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- 03 Feb 2020
- News
Venture capital investors should harpoon more whales
- May 2013
- Teaching Plan
High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital
By: Clayton Rose and David Lane
Late in 2010, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan and his team considered whether or not to issue contingent capital, which Swiss regulators would require by 2019. They faced a number of substantial issues, including: Would contingent capital actually work as conceptualized... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Capital Markets; Financial Crisis; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; International Finance; Financial Liquidity; Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Switzerland
Rose, Clayton, and David Lane. "High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 313-048, May 2013.
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
If capitalism was the most influential single economic and social force of the 20th century (and continuing today), there is no better guide to understanding its power and complexity than famed economist Joseph Schumpeter, says Harvard... View Details
- 2024
- Chapter
The Private Economy Under Party-State Capitalism
By: Margaret M. Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee S. Tsai
This chapter addresses the evolution of China’s approach to the private sector from the early reform era until the beginning of Xi Jinping’s third term. It argues that China has evolved from a familiar form of state capitalism, in which economic growth is the primary... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; International Relations; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economic Systems; China
Pearson, Margaret M., Meg Rithmire, and Kellee S. Tsai. "The Private Economy Under Party-State Capitalism." Chap. 3 in Chinese Politics: The Xi Jinping Difference. 2nd edition edited by Stanley Rosen and Daniel C. Lynch, 67–82. Routledge, 2024.
- Research Summary
The Origins, Current State, and Future of Capitalism
Starting with the dawn of market capitalism in Renaissance Italy, Professor Reinert works at the intersection of economic ideas, policies, and practices in history, particularly as seen through the lens of national strategies in international competition. He seeks to... View Details
- May 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Teaching Note
Cost of Capital at DraftKings
By: Malcolm Baker and Sebastian Hillenbrand
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 224-007. View Details
- September 2016
- Teaching Note
Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital
By: Richard Hamermesh and Sarah McAra
Teaching Note for case 816-066. View Details
Keywords: Egypt
- October 2002
- Teaching Note
Malaysia: Capital and Control (TN)
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
Teaching Note for (9-702-040). View Details
Keywords: Malaysia
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
The failures of shareholder capitalism
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Venture capital sector makes adjustments
- 10 Nov 2010
- News
Capitalizing on the Underdog Effect
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making markets. For 25 years, he has... View Details
- Article
Internal versus External Capital Markets
By: David S. Scharfstein, Robert Gertner and Jeremy Stein
Scharfstein, David S., Robert Gertner, and Jeremy Stein. "Internal versus External Capital Markets." Quarterly Journal of Economics 109, no. 4 (November 1994): 1211–1230.
- February 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.: Building A Venture Capital Firm
By: Walter Kuemmerle, Kiichiro Kobayashi and Chad S Ellis
JAFCO, a large Japanese venture capital firm, is making a second attempt to enter the U.S. venture capital market. The U.S. subsidiary, JAFCO America Ventures, is in the midst of a challenging turnaround. Going forward, the U.S. subsidiary's leadership needs to make a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Market Entry and Exit; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Japan; United States
Kuemmerle, Walter, Kiichiro Kobayashi, and Chad S Ellis. "JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.: Building A Venture Capital Firm." Harvard Business School Case 899-099, February 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- Article
The Capital Asset Pricing Model
By: André Perold
Perold, André. "The Capital Asset Pricing Model." Journal of Economic Perspectives 18, no. 3 (Summer 2004): 3–24.
- March 1985 (Revised November 1985)
- Background Note
Note on the Venture Capital Industry--1981
Keywords: Venture Capital
Sahlman, William A. "Note on the Venture Capital Industry--1981." Harvard Business School Background Note 285-096, March 1985. (Revised November 1985.)
- 02 Jun 2017
- News
Venture Capital Firms With More Teenage Daughters Perform Better
- May 2004 (Revised October 2007)
- Background Note
Best Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Describes investment decision-making processes, based on interviews with 56% of the top 38 venture capital firms in the country. Discusses some implications for the future growth of the industry. View Details
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Best Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-176, May 2004. (Revised October 2007.)
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The Syndication of Venture Capital Investments
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "The Syndication of Venture Capital Investments." Special Issue on Venture Capital. Financial Management 23, no. 3 (Fall 1994): 16–27. (Reprinted in Venture Capital, edited by Michael Wright and Ken Robbie. Aldershot: International Library of Management/Dartmouth Publishing, 1997.)
- October 2012 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science
By: Felda Hardymon and Tom Nicholas
Genentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected transformational effects. Established in 1976, Genentech was to develop the new science of recombinant DNA into... View Details
Keywords: Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Science; Biotechnology Industry; United States
Hardymon, Felda, and Tom Nicholas. "Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science." Harvard Business School Case 813-102, October 2012. (Revised March 2022.)