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    Charles R. Walgreen

    counter and soda fountain, things that became staples in his “super-drug stores.” Capitalizing on the popularity of these huge stores and their more interactive shopping environment, Walgreen had, by the time of his death, built almost... View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 17 Nov 2016
    • Webinars: Trending@HBS

    Global Family Offices: Trends & Opportunities

    Over the last few years, substantial growth in family offices (FOs) has resulted in their emergence as a significant investor class. There are an estimated 2,500 FOs globally, controlling $7+ trillion in assets; approximately 300 of these FOs manage over $5 billion... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2017
    • News

    Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs

    Freddie Martignetti (MBA 2011) When it comes to the potential for joining forces across Harvard University, Freddie Martignetti (MBA 2011) has an entrepreneur’s vision. “We’re just beginning to scratch the surface,” says Martignetti, a principal at Highland View Details
    • 01 Oct 2000
    • News

    Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship

    Starting New Ventures, and Venture Capital and Private Equity. The Class of 1975's major gift cochairs, Leo J. Corbett, Hamilton E.("Tony") James, and Kendrick R. Wilson, reported that their classmates have shown overwhelming enthusiasm... View Details
    Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
    • 04 Mar 2025
    • Blog Post

    WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley

    into venture capital, emerging tech, and career-shaping insights. This year’s trek saw a significant expansion, with visits to six top venture capital firms — a 20% increase from last year — offering students deeper insights into the... View Details
    Keywords: Technology
    • August 2008 (Revised December 2009)
    • Case

    Nantero

    By: William A. Sahlman, Dan Heath and Caroline Perkins
    This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional venture capital. Potential investors have competing visions for the company, and its business model. Some... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Product Development; Production; Technology; Semiconductor Industry
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    • June 2007
    • Exercise

    EZAmuse Negotiation Background (A)

    By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
    This is the background to an exercise in negotiation. A promising venture-capital-backed company, EZAmuse Communications, is raising a B round. Its existing backer, Reality Venture Partners, would like it to raise enough for six or nine months, when it will have... View Details
    Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Leadership Style; Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Product; Germany
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    • December 2002 (Revised October 2013)
    • Case

    Williams, 2002

    By: Joshua Coval, Robin Greenwood and Peter Tufano
    Williams, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based firm in various energy businesses, must decide whether to accept a financing package offered by Berkshire Hathaway and Lehman Brothers. The proposed one-year credit facility would provide the firm with financial resources in a... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Crisis Management; Credit; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Financial Instruments; Energy Industry; United States
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    • January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
    • Case

    Return Logic, Inc. (A)

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
    Follows three graduating HBS students as they build a business-to-business Internet venture and highlights the challenges they confront in structuring financing terms with venture capitalists. Requires students to carefully read a six-page term sheet to identify which... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Negotiation Deal; Entrepreneurship
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      Andrew W. Mellon

      Mellon took over his family’s small private bank and turned it into one of the largest sources of venture capital in American history. Mellon played a substantial role in supplying capital for expanding... View Details
      Keywords: Finance
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      Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

      Business Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire (Henderson) Changing Business from the Inside Out (Mohin) The Sustainable MBA (Weybrecht) Green to Gold (Esty and Winston) How to Change the World (Bornstein) Natural View Details
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      Company databases: which database to choose? | Baker Library

      CB Insights Availability: HBS intranet Strengths/Unique Features: Coverage of early stage companies/deals. Capital IQ Availability: HarvardKey Strengths/Unique Features: Auditable financials, sophisticated screening, PE and VC companies... View Details
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      Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources

      In-depth reports for frontier market countries and sectors. Company/Data Analysis   Capital IQ: A wide range of public and private company information worldwide. For a multimedia learning module on View Details
      • 01 Mar 2007
      • News

      Faculty Books

      Capital Rules by Rawi Abdelal (Harvard University Press) How and why did the world shift from an orthodoxy of free capital movements in 1914 to capital controls in 1944 and... View Details
      Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
      • July 2010 (Revised March 2015)
      • Teaching Note

      1366 Technologies

      By: Ramana Nanda and Joseph B. Lassiter III
      Teaching Note for 810005. View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Production; Supply and Industry; Corporate Strategy; Capital; Manufacturing Industry
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      • August 2009 (Revised February 2011)
      • Background Note

      Managing Individual Human Capital: Research Resources

      By: Boris Groysberg and Emilie Codega
      This technical note provides a list of library resources for researching executives and a bibliography of books on managing one's own career. View Details
      Keywords: Human Resources; Human Capital; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career; Research
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      • July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
      • Supplement

      Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company

      By: Benjamin C. Esty
      Spreadsheet to (9-203-024). Download only. View Details
      Keywords: Projects; Customers; System; Capital; Competition; Investment Return; Risk and Uncertainty; Telecommunications Industry; Australia; Japan
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      • 23 Mar 2023
      • News

      SVB Crash Analysis

      HBS faculty members and other experts across Harvard reflect on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the state of the banking industry. How ‘Payment Banks’ Could Prevent the Next Bank Collapse Professor Mihir Desai writes in Harvard Business Review that to shore up... View Details
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      Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds | Baker Library

      Help Center Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds How can I create a list of start-up or venture capital backed companies in a particular industry? In Capital IQ : Mouse... View Details
      • 01 Dec 2012
      • News

      Shareholders' Value?

      What are shareholders good for? Maybe not as much as most people think. Basically, shareholders are supposed to provide three functions: money, information, and discipline. Let's examine each. Money. In theory, shareholders are supposed to be a source of View Details