International Entrepreneurial Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

and the reorganization promoted more efficient matching, chiefly due to the increased ability of later matching to produce "championship" games. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-010.pdf The Internalization... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

economics, in the sections that follow, we review three sets of possible interpretations for understanding the empirical facts related to the entry into, and persistence in, entrepreneurship. Differences in risk aversion provide a plausible and intuitive interpretation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

"co-specializes" in related areas (complementarities). In our setting, we find evidence of such complementarities in specialization. Decoding Inside Information Authors:Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy, and Lukasz Pomorski Publication:Journal of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

Roundtable, 200 powerful CEOs said corporations should widen their missions beyond just maximizing profits for shareholders. These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social ProblemsUsing business to create social change has been at the center of many... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

requiring the person to undertake two tasks: internalizing a leader identity (coming to see oneself and being seen by others as a leader) and developing an elevated sense of purpose. This article is part of a continuing series on faculty... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51502 forthcoming Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners By: Wu, Andy Abstract—We study information aggregation in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

a required course called The Entrepreneurial Manager was created. TEM focused on financing and development of new ventures, with a few cases dealing with entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007

raised Audax Group's first fund, and are not able personally to finance the purchase, which would require approximately $30 million. They must decide whether to go through with the purchase, and how to View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

Materials Harvard Business School Case 814-073 Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture Entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

consumers would jump at the chance to save 25 percent on their monthly mortgages, even if it meant paying some financing fees up front, they seem less apt to invest in energy-saving measures that will save them money in the long run, such... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110052-PDF-ENG ALAC International Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 211-065 ALAC was a small importer of specialty industrial chemicals. The case explores the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

international awards. How could the company capitalize on this success? Should Grace expand its operations to multiple Chinese provinces? Should Grace continue as a premium boutique winery serving a growing but ultimately limited niche... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

short-term volatility of inflation-indexed bond returns do not invalidate the basic case for these bonds, that they provide a safe asset for long-term investors. Governments should expect inflation-indexed bonds to be a relatively cheap form of debt View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

as sources of competitive advantage. As a result, Serafeim says, proper measurement, analysis, and creation of value in relation to different ESG issues are fundamental requirements that organizations must deliver on. “This is why you’re observing organizations... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Structure in Small-Scale Finance Authors:Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Publication:The World Bank Economic Review Abstract Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

parks his Fiesta next to the independent venture capitalists' Ferraris, the temptation to go elsewhere becomes too great." In other words, companies who create internal venture teams to fuel their research and development must not... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

put up to $4 billion per year into high-growth companies. And it does so at no cost to taxpayers. "This public-private partnership is a good example of government and the private sector working together," Mills says. "This program has helped View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

entrepreneurial channel using data from the Longitudinal Business Database of the U.S. Census Bureau. The marginal effect of taxation for growth for a state at the 10th or 25th percentile of corruption is significantly positive; on the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne