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10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

which do not match investors' risk tolerance, can have substantial welfare costs. Breaking up Is Never Easy: Planning for Exit in a Strategic Alliance Authors: Ranjay Gulati, Parth Mehrotra, and Maxim Sytch Publication: California... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2004
News

Life Lessons

a primary source of inspiration. Curiel, 18, walked away from that same deadly crash with minor injuries. He sees some symbolism in the fact that his father was making the trip from Oregon to California to take him to freshman orientation... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

the interviewer of my sterling qualities. When I returned from California and appeared for a subsequent interview, I was told that my admission was a no-brainer based on having a father like that! Richard A. Bobbe (MBA 11/’47) Valhalla,... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

April 2025
Case

Lisa Su and AMD (A)

By: Joshua D. Margolis, Matthew Preble and Dave Habeeb

This multimedia case study focuses on CEO Lisa Su’s turnaround and subsequent transformation of the technology company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). When Su accepted the top position in 2014, AMD was on the verge of collapse. Su focused on the company’s culture,... View Details

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

particularly the weak level of protection afforded by the California courts), it was unclear how effective a policy of aggressive litigation would be. Furthermore, such a policy might reduce Xerox's ability to recruit the best research... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

Web

2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Teachers in the Classroom, considers the experiences of gay and lesbian identified teachers in California and Texas. In the book, Connell asks: how do gay and lesbian teachers grapple with their professional and sexual identities at work,... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Balanced Equation

pass two California initiatives, one funding $3 billion in stem cell research and the other resulting in $23 billion for public schools. The biggest source of personal pride is my family. — SY View Details

Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

steam-powered cable car in San Francisco in the 1870s inaugurated the era of street railways in urban areas (it also spared horses the burden of pulling heavy loads up and down the city’s steep roads). Within a decade, cable cars were pulling millions of passengers... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

February 2015
Case

Founder Field Day

By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ramana Nanda and Nathaniel Burbank

Branded as the "Millennial firm for Millennials," Mike Rothenberg founded Rothenberg Ventures (RV) in 2012 while earning his MBA at the Harvard Business School (HBS). Over the following 24 months, Rothenberg raised $20 million and built a venture capital firm that made... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Startups; Seed-investing; Micro-VC; Venture Capital; Business Startups; San Francisco; New York (city, NY)

16 Dec 2020
News

A Creator in the Era of Disruption

granted. Morrell: Alex Lazarow says this focus on deep impact differentiates frontier startups from their California counterparts. Lazarow: In Silicon Valley, less than 20% of unicorns are in industries like financial services, health... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

opportunity often lay in the problems that they and their peers faced in their personal lives. Take Michel, for example. A naval flight officer prior to attending HBS, Michel joined a Navy reserve unit in California after graduation.... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

06 Dec 2021
News

December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

California and the charming village of St-Rémy-de-Provence. In this unique guidebook, the authors share their favorite things to see and do, both the well-known and the insider secrets. An Insider’s Guide to Provence is designed as a... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

course before leaving for California in the morning, she arrives carrying a pile of books and papers. She’s considered one of the School’s preeminent management “gurus,” a title that has inevitably attached itself to her ability to... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

February 2001 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Korea First Bank (A)

In December 1999, Newbridge Capital, an equity investment fund based in San Francisco, successfully negotiated with the Korean government to acquire a controlling interest in Korea First Bank. It was the first time a foreign financial institution acquired a Korean... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Foreign Direct Investment; Acquisition; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; San Francisco; South Korea

Profile

Annora Wang

What was the shape of your career before pursuing your MBA? I worked in finance, on Wall Street. I enjoyed analysis, but wasn’t always interested in the types of business I got involved in. As an undergraduate at the University of Southern California, I had been... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

January 2017 (Revised December 2017)
Case

Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?

By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth J. Cooper

Carmichael Roberts, a rare African-American venture capitalist, considered leaving his general partnership in a private equity firm near Boston and setting up his own in 2015. He weighed whether the timing was right, with the economy still not fully recovered from the... View Details