William A. Sahlman - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jun 2023
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Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus William A. Sahlman presented the Entrepreneurship Award to Michael Martin (MBA 2015), founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Harvard Business School

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought... View Details

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

policies that maintain a low level of average inflation. Cases & Course MaterialsNovoCure Ltd. William A. Sahlman and Sarah Greene FlahertyHarvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2016
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Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

for reentering the workforce. “Our goal is to help graduating MBAs get ready for the next chapter in their adventures, and remind them of the many bridges they have back to HBS.” Kristin Williams Mugford, Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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University Elections

Pilkington & Ward LLP. New York, NY. Frances D. Fergusson, MA ’66, Ph.D. ’73; BA ’65, Wellesley College. President, Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, NY. William F. Lee, AB ’72; JD ’76, Cornell Law School; MBA ’76, Cornell University.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

27 May 2014
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Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

Dilemma" in Harvard Business Review. Editorial Counsel Tom Hulme (MBA 2007, OpenIDEO), Professor Karim Lakhani, Professor Gautam Mukunda, Michael Raynor (BDA 2000), Professor William Sahlman Working Team... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

April 2001
Teaching Note

Virtual Vineyards TN

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Elliot N. Maltz and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note for (9-396-264). For book only - not listed on case. View Details

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29 Apr 2008
Research Event

Venture Capital

Date: January 9-10, 2008 Faculty Chairs: Josh Lerner, William Sahlman Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: Venture Capital What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The VC Conference is one in a series... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

01 Dec 2016
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Passion Projects

Carter. Driving an Aston Martin DB4GT While at HBS, Richard A. Candee (MBA 1978) bought his first Aston Martin. “As a young lad I went through a succession of sports cars,” Candee says. But his interest in the Aston Martin lingered. In... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources

National Association (St. Louis, Mo: The Association, n.d.). Full text for v.10: no.1-12 (September, 1921 – August, 1922) available as a networked resource Credit and Pre-Industrial Society Baxter, William T. The House of Hancock:... View Details

1991
Book

Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Venture

By: H. H. Stevenson and W. A. Sahlman

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship

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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

correspondence with Russell & Sturgis, another prominent China trading firm. Cushing, eager to return to Massachusetts, made arrangements to dissolve Perkins & Company by merging with Russell & Co in 1831. William Shepard Wetmore papers... View Details

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

James F. Morgan (HBS MBA '64) established Flagship Ventures (formerly Morgan, Holland Ventures); and William H. Congleton (HBS MBA '48) and John A. Shane (HBS MBA '60) founded The Palmer Organization. "If I... View Details

30 Sep 2014
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Life Lessons on the Open Seas

to the program’s success, including learning how to think outside the box to solve complex problems, as well as developing strategies for marrying the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. He cites Professor William Sahlman's principles... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

the American Mathematical Society , no. 4. New York, N.Y.: American Mathematical Society, 1951. * Samuelson, Paul A. Foundations of Economic Analysis . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1947. * Samuelson, Paul View Details

07 Oct 2014
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Network Effect

philanthropy, organized by Professor William Sahlman. He and Armour have also attended several conferences on the HBS campus devoted to nonprofits working to fight specific diseases. Attendees come away with new ideas, information, and a... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

01 Dec 2001
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Faculty News

J. DeLong (Organizational Behavior; Entrepreneurial and Service Management) and Michael A. Wheeler (Negotiation, Organizations & Markets) have been named Professors of Management Practice. Retirements Three outstanding and long-serving... View Details

Keywords: reunions; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by HBS professors Jim Heskett and W. Earl Sasser and coauthor Joe Wheeler. Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan Published: October 6, 2008 Harvard Business School professor View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 3

also discusses the German health care system, its regulatory constraints, and Schön's attempts to change the paradigm of competition in the sector. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712475-PDF-ENG SecondMarket - Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2013
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Leading the Way

pushing forward to improve the world we live in. I'm honored to be working with Nitin and the School's great leadership team—including Ralph James (MBA 1982) and Professors Rob Kaplan (MBA 1983) and Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975, PhDBE 1982)—to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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