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  • 07 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

in press Academy of Management Annals Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures By: DeSantola, Alicia, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—Entrepreneurial ventures face unique challenges related to growth, particularly in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Plant-Based Agribusiness (1) Policy (44) Political Elections (33) Pollution and Pollutants (4) Poverty (3) Power and Influence (72) Practice (1) Prejudice and Bias (60) Price Bubble (6) Price (36) Private View Details
  • January 2018
  • Case

Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Aldo Sesia
It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a UK-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately held UK company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally friendly... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Venture Capital; Investment Strategy; Investment; Strategy; Ownership; Valuation; Energy Conservation; Equity; Technological Innovation; Environmental Sustainability; Performance Efficiency; Manufacturing Industry; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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  • May 2010 (Revised January 2014)
  • Case

Water Shortage and Property Investing in Mexico City

By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar and Griffin James
A commercial property company evaluates water risks including the government's ability to remedy, the company's operating exposure and mitigation, and whether to relocate because of water risk. A real estate fund manager assesses investment prospects in Mexico City in... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Risk Management; Infrastructure; Privatization; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Utilities Industry; Mexico City
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  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

managers face here are many and varied. In a bankruptcy restructuring, for example, one obvious objective is to reduce the firm's overall debt load. However, cancellation of debt creates equivalent taxable income for the firm. Flagstar... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

standard, the FASB predicted managers will, on average, use the fair value estimates to convey private information on future cash flows. The current fair value of goodwill is unverifiable because it depends... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

from true private equity operations; the other is a government agency charged with creating a clean energy economy for the United States. Each opportunity will help Iris achieve her long-term goal of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

Working Papers Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization Authors: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Abstract Argentina privatized most public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

communities, governmental officials, "and, under some interpretations, the environment, terrorists, blackmailers, and thieves.") But by failing to specify how managers should make the necessary... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

their model under multiple scenarios depending on whether a government can directly internalize these monetary benefits and on the presence of private sector competition in the production of riskless,... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Mark Schwartz

for new challenges. Following a yearlong sabbatical, he joined the legendary hedge fund and private equity firm founded by financier and philanthropist George Soros. The firm appeals to Schwartz’s twin... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

series on adaptation, and features Jay Koh who co-founded the Lightsmith Group, the first growth private equity firm focused on climate adaptation. Jay discusses the firm’s investment strategy, the sectors... View Details
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PE & VC investors by investment criteria (industry, stage and geography)

How can I screen for private equity or venture capital firms investing in a particular industry, stage of investment, and/or geography?   LSEG Workspace Click on the Search Tools tab and select View Details
  • Web

Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

themselves as a market signal, setting higher expectations for fund managers on environmental and social governance? Keywords: Foundation ; Impact Investing ; ESG ; Family Business ; Forecasting and Prediction ; View Details
  • 14 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

Working Papers The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds Authors: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, and Antoinette Schoar Abstract This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

Risk Management to Equity and Credit Analysis Author:Robert C. Merton Publication:CFA Institute Conference Proceedings Quarterly 24 (December 2007) Abstract Traditional conventions of accounting and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

its financial problems outside of bankruptcy court. One of the world's largest real-estate companies, Realogy was acquired in the spring of 2007 by the private equity firm Apollo View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Succession Planning ; CEO Succession ; CEO Role ; Decarbonization ; Resilience ; Innovation ; Organizational Transformations ; AI and Machine Learning ; Digital Strategy ; Digital Transformation ; Family Business ; Family Ownership ;... View Details
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

School Case 214-021 The Abraaj Group and the Acibadem Healthcare Investment (A) This case concerns the proposed buyout of Acibadem, a leading hospital chain in Turkey. Abraaj, a MENA region private equity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

between founder-stewards and nonfounder agents that diminish with company growth, and significant effects of equity ownership and outside rounds of financing. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne