National Venture Capital Association - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2020
Case

Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney

Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L’Oréal. He is now responsible for the hiring, development, promotion, and retention of 83,000 employees worldwide. The highly successful... View Details

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01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

vuvuzelas competes with the arena’s mix of American hip-hop and regional hits. It is a distinctly regional take on an iconic American export. The league is a core pillar of NBA Africa, a two-year-old venture whose value NBA Commissioner... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

August 2023
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Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR

By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek

Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management industry View Details

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

of the challenges and opportunities facing his company. “The last year has been filled with national and international crises in which the role of government and how that intersects with the business community has heightened and grown... View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, a vast majority of the initiatives that companies in our sample are implementing do not require large View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

by differences in the information-processing activities associated with each function and apply this insight to refine and extend existing theories of centralization. We also discuss the implications of our results for organizational... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

Shanghai someday and tell him that he was in my belly! Gaby Goldstein | Class of 2020 Little(s): Theodore (1 month) Pre-HBS Industry: Tech Proudest Accomplishment: My proudest accomplishment during my time at HBS has definitely been serving as the Student View Details

26 Aug 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

generation ago. If you are a global entrepreneur, says Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, "you have to think much earlier and much faster." The new MBA second-year course Launching Global View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education

Arjun Goyal

Dr. Arjun Goyal is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Vida Ventures, a leading US-based life sciences venture capital firm with approximately $1.7 billion in AUM. Arjun focuses on creating and investing... View Details

Keywords: Biotech & Life Sciences;#43;#Healthcare;#75;#Venture Capital

21 Feb 2024
Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

Foundation and the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School and attracts graduate student teams from around the world, including students from Harvard University. Teams compete to pitch their selected ventures with a chance to secure up to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Jan 2012
News

Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952

1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to... View Details

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

where a company seems weighted down by the bounds of its original start-up business model, a lack of experience by its founder(s), and an accelerating, expense-fueled burn rate through working capital and investor patience. "Once a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2010
News

Hardymon Receives VC Award

Felda Hardymon, the MBA Class of 1975 Professor of Management Practice, has received a Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award from the National View Details

Keywords: awards; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

the scale and resources of the corporate lab with some of the intensity and urgency associated with the venture capital model, you have something that can be very, very... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2000
News

The Right Connections

From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

usually required in a venture capital presentation. “A lot of companies that probably shouldn't get funding will get it” As enticing as crowdfunding is as a concept, it may ultimately have little power to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

07 May 2019
News

How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal

attending Harvard Business School, Hoel Perkins landed a job on the ground floor of the venture capital firm TA Associates in Boston. There she impressed management with her... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

forcing old industries to become more efficient and productive. A recent study by the National Venture Capital Association found that U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

Feminism is changing the statistics. Women account for ten percent of senior investment professionals. Female founders receive two percent of venture capital funding. We want and need to change these... View Details

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