Publications

June 1984 (Revised March 1993)
Background Note

Securities Law and Public Offerings

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Describes the relevant securities laws which pertain to the public offering of securities, as well as the business issues and process of a public offering. View Details

Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Capital Markets; Initial Public Offering; Public Administration Industry

November 2000 (Revised May 2001)
Case

State of South Carolina, The

By: Randolph B. Cohen

This case presents the managerial dilemma faced by the treasurer of South Carolina in 1998. Until last year, the South Carolina state pension fund (with over $17 billion in assets) was barred by the state constitution from investing in equities. After the constitution... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Capital Markets; Investment Return; Public Administration Industry; South Carolina

October 1987 (Revised May 1993)
Case

National Demographics & Lifestyles (A)

Describes National Demographics and Lifestyles (NDL), a Colorado-based company that compiles a database from product "warranty registration cards" and sells mailing lists from this database. The company has burned through more rounds of financing than ever intended,... View Details

Keywords: Demographics; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Management; Marketing; Information Industry; Colorado

01 Dec 2008
News

Seth Klarman

Klarman Illustration by David Cowles While other money managers scrambled to survive the financial market meltdown, value investor extraordinaire Seth Klarman (MBA ’82), president of The Baupost Group in Boston, cautiously pursued buying... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

Winter 2002
Article

Private Equity in Latin America: The Mexican Case

By: Roberto Charvel and Juan Carlos de Yeregui

This article describes the private equity industry in Mexico from the late 1990's to the begining of the 2000's as well as gives a potential perspective for its coming years. View Details

Keywords: Emerging Economies; Latin America; Mexico; Developing Countries and Economies; Private Sector; Asset Management; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financial Services Industry; Latin America

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30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

was to focus on a particular market segment.) Roger Hallowell, in a doctoral dissertation submitted some years later, took issue with that notion based on his observation of a small number of incredibly successful service organizations.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

05 Oct 2021
News

Growing Latino Buying Power

trends. “I started looking at this market close to 20 years ago, when Hispanics were about 10 percent of the population,” Perez explained. Today that number is about 20 percent, he notes, “and if we believe the numbers from the... View Details

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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources

commercial real estate sectors, 275+ markets, and 3,000+ submarkets. Includes market transactions and performance trends. Real Capital Analytics (RCA) Search over $40 trillion in commercial... View Details

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Alternatives to Bloomberg

alternatives: Capital IQ: Company and markets data. Excel plug-in available LSEG Workspace: Company and markets data. Excel plug-in available Datastream: fast downloads of... View Details

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

March 2001 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Identifying and Realizing Investments in Eastern Europe (A)

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Robert E. Kennedy and Laure Mougeot Strook

A Greek milling firm wants to invest in Eastern Europe. The case explores the firm's search strategy and its due diligence process after a potential investment, and considers how the company should structure its bid. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Financial Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe

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Betas

Room Media Collection Industry BETA Valuation handbook. Industry cost of capital. Ref. HG 4028 .V3 V34 in the Stamps Reading Room. Provides industry ratios by SIC code. Includes market capitalization, margins, equity valuation, and... View Details

10 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

impossible? These internal capital and product markets are growing in importance for these firms creating many opportunities and many obstacles. Our research shows that some firms are adapting quickly to... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

Mar 2012
Article

How to Make Finance Work

has been mixed. The sector's growth has been beneficial for U.S. corporations, which enjoy ready access to the deepest capital markets in the world. Venture capital, for example, and the public equity View Details

Career Coach

Alejandro Maldonado

Alejandro (HBS '08) has spent most of his career in the areas of direct investing and strategy, with a recent focus on human capital leadership and development. He has had experience in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston and... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets

October 2008 (Revised October 2009)
Case

Blink: The European Air-Taxi Service

By: William A. Sahlman and Jackie Donnelly Russell

This case describes a new venture that is about to launch a Pan-European air-taxi service in 2008. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Capital; Financing and Loans; Product Launch; Air Transportation Industry; Europe