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- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
prescriptive suggestions for candidates to approach job negotiations as a two-level game and to minimize disadvantageous effects of gender on job negotiation outcomes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-095.pdf Optimal Life-Cycle View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
every once in a while. He still receives royalty checks in the millions of dollars each year from a $40,000 investment he made in a pet business, which he thought had no chance of succeeding. HBS professor Thomas Eisenmann, who moderated,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
that ask in writing. Identify at least one domain area where each investor may serve you best (e.g., I am usually the go-to person for product & engineering or organizational planning for my angel View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
Angel Investor with an Agenda Authors:Regina E. Herzlinger and Beatriz Muñoz-Seca Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
prevents executives from investing in management capabilities, arguing that such investments are a powerful way to become more competitive. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
she said, before her organization recruited him to work on helping inner city businesses. Woods and his management team started a venture fund and have raised $125 million to invest in inner city and minority-owned companies. "His... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
the opportunity and switching cost of domestic standards are relatively low. We do not find evidence that levels of and expected changes in foreign trade and investment flows in a country affect its adoption decision; thus, we cannot... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
he was able to recruit employees and mentors who were inspired by the authenticity of his passion. Besides, financial and non-financial resources are not mutually exclusive. In Cotopaxi’s case the social mission resonated with for-profit investors, who became more... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
much-needed cash but also expertise and advice. In a perfect world, everyone benefits. The VC firm takes an equity stake and makes money when the company succeeds, rewarding limited partners who have invested in the VC firm. But what... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
variables, we find that government procurement rules produce spillover effects that stimulate both private-sector adoption of the LEED standard and investments in green building expertise by local suppliers. These findings suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
higher risk projects and new ventures. This has a domino effect on the venture capital providers and subsequently on the angel investor community. Each group is concerned that there will not be an investor willing to fund or buy into a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
to be able to respond quickly, reliably, flexibly, and adaptively when troubles arise? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311105-PDF-ENG Yale University Investments Office: February 2011 Josh Lerner and Ann... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
show that independent retailers were actually harmed by the creation of entry barriers against large stores. Instead of simply reducing the number of new large stores entering a market, the entry barriers created the incentive for large retail chains to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
capital in Latin America. Chu still runs Pegasus but also joined HBS in 2003. His courses include "Effective Leadership of Social Enterprise" and "New Opportunities in Emerging Markets," the latter about managing View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
the Aldrich classrooms on the Harvard Business School campus where other people's ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges—a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry executives—score the plans on criteria... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
firms had “slack,” but not through changing investments or accruals. These incentives are driven by the prestige associated with the index rather than capital market benefits. Back-of-envelope estimates suggest that the index accounted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Blakeman says. A pitch to the right person at the right time at a bar led to a $100,000 angel investment. Diversifying his business, Blakeman started to work with prisons to put his search tools into the hands of inmates before their... View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
income of the importing country. Because most low-income countries import the bulk of capital goods, our results provide suggestive evidence that capital goods are more expensive in poor countries, consistent with the conventional explanation regarding the low real... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne