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Antoine Leboyer (HBS '92) acquired the Swiss-based software company ABR in February 2008. He managed through the recession of 2008-2009, dealt with a tumultuous separation from the founder/owner, rebuilt the management team, and upgraded the company's software... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Corporate Finance; Acquisitions; Private Equity; Growth Management; France; Switzerland

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September 2013
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The Abraaj Group and the Acibadem Healthcare Investment (B)

By: Paul A. Gompers, Bora Uluduz and Firdevs Abacioglu

This case provides an update on the ultimate outcome of the transaction presented in The Abraaj Group and the Acibadem Healthcare Investment (A). View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Health Care and Treatment; Europe

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January 2009
Teaching Note

The Hertz Corporation (B) (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Teaching Note to [208031]. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Restructuring; Valuation

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October 2012 (Revised September 2015)
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Altoona State Investment Board: July 2012

By: Josh Lerner and Nathaniel Burbank

Considers the decision faced by state pension fund manager Rod Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice between three... View Details

Keywords: Management Fees; Bain Capital; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Banking Industry; Boston

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May 2008
Teaching Note

Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for [807005]. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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2010
Other Unpublished Work

International Capital Allocation, Sovereign Borrowing, and Growth

By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych

The key in the investigation of "where" and "why" capital flows, relative to the neoclassical benchmark, is how we measure these flows. The macro literature has been using three main yardsticks: the current account balance, returns to capital, and the volume of net... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Cash Flow; Private Equity; Public Equity; International Finance; Sovereign Finance; Government and Politics

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HBS Course: Starting a Private Investment Firm

What resources are recommended for this course? Suggested Resources Private Equity - Funds, Firms, Transactions, etc. Pitchbook
Information on companies,... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

effective channel strategy, and produced high and increasing EBITDA margins. After holding it for eight years we decided to sell to the private equity firm Madison Dearborn, after the firm’s cofounder, Paul Finnegan (MBA 1982), made the... View Details

31 May 2023
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Why Business Leaders Need to Hear Larry Miller's Story

07 Feb 2023
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Do ‘Black-Owned’ Business Labels Work? Harvard Study Says Yes.

03 Jun 2020
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Business leaders have to create the change needed to end racism

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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

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Private Equity, el socio silencioso

By: Roberto Charvel

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financial Services Industry; Latin America

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March 2020 (Revised March 2024)
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CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France

By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Tonia Labruyere and Vincent Dessain

The case discusses the strategy of CIAM, a French activist investment firm, involved in a case of a buy-out of minority shareholders in the telecommunications sector. Altice NV, an international telecommunications company based in the Netherlands that owned more than... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Private Equity; Strategy; Valuation; Investment Activism; Financial Services Industry; France

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