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- July 2019
- Teaching Note
Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital
By: Laura Huang
Teaching Note for HBS No. 419-029. Frustrated by an inability to convince existing venture capital firms to invest in companies led by women, people of color, and LGBT founders, Arlan Hamilton started her own firm, Backstage Capital, in 2015. Hamilton understood the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
of the next generation? Likewise, how is the nature of the overall venture capital business changing today? What characteristics will mark the next generation of firms in the future? A: We believe that the venture capital industry today... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management - Course Catalog
we reach the enrollment limit, preference will be given to students who took Field X. Fall 2021 Field X video link NOTE: This course has many characteristics of an Independent Project. Field Y counts toward the maximum number of IP... View Details
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14483 The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization Authors: Maria Guadalupe and Julie M. Wulf Abstract This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from trade liberalization on various... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
structures that we occupy. The authors make the case that the characteristics of where we live and work—things like air quality, acoustics, and lighting—have a massive impact on our physical and mental health, and lay the foundations for... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
industrial ecology literature that highlights the environmental benefits of by-product synergy. By-product synergy is defined as the conversion of a firm's waste stream from a manufacturing process into valuable feedstock for another manufacturing process. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
professor at the School who didn't teach by the case method. There are two characteristics which unite these five people. One is a profound devotion to the School and to its students. Two is that they all aimed high. The goals of all five... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
James M. Citrin (MBA ’86) (Rodale) Citrin identifies essential characteristics and disciplines that have led many outstanding athletes and performers to equally significant accomplishments in business. His interviews with these... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
LEED is government policy, government tenants might expect LEED certification from their landlords. "The characteristics of a government tenant can break down important contractual and business barriers to LEED adoption," says John D.... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
analyze all questions and answers from the inception of the Google Answers service through November 2003, and I find notable trends in answerer behavior: more experienced answerers provide answers with the characteristics askers most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
harder. "The push for diversity creates a tension for us. We need to ensure that we recruit directors who understand the underlying technology, customer needs and patterns, and operational characteristics of the business, so they can... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
that specific, challenging goals motivate performance far better than "do your best" exhortations. The authors of this article, however, argue that it is often these same characteristics of goals that cause them to "go... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
replace it with a fixed-rate debt-like return that matches the risk characteristics of the pension liabilities. Since the typical large pension fund equity portfolio has a very high correlation with the general equity market returns, this... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
also preferred to recruit people with an engineering or technical background, while traditionally British managers were chosen on the basis of "character." The firms and entrepreneurs of the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands have shared one common... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Profile
Michael Maples
I was a kid, my dad once told me `It’s only over when you decide to quit.’” So Maples plowed ahead into his investing career. To raise his chances for success, Maples did what has been characteristic of his career: view the... View Details
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Negotiation and Diplomacy - Course Catalog
cases in national and global contexts, the course will develop diagnostic and prescriptive characteristics of effective negotiation and diplomacy as tools of political, military, economic, environmental and financial statecraft. The... View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- News
Keeping an Eye on Things
time now because there are many modalities that are emerging. The science and technology is accelerating for facial, iris, and there are many other physical characteristics that are still in the research and development arena, such as... View Details
Keywords: Biometrics
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
popular or unpopular titles relates to their appreciation of those titles, and assess the characteristics of customers in the "head" and "tail" of the distribution of choices across titles. I find that a large share of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Recovery (A) Deishin Lee, Baris Ata, and Mustafa H. TongarlakHarvard Business School Case 611-033 This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production. The (A) case focuses on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
institutional characteristics remain the same even as individual people come and go. Pioneering institutions such as Harvard and Yale first began granting Ph.D.s in the mid-nineteenth century. As graduates of their doctoral programs... View Details