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  • November 2000
  • Case

University Technology Ventures: October 2000

By: Josh Lerner
The founders of University Technology Ventures, a fund of funds designed for university professors, face numerous challenges in raising their first fund. The role, economics, and structure of funds-of-funds are examined in the course of examining the partners' dilemma. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry
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  • 20 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

customer acquisition strategy might be sound given the circumstances of the moment, said Filipowski. "I believe in assessing the current environment and taking advantage of it." In a discussion on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

    Brian K. Baik

    Brian Baik is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum.

    Professor Baik studies how information, financial reporting, and... View Details

    Keywords: private equity (LBO funds); venture capital industry
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Who Clears the Market When Passive Investors Trade?

    By: Marco Sammon and John J. Shim
    We find that firms are the primary sellers of shares when index funds are net buyers, providing shares at a nearly one-for-one rate. Rather than provide liquidity, most demand-side institutions trade in the same direction as index funds, especially over long horizons.... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Institutional Investing; Price; Investment Portfolio; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments
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    • 01 Dec 2017
    • News

    In Service of Others

    Armed Services can add to—and gain from—the HBS experience. To encourage more veterans to apply to HBS, he recently funded an MBA pilot program that waives the application fee for anyone who has served in the US military. “Our military... View Details
    • 11 Dec 2017
    • Blog Post

    3 Ways Financial Aid is Unique at HBS

    When prospective students consider applying to an MBA program, funding the degree is usually top of mind. There's no getting around the fact that pursuing an MBA can be costly, but financial aid at HBS is... View Details
    • 29 Aug 2018
    • News

    The Value of Valleys

    probably the most recent or challenging one was a setback of a fund that I was a partner in, that actually lost a number of key partners and hit a key man risk issue where the... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2008
    • News

    The Prophet of Start-Ups

    year to take a job on Wall Street, but he became, arguably, the most influential and popular professor at the School. HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION ARD’s beginnings were modest — its first venture fund was a mere $3.4 million. A few... View Details
    Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’

    By: Jacqueline N. Lane
    In their Discussion Paper, Franzoni and Stephan (F&S, 2023) discuss the shortcomings of existing peer review models in shaping the funding of risky science. Their discussion offers a conceptual framework for incorporating risk into peer review models of research... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Research; Resource Allocation; Perception
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    • 01 Sep 2014
    • News

    Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds

    The HourlyNerd origin story could become an HBS legend: The rapidly growing startup, which connects graduates from top MBA programs with businesses that need project-based consulting, began as a FIELD 3 project—one that fellow HBS classmates doomed to failure. In FIELD... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • April 2023
    • Article

    The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’

    By: Jacqueline N. Lane
    In their Discussion Paper, Franzoni and Stephan (F&S, 2023) discuss the shortcomings of existing peer review models in shaping the funding of risky science. Their discussion offers a conceptual framework for incorporating risk into peer review models of research... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Research; Resource Allocation; Perception
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    • 25 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

    University of Aeronautics and Astronautics PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE SDIC Fund Management Co., ZhenFund, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC, Cummins Inc., Robert Bosch LLC HBS ACTIVITIES Co-president,... View Details
    • 08 May 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

    but that gap triples during periods of high public anxiety over immigration in the United States. “When there is the greatest anxiety, we see this funding shortfall.” Banks have historically rejected loan... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
    • 2024
    • Other Unpublished Work

    A Proposal for the IMF: A New Instrument of International Liquidity Provision for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

    By: Laura Alfaro, Guillermo Calvo, José de Gregorio, Augusto de la Torre, Pablo Guidotti, Enrique Mendoza, Ernesto Talvi, Liliana Rojas-Suarez and Andrés Velasco
    This paper addresses a critical flaw in the international financial system: the failure to address the inherent asymmetry between countries that issue reserve currencies and those that do not, leaving the latter vulnerable during systemic liquidity crises. We propose... View Details
    Keywords: Macroeconomics; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; International Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Latin America
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    • 2023
    • Article

    Digital Health Reimbursement Strategies of 8 European Countries and Israel: Scoping Review and Policy Mapping

    By: Robin van Kessel, Divya Srivastava, Ilias Kyriopoulos, Giovanni Monti, David Novillo-Ortiz, Ran Milman, Wojciech Wilhelm Zhang-Czabanowski, Greta Nasi, Ariel Dora Stern, George Wharton and Elias Mossialos
    Background: The adoption of digital health care within health systems is determined by various factors, including pricing and reimbursement. The reimbursement landscape for digital health in Europe remains underresearched. Although various emergency reimbursement... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Adoption; Health Care and Treatment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Price; Health Industry; Europe; Israel
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    • 30 Nov 2021
    • In Practice

    What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

    The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
    Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
    • 01 Jul 2013
    • News

    Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

    • August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
    • Case

    Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

    By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz
    This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut
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    • 01 Jul 2015
    • News

    Mall Operators Begin Cultivating Startups

    • 07 Jun 2023
    • Blog Post

    My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

    proof of business viability before raising capital. The scrappiness and resilience displayed by the protagonists resonated deeply with me. Their focus on achieving product-market fit and establishing sound unit economics before seeking... View Details