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- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
businesses. Gemini's target investment size was between $4 million and $6 million, and a typical portfolio company had revenue of between $8 million and $30 million. In early 2010, Gemini was completing the investment of Gemini's Fund IV,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015
finance patents, we observe qualitatively similar patterns of under-citation when we restrict our analysis to finance patents held by individuals and NPEs, as opposed to non-NPE corporations. These findings raise questions about the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
investment pioneer Tsing Capital was planning for the China Environment Fund IV and considering how to maintain its commitment to social and environmental practices. Tsing Capital embraced its philosophy of "Doing Well by Doing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
helping the environment or encouraged to drill for carbon-based fuels? How do we fund government programs such as health care and entitlements? How big should government be? "...it would be constructive to have a discussion about... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
On the other hand, display ads—such as banner ads on websites—are much more visible but are less likely to translate into direct clicks. By raising brand awareness, however, display ads may contribute to a consumer's eventual decision to... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
and when should Cumplo begin to expand beyond Chile to other countries in Latin America? The company raised $1.4 million in its first three years, mainly from individual investors, and then issued new shares for $3 million in 2015. By... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
fund the launch of nearly all start-ups. The founders' current income, cash reserves, credit card capacity, and "mortgagable" assets account for most of the early stage capital in the United States.2 Other forms of non-cash... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
the United States, the Federal Drug Administration this week advised states to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women developed a rare blood-clotting disorder, raising new concerns about total vaccine supply.... View Details
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
departments and in the relationships among faculty and administrators. It is written into course catalogs, into standards for admitting students and promoting professors, and into strategies for raising View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
to then cover their positions once asset prices start recovering. Predation leads to profits of about 25 basis points over ten days and increases the liquidation costs for the distressed fund by 40%. These results suggest a broker’s role... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
trade in intellectual property are fragmentary. The intangibility of the trade makes measurement difficult, but budget cuts have added to the difficulties. Modest funding increases would result in data more useful for research and policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was eager to increase them to more "normal" levels to exert effective monetary policy. Yet the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
believes that all of St. HOPE's other activities—economic development, civic leadership development, and the arts—are interdependent with transforming urban education. Raises questions of growth, including the challenges of replicating a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
investors, could provide this commitment mechanism. Common ownership of competitors within industries and long-time horizons in ownership of shares are key characteristics for investors that could act as stewards of the commons. Social pressure fueled by socially... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
for firms from industrialized economies and negative effects for firms in other emerging economies, which are less export-intensive and more import-intensive. Motivated by these facts, we build a dynamic model in which real depreciations View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
be in a position to do that." Mills is looking at models for delivering capital to these companies, including the SBA's Small Business Investment Company program (SBIC). This program, which in most cases allows private investment View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
dollar lending more than euro lending in response to a shock to their credit quality. Because these banks rely on wholesale dollar funding, while raising more of their euro funding through insured retail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
responsibilities for public health there is an urgent need to leverage IT infrastructure to meet new challenges. Historically lean funding cycles for public health has not allowed for fundamental information technology-based reach... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
through which uncertainty affects managerial decision making in the presence of agency conflicts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50792 Harvard Business School Case 716-468 World Wildlife Fund (WWF)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
capitalists to fund big bets on technology, research universities that mint PhDs, and a clear legal framework that protects intellectual property. In stark contrast, companies in developing countries lack these advantages. But does this... View Details