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  • 04 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

well as the breadth and depth of talent at HBS. Joshua Mbanusi’s Road to HBS Joshua Mbanusi grew up the youngest of five children raised by a single mother and his earliest... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital
  • 04 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

An explosion in software patents within the last 50 years fueled the rise of America’s six major tech hubs, but also siphoned talent from some of the nation’s biggest cities, new research finds. The transition to six major hubs—San Francisco (Silicon Valley), Boston,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

repurchase by Xerox (at a price determined through arm's-length bargaining). A conservative calculation (assuming that Xerox sold its stakes in firms that went public at the time of the initial public offering rather than later, after... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 21 Mar 2024
  • News

OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

Hernandez. “We had a very lively conversation, and many people came up afterwards, asking when is the next one!” DC Alumni and BEI Present Talk on Inequality and Climate Change... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley

    Robert F. White

    Bob White is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in the MBA program (Required and Elective curricula) and the Executive Education program. Courses taught include Entrepreneurial... View Details

    • 01 Apr 1996
    • News

    Stewards of the Seventh Generation

    Development (now known as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development). Their initial work culminated in the publication of the book Changing Course: A Global Business Perspective on Development View Details
    Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb
    • 12 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership

    Pivoting in the Midst of a Pandemic By October 2019, the grant application was launched and in February 2020, the City Council began approving grants and distributing funds. “No other city,” Pasricha notes,... View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise; Technology; Nonprofit / Government
    • 28 Apr 2020
    • Blog Post

    The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership

    Pivoting in the Midst of a Pandemic By October 2019, the grant application was launched and in February 2020, the City Council began approving grants and distributing funds. “No other city,” Pasricha notes,... View Details
    • 01 Apr 2001
    • News

    New Ventures New Gains

    Draper Fisher Jurvetson. While she recalls the administration initially voicing concerns that the contest might distract students from their studies, the trio persisted, offering solutions to concerns and... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • 22 Feb 2022
    • News

    New Urban Order

    the vehicle, and up to 1,000 meters ahead, in order to drive those long stretches of highway safely, saving the human drivers for shorter distance pickups and deliveries in cities View Details
    Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
    • 2015
    • Book

    MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads; shipping delays on clogged railways; and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer,... View Details
    Keywords: United States; Railroad History; Airlines; Airline Industry; Air Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Cities; Urban Planning; Freighting; Change; Leadership; Public Policy; Change Leadership; Public Finance; Infrastructure; Policy; Technological Innovation; Change Management; Leading Change; Urban Development; Project Finance; Entrepreneurship; City; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Rail Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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    • June 2018 (Revised April 2021)
    • Case

    Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)

    By: Marco Di Maggio, Benjamin C. Esty and Gregory Saldutte
    Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the country. Over the next three weeks, 14 analysts made investment recommendations on Snap: two with buy... View Details
    Keywords: Sell-side Analysts; Underwriters; Investment Banking; Social Network; Discounted Cash Flow; Cost Of Capital; Conflicts Of Interest; Corporate Governance; Advertising; Quiet Period; ＂DCF Valuation,＂; Business Startups; Digital Marketing; Initial Public Offering; Information Infrastructure; Valuation; Venture Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Media; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California
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    • 18 Nov 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

    On a journey that began 17 months ago, General Motors entered and emerged from bankruptcy to become a private company with Uncle Sam as its largest shareholder. The company reaches another milestone today by offering an View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Auto

      MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

      Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent... View Details

      • Research Summary

      Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

      Changing consumer behaviors have redefined what it means to be direct to consumer ("DTC"). What once began online a decade ago as a distribution and disintermediation strategy has since evolved into a multifaceted approach for the modern-day brand.

      The... View Details

      • 10 Dec 2007
      • HBS Case

      One Laptop per Child

      great gadget" and improve the educational possibilities for children in impoverished environments? Tech-savvy people as well as the socially conscious have been intrigued by the idea of "one laptop per child" since it made... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer
      • 02 Jan 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      10 Trends to Watch in 2024

      The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 07 Mar 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research, March 7

      Business School Case 717-431 Elon Musk's Big Bets Between late 2014 and late 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk undertook several major, and risky, initiatives that would dramatically... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 15 Mar 2024
      • HBS Case

      Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

      organization’s ability to groom successors, threatening performance. “This leads many ambitious 50-year-olds to leave the company in search of better opportunities,” Wing says. Instead, companies would be wise to initiate an open dialogue... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman
      • 05 Apr 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: April 5

      access to more candidates, initially positive indirect network effects decrease in strength, reach their limit, and eventually turn negative. The limit to network effects is different for different types of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne