Private Equity Documentation - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

is lower than that of peers. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1346397 The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity By: Fang, Lily, Victoria Ivashina, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

example of cutting-edge practice in private equity. The first of a two-part series on the Hertz LBO, adopts the perspective of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the leader of a private View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2016
News

Inside the Bestseller List with Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (photo via LinkedIn) Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (photo via LinkedIn) It was building spreadsheets as an HBS intern at a private equity firm that convinced Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003)... View Details

25 May 2016
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A Focus on Sustainability

McArthur University Professor; Forest Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor; and Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, for their work that furthers the cause. Ferenbach is one of five HBS graduates who founded Berkshire Partners, a manager of View Details

03 Apr 2014
News

Cross-Class Connection

classes,” says Jones, a managing director and head of Global Private Equity at Morgan Stanley. “There’s a misperception that Harvard doesn’t need our giving. There are many worthy philanthropies but HBS... View Details

13 Jul 2020
News

Locally Grown

photo by David Tejada Aravaipa Ventures was inspired by the smell of clean, crisp Colorado air. Founder Robert Fenwick-Smith (MBA 1988) and his family had moved from France to Boulder in 2007 as he contemplated his next professional move after a successful View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

new roles for user innovators; user interactions with firms; and user innovation in practice, describing experiments, toolkits, and crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42312 forthcoming Journal of Portfolio... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2013
News

Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977

Detroit, and even the student whose idea it was to put solar panels on the roof of Shad,” he notes. Cronin is the cofounder and managing partner of Weston Presidio, a private equity firm with offices on both... View Details

04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This effect is more pronounced when, post-announcement, management insiders... View Details

27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

not had lower costs of equity (lower stock returns), consistent with a stock market anomaly previously documented in other samples. A calibration suggests that a binding 10 percentage point increase in Tier... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1998
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Devtosh Khare

a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did some work as a summer associate at DLJ View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

16 Mar 2023
Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

challenged efforts to transition to a “greener” economy, and this site provided a stark example of energy transformation in process. The Crossbridge Energy refinery was acquired from Royal Dutch Shell by American private View Details

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