Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Second, the main goal of PE investors is to increase a firm’s value so that it can be sold for profit. Startups, on the other hand, aren’t debt financed, because they’re too risky and unproven, and have no assets—not so appealing to lenders. PE’s proponents say this disparaging view doesn’t add up.

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LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. ” In contrast, men were characterized as ambitious, risk-taking, and eager to test their ideas.

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Venture Capitalist Debt to Equity Ratio Real Estate Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Personal savings, insurance, credit, cash transfers from family and friends and other financing mechanisms offer promising opportunities to create security and steady employment but they require a nuanced understanding of product design and the local market conditions in order to be effective.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. at different levels (city, state, country) need much better coordination.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Take James Inglesby at Unilever, for example. Matt Ellis at CBRE, a global leader in real estate services, is designing financing structures that will provide capital for clients' energy efficiency initiatives. We watch as they work around institutional constraints and build a network of colleagues who are eager to help.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Given that potential range of outcomes, it’s wonderful that there is such a smart (and well financed) group of people being so thoughtful on the subject. One of the aims of OpenAI is to share their work with the world (for example, they have committing to sharing any patents they might develop). A noble goal.

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Altman Press Release Constraint System 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

But the theory of psychological reactance suggests that, even when the boss is not otherwise resented, people will react against any perception of a new constraint by rebelling against it. To achieve ambitious goals, bosses need to be able to mobilize resources. So bosses' attempts at influence can easily backfire in the voting booth.

How To 8

How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

I had just made what felt like a pile of money, achieved a long-term goal of building and selling my business, and was about to spend the coming months traveling abroad, one tropical country at a time. Here’s an example from one of my coaching clients: Get my personal finances in order. ” That was seven years ago.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Follow-up Constraint Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. For example, strategies in predictable classical environment require a logic of “analyze, plan, execute.” The goal of the integrated strategy machine is to enhance rather than marginalize or inhibit human thinking.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

For example, if you enjoy connecting with people, you could use that skill to be a psychologist or a marketer. ” If you can’t run experiments within the constraints of your job, look outside the company. Buckle down on your finances. This is often a question of how close to the frontlines you want to be.

Career 8

Career How To Finance Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Once you’ve set a clear, realistic scope, it is vital to be honest about the budget and resources you will require and any time constraints. If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years?

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

“You want to have specific, concrete goals to shoot for, including revenue targets and [desired] social impact.” “Your biggest constraint is how many hours you have to devote to this side project, so commit to an end-date [when you’d ideally like to leave your job] and solve backward from there,” he says. .

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

For example, TopCoder develops software for its corporate clients, a task traditionally assigned to a team of engineers, by dividing the work into small modules and farming those out to its global community, which has more than 300,000 members. And given current fiscal and credit constraints, it's unlikely that overall U.S.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. Trade barriers also block competition: For example, Chinese electric carmakers must use batteries made in China and can’t purchase them from Japanese and Korean sources. .”

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GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8