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- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
has enough leverage to practice it. Boards of directors play an important role in championing the cause of stakeholders of all kinds. DF in AZ put it this way: “If a company promises a fundamental shift towards shareholder capitalism but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Article
Managing the Unknowable: The Effectiveness of Early-stage Investor Gut Feel in Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions
By: Laura Huang and Jone L. Pearce
Using an inductive theory-development study, a field experiment, and a longitudinal field test, we examine early-stage entrepreneurial investment decision making under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Building on existing literature on decision making and risk in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Emotions; Performance Effectiveness
Huang, Laura, and Jone L. Pearce. "Managing the Unknowable: The Effectiveness of Early-stage Investor Gut Feel in Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions." Administrative Science Quarterly 60, no. 4 (December 2015): 634–670.
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
Development Corp. in 1946, there's a history of the venture capital industry. Not many other countries have this history nor the large-scale investment role models. But now with the Internet wave, it's as if entrepreneurship has become... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Profile
Naiyya Saggi
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I am passionate about creating social impact (specifically improving healthcare outcomes in emerging economies). At HBS, leadership is not interpreted narrowly: it is not sectoral,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
flow of more venture capital to EU startups. (Currently, 70 to 80 percent of EU businesses rely on bank loans for funding, whereas in the United States that number is closer to 30 percent. The fund, according to EU Commission estimates,... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
visits often require bus fare—while the Barared booths can be accessed on weekends and off-hours. And customers feel safe topping up their mobile phones here, says Reyes. They tell her that other companies take their money but fail to deliver the credits. Learn More... View Details
Shirish Nimgaonkar
entrepreneurial companies with significant growth and successful exits. Shirish was also a Managing Director at a global investment bank, where he advised several leading high growth technology companies across US, Europe and Asia on this growth strategy, mergers and... View Details
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
outcomes, but using the scalability and capital access of the for-profit form of activity), the corporate social responsibility activities of a traditional for-profit business, and even governmental... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
growing academic interest in the influence of social networks on entrepreneurial successes and failures, Nanda says. As an example, he cites Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, a 1994 book by... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details
- January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B-2): Paddy Fitzpatrick
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Perspective; Financing and Loans; Accommodations Industry; Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B-2): Paddy Fitzpatrick." Harvard Business School Case 298-004, January 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- 30 May 2021
- News
How Venture Capitalist David Motley is Trying to Bring Back Pittsburgh’s Black Residents
David Motley (MBA 1988) David Motley (MBA 1988) A recent Wall Street Journal profile details the efforts of venture capitalist David Motley (MBA 1988) to rebuild Pittsburgh’s Black population. As the article notes, the city “has lost 9% of its Black population, and it... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Supporting the local community that nurtured him
Franklin P. "Pitch" Johnson (MBA 1952) talks about providing support to local organizations in his hometown of Palo Alto, California. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
help with these problems. Somehow this bridge has to be built,” says Goodwin, who until earlier this month was CEO of Executives Without Borders (ExecWB), a sort of facilitator for corporate social responsibility. (Goodwin just announced... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
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Financial databases: certification and training | Baker Library
Help Center Financial databases: certification and training Where can I find out about certification for Bloomberg, Capital IQ, and LSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv), and Datastream? Bloomberg Certification : Bloomberg offers 3 modules... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
women leaders in the HBS alumni community with events, initiatives and social impact scholarships. So when Club President Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16) and Stark were planning events for 2021, they decided to organize something useful for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
Image by Martin Leon Barreto In 2021, while the pandemic was amplifying social inequities and climate catastrophes, investors were busy pouring more money than ever into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments: In the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture by Laura Alfaro (World Scientific) This casebook has three main topics: the determinants and effects of international View Details
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Diversity and Inclusion Natasha Warikoo , Tufts University The Diversity Rationale: A Mechanism for Inclusion or the Master’s Tool? Banu Özkazanç-Pan , Brown University DEI and Entrepreneurship: Power, social View Details