Publications

June 2020
Teaching Note

Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta

This teaching note provides guidance for teaching the case “Generation Investment Management” (820-033), which looks at the challenges facing a sustainable investment firm. View Details

Fast Answer

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

02 Aug 2024
News

Celtics Star Launches Nonprofit Meant to Generate $5B in Generational Wealth

Fast Answer

Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips

Stocks Traded Outside the United States How can I screen for equities and other securities in Bloomberg? Valuation of Defaultable Fixed-income Instruments How can I find holders of stocks and bonds in Bloomberg? How do I look up and... View Details

September 2013
Supplement

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

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

Rose was principally responsible for securing 50% of the check printing market for Deluxe. He oversaw a massive expansion of facilities and refined the processing operation to deliver checks within 24 hours of ordering. For 14 consecutive years, under Rose’s guidance,... View Details

Keywords: Finance

June 1984 (Revised July 1999)
Background Note

Securities Law and Private Financing

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Describes the issues an entrepreneur faces in the process of raising private funds, and the securities laws which impact the process. Based in part on a note by R.E. Floor of the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Laws and Statutes; Private Equity; Financing and Loans

Keywords: Professor Amy C. Edmonson; Professor Boris Groysberg; Professor Josh Lerner; Teaching Fellow Ann Leamon; Professor Leslie A. Perlow; Professor of Management Practice Felda Hardymon;; social media; Finance

21 Jun 2024
News

Is African Inequality Inevitable?

28 Feb 2023
News

Muhammad Ali: A Case Study in Purpose-Driven Decision Making

13 Nov 2020
News

Harvard Class to Pair Students with Black-Owned Boston Businesses in Bid to Fight Systemic Racism

01 Jun 2012
News

Faculty Books

Professor of Management Practice—explain how the world of private equity works, from start to finish, how it creates value, and where it may destroy value. They discuss raising funds; considering, structuring, and overseeing transactions;... View Details

October 2024
Case

Grain Management

By: Archie Jones, Michael Norris, Alliyah Gary and Chelsea Grain-Jefferson

Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Management Succession; Ownership Stake; Retirement; Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States

April 2015 (Revised April 2015)
Case

Yale University Investments Office: February 2015

By: Josh Lerner

David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate—given the impact of the recent market turmoil. The case explores the risks... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Resource Allocation; Investment; Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Property; Private Equity