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Venture Capital
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Keywords: Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital." Chap. D5 of Handbook of Modern Finance, edited by James Seward and Dennis Logue. New York: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2004.
- October 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital
By: Laura Huang and Sarah Mehta
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 untapped potential of companies run... View Details
Keywords: Black Leadership; LGBTQ; Women; People Of Color; Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Identity; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Diversity; Gender; Race
Huang, Laura, and Sarah Mehta. "Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital." Harvard Business School Case 419-029, October 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- 19 Jul 2022
- News
Regulated Human Capital Disclosures
- March 2015
- Case
Discover Capital
By: William Sahlman, Robert White and Stephanie Puzio
"Discover Capital" provides an in-depth look at a first time search fund run by the tenacious Kelly Quann Bianucci. It provides background information about search funds and follows Kelly as she successfully raises her over-subscribed fund and begins the search... View Details
Sahlman, William, Robert White, and Stephanie Puzio. "Discover Capital." Harvard Business School Case 815-097, March 2015.
- 5 Jan 2011
- Other Presentation
Rethinking Capitalism
Michael E. Porter, Harvard University professor, explains why business leaders must focus on shared value—creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society. He is the coauthor of the HBR article Creating Shared Value. View Details
"Rethinking Capitalism." Harvard Business School, January 5, 2011.
- 22 Dec 2010
- News
Capitalism Reconstructed
- 05 Jan 2011
- News
Rethinking Capitalism
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism
- July 1997
- Background Note
Basic Capital Investment Analysis
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Discusses the net present value and internal rate of return methods for analyzing capital investments. Assumes prior knowledge of compound interest and present value methods. View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Basic Capital Investment Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 198-004, July 1997.
- February 2023
- Teaching Note
Collab Capital
By: Natalia Rigol
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 821-067. View Details
- December 2021
- Case
Grace Capital
By: Sara Fleiss, Robin Greenwood, Eren Kuzucu and Denise Han
In March 2020, the global pandemic was delivering a dose of volatility to the U.S. economy. Catherine Faddis, the CIO of Grace Capital, a Boston-based long-only equity manager, analyzed movements in her portfolio while eyeing previously shelved opportunities to invest... View Details
Keywords: Preferred Stock; COVID-19 Pandemic; Economy; Health Pandemics; Volatility; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Strategy; Decision Making; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry; United States
Fleiss, Sara, Robin Greenwood, Eren Kuzucu, and Denise Han. "Grace Capital." Harvard Business School Case 222-052, December 2021.
- February 2019 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Rent-a-Center/Vintage Capital
By: Guhan Subramanian and Caeden Brynie
Christopher Korst, General Counsel for Rent-A-Center (RAC), looked at the time. It was late in the evening on December 17, 2018, yet no notice of extension had come from Vintage Capital. In June, Vintage had agreed to buy RAC for $15 per share in cash, amounting to... View Details
Subramanian, Guhan, and Caeden Brynie. "Rent-a-Center/Vintage Capital." Harvard Business School Case 919-031, February 2019. (Revised November 2023.)
- 09 Dec 2010
- News
Reinventing Capitalism
- 07 Dec 2011
- News
Cautious capitalism
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Capitalizing Poetry
Barr Photo courtesy Poetry Foundation In 2002, pharmaceutical heiress Ruth Lilly made a gift in excess of $100 million to the Modern Poetry Association (now the renamed Poetry Foundation). Tapped in February to figure out what to do with the foundation’s windfall was... View Details
- May 2025
- Supplement
Shore Capital Partners: 2025
By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman
This supplement updates the case Shore Capital Partners: The Next Ten Years View Details
Keywords: Organization; Management; Private Equity; Leadership; Organizational Culture; United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Kerry Herman. "Shore Capital Partners: 2025." Harvard Business School Supplement 425-069, May 2025.
- April 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Columbia Capital Corporation: Summer 1998
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Justin D. Wasik
In August 1998, the partners of Columbia Capital in Arlington, Va. made a decision about whether or not to raise an outside fund for venture capital investing. Columbia had begun in 1988 as a boutique investment bank focused on the telecommunications industry, but had... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Partners and Partnerships; Investment Funds; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Justin D. Wasik. "Columbia Capital Corporation: Summer 1998." Harvard Business School Case 899-255, April 1999. (Revised November 1999.)