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- February 2010
- Case
Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners
By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner
The managing directors of Berkshire Partners, a mid-sized private equity firm, address strategic and organizational challenges in response to turbulent market conditions, rapid firm growth, and the transition of leadership from its founding partners to the next...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Boston
Wulf, Julie M., and Scott Waggoner. "Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners." Harvard Business School Case 710-414, February 2010.
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Business of K-12 Education in China
By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper examines the evolution of K-12 education in China, especially between 1985 and the present day, drawing extensive interviews with participants in the educational sector. China has been hugely successful in reaching almost 100 percent literacy,...
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Keywords:
K-12 Education;
China;
Real Estate;
Early Childhood Education;
Performance Evaluation;
Teaching;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Personal Development and Career;
Social Issues;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Private Sector;
Education Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "The Business of K-12 Education in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-022, October 2021.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Employee Ownership and Wealth Inequality: A Path to Reducing Wealth Concentration
By: Thomas Dudley and Ethan Rouen
This paper examines the impact of an economy-wide shift to broad-based employee ownership on wealth concentration in the United States. Relying on government data, we show that if all private firms became 30% employee-owned, the wealth distribution would be profoundly...
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Keywords:
Wealth Inequality;
Employee Ownership;
Wealth;
Equality and Inequality;
Analysis;
United States
Dudley, Thomas, and Ethan Rouen. "Employee Ownership and Wealth Inequality: A Path to Reducing Wealth Concentration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-021, September 2021.
- November 2012 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
The JOBS Act of 2012
By: Lena G. Goldberg
This Note summarizes the potential of the Jobs Act of 2012 to change the way in which emerging growth companies, or EMGs, access capital markets. Described as among the most significant change to US securities laws in over 20 years, the Jobs Act may reduce the burdens...
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Keywords:
Laws And Regulation;
Crowdfunding;
IPO;
Quiet Period;
Business Ventures;
Entrepreneurship;
Law;
North and Central America
Goldberg, Lena G. "The JOBS Act of 2012." Harvard Business School Case 313-091, November 2012. (Revised September 2013.)
- September 2016
- Case
Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Ricardo Andrade
Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number...
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Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Ricardo Andrade. "Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough." Harvard Business School Case 217-035, September 2016.
- October 2019
- Supplement
Hidrovias do Brasil: Navigating Unchartered Waters: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Since its founding eight years earlier, Hidrovias do Brasil (“Hidrovias”), an integrated logistics provider serving corporate customers exporting products from South America via the Atlantic Ocean, had grown to 900 employees and $253 million in annual revenues....
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Keywords:
Human Resources;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Management;
Finance;
Leadership;
Operations;
Problems and Challenges;
Human Capital;
Growth and Development;
Private Equity;
Shipping Industry;
Brazil
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Hidrovias do Brasil: Navigating Unchartered Waters: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 420-710, October 2019.
- January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Mobile Communications Tokyo, Inc.
Describes a young Japanese telecommunications equipment and software company. The founder and president, Hatsuhiro Inoue, has just seen revenues double over the last two years and expects further rapid growth. The company currently has three product lines:...
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Initial Public Offering;
Financial Markets;
Telecommunications Industry;
Tokyo;
United States
Kuemmerle, Walter. "Mobile Communications Tokyo, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 899-077, January 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- Web
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018) - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- July 2007 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
JP Morgan Partners - Cabela's Inc.
JP Morgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase, owned 15% of Cabela's, Inc., a hunting and fishing equipment retailer in the U.S. In June of 2003, founders Dick and Jim Cabela wanted to liquidate some of their holdings. However, Cabela's was not...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Private Equity;
Financial Liquidity;
Investment;
Ownership Stake;
Retail Industry;
United States
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Michael J. Roberts. "JP Morgan Partners - Cabela's Inc." Harvard Business School Case 208-026, July 2007. (Revised August 2010.)
- February 1997
- Case
RPG Enterprises--1995
By: Tarun Khanna
As in most emerging markets, a significant portion of the Indian private sector is dominated by extensively diversified, often family-owned or controlled, business groups. This case examines the strategy and structure of one of the largest business groups in India, at...
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Keywords:
Emerging Markets;
Restructuring;
Corporate Strategy;
Alignment;
Policy;
Problems and Challenges;
India
Khanna, Tarun. "RPG Enterprises--1995." Harvard Business School Case 797-106, February 1997.
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
prevailing research norm. The Role of Finance and Private Investment in Developing Sustainable Cities Author:John D. Macomber Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 23, no. 3 (summer 2011) Abstract Three trends will drive urban...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2015
- Blog Post
3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA
lender to lender, so make sure to really read the fine print! Private loans typically have variable interest rates, which means you may be able to secure a private loan with a lower interest rate than a...
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- June 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Lazard LLC
By: Guhan Subramanian and Eliot Sherman
Describes Lazard's situation in 2001, and supplies context for the subsequent negotiation between its Chairman and his hand-picked successor. In 2001 Lazard, the last of the great investment houses to remain both private and in the control of its founding family, is in...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Family Business;
Talent and Talent Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Management Succession;
Negotiation Tactics;
Financial Services Industry
Subramanian, Guhan, and Eliot Sherman. "Lazard LLC." Harvard Business School Case 907-046, June 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- May 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
HNA Group: "A Miracle in Civil Aviation"
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Carole Winkler
Chen Feng and three others started Hainan Airlines in China during a historic transformation and privatization of the civil aviation industry. From a small loan from the local province in 1992, Chairman Chen built the company into a conglomerate that, by 2003, owned...
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Air Transportation;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Competitive Advantage;
Emerging Markets;
Business Startups;
Air Transportation Industry;
China
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Carole Winkler. HNA Group: "A Miracle in Civil Aviation". Harvard Business School Case 705-426, May 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Does Public Ownership and Accountability Increase Diversity? Evidence from IPOs
By: Rembrand Koning and John-Paul Ferguson
Does public ownership improve employment diversity? Organizational researchers theorize that increased transparency to regulators and the public should lead firms to conform to legal and social norms—but that social closure and decoupling should preserve the status...
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Keywords:
IPO;
Initial Public Offering;
Employees;
Diversity;
Gender;
Race;
Entrepreneurship;
United States
Koning, Rembrand, and John-Paul Ferguson. "Does Public Ownership and Accountability Increase Diversity? Evidence from IPOs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-071, January 2019.
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
events, and tight-knit joint degree cohorts all add to a very rich experience as members of both HBS and HKS. The joint degree cohort is a close-knit group Taniel: I did not expect to get as close to the joint degree family as quickly as I did. We had the unique...
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- Article
Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey
By: Michael Anne Kyle, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman and Sara J. Singer
Context: The private sector has a large potential role in advancing health and well-being, but attention to corporate practices around health tends to focus on a narrow range of issues and on large businesses. Systematically describing private sector engagement in...
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Keywords:
Corporate Health;
Social Determinants Of Health;
Health Policy;
Public Health;
Organizations;
Health;
Policy;
Surveys
Kyle, Michael Anne, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman, and Sara J. Singer. "Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey." Milbank Quarterly 97, no. 4 (December 2019): 954–977.
- October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
YES BANK: Mainstreaming Development into Indian Banking
By: Michael Chu and Namrata Arora
YES BANK, founded in 2003 and highly successful, has consistently been profitable meeting the Indian government's Priority Sector Lending (PSL) requirements, unlike virtually all other private sector banks, which view PSL activity as a necessary but loss-making part of...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Private Equity;
Microfinance;
Investment;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Expansion;
Banking Industry;
India
Chu, Michael, and Namrata Arora. "YES BANK: Mainstreaming Development into Indian Banking." Harvard Business School Case 311-063, October 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
- February 2013 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Phu My Hung
By: John Macomber and Dawn H. Lau
Privately held city development promoters decide whether to partner on next phase or go it alone in a 20-year, 4000-acre project. Set outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this decades-long project led by two Taiwanese families reshaped and built the economic...
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Macomber, John, and Dawn H. Lau. "Phu My Hung." Harvard Business School Case 213-098, February 2013. (Revised February 2014.)
- 20 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries