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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business
Benjamin Tanner Johnson, MBA 1921 Benjamin Tanner Johnson was a tireless champion for African American owned banks and eventually helped found the New England People's Finance Company (an African American bank and lender). He also worked... View Details
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Joiner - Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Finance Field Y Tough Tech Venture Labs Map out your startup search process and approach: CPD career coach Rock Center staff HBS Professors Attend “Entering StartUpLand” presentation with... View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the emerging enterprises he believed represented the greatest areas of growth. An early supporter of the aviation industry, Robert served on the board and was a backer of Pan American Airways Corporation, which started with flights to Cuba and grew into the country’s... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
Corporate Finance Attracting Long-Term Investors Through Integrated Thinking and Reporting: A Clinical Study of a Biopharmaceutical Company By: Knauer, Andrew, and George Serafeim Abstract—Faced with a large percentage of investors that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2014
- Working Paper
Putting Skin in the Game: Managerial Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking
By: Jan Bouwens and Arnt Verriest
This paper examines the relation between managerial ownership and bank risk exposure for a large sample of international financial institutions. We seek empirical evidence suggested by theories concerning conflicts between managers and owners over risk-taking. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Equity Ownership; Financial Risk; Banks; Motivation and Incentives; Risk Management; Employee Ownership; Corporate Governance; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
Bouwens, Jan, and Arnt Verriest. "Putting Skin in the Game: Managerial Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-070, February 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Honoring a legacy
Having joined her family’s international shipping, trading, and finance business, Foremost Group, in 2001, Angela A. Chao (AB 1995, MBA 2001) began her career focusing on the company’s safety management... View Details
- September 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Brightcove, Inc. in 2007
By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie
Brightcove, a technology and services provider to content owners in the Internet television field, aimed to become a media distribution company in its own right. On October 30, 2006, it relaunched its Website—and, in effect, its business. With its new, consumer-facing... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Diversification; Digital Platforms; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Distribution; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and David B. Yoffie. "Brightcove, Inc. in 2007." Harvard Business School Case 712-424, September 2011. (Revised March 2014.)
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
requires new skill sets and networks. This case also showcases multiple uses of “blended capital” financing structures. Social Finance, Inc. (219044) by Shawn Cole and Fanele Mashwama OCTOBER 2018 (REVISED JANUARY 2019) Social View Details
- Fall 2021
- Article
When to Go and How to Go? Founder and Leader Transitions in Private Equity Firms
By: Josh Lerner and Diana Noble
Leadership transition in private equity firms is an understudied field, despite the important, albeit controversial, role such firms play in developed economies. We analyzed 260 firms in an empirical study, supplemented by qualitative interviews with a small sample of... View Details
Lerner, Josh, and Diana Noble. "When to Go and How to Go? Founder and Leader Transitions in Private Equity Firms." Journal of Alternative Investments 24, no. 2 (Fall 2021): 9–30.
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
Business Development at SunPower. Chrissy Kahn (MBA 2023, Section J), Summer Internship: Strategy Intern at Montauk Seaweed Supply Company Montauk Seaweed Supply Company is a start-up working to transform New England-area farmed seaweed... View Details
- March 2015
- Case
Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
By: Michael Chu, Vincent Dessain and Kristina Maslauskaite
An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investment; Low Cost Private Schools; Investment Fund; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Transition; Investment; Development Economics; Business Growth and Maturation; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; Education; Education Industry; Asia; Africa
Chu, Michael, Vincent Dessain, and Kristina Maslauskaite. "Pearson Affordable Learning Fund." Harvard Business School Case 315-109, March 2015.
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Donald J. Chiofaro
however, his $600-million, 1.8-million-square-foot International Place - one of the top ten office buildings in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal - is a Boston landmark and a monument to Chiofaro's daring and tenacity.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Light Probable Futures ProNicaragua Right To Play International Robin Hood Foundation Rocky Mountain Institute Save the Children Sesame Workshop Single Stop Social Finance Special Olympics Teach for America... View Details
- September 2020
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The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy
By: Meg Rithmire and Hao Chen
The nature and extent of the role of the Chinese state in the economy is fundamental to many empirical and theoretical debates about that country’s political economy. We document and explain the rise of a novel form of intervention on the part of the Chinese state: the... View Details
Keywords: China's Political Economy; State Shareholding; State-business Relations; State Capitalism; China's Financial System; Economy; Business and Government Relations; Finance; System; China
Rithmire, Meg, and Hao Chen. "The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy." Studies in Comparative International Development 55, no. 3 (September 2020): 257–277.
- April 2008 (Revised June 2008)
- Case
Korea: On the Back of a Tiger (Abridged)
What caused the 1997 Korea crisis? Did the International Monetary Fund (IMF) help or hinder recovery? Did democracy help or hinder recovery? Seen as an economic miracle, Korea succumbed to the wave of currency crises sweeping Asia in late 1997. Did the same state-led... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Foreign Direct Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Asia; South Korea
Huang, Yasheng. "Korea: On the Back of a Tiger (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 708-052, April 2008. (Revised June 2008.)
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
different review settings. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mluca/OptimalAggregation.pdf International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance By: Foley, C. Fritz, and Kalina... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2024
- Case
Nomad: A License to Bank
By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo
In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Initial Public Offering; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Leadership; Law; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; Service Industry; Brazil; United States; North America; Latin America
Gompers, Paul A., and Pedro Levindo. "Nomad: A License to Bank." Harvard Business School Case 824-144, March 2024.
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
pilot clinical trials for glioblastoma and other non-small cell lung cancer, and the first pivotal clinical trial for glioblastoma. Additional financing is needed to proceed with the strategically important second pivotal trial. In the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
diasporas, and how entrepreneurial activity is reshaping both countries for the better. Martha Lagace: Why did you choose the title Billions of Entrepreneurs? Tarun Khanna: The title captures the ferment that is taking place in both China... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries