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- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
we call entrepreneurial beacons. We argue that the actions or outcomes of salient organizations attract and motivate entrepreneurs, thus increasing the rate of foundings. To test this logic, we examine the impact of the Yale University endowment's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as measured by patenting activity. We find no evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
working for an investment management firm in Boston. He then served as the Chairman of the Board of the investment management company I started in Boston nine years later. Professor Salmon constantly amazed... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
2006. Examines the possible impact that public litigation will have on the two firms. The impact of the litigation will be different for each firm because they are at dissimilar development stages and plan to employ distinct investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Fund—Managing Towards Impact 2018 No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218086-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-072 Background Note: Introduction to Investing for Impact No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
hence preventable. The author, a longtime consultant to the VC industry, outlines four recommendations for entrepreneurs sitting down at the table with prospective funders. Understand your leverage. Your leverage is not only a function of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
obviously, having a personal brand crosses over to our professional lives, whether the goal is finding a job, developing new clients, or attracting investments to your start-up. What is your personal brand? Insightful, resourceful,... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
investment strategy of VCs in recent years—an increased prevalence of a “spray and pray" investment approach—where investors provide a little funding and limited governance to an increased number of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
thoughts about giving. Campbell: Yes, that was another profound experience. So yes, our church had made a $1,000 investment in 1970 that became a $1.6 million windfall, in 2014. And so the very first thing our church did with that money... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
Gita's medical history and her symptoms suggest a heart problem, MeraDoctor ultimately recommends that she get an echocardiogram (for which she has to pay at a private facility because the government one is too crowded). The test reveals... View Details
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perform thorough due diligence (financial, operational, commercial) and ultimately present their findings and a fundraising strategy and/or an investment recommendation (for $25,000 to $50,000) to an View Details
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
is invested and aid has a small but insignificant effect on growth. Aid has no effect on the financial account, but does raise holdings of foreign reserves. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-074.pdf Cases &... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
show that BNDES's purchases of equity lead to increases in return on assets and investment in fixed assets. Finally, we find that the positive effect of BNDES's equity purchases is reduced when the target firms belong to state-owned and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
invested in six nonprofit organizations around India. Nundy spent the second half of her summer internship with these groups, which are involved in issues such as mental health programs, education, and outreach to street children. It was... View Details
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
use of obsolete treatments, or carelessness, not when a patient had a bad outcome despite receiving appropriate, up-to-date treatment. With better information and no restrictions on choice, many lawsuits will be averted. The money spent on enabling information and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Amabile's classroom help him to walk the fine line between guiding his company's creative team down the path recommended by market research and stifling their creativity by giving too much direction. "What Professor Amabile's research... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
If a team leaves after short period, the company will lose the investment required to integrate the team. If the lift out was praised as a strategic triumph, public humiliation might follow a defection, especially if the departure comes... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
the heart once you’ve gone and assessed those types of things. When I get calls from like venture capitalists or other people who might want to invest in some of my alumni, the easiest reference checks that I find that I can make, the... View Details