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  • 20 Apr 2019
  • News

A Mars Colony Could Be Humanity's First Shot at a Ground-Up, Pure Economy

  • 05 Jan 2011
  • Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

In light of the latest developments of the on-again, off-again, on-again government funding of human embryonic stem-cell research, it is time to consider the devastating implications of this chaotic funding... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

    Pension Policy and the Financial System

    This paper examines the effect of pension policy on the structure of financial systems around the world. In particular, I explore the hypothesis that policies that promote pension savings also promote the development of capital markets. I present a model that... View Details

    • 09 Oct 2015
    • News

    Putting Social Progress on Par with Prosperity

    • 10 Nov 2010
    • News

    Choose tomorrow's leader today

      Summer R. Jackson

      Summer Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches LEAD in the MBA required curriculum.

      Professor Jackson is an organizational ethnographer... View Details

      • September 2018
      • Article

      Asset Price Dynamics in Partially Segmented Markets

      By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson and Gordon Y. Liao
      We develop a model in which capital moves quickly within an asset class but slowly between asset classes. While most investors specialize in a single asset class, a handful of generalists can gradually reallocate capital across markets. Upon the arrival... View Details
      Keywords: System Shocks; Asset Pricing
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      • November 2018
      • Case

      David Hysong and SHEPHERD Therapeutics

      By: Ananth Raman, John Masko and Aldo Sesia
      In 2016, David Hysong, at age 27, found out he had a rare, incurable cancer. Rather than wait around to die, Hysong, a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, decided to launch a biotechnology company called Shepherd Therapeutics to development treatments for his... View Details
      Keywords: Cancer; Therapeutics; Drugs; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Product Development; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges
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      • 18 Feb 2016
      • Blog Post

      Honing an Interest in Healthcare at HBS

      After five years working in venture capital and private equity, Laura Little (MBA 2015) was eager to make a career change. With a budding interest in early-stage healthcare, Laura enrolled at HBS to pursue her passion. These days Laura is... View Details
      • Research Summary

      Entrepreneurial Finance

      By: William A. Sahlman
      William A. Sahlman is examining the investment and financing decisions made at all stages in the development of entrepreneurial ventures. Related lines of inquiry concern the role of financial institutions in providing risk capital, and the role of government policy in... View Details
      • 2024
      • Working Paper

      Contributing to Growth? The Role of Open Source Software for Global Startups

      By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Frank Nagle and Shane Greenstein
      How does participating in open source software (OSS) communities spur entrepreneurial growth? To address this question, we analyze novel data matching accounts from GitHub—the largest OSS hosting platform—to the universe of global software venture-backed firms... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Open Source Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Human Capital; Valuation; Corporate Strategy
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        Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala

        Keywords: Real Estate, Infrastructure, Insurance, Banking
        • 2023
        • Working Paper

        Location-Specificity and Geographic Competition for Remote Workers

        By: Thomaz Teodorovicz, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Evan Starr
        The precipitous growth of remote work has given rise to a new phenomenon: geographic competition between localities for the physical presence of remote workers. Remote workers with high general human capital may create value for their new destinations and reverse net... View Details
        Keywords: Remote Work; Human Capital; Geographic Location; Civil Society or Community; Motivation and Incentives
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        • December 2007 (Revised December 2008)
        • Case

        China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A)

        By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Xiangdong and Tracy Manty
        With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York Stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman, Zhang Chunjiang, began a program... View Details
        Keywords: Corporate Governance; State Ownership; Public Ownership; Financial Markets; Capital Markets; Telecommunications Industry; China
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        • 02 Jul 2020
        • News

        Pro VC Health Pulse: Fighting Health-Care Fraud, New Playbook for Disease-Focused Nonprofits, Rhode Island Backs Data Collective Bio Fund

        • 12 PM – 6:45 PM EDT, 20 Apr 2023
        • Virtual Programming

        5 Technologies That Will Change the World. How Will They Affect Your Journey as a Leader?

        E.O. Wilson observed that the "real problem of humanity is that we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology." We will examine 5 recently developed "godlike technologies" that have passed commercial viability and are on track to change... View Details
        • September 2024
        • Article

        Investing in the Next Generation: The Long-Run Impacts of a Liquidity Shock

        By: Patrick Agte, Arielle Bernhardt, Erica M. Field, Rohini Pande and Natalia Rigol
        How do poor entrepreneurs trade off investments in business enterprises versus children's human capital, and how do these choices influence intergenerational socio-economic mobility? To examine this, we exploit experimental variation in household income resulting from... View Details
        Keywords: Socio-economic Mobility; Entrepreneurship; Education; Income; Literacy; Poverty
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        • March 2024 (Revised May 2025)
        • Case

        Governing OpenAI (A)

        By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Will Hurwitz
        In late November 2023, OpenAI’s new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI)—computer systems with capabilities exceeding human abilities—was looking to regain its footing after a chaotic... View Details
        Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Board Of Directors; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; Corporate Boards; Governance Changes; Governance Structure; Leadership Change; Legal Aspects Of Business; Nonprofit Governance; Strategy And Execution; Technological Change; AI and Machine Learning; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Management; Mission and Purpose; Technological Innovation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Resignation and Termination; Ethics; Nonprofit Organizations; Open Source Distribution; Partners and Partnerships; Technology Industry; San Francisco; United States
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          Jacqueline Ng Lane

          Jackie Lane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School and a co-Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) at the Digital Data Design Institute (D^3) at Harvard. She... View Details

            Robin Greenwood

            Robin is the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School. He is past Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research (2021-2025), faculty director of the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability project, chair of the Business... View Details

            Keywords: banking; financial services