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  • Teaching Interest

Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

By: Brian L. Trelstad
Combining the tools of philanthropy, business and advocacy (or mission, margin and mandate), social entrepreneurs have tackled long-standing societal issues like teacher training, college access, global public health, renewable energy and sanitation.  Social... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Social Enterprise; Civil Society or Community; System
  • 17 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2020
  • Video

Mosaic is Grand Prize Winner in 2020 New Venture Competition Student Social Enterprise Track

  • 19 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and... View Details
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • Video

2016 New Venture Competition: Who will win?

  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Video

The MV3 Foundation: Sacerdote Grand Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2023 New Venture Competition

  • 29 Mar 2024
  • Video

Trans Health HQ: Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition

  • Article

Strategic Networks and Entrepreneurial Ventures

Much research suggests that social networks shape the emergence and development of nascent ventures. Scholars have argued that founders' and firms' networks influence innovation and the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as facilitate the... View Details
Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Value; Body of Literature; Research; Outcome or Result; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Management Practices and Processes; Power and Influence
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  • 10 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and... View Details
  • December 2005 (Revised August 2007)
  • Case

NewSchools Venture Fund in 2004: At a Crossroads

By: Stacey M. Childress and Caroline Joan King
Founded as one of the first venture philanthropy organizations in the United States in 1998, NewSchools Venture Fund brought new investors and new ideas to public education reform. By 2004, the organization and its founder were reassessing their model and their role in... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States
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  • May 2002
  • Case

Venture Capital Fund Restructuring Vignettes (Abridged)

By: Paul A. Gompers
This case examines the changes in fund structures proposed by four venture capital firms in 2002: Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The venture capital market has experienced a major downturn, and these... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Motivation and Incentives; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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  • February 1998
  • Background Note

Contracting and Control in Venture Capital

By: Paul A. Gompers
Discusses the control mechanisms and contracts utilized by venture capitalists. The emphasis is on understanding potential conflicts of interest and how the contracts mitigate those conflicts. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Governance Controls; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Conflict of Interests
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  • 24 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

2019 New Venture Competition Student and Alumni Journeys

The New Venture Competition is an annual student and alumni competition sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative. The 2019 New Venture... View Details
  • Web

HBS Celebrates 20th Anniversary of New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

  • 30 Mar 2021
  • Video

2021 HBS New Venture Competition Finale Show

  • 23 Apr 2019
  • Video

The New Venture Competition Student & Alumni Journeys

  • Web

New Venture Competition - Alumni

Winner: Harken Creating Ventures that Revolutionize The New Venture Competition is an annual student and alumni competition sponsored by Harvard Business School's Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and View Details
  • 24 Apr 2019
  • News

HBS New Venture Competition Features World Changing Ideas

  • Article

Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

By: Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner
This paper examines how organizational structure affects behavior and outcomes, studying the performance of different types of venture capital organizations. We find a strong positive relationship between the degree of specialization by individual venture capitalists... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Behavior; Financial Services Industry
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  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

leaders have acknowledged that corporations exist within the larger fabric of society. The School's second dean, Wallace Donham, said that the focus of a business is to make a decent profit decently. Q: Venture philanthropy, which applies... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson