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Deal Making in Real Estate - Course Catalog
requires quantitative and qualitative analysis, judgment calls, quick thinking and development of practical action plans. "Cold calling" and active participation are frequent and important components of class. We expect that students will be View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
number of healthy snacks for the children, and activities kits—comprising games, cards, and drawing materials—to encourage family interactions. Because the North Chicago school community doesn’t have the financial resources found in...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- September 2010
- Supplement
Using Regression Analysis to Estimate Time Equations (CW)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
This note presents a simple way to estimate time equations using regression analysis in Excel. The note quickly outlines regression analysis, then presents a real-life case example from the natural gas industry that students can use to gain experience developing and...
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- November 1999 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise
By: Robert S. Kaplan
New Profit, Inc. (NPI) is an innovative venture philanthropy fund. Founded by social entrepreneur Venessa Kirsch, NPI intends to raise large donations from individuals who wish to invest in nonprofit enterprises that could have a significant social impact and the...
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Balanced Scorecard;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Venture Capital;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Governance;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Statements;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Service Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 100-052, November 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
the most influential education is going to happen when Bitcoin finds a killer use case. So far, that case hasn’t emerged, but once those use cases start solving real problems for large groups of people, governments and financial...
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- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
on the books of a company, Zulu Inc., being considered for acquisition. It comes to the attention of the acquirer that for some years Zulu has employed the same accounting firm. Directors at Acme, concerned about having their accountant review the working papers View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
to "share the blessings that my family has been given." A 1969 graduate of Harvard College, Lumry is president of Acorn Ventures, Inc., in Bellevue, Washington, a firm that provides seed capital, financial engineering, strategic planning,...
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Educational Services
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Best Practices | Information Technology
Best Practices Help keep information and devices more secure. We all wear seatbelts in cars, wash our hands before leaving the bathroom or preparing food, and lock the doors to our homes when we leave. These are simple actions which keep...
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- 31 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Management
learn in the classroom, with clubs, and across HBS, Professor Sara Fleiss and CPD have developed a Winternship (winter internship) program designed specifically to prepare first-year career-switchers for investing roles as quickly as...
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Investment Management / Hedge Fund
- September 1992 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Summit Distributors (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Amy P. Hutton
Summit Distributors was in danger of violating loan covenants because of slow economic activity and forecasted losses and was faced with a choice. Changing the inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO would avoid default but would require higher future income...
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Taxation;
Cost Accounting;
Cash Flow;
Interest Rates;
Economic Systems;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financial Statements;
Valuation;
Accounting Audits;
Financing and Loans;
Accounting Industry;
Legal Services Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Amy P. Hutton. "Summit Distributors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-053, September 1992. (Revised March 1997.)
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
in two different ways. Some students received promotion-based instructions that included the following statement, focusing on advancement: "This research project is being conducted to advance the ideals and aspirations pursued by applied social science."...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Shaun Miller
challenges ahead as entire economies transition from "developing" to "developed." I am very much looking forward to working with talented colleagues to turn these challenges into opportunities and be a small part of something very big. How has HBS...
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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
companies. The partners were allowed to spend up to $2 million at any one time without getting permission from the corporation. For larger expenditures, they were required to obtain permission from XTV's governing board, which consisted of Xerox's chief executive...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
agreed with this statement that shareholder value is no longer everything. These are the folks that make up the Business Roundtable. And the Business Roundtable is a group of 140 CEOs of the largest companies in America. And they got...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
because education provides the leverage to change people’s mindsets and enable them to be successful.” Cenat believes that business can be a catalyst for social change, and she is deeply grateful for the HBS financial aid that has set her...
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fellowships
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Conducting Research That Influences Practice
are designed. “When customers can see how much effort goes into preparing their food, they appreciate it more, and when kitchen staff see customers enjoying a meal, they become more motivated and productive,” says Kim, who used technology...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Harvard College. Instead, he opted for HBS and then a job in Mumbai with his father at Mahindra Ugine Steel (MUSCO). Soon after he arrived, the young Harvard MBA was called on to restructure and diversify MUSCO. That was the preparation...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode As a middle schooler, Lailah...
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April White
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
Summing Up Should "Moneyball Analytics" Play a Greater Role in Preparation for Management? There was general agreement among respondents to this month's column that we will see a growing emphasis on analytics among managers as...
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by James Heskett
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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
contracts and exit decisions be structured. They aim to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and as investors. The next three modules look at a variety of financing models across the venture's life cycle, with an...
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