type in the company name at the top search box select from choices on left to view Corporate Profile, News and reports... View Details

James B. Duke

Five principal cigarette manufacturing companies merged to form American Tobacco in 1890 with Duke as head and with a capitalization of $25 million. In 1895, Duke began an aggressive campaign to absorb companies making other kinds of... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

2017
Working Paper

Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment

By: Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa and Elena Simintzi

We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by “patent trolls” affect small firms’ ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at the state level. We find that the... View Details

Keywords: Patent Trolls; Patents; Small Business; Employment; Venture Capital

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2014
Working Paper

The Cost of Friendship

By: Paul A. Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov and Yuhai Xuan

We investigate how personal characteristics affect people's desire to collaborate and whether this attraction enhances or detracts from performance in venture capital. We find that venture capitalists who share the same ethnic, educational, or career background are... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Making; Identity

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August 2000 (Revised January 2001)
Background Note

Reporting Income for Dot-Coms

By: Paul M. Healy

Dot-coms provide unique financial reporting situations. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Capital; Revenue; Web Sites; Web Services Industry

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2002
Article

The Diana Project: Women Business Owners & Equity Capital: The Myths Dispelled.

By: Candida G. Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart

Keywords: Ownership; Gender; Capital; Equity

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LaMothe enabled Kellogg to capitalize on the health food consciousness of the 80’s by introducing new products, and, in so doing, he continued Kellogg’s 41-year run of increased sales. He is credited with dramatically expanding Kellogg’s... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

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Resources for Harvard Economics Students

A series of resources, tips and FAQs to support Harvard economics doctoral students, senior thesis writers and econ concentrators navigating Baker Library financial data resources. Which databases can I use remotely? View Details

Debra J. S. Fields

Capitalizing on the trend of upscale home baked goods, Fields began the company with one store in California in 1977 and, by 1984, had expanded to 160 stores in the United States and four international locations, generating $45 million a... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

April 2010
Teaching Note

The DiagnoFirst Opportunity (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen

Teaching Note for [309112]. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Patents; Cash Flow; Venture Capital; Negotiation Deal; Health Care and Treatment; Opportunities; Law; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; Europe

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2014
Report

Bridge the Gap: Rebuilding America's Middle Skills

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Jennifer Burrowes, Manjari Raman, Dan Restuccia and Alexis Young

The market for middle-skills jobs—those that require more education and training than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree—is consistently failing to clear. That failure is inflicting a grievous cost on the competitiveness of American firms... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Human Capital; Education; Competency and Skills; Macroeconomics; United States

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September 1999
Background Note

Revolution in the Communications Switching Industry

By: Jay O. Light, Lynda M. Applegate and Daniel J. Green

As data packet switches threatened the voice circuit switch industry in 1999, major switch and router vendors began paying high premiums to acquire venture-backed switch companies. This note explains what a switch is and suggests why large vendors might be so anxious... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Restructuring; Capital; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Communications Industry; Electronics Industry

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