Social Capitalism - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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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

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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

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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

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

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

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; European Union; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

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

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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

Keywords: Software/App;#237;#Artificial Intelligence

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

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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

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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

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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
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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

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

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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

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