Corporate Venture Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Apr 2020
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Peter A. Brooke, Dean of Boston’s Venture Capitalists, Dies at 90

30 May 2021
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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%... View Details

09 Jun 2016
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Thomas J. Perkins, Pioneering Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley, Dies at 84

Keywords: Finance

30 Oct 2018
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Paths of Victory

Reflecting HBS’s standing as the top school for entrepreneurs (according to the most-recent PitchBook rankings), the annual HBS New Venture Competition has helped Harvard Business School students and alumni launch dozens of new... View Details

Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

20 Apr 2019
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Capitalism in crisis: U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system that made them rich

24 Apr 2014
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Revamping the corporate tax code could improve America’s competitiveness and living standards

The US corporate tax code is impeding the nation’s ability to compete in the worldwide economy, according to Mihir A. Desai (MBA 1993, PhD 1998), the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance. Desai has found that current US policies... View Details

26 Mar 2020
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A Venture Capitalist got Coronavirus. It Gave Him Ideas about Protecting Health and the Economy

17 Mar 2014
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Impact Investing: Patience, Please

Keywords: venture philanthropy; social enterprise; impact investing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

12 Apr 2012
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HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups With more than a 40 percent increase in Alumni New Venture Contest entries this year, our 11 finalists overcame stiff competition to win their local regions. On April 23, they travel to campus to... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

06 Sep 2016
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The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards

re-nominating one male director and the second by expanding the board by one in anticipation of further retirements—that would solve the supply problem by creating 1,000 new board seats. The 19.9 percent quickly becomes 40 percent if women are considered first for... View Details

27 Mar 2014
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Be Strategic, Not Democratic

Keywords: corporate innovation; innovation strategy

19 Jan 2017
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Finding Purpose in Profit

investors and our society. This is what Michael Porter refers to as ‘shared value.’ I believe in the power of capitalism and the power of human ingenuity to get us out of the holes we’ve dug for ourselves.” Another B Lab–inspired idea... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; B corporations

01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

applicable are skills learned at HBS for recent graduates facing real-world challenges? What are the differences and similarities for alumni who work in the private and nonprofit sectors, in large corporations vs. smaller organizations?... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate