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- 12 Dec 2008
- News
Harvard Business School Featured in CNBC Original Production
- September 2012
- Case
Sir Alex Ferguson: Managing Manchester United
By: Anita Elberse and Thomas Dye
Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in British football history, is preparing for the 2012–2013 season—his record-setting 26th as manager of one of the world's most decorated professional football clubs and one of sport's biggest franchises. Over the years...
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Keywords:
Managing Teams;
Leading Teams;
European Football;
Sports;
Leadership;
Sports Industry;
England;
United Kingdom;
Europe
Elberse, Anita, and Thomas Dye. "Sir Alex Ferguson: Managing Manchester United." Harvard Business School Case 513-051, September 2012.
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boomor Bust?
intellectual talents of the founding team may be stellar. However, many of these entrepreneurs discover they need to attract money to fully commercialize their concepts. Thus they must find investors—such as their own employer (if the...
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by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 29 Jul 2016
- Video
M.V. Subbiah Full Interview
- 04 May 2015
- News
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
- 20 Jan 2020
- News
Is Venture Capital Worth The Risk?
- 14 Aug 2012
- News
Shoes are the heart of department stores
- January 2019
- Article
Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study
By: Christine L. Exley and Stephen J. Terry
We experimentally test how effort responds to wages—randomly assigned to accrue to individuals or to a charity—in the presence of expectations-based reference points or targets. When individuals earn money for themselves, higher wages lead to higher effort with...
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Reference Points;
Wage Elasticities;
Labor Supply;
Effor;
Volunteering;
Prosocial Behavior;
Wages;
Motivation and Incentives;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Behavior
Exley, Christine L., and Stephen J. Terry. "Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study." Management Science 65, no. 1 (January 2019): 413–425.
- 31 Jul 2018
- News
Are Stock Buybacks Starving the Economy?
- January 1986 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Horizon Group
Contains a description of a situation confronting the co-founder of a company planning to produce software for microcomputers. The company has just completed raising money from some wealthy investors by forming an R&D Limited Partnership. Development of the program (an...
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Business or Company Management;
Venture Capital;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Plan;
Outcome or Result;
Research and Development;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Information Technology Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Horizon Group." Harvard Business School Case 286-058, January 1986. (Revised March 1997.)
- 18 Sep 2013
- News
An Honest Wage: Dollars, Hours, And Ethics
- Article
What is the Equity Size of Companies Receiving Private Equity in Latin America?: Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2002 to 2008
By: Roberto Charvel
This article reviews the equity size or value of the firms attracting private equity investments in Latin America over time. The information is on post money valuations.
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Keywords:
Alternative Assets;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Emerging Market;
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Latin America
Charvel, Roberto. "What is the Equity Size of Companies Receiving Private Equity in Latin America? Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2002 to 2008." Venture Equity Latin America 8, no. 20 (December 15, 2009).
- 20 Oct 2014
- News
Government subsidies not the key to venture capital
- November 1999 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Virtualis Systems (A)
By: Jay O. Light and Michael J. Roberts
Describes a second-year MBA's attempts to make money for a fledgling Web-hosting business. As the case ends, he must both sort out the company's business model and financing needs, as well as select from an array of financing and acquisition alternatives.
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Financial Strategy;
Financing and Loans;
Web Services Industry
Light, Jay O., and Michael J. Roberts. "Virtualis Systems (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-003, November 1999. (Revised October 2009.)
Michael Norton: How to Buy Happiness
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness—when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people.
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- Case
Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela
By: Ayelet Israeli, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Carla Larangeira
By June 2021, Yummy had become Venezuela’s first and largest food delivery app and last-mile logistics company. In Caracas, the nation’s capital, Yummy held a 55% market share, while operations in other cities had already started to take place, including in three of...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Health Pandemics;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Expansion
Israeli, Ayelet, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Carla Larangeira. "Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela." Harvard Business School Case 522-034, August 2021.
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
minute—and the decision of whether to ride it out and hope for a recovery or to blink and 'puke their position' (pardon the phrase but it's how actual traders describe it)—to be an extremely harrowing experience," says professor Joshua Coval. And that's the point....
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