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Book Summary of The Intellectual Venture Capitalist
It might seem surprising to find the term "venture capitalist" linked to the work of John McArthur, a longtime academic and the dean of the Harvard Business School from 1980 to 1995. Yet, much like a venture capitalist, McArthur astutely invested in other people`s ideas-perhaps most significantly when their ideas challenged tradition and accepted practice. The Intellectual Venture Capitalist celebrates McArthur`s enormous contribution to the Harvard Business School, with essays from many of the School`s most renowned professors, who pay tribute to his continuing influence on their careers and the work of the School.
Although the Harvard Business School has always been known for exceptional teaching, under McArthur`s guidance the institution carved out a new reputation as a pioneer in both the research of cutting-edge theories and the development of multi-disciplinary approaches. McArthur lent his advocacy and enthusiasm to emerging areas of interest at the School, in the way that a venture capitalist recognizes the viable business that lies within a promising new technology. The essays in this collection examine some of the important fields of study at the Harvard Business School that took root and flourished under McArthur`s guiding influence, including ethics and organizations, entrepreneurship, competition and strategy, organizations and markets, and the Global Financial Systems project. ISBN
9780875849003
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Pages : 353
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