Entrepreneurial Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Oct 2019
News

Venturing Away from Venture Capital

potential to return their entire fund through acquisition or IPO. In the process, she says, VCs can be “forced to make investment decisions that don’t benefit the company, the entrepreneur, or the entrepreneurial landscape.” For example,... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

of the finance and insurance sector. We provide the first large-scale study that documents the economy-wide extent of misconduct among financial advisers and the associated labor market consequences of misconduct. Seven percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

status of the individual. Then, in a field experiment at an entrepreneurial pitch competition, where pride displays are common and stakes are high, we find suggestive evidence that learning about the failures of a successful entrepreneur... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

says Bauerly, “it’s just been a story of abundance. He built a great business over 25 years through all the entrepreneurial zeal that is essential in that first phase.” Granite Equity brought professional resources, networks, partners,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

evidence that this effect is driven by psychological reactance rather than by overcompensation for potential bias. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of our findings. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2280370 The View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges Immigrant Entrepreneurship By: Kerr, William R., and Sari Pekkala Kerr Abstract—We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2006
News

Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

graduating from Harvard Business School, Ronnie Cohen made a smooth transition to the high-powered world of McKinsey & Company. Thus, it came as a surprise to his colleagues when he decided to depart two years later to cofound a firm that would advise View Details

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

government work together better and tragic events like the 9/11 attacks become less likely. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706463 Promise (B): Navigating an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

MBA 2009 | Funding Solar’s Future "Altogether, Double Time has financed 36 solar energy projects, which collectively produce roughly 10% of North Carolina’s solar power and power around 30,000 homes in the state." Charles Baron MBA 2013 |... View Details

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

tasks like perfecting their technology, learning how to manufacture it, and financing the needed investments in research, development, and marketing through a combination of product sales and venture funding. And so emerged several... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

companies have been financed during previous downturns in the venture capital market. Entrepreneurs should not necessarily abandon all hope. Venture capitalists still have many, many billions to invest, so well crafted business plans can... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

01 Mar 2005
News

A Primer on Patents

LERNER: Congress won’t address needed patent reforms until CEOs get involved in lobbying for change. Professor Josh Lerner, who holds a joint appointment in the School’s Finance and Entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

jobs are considerably harder. Not only are corporate venture investors responsible for managing the tricky interface between entrepreneurial firms and an often slow-moving corporation, but they are also typically asked to be their firms'... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

28 Apr 2016
Blog Post

3 Concerns I Had about HBS

classmates found patterns (comparing a situation in Finance to one in The Entrepreneurial Manager, for instance) that I would never have seen, but those links remain highly memorable. Though you can choose... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Closing the 'Network Gap'

she could help. In an open message on LinkedIn, she offered her own contacts and experiences to any Black college student or recent graduate interested in the finance or tech sectors. “The next morning, my entire calendar was booked up,”... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 May 2018
News

John A. Paulson, MBA 1980

business, across the different types and functions of business,” he says. “The case method made learning exciting and instilled a problem-solving focus.” After earning his MBA as a Baker Scholar and spending two years with the Boston Consulting Group, he gained... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

other alternatives. Sebenius specializes in multiparty negotiations, especially in international, financial, and public-private contexts. With Professor Jay O. Light of the Finance unit and Professor Richard F. Meyer, he is exploring ways... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

07 Oct 2014
News

Network Effect

someone who was entrepreneurial, a self-starter. HBS teaches quite well the entrepreneurial spirit,” McCance said. The CAF partners asked Tanzi to recruit a dozen other researchers they had identified as standouts in the field and to urge... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "The team discovered that having access to laptops and finding uses for them wasn't the main problem. A greater problem was financing the purchase and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

Profile

David A. Frankel

failures,” Frankel recalled. One success was Healthbridge, which grew into the largest independent healthcare data processing company in Africa. Despite his obvious entrepreneurial and investing skills, Frankel felt a relentless itch. The... View Details

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