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- September–October 2015
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Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World
By: Debora L. Spar
In the frenzied hills of Silicon Valley, going bust is common. Research attests that close to half of start-ups supported by venture capital chew through most or all of their backers' money and that the majority never achieve their projected returns on investment. But...
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Spar, Debora L. "Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World." Foreign Policy 214 (September–October 2015).
- 2017
- Book
Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming
By: Niels Viggo Hauter and Geoffrey Jones
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance industry from the nineteenth century to the present day. Reinsurance developed at the fringe of financial services and, for most of its existence, was largely unnoticed outside the expert...
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Risk Management;
Business History;
Globalization;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Services Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Africa;
Europe;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
Asia
Hauter, Niels Viggo and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Racial Equity Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
scholarly researchers who relocate to HBS's campus for one academic year to work on specific projects related to issues of business and society. Consisting of scholars who...
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Entertainment & Media | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
picture industry, and summary statistics on movie viewing. National Association of Broadcasters /citations/national-association-of-broadcasters Features sections on legal and regulatory affairs, science and...
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- 2008
- Working Paper
The Decentering of the Global Firm
By: Mihir A. Desai
This paper describes recent changes in the relationship between firms and nation states. Firms are typically linked to the nation in which they began and are considered to have fixed national identities. While firms have reallocated various activities around the world...
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Keywords:
Business Headquarters;
Geographic Location;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations
Desai, Mihir A. "The Decentering of the Global Firm." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-054, October 2008.
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Dean Nohria: Business Schools have a Vital Role in Teaching Trust
decision through the triple lens of their economic, legal and ethical responsibilities,” says Nohria. “Beginning in 2020, the curriculum will go further by asking students to consider what proactive,...
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Corporate Governance | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Harvard Availability Corporate Board /citations/corporate-board Contains articles written by directors of major corporations, chairmen, chief executives, legal and financial advisors. 55 1119 Corporate Board...
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An Educated Investment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
An Educated Investment Safeena Husain was the first in her family to attend university overseas—so being admitted to the London School of Economics was cause for celebration, even if her father had to sell his View Details
- April 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Module Note
Teaching Project Finance: An Overview of the Large-Scale Investment Course
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Large-Scale Investment is a case-based course about project finance for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a single-purpose industrial...
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Esty, Benjamin C. "Teaching Project Finance: An Overview of the Large-Scale Investment Course." Harvard Business School Module Note 202-086, April 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
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Advanced Management Program (AMP) | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
MapBAKER LIBRARY VIRTUAL TOUR Ethical Use of Licensed Databases for Executive Education Each year, Baker Library makes substantial investments in resources to support the academic programs of Harvard View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
technological aspects of business. They want to integrate the technical training and experience they have with a broader general management perspective to lead those businesses...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (A)
By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon
This case (A), and its related cases (B-E), establish a setting to discuss an M&A transaction and some of the key legal contracts that are associated with it. In 2010, private equity backed food manufacturer Pierre Foods is contemplating the acquisition of a key...
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Subramanian, Guhan, and Mike Harmon. "Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (A)." Harvard Business School Case 919-022, February 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
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Food & Beverage | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Availability Food Industry Review /citations/food-industry-review CD-ROM in the Stacks Media Collection.Provides detailed statistics on all aspects of food, including consumption, preferences, shopping,...
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- September–October 2017
- Article
Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures
By: Stefan Dimitriadis, Matthew Lee, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Julie Battilana
This paper examines the critical role of gender in the commercialization of social ventures. We argue that cultural beliefs about what is perceived to be appropriate work for each gender influence how founders of social ventures incorporate commercial activity into...
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Keywords:
Community;
Cultural Beliefs;
Social Enterprise;
Gender;
Local Range;
Commercialization;
Culture
Dimitriadis, Stefan, Matthew Lee, Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Julie Battilana. "Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures." Organization Science 28, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 819–839.
- Fall 2013
- Article
In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms
By: Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems. Less theory and evidence, however, have been generated about the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets...
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Keywords:
State-owned Enterprises;
Oil Companies;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Energy Industry;
Brazil;
Mexico;
Norway
Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini. "In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms." Cornell International Law Journal 46, no. 3 (Fall 2013): 569–610.
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Owner/President Management (OPM) | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Library makes substantial investments in resources to support the academic programs of Harvard Business School. Your use of Baker Library resource means that you agree to abide...
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Biotech, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals: Business and Management focused topics
ABI/ProQuest - articles from academic and industry publications that covers all aspects of business and management topics, including some company SWOT analysis and...
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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
photographs, daguerreotypes and stereographs of factories, manufacturing techniques, business leaders, and people at work in industrial settings ranging from automobile plants to paper mills. Researchers...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
The Effect of Shareholder Litigation Risk on the Information Environment: The Case of Cross-Listed Firms
By: Anywhere Sikochi
I document the causal link between shareholder litigation risk and cross-listed firms’ information environment by exploiting a quasi-natural experiment in the form of a reduction in litigation risk resulting from the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Morrison v. National...
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Keywords:
Cross-listing;
Information Environment;
Shareholder Litigation Risk;
D&O Insurance;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Sikochi, Anywhere. "The Effect of Shareholder Litigation Risk on the Information Environment: The Case of Cross-Listed Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-048, December 2016.
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