Capital Gain - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50562 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Jeff Bussgang

and financial services firm that is helping more than 12 million families save over $20 billion for college. Since January 2003, he has been a partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Alumni Books

dilemmas. The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper III (MBA '54) (Palgrave Macmillan) Draper looks at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship works.... View Details

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

industry, men earn 24 percent more, on average, than women, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.) These stories aren’t encouraging, though the widespread response to them is. And these numbers, and others looking at woman-founded startup and venture... View Details

Keywords: April White

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IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog

opportunity for both impact and profit are underappreciated. The Africa IFC will highlight the many opportunities and potential challenges for students interested in business on the continent. Students will visit and work with companies in Cape Town and View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Devtosh Khare

goal of getting into business in India, Khare thought HBS would help him gain professional credibility while establishing a network of valuable business contacts. "Whatever field I ended up in," he notes, "I knew I would get a world-class... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

underscored the risk and uncertainty inherent to capitalism itself. Sean Silverthorne: Why did you decide to write this book? Walter Friedman: The idea came to me years ago when teaching "Creating Modern Capitalism," a short course that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)

I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish them as quickly or as effectively. I know I had a burning desire to start a company and would have done so with or without HBS, but I don't think I would have been able to gain the customers, or... View Details

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

competitors' anticipated actions. Using new entrants into the United States from 1985 to 1994, we find that firms favor locations with academic innovative activity. Other results highlight differences in firms' location strategies suggesting that firms consider not... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

applications, such as Snapchat filters, but AR is being applied in far more consequential ways in business. Pioneering organizations are already implementing it in product development, manufacturing, logistics, marketing, service, and training—and are seeing major... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Dec 2016
News

Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff

life,” explains Wulff. When he makes additions to the trust, Wulff uses long-term, appreciated stock for a double tax benefit. He avoids paying the capital gain and qualifies for a charitable income tax... View Details

01 Jan 2003
News

Greylock

and wanted to provide new hires with leadership opportunities. Equally important, the limited partners could now have some flexibility in their commitments. At about the same time, the firm confronted the problem of sustaining Greylock's supply of View Details

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

customers and business partners). Q: Could you elaborate more on this point that firms might choose to follow the rules when they cross-list on a U.S. exchange not because they're concerned about repercussions, but because of the business reputational assets they View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

Administration Marco Iansiti and Charles Edwin Wilson Professor of Business Administration and Dorothy and Michael Hintze Fellow Karim R. Lakhani). Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire—this recent book offers insights into the... View Details

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

chose to host conference calls in English, placing themselves on shaky linguistic ground. The recent working paper Capital Market Consequences of Non-Plain English in Conference Calls of Foreign Firms appears to be one of the first... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

“put yourself out there.” Akash Pradhan (MBA 2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016) How did you find out you had been named to the 2019 "30 Under 30?" Akash Pradhan, investor, TPG View Details

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John Smith-Ricco

experience got me thinking about the role of industrialization in economic development. The viability of South Africa depends on that development and the equitable distribution of resources." Eager to learn "how capital is... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail

proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges; and, when all else fails, a receivership process to restructure, sell, or liquidate a failing company. Bottom line, no firm should be too... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Nairobi Love: Heading Home

Ah, Nairobi! I love my home city...every time I return home, I am inspired by how much has changed, and motivated by how much opportunity there still remains for change. My family has been involved in public service since Kenya gained... View Details

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

LLP, a multinational corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. While there, I divided my time between their Private Equity/Mergers and Acquisitions group and their Capital Markets group. I had the opportunity to work on an IPO... View Details

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