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  • August 2017 (Revised September 2023)
  • Case

Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital Fund XI

By: Josh Lerner and Ted Berk
Considers the decision faced by state pension fund manager Rod Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice among three different... View Details
Keywords: Equity Method; Leveraged Buyout; Management Buyout; Capital; Design; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Leveraged Buyouts; Management; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Banking Industry; Massachusetts
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  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan

After 35 years with IBM, Tatsuyuki Saeki could have chosen to put his feet up and relax — perhaps after a few rounds of golf. But that just isn’t Ted Saeki’s style. Instead, the feisty 60-year-old veteran executive has started a second... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • Blog

Tech Power at HBS: Faculty Boost Technology Ecosystem

Leadership: Book: Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business Book: Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You TED talk: How to Build (and Rebuild) Trust View Details
  • January 2023
  • Case

Rentokil: The Terminix Acquisition

By: Ted Berk, Emily R. McComb and Julia Kelley
When announcing their agreement to merge in December 2021, creating a clear leader in global pest control, UK-based Rentokil and Tennessee-based Terminix described extensive benefits of the cross-border combination. The companies touted the advantages of their combined... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

A Legacy of Support

Robert’s memory of that time is filled with emotion: “I walked into Ted Levitt’s Marketing class, saw ‘Jonathan Ariel Kraft, March 4, 1964’ written on the board, and received a standing ovation. It’s a moment I will never forget.” The... View Details
  • 17 Sep 2018
  • News

The Business of Being Belichick

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance

In “Marketing Myopia” in HBR, Ted Levitt (below) famously asks “What business are you in?” and insists that customer focus be paramount. 1977 Abraham Zaleznik raises a provocative, game-changing question in “Managers and Leaders: Are They... View Details
Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

takes in the matter of two U.S. Treasury bonds with identical maturity dates but widely different yields. He must decide what to do next. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211050-PDF-ENG Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C):... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2017
  • News

Capturing the Personal Side of the MBA Experience

students has helped define his calling as a social servant and as an entrepreneur. Since graduation, Deifell has published a book and presented a TED talk about what he learned from the cracked sidewalks; worked with nonprofits; and... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Getting Smart About Philanthropy

Advisory Board. Ted Turner, Eli Broad, Pierre Omidyar, Michael J. Fox and Deborah W. Brooks, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Melinda Gates, and Jean and Steve Case also participated. In tandem with the project, Bridgespan has teamed up with... View Details
  • 18 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

operations." Fair enough. But how can that actually be accomplished? With the help of Bart Blackburn (HBS MBA '97) of SupplierInsight, Paul Deninger (HBS MBA '84) of Broadview, and Ted Fischer of SCB Enterprise Solutions, Upton set... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 17 Dec 2015
  • News

A Bridge to the Future

Written “life lessons learned” were gathered from 350 alumni, who provided heartfelt guidance for students to discuss, and seven faculty members chosen by the class offered TED Talk–like counsel about following one’s passions, making time... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

The Levitt Brand

weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better thinkers. When HBS professor View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • January 2022
  • Technical Note

Introduction to Capital Structure Analytics

By: Samuel Antill and Ted Berk
This technical note provides an overview of key analytical approaches that are useful in assessing the appropriateness of a firm’s capital structure and funding plan. This note introduces basic quantitative tools and metrics that are commonly used as inputs to this... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Business Plan; Forecasting and Prediction; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Financing and Loans
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  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

The Levitt Brand

A consultant and professor with a Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University, Ted Levitt had already published two articles in the Harvard Business Review when he joined the HBS faculty in 1959. One year later, observed HBS marketing... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Web

Weekend Sprint: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Blog - Business & Environment

Ted Wiley , co-Founder and COO at Form Energy, spoke about the journey to making a climate impact and Tom Clay , CEO Xtalic Corporation and HBS Executive Fellow, explored how to build a successful founding team. Rounding out the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Turning Point: Make Your Life Count

Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • News

Hybrid Learning the HBS Way

made remote-only classes as interactive and engaging as possible, he says the hybrid classrooms elevated the experience. “I immediately perk up in my seat and feel more attentive and alive,” he says. “I’m reminded of just how electrifying HBS classes are.” View Details
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75

example," she continues. "It's where HBS professor Ted Levitt first outlined the principles that defined the field of marketing and where Mike Porter first identified the five competitive forces that shape strategy. It's also where key... View Details
  • 30 Aug 2006
  • Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

defenders claim, is no more problematic than the fact that, say, Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez is paid much more than earlier stars like Ted Williams. But the process affecting the compensation of star athletes is quite different from the... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana