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- October 29, 2011
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Upstream Sovereigns
By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych
With all the focus on Europe, it is easy to ignore the argument that global imbalances remain a drag on economic recovery. This column decomposes international capital flows into public and private components and claims that upstream flows from emerging to advanced...
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Globalized Economies and Regions;
Business Cycles;
Balance and Stability;
Capital;
Developing Countries and Economies
Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych. "Upstream Sovereigns." Vox, CEPR Policy Portal (October 29, 2011).
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
cycles The crisis demonstrates, painfully, the importance of cash. In his famous essay "The Yield from Money Held,” the economist William Hutt described cash in your pocket or on the balance sheet as “a fire engine when there are no...
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by Frank V. Cespedes
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
Amelia Angella (MBA 2001) (Photo courtesy of Amelia Angella) EMPOWERING NONPROFITS While the HBS Association of Boston's Community Action Partners (CAP) program actually began in 1993, they're marking its 20th anniversary this year. "We operate in a View Details
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
Innovation Life Cycle Author:George F. Westerman, Warren McFarlan, and Marco Iansiti Periodical:Organization Science 17, no. 2 (March-April 2006): 230-238. Differing bases of competition in early and later stages of an innovation's life...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
cycle from startup to exit, and delves into issues such as deal structures, incentives, business models and valuation in much greater detail than TEM. Approximately one-third of the cases concern technology-based businesses, though the...
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Debora L. Spar | About
writer, Spar’s books include Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet (2001), The Baby Business (2006), and Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection (2013). Spar is a member...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
constituents rather than donors; and opening up competition as early as the 2018 election cycle to centrist, solutions-oriented independent candidates, among other recommendations. “We citizens bear the ultimate responsibility for knowing...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
Harvard Innovation Lab, and HBX take hold, they are attracting targeted donor support, freeing up unrestricted resources for new opportunities. This cycle of investment allows the School to act quickly and thoughtfully to foster...
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- 2023
- Working Paper
How Resilient Is Venture-Backed Innovation? Evidence from Four Decades of U.S. Patenting
By: Sabrina T. Howell, Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda and Richard Townsend
Despite theoretical predictions to the contrary, corporate innovation is strongly pro-cyclical. In this paper, we compare innovation in the economy as a whole to that of firms backed by venture capital (VC), a source of capital associated with the most impactful young...
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Recessions;
Venture Capital;
Innovation and Invention;
Patents;
Business Cycles;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
Howell, Sabrina T., Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda, and Richard Townsend. "How Resilient Is Venture-Backed Innovation? Evidence from Four Decades of U.S. Patenting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-115, May 2020. (Revised July 2023.)
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
and want to invest in the district overall.” Since the Wildcats’ first appearance on PiE’s behalf—a two-hour fundraiser where they cycled through their nine-song repertoire multiple times—the band has contributed more than $300,000 to the...
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- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery, as opposed to other kinds of crime like arson, assault, homicide, and rape. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of monthly welfare payment View Details
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Martha Lagace
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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
Enhance understanding of the legal life cycle of a start-up including structuring and financing issues, tax considerations, founder/investor conflicts, liquidity and exit issues; and Consider what’s customary and fair in various...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
for Research HBS funds research internally. By freeing faculty members from the constraints of seeking grants for their work, the School continues its century-long tradition of problem-focused research that is the foundation of a dynamic View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
decade, however, influential manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble and Campbell Soup initiated such partnerships to help smooth production cycles and improve profits. Retailers were wooed by the potential efficiencies of better inventory...
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Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
Steve Cagnetta
of focus include entity structuring, founder issues, equity and debt financings, licensing agreements, commercial contracts, employment matters, mergers and acquisitions and other matters that inevitably come up during the life cycle of a...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
billion in disability benefits a year, Eldridge says. Gain Life’s existing wellness market has good prospects, although it’s highly competitive, “almost to the point of commoditization,” he adds, and the sales cycles can last up to a...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
Don’t give up on American manufacturing yet. There are signs of new life that give rise to optimism about a U.S. manufacturing renaissance. A new analysis by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimates that within the next five years the wage gap between the United...
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- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
corrections. The cycle repeats until a satisfactory solution is reached, often requiring many costly and time-consuming iterations. To appreciate the extent of the difficulty, consider product development at BBA (now International Flavors...
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by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
finance, corporate venture capital and receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages of...
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