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Allen Yang
world. Business school seemed like a logical choice." Accepted in his senior year through what is now called the 2+2 Program, Allen garnered a few years of required work experience before matriculating at HBS. He worked in investment... View Details
- 03 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
O’Hanley (MBA 1986) Chairman and CEO, State StreetInvesting in Climate Remediation +Aris Papadopoulos (MBA 1985) Founding Chair, Resilience Action FundUnlocking the Emerging Market for Consumer Resilience +Kyung-Ah Park (MBA 1998) Managing Director ESG View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Forest L. Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor of Business Administration Forest Reinhardt, an authority on the use of natural resources, serves as course head for the required Strategy course and also teaches the MBA elective Business and... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
McFarlan: Fifty percent of all capital investment today is being done in IT projects. The way this money is spent deeply impacts the organization's future. It is because of the size of investment as a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
International Finance A Casebook by Mihir A. Desai (John Wiley & Sons) These case studies, by Associate Professor Desai, consider how major financial and investment decisions must adapt to the opportunities and obstacles in a rapidly... View Details
- January 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
By: James E. Austin and Kim Slack
Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) is a $74 million nonprofit social enterprise that combats poverty by helping community development organizations build affordable housing and create economic development opportunities through public-private partnerships. Poses a... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Development Economics; Education; Capital; Investment Funds; Taxation; Growth and Development; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations; Segmentation; Service Industry
Austin, James E., and Kim Slack. "Local Initiatives Support Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 301-124, January 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). If there are no perfect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
for students in all career tracks and with any industry focus as it covers diverse cases across sectors, including but not limited to investment banking, law, consulting, technology, non-profit organizations, the automotive industry, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
common issues most Latin American countries are dealing with. It's a factor that constrains business strategy across the region." Latin America's equity markets are thin and capital is scarce, Ghemawat says, with the result that companies... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
Spencer, president and CEO of Sematech, bring together top technical managers from Alcoa, IBM, Intel, and Xerox and leading scholars of the history and economics of technological change. The result is an important discussion of the consequences of declining View Details
- May 2009
- Article
Asymmetric Information Effects on Loan Spreads
The paper estimates the cost arising from information asymmetry between the lead bank and members of the lending syndicate. In a lending syndicate, the lead bank retains only a fraction of the loan but acts as the intermediary between the borrower and the syndicate... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates; Capital; Investment Portfolio; Credit; Diversification; Risk and Uncertainty
Ivashina, Victoria. "Asymmetric Information Effects on Loan Spreads." Journal of Financial Economics 92, no. 2 (May 2009): 300–319.
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
less of our product. And we do that through innovative billing strategies that allow them to repay investments in their own household that make it more efficient on their utility bill. “The AMP program for... View Details
- November 2000 (Revised July 2019)
- Teaching Note
Cafes Monte Bianco: Building a Profit Plan
By: Robert Simons and Indra Reinbergs
Teaching Note for (9-198-088). View Details
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Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Figuring Out Her Mission Ming Min Hui (MBA 2015) had a very specific intention in mind when she applied to HBS. After an early career in investment banking and corporate strategy, “I wanted to apply my business skills to something more... View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social... View Details
- February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital
By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan
Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; External Financing; Succession; Leadership Transition; Family Business; Private Equity; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Business Model; Private Sector; Financial Liquidity; Risk Management; Organizational Structure; Competitive Advantage; Venture Capital; Management Succession; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Illinois; United States
Cohen, Lauren, and Sophia Pan. "Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital." Harvard Business School Case 224-078, February 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
more, inflation-adjusted wages stalled for many, even as consumer spending increased. Where did the money for all this spending come from? Companies borrowed, governments borrowed, and families borrowed. Savings rates approached zero. Commercial lenders sold their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
practical implications to the literature on organizational change, emotions, and language in global organizations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55473 December 2018 Strategy Science The View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
ALL IN: The bigger the bet Hollywood makes, the better. Photo courtesy of Anita Elberse Offstage at a Lady Gaga concert seems an unlikely place for academic fieldwork. But that's exactly the kind of environment that allows Anita Elberse to examine firsthand the nuances... View Details