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Ramana Nanda is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He teaches Entrepreneurial Finance in the second year of the MBA program and in HBS executive education offerings. Ramana's research focuses on the ways in which the financial sector impacts innovation and entrepreneurship in the economy. One strand of research examines the role of financial intermediaries such as banks and VCs in shaping the founding and growth of new ventures in a region. A second, related strand, examines how government policy towards the financial sector impacts innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity growth in the economy. A current project that draws on both these strands of research relates to the challenges of financing clean-energy startups and the appropriate role for government policy in facilitating the commercialization of new technologies in this sector. Ramana is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for International Development and the Center for the Environment at Harvard University and a Research Associate at the Center for Corporate Performance in Arhus, Denmark. He received his Ph.D. from MIT's Sloan School of Management and has a BA and MA in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K. He is a recipient of the 2010 Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research. Prior to starting his Ph.D., Ramana was based in the London and New York offices of Oliver, Wyman & Company, where he worked primarily with clients in global capital markets as well as in small-business banking. He continues to advise startup ventures on their financing strategies, with a focus on the biotechnology and clean energy sectors. He also works with philanthropic investors who use market-based solutions to address poverty and promote entrepreneurship in developing countries.
Ramana Nanda is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He teaches Entrepreneurial Finance in the second year of the MBA program and in HBS executive education offerings. Ramana's research focuses on the ways in which the financial sector impacts innovation and entrepreneurship in the economy. One strand of research examines the role of financial intermediaries such as banks and VCs in shaping the founding and growth of new ventures in a region. A second, related strand, examines how government policy towards the financial sector impacts innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity growth in the economy. A current project that draws on both these strands of research relates to the challenges of financing clean-energy startups and the appropriate role for government policy in facilitating the commercialization of new technologies in this sector. Ramana is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for International Development and the Center for the Environment at Harvard University and a Research Associate at the Center for Corporate Performance in Arhus, Denmark. He received his Ph.D. from MIT's Sloan School of Management and has a BA and MA in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K. He is a recipient of the 2010 Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research. Prior to starting his Ph.D., Ramana was based in the London and New York offices of Oliver, Wyman & Company, where he worked primarily with clients in global capital markets as well as in small-business banking. He continues to advise startup ventures on their financing strategies, with a focus on the biotechnology and clean energy sectors. He also works with philanthropic investors who use market-based solutions to address poverty and promote entrepreneurship in developing countries.
| Current School | Harvard Business School |
| Department | Business Administration |
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| Geographical Focus | |
| Address | Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, 221 Boston Massachusetts 02163 United States Phone: 617-496-2783 |
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management
Ph.D.
(2007)
University of Cambridge
Trinity College
M.A.,
Economics
(2002)
University of Cambridge
Trinity College
B.A.,
Economics
(1998)
Work Experience
Assistant Professor
Harvard Business School
(Jul 2007 - Present)
Achievements
General
Publication Summary
Published Papers
- Canales, Rodrigo, and Ramana Nanda. "A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending." Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming). Abstract
- Nanda, Ramana, and Tarun Khanna. "Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 19, no. 4 (winter 2010): 991-1012. Abstract
- Nanda, Ramana, and Jesper B. Sorensen. "Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship." Management Science 56, no. 7 (July 2010): 1116-1126. Abstract
- Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size." Journal of the European Economic Association 8, nos. 2-3 (April - May 2010): 582-593. (SSRN, NBER WP 15499, HBS WP 10-010.) Abstract
- Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship." Journal of Financial Economics 94, no. 1 (October 2009): 124-149. (SSRN, HBS WP 07-033, CES WP 07-33.) Abstract
Book Chapters
- Ghosh, Shikhar and Ramana Nanda. "Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector." In America's Energy Innovation Problem [working title], edited by Richard Lester, forthcoming. Abstract
- Kerr, William R. and Ramana Nanda. "Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship." In Handbook on Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck and Stephan Heblich, 88-103. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2011. (NBER WP 15498, HBS WP 10-013.) Abstract
- Canales, Rodrigo and Ramana Nanda. "Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues." In Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009, edited by Ricardo Hausmann, Emilio Austin and Erene Mia. World Economic Forum, 2009. Abstract
Other Papers
- Nanda, Ramana, and Tom Nicholas. "Did Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great Depression?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-106, May 2012. Abstract
- Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-032, October 2011. Abstract
- Nanda, Ramana. "Entrepreneurship and the Discipline of External Finance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-098, March 2011. Abstract
- Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Financing Risk and Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-013, August 2010. (Revised March 2011, December 2011.) Abstract
- Nanda, Ramana. "Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-047, January 2008. Abstract
Presentations
- Nanda, Ramana. "Venture Capital Investments in Clean Energy." Paper presented at the An Honest Assessment of Energy Venture Capital and How It can Improve, MIT Sloan Energy Finance Forum Series, December 2010.
- Nanda, Ramana. "Entrepreneurial Finance." Paper presented at the OECD conference on "The Role of Entrepreneurship in Fostering Innovation and Growth, Paris, March 2010.
- Nanda, Ramana. "New Models for Financing Entrepreneurs." Kauffman Foundation Conference on "Financing the Economic Recovery" Series, NYSE Euronext, June 2009.
HBS Course Materials
- Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Ramana Nanda, and David Kiron. "1366 Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 810-005.
- Nanda, Ramana, and Joseph B. Lassiter III. "1366 Technologies (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 811-003.
- Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Ramana Nanda, David Kiron, and Evan Richardson. "1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture." Harvard Business School Case 811-076.
- Lassiter, Joseph B., Ramana Nanda, Evan Wade Richardson, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 812-133.
- Nanda, Ramana. "ABC India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 812-168.
- Nanda, Ramana. "ABC India (B-1): Siddharth Kapoor." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-169.
- Nanda, Ramana. "ABC India (B-2): Vikram Sharma." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-170.
- Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Financing New Ventures." Harvard Business School Note 811-093.
- Nanda, Ramana, Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, and Nilambaran Ganenthiran. "Government Policy and Clean-Energy Finance." Harvard Business School Note 811-026.
- Khanna, Tarun, and Ramana Nanda. "ICICI's Global Expansion." Harvard Business School Case 706-426.
- Nanda, Ramana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Markus Mittermaier. "inge watertechnologies, GmbH." Harvard Business School Case 812-002.
- Nanda, Ramana, William R. Kerr, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "INNOVA-MEX’s Bid for ENKONTROL." Harvard Business School Case 812-008.
- Nanda, Ramana, and Toby E. Stuart. "KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy." Harvard Business School Case 809-092.
- Nanda, Ramana. "KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 811-082.
- Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities." Harvard Business School Note 811-106.
- Nanda, Ramana, William R. Kerr, and Lauren Barley. "PunchTab, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 812-033.
- Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, and James McQuade. "SecondMarket - Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately Held iContact." Harvard Business School Case 812-072.
- Roberts, Michael J., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Ramana Nanda. "U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death"." Harvard Business School Case 810-144.
- Nanda, Ramana, Joseph B. Lassiter, and Michael J. Roberts. "U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death" (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 811-083.
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