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    Victoria Ivashina

    Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Professor of Finance and Head of the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. She also serves as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy... View Details

    Keywords: banking; federal government; financial services; investment banking industry; private equity (LBO funds); private equity (other)
    • 03 Mar 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: March 4, 2008

    restrictions for the highly skilled in developed countries portend a future of increased human capital outflows from developing countries. The... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Apr 2022
    • Video

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      Paul Hamilton

      Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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      • March 2011
      • Case

      MorphoSys AG: The Evolution of a Biotechnology Business Model

      By: Gary P. Pisano, Ryan Johnson and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In the biotech world, the 18-year-old Munich-based company MorphoSys was a rarity: it was profitable. The company achieved this profitability not by developing and selling its own drugs, but by licensing access to its proprietary library of human antibodies. Recently,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Profit; Intellectual Property; Rights; Risk Management; Digital Platforms; Product Development; Business and Shareholder Relations; Vertical Integration; Biotechnology Industry; Munich
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      • November 1994
      • Case

      VideoGuide, Inc. (A)

      By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green
      VideoGuide is emerging from a development stage start-up and requires a significant capital infusion to commercialize its product. Various financing options are considered including going public, venture capital, private placement, or a strategic partner. Given the... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Capital; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Initial Public Offering; Markets; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Going Public
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      • January 2004 (Revised July 2006)
      • Case

      Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc

      By: Jay W. Lorsch, V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu, Lisa Brem and Ashley Robertson
      Reckitt Benckiser plc has developed an executive compensation system. This case outlines the structure of the system, its emphasis on performance-based pay and a global outlook, and explains the role of the human resources department, the board of directors, and... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Employee Relationship Management; System; Executive Compensation; Retention; Performance; Human Resources; Recruitment; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      • 09 Apr 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

      A legendary professor at Harvard Business School for 40 years, Georges Doriot was a pivotal player in the founding of the modern venture capital industry. As Spencer E. Ante's new book notes, venture capital... View Details
      Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
      • November 2002 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      New York Stock Exchange versus NASDAQ, The

      By: Estelle S. Cantillon and Tarun Khanna
      Reviews the competition between stock markets, specifically the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, as it plays out both in the United States and internationally. The competition between the two exchanges is interesting because of technological developments and the... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Markets; Globalization; Strategy; Competition; United States
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      • 03 Apr 2008
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions

      Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan
      • March 2015
      • Background Note

      Equity Compensation in Startup Ventures

      By: Ramana Nanda, Robert White and Stephanie Puzio
      Setting equitable and "market" level compensation for founders and early employees of startups is one of the most important elements of a new venture. It is not only central to attract and retain the best human capital for the startup, but is critical to align... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Equity; Finance; Entrepreneurship
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      • June 2008 (Revised January 2010)
      • Case

      Name Your Price: Compensation Negotiation at Whole Health Management (A)

      By: Brian J. Hall, Deepak Malhotra and Nicole Bennett
      MBA student Monroe Davies is asked by a potential employer to determine his own compensation package. This case follows Jim Hummer, President and CEO of Whole Health Management and Davies through a unique recruitment process that raises questions of compensation and... View Details
      Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Job Interviews; Negotiation Process; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Value
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      • August 2025
      • Case

      Meta and the Superintelligence Talent Race

      By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
      In June 2025, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg upped the ante in the ongoing AI talent wars. Some analysts praised Zuckerberg’s aggressive approach to building Meta's AI capabilities, while others pointed to the high costs this strategy entailed and questioned how effectively... View Details
      Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Talent Acquisition; Hiring; Technology; Metaverse; Competition; Compensation; Innovation; Talent Development; Competing To Win; Competitive Dynamics; AI and Machine Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Recruitment; Compensation and Benefits; Competency and Skills; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation; Technology Industry
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      • November 2024
      • Supplement

      AlphaGo (B): Birth of a New Intelligence

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      This case, the second in a three-part series, explores DeepMind's evolution from developing game-specific AI to more generalized learning systems. Following AlphaGo's 2017 victory over the Go world champion, DeepMind introduced two revolutionary systems that eliminated... View Details
      Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Information Technology Industry; United States; Russia; China
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      • January 2000 (Revised April 2010)
      • Case

      Heidi Roizen

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Nicole Tempest
      Heidi Roizen, a venture capitalist at SOFTBANK Venture Capital and a former entrepreneur, maintains an extensive personal and professional network. She leverages this network to benefit both herself and others. The case considers the steps she's taken to build and... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      • 29 Apr 2022
      • News

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      • 10 Feb 2025
      • Video

      AI Governance: Navigating the complex landscape of artificial intelligence

      • October 2015
      • Case

      Integrating Avocent Corporation into Emerson Network Power

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Vincent M. Servello
      This case reviews Emerson Electric’s proposed acquisition of Avocent Corporation in 2009. The focus of this case is how a technology company such as Avocent, with a dramatically different business model compared to its acquirer, should be integrated into a large,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Integration; Human Capital; Acquisition; Technology Industry
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      • February 1997 (Revised July 1997)
      • Case

      Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born

      By: Ashish Nanda
      Charles Ferguson has just heard from a venture capital (VC) consortium that it is willing to finance Vermeer Technologies, a company he has cofounded for developing Internet software. The funds are sorely needed, but the VCs have imposed some onerous conditions,... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Selection and Staffing; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology Industry
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      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship

      By: Ramana Nanda
      This paper examines the extent to which the positive relationship between personal wealth and entry into entrepreneurship is due to financing constraints. I exploit a tax reform and use unique micro-data from Denmark to study how exogenous changes in the cost of... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Cost; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Human Capital; Wealth; Denmark
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