State Capitalism - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1999
News

Short Takes

soccer balls stitched by twelve-year-old Pakistani workers. Levi Strauss, Macy's, Liz Claiborne, and Eddie Bauer all removed their operations from Burma amid frequent citations of human rights violations on the part of Burma's repressive View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

publicly stated goals. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/05/how-to-outsmart-activist-investors/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Making 'Freemium' Work: Many Start-ups Fail to Recognize the Challenges of This Popular Business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

2011) Abstract In a vitally important relationship famously caricatured as the "Mad Mullahs" v. the "Great Satan," the fraught negotiating history and future of Iran and the United States demands historical, cultural,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis

Lecturer Clayton Rose and Assistant Professor Daniel Bergstresser’s new case on JPMorgan Chase’s acquisition of Bear Stearns will be taught to all first-year students in two different courses and from two different perspectives. “In Finance, we’ll focus on Bear’s View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

statements about their commitment to long-term success. To understand the disconnect, we examine how S&P500 companies are actually allocating capital and show that firms are in fact plowing substantial amounts of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
News

HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report

its commitment to transparency at a time when the School is involved in a $500 million capital campaign. It also highlights the School’s unusual business model. Unlike most schools, HBS does not accept government and third-party faculty... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2000
News

Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship

Starting New Ventures, and Venture Capital and Private Equity. The Class of 1975's major gift cochairs, Leo J. Corbett, Hamilton E.("Tony") James, and Kendrick R. Wilson, reported that their classmates have shown overwhelming enthusiasm... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Oct 2002
News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

This fall marks the launch of the first capital campaign in Harvard Business School's 94-year history, with a goal of raising $500 million by the end of 2005. In the following interview, Dean Kim B. Clark talks about the current View Details

26 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

commercial hindrance. A recent study of more than 500 biomedical startups suggests that ventures rooted in the core research of their founders have a more challenging time reaching key measures of success, such as raising capital or... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health

Profile

Andres Sarmiento

perform as a product manager in a top organization. While at HBS I met peers that had worked in Venture Capital who cleared my understanding of those career paths. I also participated in technology industry panels and felt inspired by the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Services

17 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities

several major financial journals as well as two books, Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists and Fault Lines: How Hidden Cracks Still Threaten the World Economy. Indeed, India is in the midst of a financial losing streak, and industry... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

want to capitalize on the first-movers' research and development. . . . Regardless of the type of complexity, whether product- or choice-related, the consumer is ultimately overwhelmed." Addressing the issue of product complexity, K.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

01 Sep 2012
News

Results and Recognition

served as Reunion Participation Chair for his 20th Reunion, which set a record with 74 percent of the class making a gift. Donor Spotlights David Ott (MBA 1992) Investor David Ott understands the role that seed capital can play in taking... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2000
News

New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

encourage an exchange of knowledge and experience. "The finalists were chosen from among three hundred entries sent in from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States," said HBSAAA president Kenneth A. Powell (MBA 1974). "Playing an active role in increasing access... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Faculty Books

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It by Josh Lerner (Princeton University Press) As governments worldwide seek to spur economic growth in ever more aggressive ways, Professor Lerner offers an... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

48 percent net internal rate of return (IRR) for investors over the course of the firm's first four funds. Given that success, investors are ready to substantially increase their capital commitments to the firm's next fund. ABRY's fourth... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

29 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Whence IT Value?

visible, important ways. This hypothesis is reinforced by a growing number of academic studies indicating that a dollar spent on IT returns at least as much as a dollar spent on other forms of capital in many industries. These findings... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

Web

Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

the Communist Party and Chinese governments—local, provincial, and national—shape market opportunities? How do Chinese firms expand overseas? How do family businesses survive and thrive in an economy where the state still plays such a... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

members arrived at Kenya’s State House in Nairobi to meet with the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, as part of the School’s faculty immersion in Africa. “Business and entrepreneurship are ingrained in the Kenyan psyche, whether it is... View Details

December 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Case

Yellow Corporation: On the Verge of Bankruptcy

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer

Yellow Corporation, one of the country’s oldest and largest less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, was nearing its 100th anniversary in 2024. Whether it would reach that milestone, however, was uncertain as the company was attempting to restructure its operations to... View Details