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- January 2010
- Article
Buy Local? The Geography of Successful Venture Capital Expansion
By: Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner
We document geographic concentration by both venture capital firms and venture capital-financed companies in three metropolitan areas: San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We find that venture capital firms locate in regions with high success rates of venture...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Expansion;
Success;
Capital;
Geographic Location;
Business Units;
Corporate Accountability;
Business Offices;
Goals and Objectives;
Mission and Purpose;
Investment Funds;
Corporate Governance;
Boston;
New York (state, US);
San Francisco
Chen, Henry, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh Lerner. "Buy Local? The Geography of Successful Venture Capital Expansion." Journal of Urban Economics 67, no. 1 (January 2010): 90–110.
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=kupor%20tormala%20norton%20rucker.pdf Working Papers An Empirical Study of the Spillover Effects of Workload on Patient Length of Stay By: Berry Jaeker, Jillian, and Anita Tucker Abstract—We use two years of inpatient...
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Anna Secino
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
of our districts are achieving high performance in parts of their systems, and making progress on some key dimensions of student achievement. For instance, San Francisco was the top performing urban district in California last year and...
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- January 2024
- Case
Mariam Braimah: Designing a Career in Tech
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2022, Mariam Braimah, a digital designer working at Netflix, is considering the next move in her career. She has spent several years at Netflix, and in her spare time, using her savings, has founded a design-focused fellowship program and a consumer insights company...
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- August 2023
- Case
Salma Qarnain: Spaceships to Broadway
By: Leslie Perlow, Mel Martin and Hannah Weisman
Salma Qarnain, daughter of Pakistani Muslim immigrants, is an engineer trained at Stanford and MIT. She began her career building spacecrafts but 30 years later finds herself pursuing her calling, acting on Broadway. The case explores Qarnain’s career path, family...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Job Search;
Job Design and Levels;
Happiness;
Identity;
Well-being;
Work-Life Balance;
Family and Family Relationships;
Theater Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Talent and Talent Management;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
Aerospace Industry;
United States;
New York (city, NY);
Boston;
California
- March 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Carin-Isabel Knoop
On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built...
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Keywords:
On-demand Economy;
Sharing Economy;
Technology Startup;
Technology;
Growth Strategy;
Business Startups;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Entrepreneurship;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Strategic Planning;
Service Industry;
United States;
Boston;
Cambridge;
New York (city, NY);
California
Fuller, Joseph B., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy." Harvard Business School Case 316-154, March 2016. (Revised February 2017.)