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- May 2025
- Case
Windsurf and the AI Code Assistant Market
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Sudhanshu Nath Mishra and Radhika Kak
In April 2025, the founding team of Windsurf, an AI start-up specializing in code generation gathered in Mountain View, California, to assess its remarkable year of growth. The company had scaled from a niche GitHub Copilot alternative to a breakout player with over... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Venture Capital; Innovation Leadership; Technological Innovation; Technology Industry; United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, Sudhanshu Nath Mishra, and Radhika Kak. "Windsurf and the AI Code Assistant Market." Harvard Business School Case 125-111, May 2025.
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Blockchain 101: the Primer We Still Need
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
Working Papers Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation Authors: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
innovation in the American financial system over much of the 20th century. In fact, for the next fifty years, the country experienced no major financial crises, the longest such period on record (see chart above). Significant financial... View Details
- June 2000
- Case
Intel Capital: The Berkeley Networks Investment
By: Henry W. Chesbrough and David Lane
Discusses how Intel Corp. uses corporate venture capital to explore new technologies in new markets. Intel combines external investments with internal research and development. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Investment; Research and Development; Semiconductor Industry
Chesbrough, Henry W., and David Lane. "Intel Capital: The Berkeley Networks Investment." Harvard Business School Case 600-069, June 2000.
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
that exists at the top of organizational hierarchies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49601 forthcoming Management Science Financing Risk and Innovation By: Nanda, Ramana,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
are first to sense and capture new knowledge all over the world; they mobilize this globally dispersed knowledge to become more innovative than their competitors; and they turn this innovation into value by... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Joe…
promising breakthrough technologies that could have a real impact on energy-intensive industries like electric utilities, oil and gas, chemicals, and mining, and then provide financing to help build fast-growing start-up companies. As an... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
chemical recycling technology that is able to remove contamination and reproduce virgin plastic qualities. Earthbond: Digital platform that combines traditional group guarantees with carbon accounting and innovative View Details
- 05 Jan 2016
- News
Alumni Top Two New Lists of Rising Stars
HBS alumni and students are among the names topping two major lists of up-and-comers in the worlds of retail, finance, health, nonprofits, and more that were released this week. Forbes has just published its annual “30 Under 30” list, which includes these HBS alumni:... View Details
- February 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
In-Q-Tel
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon, Kevin Book and Ann Leamon
The Central Intelligence Agency establishes a venture-enabled fund, In-Q-Tel, to allow it to access cutting-edge technologies. Fund managers face a variety of difficulties, some similar to those facing other institutionally affiliated venture funds and some unique. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Problems and Challenges; Government Administration; Public Administration Industry; United States
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, Kevin Book, and Ann Leamon. "In-Q-Tel." Harvard Business School Case 804-146, February 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- August 1989 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Avon Co.
Avon engineers developed a new type of electric adjustable speed drive. Executives began to make long-range plans for production and marketing. Members of the sales department wondered what pricing recommendations they should make to management on the basis of... View Details
Corey, E. Raymond. "Avon Co." Harvard Business School Case 590-022, August 1989. (Revised October 1989.)
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
VC industry so influential? Paul Gompers: From the early 20th century to the mid- to late-20th century, most innovation happened in large firms. Then because of both managerial and organizational changes, View Details
Keywords: April White
- February 27, 1994
- Article
Innovation: Medicine's Best Cost-Cutter
By: M. E. Porter, Elizabeth Teisberg and Gregory Brown
Porter, M. E., Elizabeth Teisberg, and Gregory Brown. "Innovation: Medicine's Best Cost-Cutter." New York Times (February 27, 1994).
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Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo
During her last year of university, Margarita interned at Citibank del Peru's Quality and Innovation area to streamline asset-based finance projects and "reduce workloads." After graduation,... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams
AwesomenessTV was sold to NBCUniversal, the timing was right. “I was wearing many hats at the studio — from business development to finance to marketing and operations. I learned a lot on the job, but thought an HBS education would... View Details
Alex Civetta
financing matters for innovators in the software, technology, professional services, and biotechnology industries. Since 2021 Alex has been named a Top Lawyer in Corporate Law by Boston Magazine; since 2022,... View Details
Keywords: Legal
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected
reunion classes and annual giving grew by $4 million to $17 million. Unrestricted gifts provide funds to support innovative programs that are not endowed and new strategic priorities for research and teaching. While remaining on sound... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
need substantial additional financing before ever becoming profitable. But the prospectus certainly included pages of disclaimers, reviewed and approved by a law firm, that were intended to protect the bank from any recourse by a furious... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 2022
- Article
Missing Novelty in Drug Development
By: Joshua Krieger, Danielle Li and Dimitris Papanikolaou
We provide evidence that risk aversion leads pharmaceutical firms to underinvest in radical innovation. We introduce a new measure of drug novelty based on chemical similarity and show that firms face a risk-reward trade-off: novel drug candidates are less likely to... View Details
Keywords: Drug Development; Risk Aversion; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Investment; Pharmaceutical Industry
Krieger, Joshua, Danielle Li, and Dimitris Papanikolaou. "Missing Novelty in Drug Development." Review of Financial Studies 35, no. 2 (February 2022): 636–679.