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  • 20 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

with valuable experience and by opening new doors of opportunity. Attracting and Hiring Diverse Applicants To attract applicants, Harlem Capital leverages prep programs focused on diverse talent like MLT, Toigo, and SEO, but they also... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • March 2019 (Revised March 2020)
  • Case

Choosing the Right Esports Business Model

By: David Collis and Alexander MacKay
Two esports entrepreneurs must choose on which business model to focus their time and money. After successfully launching an online esports coaching platform, a number of new opportunities emerge in the rapidly growing esports space that now has close to one billion... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Business Development; Esports; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Management; Strategy; Sports; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia
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  • Article

The Right and Wrong Way to Do ‘CEO Activism’

By: Aaron K Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
CEO activism—where leaders take public stands on controversial social and political issues that aren’t related to their company’s bottom line—has become increasingly common. CEO activism has attracted favorable media attention, but has also resulted in backlash and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Social Issues; Communication Strategy; Performance Effectiveness
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  • 26 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

there, but I don't think that's going to happen in my lifetime, though I do expect to see changes. Right now women represent between 35 to 40 percent of the applicants to business schools. I think Harvard Business School does a great job... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
  • Fast Answer

Capital IQ: Introduction, Help, Etc.

IQ to access more C ude: Coursework and Analysis Applications Capital IQ help (help link is in the upper right corner of the screen.) Some of the ways in which you can benefit from View Details
  • 10 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

Public health officials who took to social media to push people to get the COVID-19 vaccine may have wondered if they were screaming into a void. Over the course of the pandemic, health agencies around the world—ranging from the World... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

Still, getting executives across the far-flung Unilever organization to buy in to the ambitious USLP presented a challenge. (Footnotes in original text deleted.) Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review Press. Excerpted from View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

consultants, and the work they might do for Specialisterne." A Winning Model The case also brings to the fore the potential of like-minded companies to build a business model around qualities in employees that at least in the past were considered handicaps. Given... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer
  • June 2021
  • Case

Building the Governance to Take Capital SAFI to the Next Level

By: V.G. Narayanan, Asis Martinez Jerez and Mariana Cal
Asset management firm Capital SAFI wanted to attract new strategic investors and expand to other countries. Having the right corporate governance in place was critical to achieve this goal. View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Transparency; Sustainable Finance; South America; Latin America; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business Organization; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; Bolivia; South America; Latin America
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  • 2015
  • Book

Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform

By: Meg Rithmire
Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over the last several decades, yet land in China remains publicly owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and... View Details
Keywords: Property; China
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  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

is an arrangement in which the seller is paid based on the actual performance of its product or service. It is becoming much more popular. In the advertising industry, agencies had been traditionally paid 15 percent of the cost of the View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing
  • Blog

Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

It's no secret that digital technologies have transformed—and continue to transform—entire industries. The ability to grasp the implications of shifting technologies, from mobile devices to social media to machine learning, is critical... View Details
  • 17 Oct 2019
  • News

Venturing Away from Venture Capital

Illustration by Peter Arkle Illustration by Peter Arkle Sandra Oh Lin (MBA 2003) has raised enough venture capital for now, thank you very much. Lin is the founder and CEO of KiwiCo, which designs and delivers science and art project kits... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
  • 15 Feb 2022
  • Cold Call Podcast

How to Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma

Keywords: Re: Jo Tango
  • July 2020
  • Article

The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

By: Ramana Nanda, Sampsa Samila and Olav Sorenson
We use investment-level data to study performance persistence in venture capital (VC). Consistent with prior studies, we find that each additional IPO among a VC firm's first ten investments predicts as much as an 8% higher IPO rate on its subsequent investments,... View Details
Keywords: Performance; Monitoring; Selection; Status; Venture Capital; Performance Consistency; Investment
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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan

By: Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu

Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of industry organization, which are increasingly inadequate in modern sectors, where innovation relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Innovation and Invention; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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    Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights Under Reform

    Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over the last several decades, yet land in China remains publicly owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development... View Details
    • Program

    Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital

    and fundraising process. You will return to your company with the skills, strategies, and confidence to target the right investors, find the best deals, and raise the capital for your first-time fund. Read... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Finance
    • September 2016
    • Article

    Disproportional Control Rights and the Bonding Role of Debt

    By: Aiyesha Dey, Valeri Nikolaev and Xue Wang
    We examine the governance role of debt in the context of U.S.-based dual class ownership structures. We hypothesize that the use of debt alleviates the conflict between shareholder classes by balancing the power of controlling insiders. We document that dual class... View Details
    Keywords: Dual Class; Private Debt; Debt Covenants; Bonding Mechanisms; Ownership Type; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt
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    • 11 Jun 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

    But if you ask Bob Higgins, Wyc Grousbeck, and Mark Wan—all seasoned sports team owners-—about the secret to investment success in sports, they'll tell you it has little to do with owning a team. Rather, it's all about the media... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services