Publications

September 2011 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman, Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Evan Richardson

Samir Kaul, a Partner at Khosla Ventures, looked out his office window. It was late June, 2011, and like almost every day in Menlo Park, the sun was shining. Kaul was reflecting on what had been a very positive 10 months in the venture capital business. Over that span,... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Business or Company Management; Partners and Partnerships; Product Development; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry

Educators

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

expert in the field brings you the latest research and real-world stories on how to develop your own personal networking strategy to help you achieve the future you want. What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence by Stephen A.... View Details

September 2011 (Revised August 2015)
Case

ScoreBig

By: William A. Sahlman, Jeffrey Glass and Evan W. Richardson

The founding team at ScoreBig, an event ticketing company, is on the verge of a public launch of their product. The company has made great progress in negotiating access to tickets, designing its interface, and building a proprietary architecture. For consumers,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

Educators

01 Aug 2001
News

Class Day and Commencement 2001

the Required Curriculum category were Michael E. Porter (Competition and Strategy) and Mihir A. Desai (Finance), who were joined by André F. Perold (Finance) and Benjamin C. Esty (Finance) in the Elective Curriculum. Class Day student... View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

March 2020
Article

Context, Time, and Change: Historical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Research

By: R. Daniel Wadhwani, David A. Kirsch, Frederike Welter, William B. Gartner and Geoffrey Jones

The article discusses the value of historical methods and reasoning in strategic entrepreneurship research and theory. A framework is introduced for integrating history into entrepreneurship theory. The framework demonstrates how historical assumptions play a formative... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; History; Research; Theory

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

of post-conflict recovery as well as the challenges associated with a reliance on oil wealth, including the resource curse and Dutch disease. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711016-PDF-ENG Risk and Reward in Venture Capital View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

multiyear agenda, and as labs complete their work, they will have the opportunity for renewal as well as reorganizing into new labs. The research conducted by HBS faculty and their colleagues from Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard John View Details

October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
Supplement

SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)

By: Frank Nagle, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr and David Lane

Supplements the (A) case, describing actions taken by SolarWinds as well as by regulatory agencies in the aftermath of the immediate crisis. The case also includes reflections by SolarWinds managers on the choices they made with respect to disclosure, media relations,... View Details

Keywords: Cyberattacks; Cybersecurity; Corporate Disclosure; Crisis Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Legal Liability; Governance Compliance; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States

October 2022
Background Note

Note on Cyberattacks and Regulatory Regimes

By: Frank Nagle, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr and David Lane

Describes common types of cyberattacks on enterprises and their costs, as well as the fragmentary regulatory regimes through which U.S. states and regulatory agencies at the start of 2021 attempted to encourage disclosure of cyberattacks and to pursue enforcement... View Details

Keywords: Regulations; Regulatory Agencies; Cyberattacks; Governance; Corporate Disclosure; Cybersecurity; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

Educators

05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

the background? How will change be achieved? What could go wrong? Will management save US health care? What do you think? To Read More: Atul Gawande, Big Med, The New Yorker, August 13 & 20, 2012, pp. 52-63. Paul C. Weiler, Howard W. Hiatt, Joseph P. Newhouse,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

October 1999
Case

Bedrock Management Company

By: William A. Sahlman, Curtis E. Large and Matthew C. Lieb

Keywords: Management

August 1996
Exercise

Financial Investigation Group Exercise

By: William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson and Andrew S. Janower

Keywords: Finance