Publications

Keywords: Banking; Finance

01 Oct 2021
News

Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

“brought finance to life for me,” he says. In addition to being an excellent teacher, Glauber introduced Melwani in 1985 to Steve Schwarzman (MBA 1972), cofounder of Blackstone, the firm Melwani joined in 2003 and where he is now senior... View Details

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

higher prices," says Frank V. Cespedes, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, who spent 12 years running a professional services firm. That's right. Higher prices, not lower. “Competing on price is ultimately a bet on your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

May 2022
Case

Grupo Big Exit: Options for Advent and Walmart

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

After conducting an impressive turnaround in Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil, Private Equity firm Advent International has to decide how to exit this investment: through an IPO or selling the business to Carrefour. View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Divestiture; Finance; Strategy; Private Equity; Brazil; Latin America

March 2004 (Revised March 2005)
Case

Oscar de la Renta

By: Bharat N. Anand, Elizabeth Lea Carpenter and Samhita Patwardhan Jayanti

Over three decades, Oscar de la Renta (ODLR) had established itself as one of the premier luxury brands in America. Its mainstay business had always been producing and marketing high-priced, couture/ready-to-wear luxury goods. Now, in September 2003, it faced a series... View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Borrowing and Debt; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Production; Family Ownership; Luxury; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; United States

21 Oct 2013
News

Netflix: Hitting all-time highs, will they sell?

20 Sep 2020
News

Buyout groups blasted at SEC meeting for ‘misleading numbers’

Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Supplemental Financial Information Revenues HBS funds its operations with cash from three primary sources: MBA tuition and fees; earned income from Harvard Business Publishing... View Details

March 2000 (Revised February 2005)
Case

Thomas Weisel Partners (A)

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda, Boris Groysberg, Matthew C. Lieb and Scott D Landry

Thomas Weisel, longtime leader of Montgomery Securities, realizes that the sale of Montgomery to NationsBank was the biggest mistake of his life. After his exit from NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, Weisel develops a business plan for a new merchant bank, Thomas... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Business Plan; Financial Institutions; Management Teams; Financial Services Industry

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

enduring legacy. An inability to secure credit emerged as a primary obstacle to financing construction projects. The CEMEX team discovered that to raise capital for building, poor Mexicans would organize tandas, lotteries in which a group... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

22 Apr 2015
News

Here’s why Funding Circle’s new $150 million round matters to more than 120 million American workers

2014
Article

Wall Street Research

By: Paul M. Healy

This article discusses a research program investigating the workings of both the sell and buy sides of financial analysis, tackles how the U.S. securities industry research adds value in financial markets, and evaluates the business model problems that the industry... View Details

Keywords: Financial Markets; Business Model; Research; Financial Services Industry; United States

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29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

rapidly changing. Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl’s new research explores the business opportunities hidden among the stars, particularly in data from and through space, but... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

June 1997 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Genset Initial Public Offering (A)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky

Pascal Brandys, founder and CEO of Genset, must decide whether to take this young biotechnology company public. If so, should he do a dual offering in both France and the U.S.? The case also explores the business models in genomics research. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Genetics; Going Public; Management Teams; Biotechnology Industry; France; United States

January 2010 (Revised August 2011)
Case

Ganeden Biotech, Inc.

By: Robert C. Pozen, Dale Alan Winger and Matthew Kenneth Ahlers

The CEO of Ganeden Biotech, a small firm with several viable probiotic products but limited resources, must decide what markets to invest in and what intellectual property strategies will best serve its immediate and longer-term business interests. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment; Intellectual Property; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Biotechnology Industry