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- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
higher average value. Using data on 165,410 projects posted on Kickstarter (2009–2015), we report findings consistent with the model's predictions. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50821 Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
U.S. economy and policy. Among the major points of discussion: The importance of right-hand tail companies. Distribution of returns and the tensions between limited and general partners. Human capital: where is it coming from now, and...
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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
sense, and that would still be a huge boon to the community that won the bid. But when the RFP landed in his inbox at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) later that same afternoon in September 2017, Moret found that...
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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
dimensions. The most obvious was the structure of the organization. While this was a corporate division rather than an independent partnership (like most venture organizations), the XTV partners crafted an agreement with Xerox that...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Finding the Confidence to Apply to HBS
Erica Santoni (MBA ‘19) is the co-President of HBS’ largest club – the Women’s Student Association (WSA). Erica is Italian by birth and received her undergraduate degree and Master of Science from Bocconi University in Milan. Prior to...
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- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
trying to build institutions is like building sandcastles. There is no foundation," he said, citing the analogy of a bricklayer and an architect. "The ones appearing to do the job initially are bricklayers," he said. "The View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Commencement 2020 Address | About
other courses. You have indeed mastered the art and science of business administration and prepared yourself for leadership. Let’s be grateful for the friendships and sense of partnership that have...
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- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
impact of immigrants on natives tend to find limited consequences in the short run, while the results in the long run are more varied and much less certain. Immigrants in the United States aid business and technology exchanges with their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
father, who felt responsibility for these companies, for shepherding them through both the good times and the bad.” Waite explained this innovative model of partnership in the book Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories edited...
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- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
finance. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207086 Survey Masters LLC Harvard Business School Case 107-061 A small survey research partnership has reached the...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
Lloyd Zuckerberg (MBA 1990) attributes his love of architecture to weekend outings with his father. “I grew up in Nassau County, Long Island, where there was a master craftsman named José Allegue who built distinctive single-family...
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- 04 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?
show us a way of regaining what we have lost." Another reason for such insecurity, Reinhold Gerbsch proposes, is "the increasing rate of change in the marketplace." Citing an old Buddhist saying, "When the pupil is ready, the View Details
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by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
Resisting the impulse for drastic change, Bhidé offers a blueprint for correcting the historic misalignment between the numbers-driven financial sector and the innovation-driven “real economy.” He advocates tough, straightforward limits...
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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
found her work in the field to be the most important and satisfying aspect of her job. "If my interactions with clients were limited to studying their financial statements on paper, I would not have fully understood their operations,...
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- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
(diamonds) and have managed this resource extremely well. Working with De Beers, the government has consistently and strategically limited its sales of diamonds, striving to keep prices steady over the long run rather than maximizing...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
historians—not just modern business gurus—if you're interested in mastering the power of strategy and the power of execution in your job." CURRENT READING Bush at War, by Bob Woodward A.G. Lafley has been credited with turning around...
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- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
colleague out of the partnership if he doesn't accept. Comparable limits circumscribe other organizational choices. If the CEO wants to add a new management position, he has to convince his colleagues. If he...
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by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
called eVolution with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and buyout specialists Texas Pacific Group. This new partnership focuses on traditional corporations that are interested in spinning off new Internet businesses. And we've...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
more specific activities in which there is a significant two-way value exchange. The organizations' core capabilities begin to be deployed and the partnership is more important to each other's missions and strategies. It is no longer...
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by James Austin
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers
specializes in working with international students throughout the visa process. “Most [employers] are frustrated by the limited number of H1B visas and are afraid they won’t win a number in the H1B lottery. But students already have up to...
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