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Richard Lou

Construction, one of the largest construction firms in New York City. An emotional attachment to business cases With the SoHo hotel project, Richard rose to project manager. "It was a great experience transforming an idea to reality... View Details

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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD DEC View Details

21 Sep 2015
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Funding Progress Back Home

estimates indicate that global diaspora remittances amount to $550 billion a year. Homestrings investors choose from among funds or projects in Africa selected because they meet economic, social, and good governance objectives. Typical... View Details

December 2010
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VCPE Strategy Vignettes I

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon and Lisa Strope

These three vignettes present various issues around the strategy and management of venture capital and private equity firms. In one, the general partners must decide whether to invest in an intriguing opportunity that lies outside the firm's carefully developed... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Projects; Decision Choices and Conditions; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Investment Portfolio; Business or Company Management; China

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Environmental Power Corporation: Changing Manure Into Gold?

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Laure Mougeot Stroock

In 2002, Environmental Power Corp. (EPC), a small company developing renewable energy projects, was attempting to commercialize its "digester," a facility that extracted methane from manure, reduced manure's environmental impact, and generated electricity. The company... View Details

Keywords: Commercialization; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Investment; Projects; Wastes and Waste Processing; Corporate Finance; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry

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31 Oct 2017
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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

30 Mar 2015
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Creating a sustainable world

real-time, shared bus services for workers whose employees pay monthly subscriptions for the service. “I especially find it rewarding as these emerging companies develop projects that, in the long run, will contribute to a better world... View Details

26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

opportunity. This is particularly interesting as prior research in the finance literature has shown that firms will overinvest in high quality projects when investors have imperfect information about the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2014
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Innovating for International Aid

little bit of help could make a big difference, and everybody just needs a chance.” Wu got his start in international aid work early. After getting his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth, he worked on development projects in Tanzania and... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

documents a role for debt financing related to innovation. We highlight the new literature on learning and experimentation across multi-stage innovation projects and how this impacts optimal View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2000
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Vivek Ranadivé

grandmother was the first female judge in India and that his father, who now lives in California, is involved in charitable projects in India and the United States. In four years, Ranadivé completed a bachelor's degree in electrical... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

20 Mar 2000
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No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

difficult to build sound but less costly housing because of constricting regulations, building codes, and bureaucracy. "When all the various levels of subsidiary costs are added up," Poorvu observes, "the per-unit allocation becomes so large that only a... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

07 May 2019
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How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal

$42 million, and grew from there. For her part, Hoel Perkins joined Menlo Ventures in 1994 and became the youngest general partner in the firm’s history. Since then she has founded the Perkins Fund, as well as Project Glimmer and the... View Details

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Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

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29 Jan 2019
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Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS

Lindsay McCurren (MBA '19) grew up in Grand Rapids, MI and attended Michigan State. Prior to HBS, Lindsay spent over 6 years working in Corporate Finance at General Mills. Lindsay came to HBS with her family and is the chair of the moMBA... View Details

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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) Course Number 1789 Professor Tatiana Sandino Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 2-hour weekly meetings Project Course Format: Spring Q3Q4. Students will meet once a week for a 120-minute... View Details

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Marketing - HBS Online

New Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy Build the skill set and strategic acumen to compete in the digital world through a combination of forward-looking coursework, unique team activities with a diverse global network, and a capstone View Details

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Jessica Kramer

into finance, but into her own values. “I got a front-row seat to the financial crisis of 2008,” Jessica says. But even with the crisis aside, she began to wonder if finance was the right fit for her. “I saw that my boss was doing exactly... View Details

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Transforming Health Care Delivery

project sponsors Executive bios Size of organization, i.e., number of employees, revenue Capital IQ - Public and private companies and nonprofit... View Details

02 Jan 2014
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The Power to Change

by Ralph Ranalli Talking about his ambitious plans to create a safer, cleaner type of nuclear power plant, Russell Wilcox says, quite matter-of-factly, that he was "looking for a project that would have an impact on the world." There... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Business and Environment Initiative; Scientific Research and Development Services

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