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- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
a 401(k) program. Boeing threatened to move construction of the 777X jetliner to another state without the concession. Funding The Future Even so, companies are still on the hook for paying benefits to those...
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- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
outcome. In addition, war transformed the capital markets. The extraordinary results of wartime technology "prepared many individual investors and institutional fund managers to take greater risks in...
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by Spencer E. Ante
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
out of the brinkmanship of the past weeks, but not after payments to the International Monetary Fund have been missed, and European funding has...
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- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
provides a mentoring network to let students explore a variety of careers. It also funds leadership camps for students and provides financial education to students and young adults in the community. “After...
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Margie Kelley
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
the board take into account? Bagley: The Business Roundtable is to be commended for its clear stand on the importance of selecting an ethical CEO. Anyone who ever wondered whether ethics matters need only look at the outflow View Details
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by Carla Tishler
- 2024
- Working Paper
Hidden Alpha
By: Manuel Amman, Alexander Cochardt, Lauren Cohen and Stephan Heller
This paper documents the central role of hidden connections between fund managers and firm officers in financial markets, drawing on an extensive dataset of over 100 thousand manually identified Facebook profiles and their 35 million Facebook friends. Our findings...
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Amman, Manuel, Alexander Cochardt, Lauren Cohen, and Stephan Heller. "Hidden Alpha." Working Paper, 2024. (Winner of the 2022 Chicago Quantitative Alliance Academic Paper Competition. First Prize presented by Chicago Quantitative Alliance. Winner of the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Grant, 2023.)
- September 2006 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
Empemex
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
Studies an entrepreneurial venture in Mexico City. The protagonists, two MBAs from HBS, started a pawn shop chain funded from their private equity office after finishing business school. This is timed at a point where the protagonists have to decide how to grow the...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mexico City;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Empemex." Harvard Business School Case 807-031, September 2006. (Revised February 2011.)
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Digital Transformation Of Health Care
innovation in health care. HBS faculty, through their research and teaching, are examining all aspects of this digital ecosystem and sharing their findings with students and practitioners around the world. Annual giving to the HBS View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
forward? You can likely grow without additional funding if you properly structure your service and future employment contracts. — Christian Johnson (MBA 1993) Got a case? To take part in a future "Case Study," send an outline View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) In a kind of twisted and sometimes painful way, I learned from a Japanese norm how to achieve great things in life, even if the path I took wasn’t...
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- 21 Apr 2014
- News
Spirit of philanthropy advances Executive Education
also extends to HBS, which received a $50 million gift to fund a new residential learning center for its Executive Education Program. Tata—recalling that his studies at the School’s Advanced Management Program were “the most important 13...
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- April 2000
- Case
Francisco Partners
By: Josh Lerner and David L. Gallo
Francisco Partners (which focuses on buyouts of high-technology firms) aims to be the largest first-time fund ever raised. The rationales for the fund, fundraising strategy, and partnership terms and conditions are among the topics explored.
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Private Equity;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Venture Capital;
Financial Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Strategy;
Investment Funds;
Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh, and David L. Gallo. "Francisco Partners." Harvard Business School Case 200-063, April 2000.
- Article
Investor Activism and Takeovers
By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor
Recent work documents large positive abnormal returns around the time that a hedge fund announces its activist intentions with a publicly listed firm. We show that these returns are largely explained by the ability of activists to force target firms into a takeover: In...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Investment Return;
Investment Activism;
Investment Portfolio;
Public Ownership
Greenwood, Robin, and Michael Schor. "Investor Activism and Takeovers." Journal of Financial Economics 92, no. 3 (June 2009): 362–375.
- January 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018
By: Emil Siriwardane, Luis M. Viceira and Shawn O'Brien
In early 2018, Blackstone announced that John McCormick would succeed Tom Hill as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), the largest fund-of-hedge funds in the world by a sizeable margin. As new CEO, McCormick must...
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Asset Management;
Expansion;
Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Services Industry
Siriwardane, Emil, Luis M. Viceira, and Shawn O'Brien. "Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018." Harvard Business School Case 219-063, January 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- April 1998
- Case
Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Analyzes the decisions of Niall Carroll, an Irish banker, to start a venture capital fund focused on Ireland. The context of the Irish markets and the nature of Irish opportunities are explored.
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Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Markets;
Market Entry and Exit;
Financial Services Industry;
Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together." Harvard Business School Case 298-001, April 1998.
- February 2024
- Case
AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup
By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney
The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early...
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Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Small Business;
Transformation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financial Strategy;
AI and Machine Learning;
Digital Platforms;
Technological Innovation;
Copyright;
Management;
Growth and Development;
Market Timing;
Ownership;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Competition;
Open Source Distribution;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Computer Industry;
Europe;
Germany
Nagle, Frank, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein, and Susan Pinckney. "AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup." Harvard Business School Case 724-444, February 2024.
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
The Business of Saving Old Buildings
organizations in Massachusetts. It was certainly unplanned and unforeseen, but very satisfying to be able to attract a lot of funds in an area that really was quite underfunded. “Preservation Massachusetts...
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- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur
showed that the closer an Intel intrapreneurial effort was to the company's main processor business, the better the chance of success. For projects outside the core business, Intel "either didn't fund...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Taking the Lead in Support of HBS
Council on Competitiveness Columbia, SC Alumni and friends who make an outright gift of $5,000 or more to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation enjoy special recognition and engagement opportunities as...
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- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
similar to long-maturity fixed-rate debt. If the pension fund enters into an equity asset swap in which it pays the total return on a standard index of the stock market (e.g., S&P 500) and receives in...
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