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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
Bill Gates, funded the Petrel, the most advanced vessel for finding and exploring deepwater shipwrecks; it rediscovered the USS Indianapolis in 2017. Last year, Cameron and Ray Dalio (MBA 1973) launched OceanX to View Details
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Banu Özkazanç-Pan Banu Ozkazanc-Pan is Professor of Practice at the School of Engineering and Academic Director of the IE Brown EMBA program. She is also the Founder and Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab at the Nelson Center... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
important. They suggest that researchers in disciplinary fields are not held to the same standards of relevance, requiring them to produce work based on real-world problems, that business academics are. Cases & Course MaterialsABRY View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
it happens), they often see dollar signs first and foremost. Salaries are soaring - even a journeyman player can earn in a few seasons what the average fan makes in a lifetime - and ever-increasing revenues are required to fund expanding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
liquidating funds: at the beginning of the fire sale, they sell their holdings in the liquidated stocks, to then cover their positions once asset prices start recovering. The predatory trades generate at least 50 basis points over ten days and cause the liquidation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
"authentication" technology that can facilitate a subscription or pay-per-view model. The case traces the early years of Hulu, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, that was initially met with strong skepticism... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009
throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested in a first round of funding to connect major cities. Should he invest again, this time in a rural roll-out, which may have lower financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
Women’s Leadership Accelerator in San Francisco this past March, where some 250 alumnae participated in a daylong program. Topics determined by the alumnae program committee included career pivots, social impact leadership, and how women investors are disrupting View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
a wide variety of other activities as well. He chairs the boards of two institutions with worldwide reputations—the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Cleveland Institute of Music. And to help the city's minority businesses, he created a $25 million investment View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
Shadow of a Giant (A) Harvard Business School Case 609-002 As the only significant competitor to Intel Corporation in PC microprocessors, Advanced Micro Devices faced daunting investment choices. Not only did it have to fund... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
and three previous recipients had their funding extended. Moni Alli (MBA 2021) , founder of Front Edge, a lending platform in Lagos, Nigeria, that provides access to affordable working capital solutions. Nelly-Ange Kontchou (MD/MBA 2018)... View Details
- 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009
of industries can't be managed as "silos," tucked away in corporate, university, or government research labs, in incubators, or within venture capital funded entrepreneurial start-ups. Access to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea
semester, in the same WhatsApp group, one student shared that he had just gotten his license to farm seaweed. Another replied that they were at the US government body ARPA-E and had funding in this area and to reach out. Were there any... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
teamed up with Priyank Lathwal, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, to mobilize South Asian student organizations across Harvard and other universities to pool resources for Indian health and aid organizations. The student-focused initiative is working... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
in ways that are easily defined and rewarded by society,” says Steven Carpenter (MBA 2004). “But as you get older, you learn that the line between success and failure is razor thin, oftentimes invisible.” Currently executive-in-residence at View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 08 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Education Sector Opportunities at HBS
Education Network, the Gates Foundation, New Schools Venture Fund, and the Harlem Children's Zone have in common? Our HBS friends work there. The education sector needs talent and expertise from a variety of different fields with a... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
so far, but focused on ‘financing reduced emissions.’” Girish Nadkarni, recently retired CEO of Total Energy Ventures and senior advisor to OGCI Climate Investments, called for corporations to increase their climate change activities. He... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare applicants just above and below... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509022 Frank Addante, Serial Entrepreneur Harvard Business School Case 809-046 Frank Addante is a 28-year-old serial entrepreneur who is in the process of building his fifth venture. Of his first four... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace