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New Business Investment Company: October 1997

By: Josh Lerner, Lee Branstetter and Takeshi Nakabayashi
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:28
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Abstract

A quasi-government organization seeks to stimulate entrepreneurship in Japan by making venture capital investments. The organization of the fund, identification of transactions, and oversight of portfolio firms pose considerable challenges.

Keywords

Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Government And Politics; Problems And Challenges; Financial Services Industry; Japan

Citation

Lerner, Josh, Lee Branstetter, and Takeshi Nakabayashi. "New Business Investment Company: October 1997." Harvard Business School Case 299-025, June 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
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Josh Lerner

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