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  • 29 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 29

foreign direct investment (FDI) in determining micro economic performance. Using a new worldwide dataset that reports the activities of more than 12 million establishments before and after 2008, we investigate how multinationals around the world responded to the crisis... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Oct 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
  • 18 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 18

financial depth on the diffusion of capital-intensive technologies in the late stages of diffusion or in late adopters. Our results are consistent with a view that local financial markets play a critical role in facilitating the process... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations Applegate, Lynda M., William R. Kerr, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 811-078 Chris Exline founded Home Essentials, a furniture rental business targeted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

traditional Afghani designs and using only locally grown cotton. Sherjan wants to grow Boumi so that it can be a substantial, if not major, funding source for Aid Afghanistan for Education. In order to grow... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 5 Feb 2013
  • Conference Presentation

Financing Entrepreneurial Growth

By: Tom Alberg, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler and Sharon Vosmek

Despite recent innovations in entrepreneurial finance, particularly at the early stage of business creation, many new and young companies continue to face hurdles to acquire capital.

The Kauffman Foundation addressed current challenges and opportunities in... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
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  • 01 Aug 2007
  • Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It's time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be allowed to run for office in View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

Surprisingly, federal laws are chief among those challenges despite the fact that online marketplaces facilitate transactions traditionally regulated at the local level. In this paper, we survey the federal laws that frame the situation,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China, 1880-1930

Keywords: by Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger & Se Yan
  • 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

their standard hiring practices to fit local challenges and customs. Based on interviews with professionals in a number of established accounting, strategy consulting, and executive search firms presently operating in China, it explores... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

International Health Economics

By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson
Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Global Range; Economics
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  • 17 Jan 2023
  • In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 18 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

expending is the best way to foster aggregate demand. Q: Given that there are more challenges for entrepreneurs in developing countries, what can they learn from your research to help them seek funding and support for their businesses? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

role of angel funding for the growth, survival, and access to follow-on funding of high-growth start-up firms. We use a regression discontinuity approach to control for unobserved heterogeneity between firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

minority-owned group raising a fund is 60 percent higher in these periods of high racial awareness. They also looked at public pension fund data in states where a minority chief investment officer was hired.... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409033   PublicationsTaxing the Bandit Kings Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:Yale Law Journal Pocket Part (forthcoming) Abstract The rise of significant inbound... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

ventures are "born global": They seek to address a global market and attract funding from global investors. Should a business plan be tailored in some way for a global audience? A: We live in a world of democratized access to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

This result is robust across different geographic regions and industries and holds for U.S. and non-U.S. lenders, including those with little direct exposure to the U.S. economy. Local EME lenders do not offset the foreign bank capital... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

door-to-door marketing of a home water purification solution. We find that higher prices screen out those who use the product less. By contrast, we find no consistent evidence of sunk-cost effects. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-034.pdf View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare applicants just above and below the funding cutoff and find that these angel investors have a positive impact on the growth, performance, and survival of firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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