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- 30 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Robert Leke...
investment firm targeting businesses in the consumer-driven and agriculture-based sectors. My time with Tana has been nothing short of a thrill. I am grateful for the exposure and experiences gained over the past 2+ years, evaluating and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech investment banking group after graduation. However, the bubble burst got me, and I was laid off for a short... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Apr 2022
- Video
Uche Orji
Uche Orji, CEO and Managing Director of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, discusses how he approached the sovereign wealth fund as an entrepreneurial venture when bureaucratic processes delayed the transfer of capital for 9 months. View Details
- July 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Shell’s Balancing Act: Resource Allocation and the Green Transition (Abridged)
By: David Collis and Haisley Wert
In mid-2023, amid pressure from climate change activists, shareholder activists, and confronting enormous uncertainty about the future demand for and price of fossil fuels, new Shell CEO Wael Sawan (Harvard MBA 2003) announced a change in strategy for the U.K. oil... View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
examine if it can be implemented in different contexts and across academic cultures, structures, and traditions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51496 Spring 2016 Journal of Applied Corporate Finance ESG Integration in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2008
- Working Paper
Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles
By: Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel
We use mutual fund manager data from the technology bubble to examine the hypothesis that inexperienced investors play a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that around the peak of the... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Stocks; Information Technology; Price Bubble; Asset Management; Experience and Expertise
Greenwood, Robin, and Stefan Nagel. "Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14111, June 2008.
- Web
Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
student and alumni projects, and recruiting. Faculty & Research Engage with faculty creating groundbreaking research that links theory and practice to shape the future of social enterprise. Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech... View Details
- February 2006
- Case
Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano
Like many online services, IRC-Hispano, the world's largest Spanish-language chat organization, has many customers but sees few revenues. As an association, its structure presents many limitations and hurdles to overcome involving investing in technology platform... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Organizational Structure; Technological Innovation; Revenue; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry; Spain
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Fernando de Barrajo, and Joshua Bellin. "Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano." Harvard Business School Case 106-053, February 2006.
- 16 Sep 2014
- News
Harvard Study Warns Business Community Of Economic Inequality Risks
- 24 Mar 2014
- News
Red Sneaker Effect Signals Authority And Accomplishment
- 18 Oct 2013
- News
The State of U.S. Markets Post-Shutdown
- 03 Dec 2012
- News
In World of Big Stuff, the U.S. Still Rules
- November 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Centre Partners - American Seafoods 2003
Centre Partners, a leading private equity firm, is contemplating ways to realize liquidity from its successful investment in American Seafoods Corp., Inc. An apparently innovative solution is developed, which calls for issuing Income Deposit Securities. Does this... View Details
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Christopher Edward James Payton. "Centre Partners - American Seafoods 2003." Harvard Business School Case 207-077, November 2006. (Revised June 2007.)
- August 1996 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (A)
A medium-sized investment management firm is attempting to decide whether to try to grow, and if so, how. It is a complicated decision because the managing partner and her colleagues have significantly different views. This case provides the background on the industry,... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Decision Making; Sales; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 597-021, August 1996. (Revised October 1996.)
- 05 Dec 2008
- News
Rebuilding America - now
- 24 May 2017
- News
One Trick for Getting Bosses to Buy In to Your Idea
- 11 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: HelloFresh
genuine passion for food and a very customer-centric mindset. What recruiting tactics have you found most successful in engaging with students and/or alumni at HBS?On-campus interviews is what we find most successful. We love investing... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- September 1995
- Case
Richina Capital Partners Limited
By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green
Richard Yan and Suzanne Foels raise a $52.5 million fund to invest in Chinese companies in concert with major multinational companies. They face all the challenges of starting a business from scratch in addition to the challenges of operating in a cross-cultural... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance Compliance; Business Strategy; Expansion; Investment Return; China
Sahlman, William A., and Jason Green. "Richina Capital Partners Limited." Harvard Business School Case 396-059, September 1995.
- April 2005 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Pegasus Capital: The Musimundo Decision
By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
The five managing directors of Pegasus Capital were meeting in June 2003 to make a go/no-go decision regarding the investment of Musimundo, one of the largest entertainment retailers in Argentina. Just four days before the planned closing of the sale, Pegasus' 50%... View Details
- August 1977 (Revised February 1981)
- Background Note
Introduction to Balance of Payments Analysis
By: Bruce R. Scott
Minimal background to permit interpretation of positive or negative balances in the key summary accounts of a balance of payments statement; also to permit relating these balances and relevant supporting detail to a possible national development strategy. Designed for... View Details
Scott, Bruce R. "Introduction to Balance of Payments Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 378-043, August 1977. (Revised February 1981.)