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- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
to recent research. Enter the era of “spray and pray,” where venture firms over the last decade have seeded more firms than previously, but with less upfront investment of time and money. As someone who...
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- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
alliances and their somewhat checkered record might offer a word of caution here. They would ask: Do the justifiably selfish purposes that bring an organization to a strategic alliance contain the seeds of the alliance's demise? The...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs who also were starting from scratch—those for whom social ventures were still in the very early phases. They identified an ideal data pool through a partnership with Echoing Green, a socially focused investment organization...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
PR. Many of the eight companies launched so far are doing well. Yet how can the program be scaled beyond its current size, and how can it structure its investments to reduce the dilution that Microsoft invariably faces, given that it does...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where private equity funds have View Details
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
that made dozens of seed investments in technology-focused startups. Pitched as an event that could pack a year's worth of networking into a single day, Founder Field Day was perhaps the firm's largest bet...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
to step in over and over again. What, then, should business and civic leaders do about revenue? Since the fabric of cities is woven by the many entities of which they're composed, this is a question that can be broken down into a number of options and View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
reimagine the regional ecosystems in which they participate. They should search for systemic, multisector opportunities; mobilize complementary partners; and obtain seed and scale-up financing from organizations with a mission to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
before getting better. Just as the seeds were sown over the past ten years by placing growth ahead of customer concerns and quality, digging deep into problems will likely uncover more quality concerns that will take years to resolve....
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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
business groups can help foster entrepreneurship in a variety of ways. They can supply seed capital for budding entrepreneurs, when such capital is exceedingly scarce. Groups are also able to provide a variety of support activities and...
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by Peter Jacobs
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
by many credit ratings customers? A Century Of Competition The seeds of the bond ratings industry, Becker explains in the case, are found in the credit record collection firms (such as Dun & Bradstreet) of the late 19th century. The...
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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
a return to basics as entrepreneurship moves into a more mature stage in Europe. "There's a certain change in the investment pattern," he said. "Many venture caps have gone back to the old principle of doing due diligence,...
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by Kenneth Liss
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
and financial technology, the digital health ecosystem is in its nascent stages and has been waiting for a catalyst to seed the system. This National Health Protection Scheme is expected to provide just this impetus for widespread...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
local maize farmers. By providing purchasing commitment and quality standards, the catalyst was able to access seed financing to invest in post-harvest handling and processing equipment, as well as structure...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
reclassified as a part of North America, as opposed to Latin America, by CALPERS a few years back, huge amounts of capital are being poured into that country, notably in the housing and retail sectors with office bouncing back strongly. The next big market poised for...
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- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
the Asia-Pacific region. Poised to enter the World Trade Organization, China is sowing the seeds of entrepreneurship in its state-owned enterprises; the Japanese government is challenging its own telecom monopolies; and wireless...
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by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
innovation-driven economy. In Producing Prosperity, Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih show the disastrous consequences of years of poor sourcing decisions and underinvestment in manufacturing capabilities. They reveal how today's undervalued...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
2006. Examines the possible impact that public litigation will have on the two firms. The impact of the litigation will be different for each firm because they are at dissimilar development stages and plan to employ distinct investment...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
supply-chain investments to make it possible for the small farmer to produce good-quality milk, transport it, and sell it to the company. This makes sense for the company because it needs fresh, locally produced milk, and for the small...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
illness in Brazil. She and her team of employees and volunteers developed a holistic methodology to address the multidimensional sources of poverty based on the pillars of health, housing, citizenship, income, and education. After introducing the View Details
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Dina Gerdeman