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- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
Michael Fieldhouse (AMP 177, 2009) ran past the Anderson Memorial Bridge every morning and took note of the sentiments affixed to its parapet: May this bridge, built in memory of a scholar and soldier connecting the college yard and playing fields of Harvard, be an...
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Jennifer Myers
- 2017
- Chapter
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner
This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital investments and performance. We comment on the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better.
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Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges." Chap. 10 in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges. Vol. 75, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar. Studies in Income and Wealth (NBER). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Advancing Opportunities for Others
Carla Harris (MBA 1987) is vice chairman of Morgan Stanley and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview she talks about using her stature as an African American business leader to support leadership View Details
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Finance
- January 1989 (Revised October 1993)
- Background Note
Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity
Describes how to value an acquisition opportunity as a capital budgeting problem. Cash flows are discounted at the cost of capital and debt is deducted to value the equity capital of the target company. A key contribution of the note is the discussion of five methods...
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity." Harvard Business School Background Note 289-039, January 1989. (Revised October 1993.)
- June 2016 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
chotuKool: 'Little Cool,' Big Opportunity
By: Rory McDonald, Derek van Bever and Efosa Ojomo
In 2013, a team led by Gopalan Sunderraman, vice president of corporate development at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.—one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, a large Indian conglomerate—was preparing to launch an innovative low-cost refrigerator. Developed expressly...
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Disruptive Innovation;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
India
McDonald, Rory, Derek van Bever, and Efosa Ojomo. "chotuKool: 'Little Cool,' Big Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 616-020, June 2016. (Revised November 2021.)
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
There is a market for everything—even dead bodies. Medical students use cadavers to gain experience, and their future patients are better off for it. Traditionally, cadavers have been obtained through university programs, but now entrepreneurial ventures are springing...
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- August 2019
- Case
Synthetic Biology Investment Opportunity
By: Peter Barrett, Karim R. Lakhani, Julia Kelley and Kerry Herman
Using an overview of the emerging technology of Synthetic Biology, this case provides the basis for discussion on what questions one would ask in evaluating a potential investment in the field.
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Barrett, Peter, Karim R. Lakhani, Julia Kelley, and Kerry Herman. "Synthetic Biology Investment Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 620-015, August 2019.
- April 2010
- Teaching Note
The DiagnoFirst Opportunity (TN)
By: Robert C. Pozen
Teaching Note for [309112].
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- 12 Nov 2010
- News
Opportunity in South Africa
Opportunities and Challenges Facing Hybrid Organizations
In partnership with the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast, Spiranomics presents a conversation with Julie Battilana, Matthew Lee, and John Walker about the opportunities and challenges faced by hybrid organizations.
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- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
venture capitalists from leading firms in Silicon Valley. The following are excerpts from their responses. Russell Siegelman (hbs Mba '89) Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers The most important requirement is a large market View Details
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by Lauren Barley
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
Companies are increasingly looking to emerging markets like China as a vital source of growth. The problem is these companies often lack an effective strategy for identifying which countries to do business with. In a June Harvard Business Review article, excerpted...
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- 03 Aug 2021
- Video
International Perspectives: Career Opportunities
- 11 Aug 2011
- Video
Global Real Estate Opportunities
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Closing the Opportunity Gap
Gerald Chertavian (MBA ’92) used the wealth he acquired in the 1990s Internet boom to realize a longtime goal. He started a special school to help disadvantaged young adults find careers in the corporate world. Chertavian’s Boston-based program, called Year Up,...
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- October 2008 (Revised January 2015)
- Teaching Note
Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity
By: Arthur I Segel and Ben Creo
Teaching Note for [209012].
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- 2016
- Working Paper
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner
This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital investments and performance. We comment on the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better.
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Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-012, August 2016. (Forthcoming in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges.)
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
to the monsoon season that makes shopping indoors an attractive prospect. There's also an entertainment factor, he added—more and more Indians are beginning to see shopping as an enjoyable pastime. Ground Level Opportunity The forecast...
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- March 2008
- Case
Monitor's Opportunities in India (B): Grail Research
By: Juan Alcacer and Jan W. Rivkin
Supplements "Monitor's Opportunities in India (A)" [708-482].
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Alcacer, Juan, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Monitor's Opportunities in India (B): Grail Research." Harvard Business School Case 708-483, March 2008.
- October 2000 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Merck & Company: Evaluating a Drug Licensing Opportunity
By: Richard S. Ruback and David B Krieger
This explores the valuation of an opportunity to license a compound before it enters clinical trials. Describes Merck's decision tree evaluation process is presented. Information required to evaluate a specific licensing opportunity is provided, including the costs of...
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Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Opportunities;
Valuation;
Outcome or Result;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and David B Krieger. "Merck & Company: Evaluating a Drug Licensing Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 201-023, October 2000. (Revised March 2003.)