Deal - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2018
News

Advancing Opportunities for Others

I had to ask myself, ‘What risk are you taking? You've been doing this for 20 years; you're good at it; you can do four or five deals in a week; and no other company knows that you're working on any other deal. Maybe you've got a little... View Details

Keywords: Finance

22 Sep 2015
News

Finding New Ways to Solve Civic Problems

things early in my career, so I found it very rewarding and look to continue that work. “One of the things I really enjoy about being a state representative is that you have the opportunity to deal with a lot of different areas. So in the... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring

Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups. The book is based on the MBA course of the same name that Gilson has taught for the last eight years. It explains exactly how corporate restructuring is done, from the first signs of concern until the last View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2002
News

Health Industry Alumni Convene for Conference

in the knowledge-based biotechnology industry to forge balanced partnership deals with the financially much stronger pharmaceutical industry." A panel led by HBS associate professor Jonathan West discussed the issues raised by Klietmann,... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

make companies more efficient when public markets are largely flat, they said. According to Nikos Stathopoulos (HBS MBA '95), a partner in Apax Partners, which was founded thirty years ago, "If you look at what drives the sources of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Wide Angle

deal about globalization and the global economy. How do you think globalization as a movement will ultimately be impacted by the pandemic? And are there other useful historical precedents there? I think you have to go back to the early... View Details

23 May 2019
News

Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

Bloomberg during an unparalleled career as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term mayor of New York City. “I’ve always believed a good deal is where both parties walk away thinking that they didn’t get everything they want, but... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management

essential prerequisites for entrepreneurship. But in recent years, increasing numbers of scholars (including Howard Stevenson) follow Schumpeter's lead in arguing that most entrepreneurs bear risk only grudgingly. Instead, these scholars argue, entrepreneurs attempt to... View Details

Keywords: by Howard H. Stevenson & Teresa M. Amabile

15 Oct 2024
News

Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86

that Tata Hall bears his name and serves as an inspiration to students and participants from around the world.” When the gift was announced in 2010, Tata said: “I owe a great deal to Harvard Business School, and it’s a pleasure and a... View Details

05 May 2016
Blog Post

Being a Student Mom at HBS

the topic of motherhood into my studies. My classmate Carina Rutgers and I had the opportunity to turn this into an independent project on motherhood at HBS that was supervised by Professor Frances X. Frei. The project hinged on the consideration that in our... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

responsibilities,” she explains. “So to say to students ‘We have a carbon crisis, what can managers do about it?’ will be interesting.” “I’m delighted to be at Harvard. There’s a great deal of interest in these issues, and the question of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2009
News

Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems

will complement the skills and wisdom the fellows acquired during their “first” careers in the public and private sectors. “People who have accomplished a great deal during their careers are uniquely suited to lead and to envision... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Oct 2013
News

Engineering a More Secure World

generally really want to help you, but they don't know how," Harris says. "It's pretty easy to get help if you can be specific about what you're looking for." He bought CSECO in 2006. Seven years later, another deal might now be on the... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2005
News

Facing Ambiguity

experience with Vioxx, which opened up a great deal of introspection about their own industry,” says Roberto. “There was much discussion around the issue of accountability.” When gleaning lessons from Columbia and other disasters, notes... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Dec 2004
News

Finding a Balance

deals with ethics, governance, and legal issues. “At that point the case changed to focus on tensions between pricing as a reward for investment in R&D versus making a product available to poor people who will die without it,” says... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Jonathan Bailey

perspective really distinguish HBS from other business schools," Jonathan believes. "The school sets a higher bar. It's not easy and requires considerable thought and preparation. There's a great deal of attention to bringing... View Details

04 May 2017
News

How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy, which deals in part with Sandberg’s coming to terms with the death of her husband David Goldberg in 2015. After her loss, the article notes, Sandberg felt “isolated” at... View Details

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
Supplement

Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein

In March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders—including Juno’s 2019 partner—were not... View Details

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01 Mar 2008
News

Creativity from Many Angles

organizations don’t completely understand how to plan for and deal with it.” Amabile also cited the need for further understanding of the motives and incentives that drive people working at various stages of the creative process. “I also... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
News

Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy

service levels to the top of the industry,” said Whitehurst, noting that before the restructuring Delta’s once-loyal employees were disaffected and didn’t trust management. Whitehurst, who spends a great deal of his time selling the... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

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