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- 22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection
complexities of capitalizing their projects—from debt to equity funding options—on their own. This is precisely where DLS steps in, leveraging 20 years of industry experience... View Details
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Events - Private Capital Project
Hall (Impact Chairperson, Private Equity at Apollo), David Kirkpatrick (Managing Director and Co-founder, SJF Ventures), Andrew Lee (Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, UBS Global Wealth... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
disadvantaged communities. Issues like racial and economic equity are central to this, and this will be the definition used for the purposes of this paper. EJ policy and company practices often uses terms... View Details
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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Social Enterprise Initiative has long supported students and alumni starting organizations with a social impact focus. Our curriculum, career support, community building, and funding supports students in exploring social entrepreneurship and alumni to be successful... View Details
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
Henry Bloomberg, the late father of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966). The architectural and intellectual centerpiece of the HBS campus, Baker Library was dedicated in 1927 and named for... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
In contrast to traditional private equity settings, none of the interviewed anchors sought fee breaks or other preferential economic terms. Some were attracted by the ability to shape the direction and legal... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
syndicates, the study says. Public companies also typically require more infrastructure and legal support to handle shareholder and regulatory demands. “For a lot of entrepreneurs, it's just about the term sheet and how much View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
counterparts, but a woman in a senior leadership role who switches to a new firm can now expect a salary bump of 25 percent on average, whereas a man making a similar move will see 9 percent more pay, says Paul Healy, the James R.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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HBS Cases | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
2009. Gilson, Stuart C., Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott. “The Rise and Fall of Lehman Brothers.” HBS No. 217-041. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017. Groysberg, Boris, and Ashish Nanda. “Lehman Brothers (C): Decline... View Details
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Investor - Entrepreneurship
(TEM) SUMMER Intern with a VC firm and serve as a Rock Summer Fellow. FALL Take EC Courses applicable to VC/Investing: Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity Finance Financial Management View Details
- November 2005 (Revised December 2016)
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Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004
By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
From a single, modest club in 1962, Bally Total Fitness had grown to become—in management’s words—the “largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers” in the United States in 2004. Bally had faced its share of challenges, but the last couple of... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Fitness; Gyms; Health Clubs; Chain; Securities And Exchange Commission; Paul Toback; Weight Loss; Exercise; Contracts; Personal Training; Retention; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Finance; Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Public Equity; Financing and Loans; Revenue; Revenue Recognition; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Trends; Cost Management; Profit; Growth and Development; Leadership Style; Five Forces Framework; Private Ownership; Opportunities; Motivation and Incentives; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
Wells, John R., Elizabeth A. Raabe, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004." Harvard Business School Case 706-450, November 2005. (Revised December 2016.)
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise Zoe Cullen Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Product Management Sara McKinley Torti Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management)... View Details
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Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
especially those that may be forgiven upon resumption of employment Personal loans from family or friends Bank loans not certified or verified by MBA Financial Aid Home equity loans or lines View Details
- 14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia
Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
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9 Alumnae Named to Inc's Female Founders 200
The new Female Founders 200 list from Inc. includes nine HBS alumnae from across the world of business. Inc. noted that their honorees were selected using criteria that included founders that have "moved the needle in business and in... View Details
- January 15, 2019
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Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?
By: Josh Baron
The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage
Baron, Josh. "Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?" Harvard Business Review (website) (January 15, 2019).
Reinventing State Capitalism
In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
a bank, a lending company, or an equity transaction company, or move up the food chain and be able to provide richer, higher services much like we see in what we're terming the incubation space today. "We're focused, obviously, on... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
Street Energy is a private equity firm focused on deploying capital into the North American energy transition. Our current focus is on decarbonization of the power grid, with an eye on the eventual... View Details