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HBS Working Knowledge June 23, 2014 Carmen Nobel	In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds are similar to their own.
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HBS Working Knowledge May 1, 2006 Ann Cullen	What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure What researchers are now discovering is that increasing levels of mandatory financial disclosure have unforeseen consequences on executive performance and may work against the interests of employers.
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