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  • 25 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

future leaders. We are committed to furthering gender equity at HBS and beyond. We have an incredible list of sponsors who, through their funding and support, help us deliver extensive programming for all... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors

there's less of a negative impact on their stock price." The Payoff As a result, the acquirer has a cheaper source of equity financing when pursuing growth opportunities,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Rigorous research, rooted in practice | About

Race, Gender & Equity Social Enterprise Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability Case Method Project Creating Emerging Markets Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Foundry Impact-Weighted Accounts Institute for Strategy and... View Details
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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

Professor Mihir Desai Build an intuitive understanding of financial principles to better communicate with key stakeholders, drive business performance, and grow your career. 6 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Pay by July 7 $1,850 Certificate New... View Details
  • 08 Feb 2023
  • News

Alumni-Cofounded Company Sells to CVS for $10.6 Billion

Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn The Wall Street Journal reported this week that health care giant CVS has agreed to purchase Oak Street Health, a “network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare” that was... View Details
  • October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

NewView Capital and Venture Capital Secondaries

By: Shai Bernstein, Ramana Nanda and Allison Ciechanover
While still a general partner at Silicon Valley–based New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Ravi Viswanathan considered the challenges presented by evolving market dynamics in the venture capital space. Startups were staying private longer, which led to limited partners... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Strategy
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  • 20 Jul 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

company becomes really valuable. Because, for some of these firms, really, their only problem was that debt,” he says. Creditors, in turn, benefit because they can negotiate equity stakes in the new firm as... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
  • Case

Dream: Impact Through Real Estate

By: Michael Chu and John Masko
The Canadian city of Toronto had one of the largest housing affordability problems of any city in the developed world. One company trying to address this problem was Dream, one of the largest real estate groups in Canada. In 2021, Dream had just launched a new system... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Real Estate Development; Renewable Energy; Energy Conservation; Income; Values and Beliefs; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Private Equity; Public Equity; Financing and Loans; City; Government Legislation; Immigration; Housing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Property; Business and Government Relations; Civil Society or Community; Human Needs; Sustainable Cities; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Real Estate Industry; Canada; Toronto
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  • 28 Mar 2024
  • News

Rooms with a View

argues that it’s their people. If companies understand the economics of the hospitality industry that way, Mirza believes more of the profits will flow to the employees. “In any service business, your brand... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality
  • 13 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

heritage," Avery says. "There was a sense of betrayal—a lot of talk about ruining tradition and brand equity erosion. In these conversations, you had people saying... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto
  • August 2013 (Revised December 2014)
  • Case

Taking Dell Private

By: David J. Collis, David B. Yoffie and Matthew Shaffer
In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, Inc., met with a representative of Silver Lake Partners to explore taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Going Private; The PC Market; Market For Corporate Control; Corporate Strategy; Leveraged Buyouts; Change Management; Private Equity; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

next level by learning how to maximize investment portfolio value with alternative investments, including private equity and real estate. 5 weeks 6-7 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a... View Details
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Student Research - Doctoral

Physician Turnover By: Victoria Berquist, Lev Klarnet and Leemore Dafny Private equity (PE) ownership of physician practices is increasing, with owners targeting sales, or exits, in 3 to 7 years. Little is... View Details
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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

group focuses on facilitating connections and sharing ideas amongst alumni interested in impact investing through regular webinars, live gatherings, and a LinkedIn group . Alumni Stories 01 Mar 2025 | HBS Magazine Work of Art Trading... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Financial vs. Strategic Buyers

Keywords: by Marc Martos-Vila, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf & Jarrad Harford
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased transparency. Using a large cross-section of firms, we find that firms with better CSR performance face significantly lower... View Details
  • 12 May 2020
  • Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

program at HBS. I was particularly drawn to HBS after hearing about the experience of my friends who had not only found a supportive entrepreneurial community at HBS, but co-founders as well. I spoke with alumni who were part View Details
  • 13 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

The last few months have been trying for Maureen Park, the managing director of a small portfolio management firm. The firm's parent company, a large financial services concern, was performing below forecasts, and morale among Park's... View Details
Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn
  • 15 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

concerns—who might be interested in collaborating to make change. Then together, explore how existing work practices may compromise both equity and effectiveness; design small, local experiments to change these practices; monitor the... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

at affordable rates the HBS Impact Investment Fund is part of an important local ecosystem working to build greater equity and diversity in business ownership, and ultimately in wealth creation . The fund... View Details