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  • 08 May 2019
  • Blog Post

In the Business of Flexibility

Davis started considering more flexible work options in 2018, she and Cheney discussed where and how she might be able to work with Prokanga to address the social impact space. “It never occurred to me to work in human View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government
  • 26 Jul 2016
  • News

HourlyNerd Rebrands as an Enterprise Talent Platform

co-CEO Petitti. “For the first time, businesses are using a unified (internal, external, knowledge) approach to solve problems and capitalize on opportunities. With Catalant, they can access the exact expertise or knowledge needed in... View Details

    Uncovering the roots of innovation

    with key actors in the local ecosystem. I am deeply grateful to the scientists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, legal experts and policymakers who generously shared their extraordinary experiences in building the local life sciences industry. These conversations... View Details
    • Fall 2016
    • Article

    Global Talent Flows

    By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden and Christopher Parsons
    The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Human Capital; Entrepreneurship; Global Range; Competency and Skills; Immigration
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    • Profile

    Estevan Santiago

    inner workings of the human body and even dressed up as a doctor for Halloween every year from 1st to 5th grade. This passion drove me to eventually major in Human Biology. While I didn’t end up pursuing... View Details
    • September 1987
    • Background Note

    What Do Venture Capitalists Do?

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Presents the results derived from 49 responses to a questionnaire mailed to 100 venture capitalists in late 1984. The purpose of the survey was to shed light on the relationship between venture capitalists and their portfolio companies. The survey revealed that the... View Details
    Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Recruitment; Surveys; Managerial Roles; Service Operations; Relationships; Service Industry
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    • Profile

    Jon Schechter

    anywhere else.” Building leadership through relationships Asked to reflect on what leadership means at HBS, Jon says, “We place it in a very human context. There is no one procedure or prescriptive answer for any problem; resolutions... View Details
    Keywords: Tech
    • 15 Oct 2019
    • News

    Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

    population is under 25, and youth unemployment stands at 28 percent. “The human capital is there,” she says. “And they are thinking outside of the box.” In many ways, BulkWhiz, which has now grown to more... View Details
    • 23 Jan 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Financial Reporting Goes Global

    capital, particularly from international sources. This acts as a constraint on growth. Thus, by adopting International Accounting Standards and really becoming a leader in the field, India could lower their domestic firms' barriers to international markets. When you... View Details
    Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services
    • Article

    The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings

    By: Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers
    In a sample of 2,794 initial public offerings (IPOs), we test three potential explanations for the existence of IPO lockups: lockups serve as (i) a signal of firm quality, (ii) a commitment device to alleviate moral hazard problems, or (iii) a mechanism for... View Details
    Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Quality; Moral Sensibility; Compensation and Benefits; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Stock Shares; Going Public
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    • 27 Feb 2024
    • Blog Post

    IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

    across the country. It is no surprise to most that human activities are taking a toll on the composition of Earth’s atmosphere. These changes have been linked to not only adverse reactions in environmental systems, but also significant... View Details
    • 28 Apr 2021
    • Blog Post

    Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

    wanted to leverage my knowledge & experience in finance to focus on making a difference in my home region of Asia through impact investing. In China, for example, the sector lacks quite a bit with regards to human View Details
    • 01 Jun 2015
    • News

    Lessons from a Megacity

    capital by foot, subte (subway), bus, and bright yellow bike-share bicycles. Pedestrian-only Florida Street in Buenos Aires. (Photos courtesy of John Macomber) Professor Macomber and students at the new electric power and water... View Details
    Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
    • October 2018
    • Supplement

    Zenefits Board of Directors (C)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
    Supplements the (A) case. View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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    • 18 Mar 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

    to be sure, but as Wilcox explained and E Ink's experience made clear, its prospects depend on a welter of fundamentally human choices. Twenty minutes after Sahlman's finance students finished dissecting E Ink and one floor up in Aldrich... View Details
    Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
    • 06 Feb 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

    combinations of herbs and synthetic compounds that were less similar to the prior art and apt to be less contestable. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46704 Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on... View Details
    • Web

    Policy - Business & Environment

    fossil fuel industry in the early 1990s. Today Perhaps as a result of U.S. industry disinformation campaigns, more Americans doubt the connection between human activity and climate change than do people in many other countries. Even... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2018
    • News

    After the Fall

    of overoptimism during good times and overpessimism in bad times. So how do you design a financial system around human nature? “I would want to build in extra margins of safety,” he says. As an example, perhaps financial firms should be... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
    • 26 Sep 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

    to Rohingya refugees since the violence in Myanmar erupted in August 2017. The organization considers the refugees’ mental health needs “acute.” "The global flow of goods and capital ties together all of View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost
    • 01 Oct 1998
    • News

    A Zest to Invest

    A young currency trader knocks politely on a conference room door at Kingdon Capital Management Corp. (KCMC), a Manhattan-based hedge fund. Her boss, KCMC's founder and president Mark Kingdon, invites her in with a friendly nod. "The... View Details
    Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.