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Ramana Nanda

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

Boston, MA 02163

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http://www.people.hbs.edu/rnanda

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1.

Financing Innovation

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Financing Innovation

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-034
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Nov 2014
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 1,226 (12,126)

Abstract:

finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, banks, venture capital, experimentation.

Financing Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w20676
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Nov 2014
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 31 (398,262)

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Financing Innovation

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 445-462, 2015
Posted: 11 Dec 2015
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

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Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

Management Science, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 14-116
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
Ethan R. Mollick and Ramana Nanda
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 1,098 (6,973)

Abstract:

crowdfunding, venture funding, theater, judgement, communities

3.

Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

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Citation 22

Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 10-013
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 1,005 (16,494)
Citation 22

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Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

NBER Working Paper No. w15498
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 48 (336,075)
Citation 22

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Financing Risk and Innovation

Management Science (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 878 (14,505)
Citation 13

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Innovation, Venture Capital, Investing, Experimentation, Market Cycles, Financing Risk

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Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation

Downloads 666 ( 30,587)
Citation 8

Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 12-032
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2014
Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 467 (47,960)
Citation 8

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Venture Capital, Innovation, Market Cycles, Financing Risk

Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Mar 2012
Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 199 (125,019)
Citation 8

Abstract:

venture capital, innovation, market cycles, financing risk

6.

Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 08-051
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2010
Ramana Nanda and Jesper Sorensen
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 663 (29,193)
Citation 14

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Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

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Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

Journal of Economic Perspectives (Forthcoming), Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-005
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Jul 2014
William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 604 (34,316)

Abstract:

entrepreneurship, experiments, innovation.

Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

NBER Working Paper No. w20358
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Aug 2014
William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 12 (502,250)

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2013 State of Entrepreneurship Address: 'Financing Entrepreneurial Growth'

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Feb 2013
Tom Alberg, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Naval Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, Erik R. Sirri, Dane Stangler and Sharon Vosmek
Madrona Venture Group, Bogan Associates, LLC, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Vermont Law School, WR Hambrecht + Co, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., NASD, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Independent, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, University of San Diego School of Law, BATS Global Markets, Inc., AngelList, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, University of California, Berkeley - Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Independent, SecondMarket, Babson College, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Astia
Downloads 612 (25,467)

Abstract:

state of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, state, national, policy, job creation, regulation, barriers, growth, finance, crowdfunding, bank debt, IPO, venture capital

9.

A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 08-101
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2011
Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda
Yale School of Management and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 487 (42,332)
Citation 1

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banking, bank structure, soft information, small business lending

10.

Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship

HBS Finance Working Paper No. 07-033, US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-07-33, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 07-033
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 443 (49,719)
Citation 50

Abstract:

banking, financial constraints, entrepreneurship, creative destruction, growth

11.

Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 11-020
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Sep 2010
Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 442 (31,622)
Citation 1

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12.

Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 08-047
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 412 (53,858)
Citation 12

Abstract:

Financing Constraints, Entrepreneurship, Entry

13.

Innovation Policies

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Citation 3

Innovation Policies

AiSM Special Issue on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Platforms, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 13-038
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2017
Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 308 (78,920)
Citation 3

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Financing Innovation, Failure Tolerance, Abandonment Options

Innovation and the Financial Guillotine

NBER Working Paper No. w19379
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 30 Aug 2013
Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 16 (479,055)
Citation 3

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Entrepreneurship and the Discipline of External Finance

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 11-098
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Mar 2011
Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 301 (81,433)
Citation 13

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Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Downloads 246 (101,552)
Citation 12

Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2014
Ramana Nanda and Tarun Khanna
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Strategy Unit
Downloads 244 (101,911)
Citation 12

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Diasporas, Informal Networks, Institutions, Entrepreneurship

Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 991-1012, 2010
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Jan 2011
Ramana Nanda and Tarun Khanna
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Strategy Unit
Downloads 2 (557,451)
Citation 12

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Financial Development and Technology Diffusion

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-036
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Nov 2014
Diego Comin and Ramana Nanda
Dartmouth College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 199 (105,524)

Abstract:

banking, technology diffusion, experimentation, growth.

17.

Home Equity Finance and Entrepreneurial Performance - Evidence from a Mortgage Reform

Downloads 168 (146,258)

Home Equity Finance and Entrepreneurial Performance - Evidence from a Mortgage Reform

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-020
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2015
Thais Laerkholm Jensen, Søren Leth‐Petersen and Ramana Nanda
Independent, University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 166 (147,859)

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Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship - Evidence from a Mortgage Reform

NBER Working Paper No. w20583
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Oct 2014
Thais Laerkholm Jensen, Søren Leth‐Petersen and Ramana Nanda
Independent, University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 1 (567,857)

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Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship - Evidence from a Mortgage Reform

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10260
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Nov 2014
Thais Laerkholm Jensen, Søren Leth‐Petersen and Ramana Nanda
Independent, University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 1 (567,857)

Abstract:

credit constraints, entrepreneurship, household wealth, mortgage finance

18.

Can Paying Firms More Quickly Affect Aggregate Employment?

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Can Paying Firms More Quickly Affect Aggregate Employment?

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 17-004
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 18 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2017
Jean-Noel Barrot and Ramana Nanda
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 130 (181,757)

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Can Paying Firms Quicker Affect Aggregate Employment?

NBER Working Paper No. w22420
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 18 Jul 2016
Jean-Noel Barrot and Ramana Nanda
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 2 (557,451)

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19.

Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size

Downloads 132 (179,022)
Citation 13

Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 10-010
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 118 (196,067)
Citation 13

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entrepreneurship, entry size, financial constraints, banking

Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Firm Entry Size

NBER Working Paper No. w15499
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 14 (490,791)
Citation 13

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House Money and Entrepreneurship

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House Money and Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-069
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Aug 2015
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 84 (248,499)

Abstract:

house prices, mortgages, collateral channel, entrepreneurship, entry.

House Money and Entrepreneurship

NBER Working Paper No. w21458
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Aug 2015
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 6 (534,619)

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21.

Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics

HEC Paris Research Paper No. SPE-2015-1101
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2015
Thomas B. Astebro, Holger Herz, Ramana Nanda and Roberto A. Weber
HEC Paris - Strategy & Business Policy, University of Fribourg - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
Downloads 21 (241,011)

Abstract:

entrepreneurship, risk aversion, overconfidence, taste

22.

Financing Entrepreneurial Experimentation

NBER Working Paper No. w21278
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Jun 2015
Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 10 (492,340)

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23.

Did Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great Depression?

NBER Working Paper No. w20392
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Aug 2014
Ramana Nanda and Tom Nicholas
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 2 (524,404)
Citation 3

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24.

Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 17-089
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Apr 2017
Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 0 (218,525)

Abstract:

Venture Capital, Syndication, Networks, Entrepreneurship

25.

The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 17-065
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Jan 2017
Ramana Nanda, Sampsa Samila and Olav Sorenson
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, National University of Singapore Business School and Yale School of Management
Downloads 0 (131,415)

Abstract:

venture capital, performance, monitoring, selection

26.

Can Paying Firms Quicker Impact Aggregate Employment?

Paris December 2016 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 01 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2017
Jean-Noel Barrot and Ramana Nanda
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 0 (492,340)

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27.

Financing Innovation

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 28/2015
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Dec 2015
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 0 (186,833)

Abstract:

G21, G24, L26, M13, O31, O32, finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, banks, venture capital, experimentation

28.

Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-070, The Journal of Financial Economics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2017
Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
California Institute of Technology - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 0 (40,003)

Abstract:

Innovation, Venture Capital, Investing, Abandonment Options

29.

Financial Development and Technology Diffusion

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10251
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Nov 2014
Diego Comin and Ramana Nanda
Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
Downloads 0 (552,972)

Abstract:

banking, experimentation, growth, technology diffusion

30.

1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 812-133
Posted: 08 May 2012
Joseph B. Lassiter, Ramana Nanda, Evan Richardson and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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31.

Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 811-106
Posted: 14 Mar 2012
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

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32.

Government Policy and Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Case No. 811-026
Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Ramana Nanda, Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal and Nilambaran Ganenthiran
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 811-076
Posted: 09 Mar 2012
Joseph B. Lassiter, Ramana Nanda, David Kiron and Evan Richardson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School

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34.

INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 812-008
Posted: 01 Mar 2012
Ramana Nanda, William R. Kerr and Carin Knoop
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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35.

Financing New Ventures

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 811-093
Posted: 28 Feb 2012
William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

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36.

PunchTab, Inc.

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 812-033
Posted: 02 Feb 2012
Ramana Nanda, William R. Kerr and Lauren Barley
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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37.

U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the 'Valley of Death'

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 810-144
Posted: 02 Feb 2012
Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter and Ramana Nanda
North Carolina State University - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

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