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- 2019
- Book
VC: An American History
By: Tom Nicholas
An exploration of venture financing in America, from its origins in the whaling industry to the rise of Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital (VC) created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. The VC industry arose from the United States’...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Venture Capital;
Innovation and Invention;
Entrepreneurship;
History;
United States
Nicholas, Tom. VC: An American History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. (Chinese Edition: 风投 看懂巨头的投资倾向 汤姆·尼古拉斯 著 中信出版社, Beijing: CITIC Press, 2020; Japanese Edition: ベンチャーキャピタル全史 トム・ニコラス, Shinchosha Publishing, 2022.)
- April 2015
- Case
Who Owns the Whale?
By: Thales S. Teixeira and David E. Bell
Judge William Wright considers the case of the dispute of a whale carcass wherein several whaling ships claim ownership based on each one's contribution to its killing. The judge must weigh in the differing efforts and costs of three ships who each played a role at...
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Keywords:
Whaling;
Attribution;
Norms-of-ownership;
Transaction Costs;
Deadweight Losses;
Free-rider Problem;
Advertising;
History;
Advertising Industry;
North America;
Europe
Teixeira, Thales S., and David E. Bell. "Who Owns the Whale?" Harvard Business School Case 515-107, April 2015.
- April 2015
- Case
Who Owns the Whale? (Abridged)
By: Thales S. Teixeira and David E. Bell
Judge William Wright considers the case of the dispute of a whale carcass wherein several whaling ships claim ownership based on each one's contribution to its killing. The judge must weigh in the differing efforts and costs of three ships who each played a role at...
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Keywords:
Whaling;
Attribution;
Norms-of-ownership;
Transaction Costs;
Deadweight Losses;
Free-rider Problem;
Advertising;
History;
United States;
United Kingdom
Teixeira, Thales S., and David E. Bell. "Who Owns the Whale? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 515-108, April 2015.
- October 2012 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Whaling Ventures
By: Tom Nicholas and Jonas Peter Akins
Whaling was a prominent global industry in the nineteenth century and the United States was dominant. By 1850 there were about 900 whaling ships in the world and 700 of these were American. Rates of return on capital were high compared to benchmark investments, at...
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Keywords:
Whaling;
Organization Design;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Finance;
Organizational Design;
Industry Growth;
History;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Jonas Peter Akins. "Whaling Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 813-086, October 2012. (Revised February 2019.)
- December 1996
- Case
Hydro-Quebec: In Pursuit of the Great Whale
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Hydro-Quebec: In Pursuit of the Great Whale." Harvard Business School Case 597-018, December 1996.