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  • November 2009
  • Case

The HLB Turnaround

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Bhaskar Chakravorti and Laura Winig
Ford Pearson has recently taken over as CEO of HLB, a Chicago-based product design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business or Company Management; Private Equity; Restructuring; Product Design; Corporate Finance
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Applegate, Lynda M., Bhaskar Chakravorti, and Laura Winig. "The HLB Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 810-023, November 2009.

    Paul A. Gompers

    Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • 04 Apr 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, April 4

    businesses have led the venture capital model to adapt in fundamental ways over the prior decade. We both document and provide a framework to understand the changes in the investment strategy of VCs in recent years—an increased prevalence... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 30 Jan 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

    questions about the future of dispersed ownership and the separation between management and ownership,” says Viceira. “The way we answer these questions may literally determine the future of capitalism.” Related Reading: Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
    • 02 Jan 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

    George Serafeim from more than 400 senior investment professionals provides insights into why and how investors use environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information as well as the challenges in using this information. Reinventing... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • March 2009
    • Article

    Loyalty-Based Portfolio Choice

    By: Lauren Cohen
    I evaluate the effect of loyalty on individuals' portfolio choice using a unique dataset of retirement contributions. I exploit the statutory difference that in 401(k) plans stand alone employees can invest directly in their division, while conglomerate employees must... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Retirement; Decisions; Employees; Performance Evaluation; Business Conglomerates; Compensation and Benefits
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    Cohen, Lauren. "Loyalty-Based Portfolio Choice." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 3 (March 2009): 1213–1245.
    • May 2025
    • Case

    The Micro-Family Office: Aamir Rehman

    By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan
    With a successful career and strong academic credentials, Aamir Rehman sought to design a life grounded in autonomy. For him, this meant serving on boards, continuing his professorship, and ensuring a secure and comfortable life for his family. While he didn’t possess... View Details
    Keywords: Family Office; Organization Design; Family And Friends; Family; Balance; Stability; Trends And Opportunities; Wealth Management; Family Business; Investment; Financial Strategy; Personal Finance; Investment Portfolio; Private Equity; Organizational Design; Family and Family Relationships; Happiness; Satisfaction; Balance and Stability; Human Capital; Compensation and Benefits; Economy; Trends; Business Model; New Jersey; United States
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    Cohen, Lauren, and Sophia Pan. "The Micro-Family Office: Aamir Rehman." Harvard Business School Case 225-089, May 2025.
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    Doing Business in Africa

    By: John D. Macomber

    This course introduces frameworks and models for smart and focused investing and operations across sectors, nations, industries, and time frames in Africa.   Students will learn tools and skills to help navigate the business landscape of Africa in terms of selection... View Details

    Keywords: Africa
    • 23 Jun 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

    few key questions: What specific characteristics influence individuals' desire to work together on an investment deal? And given that influence, how does affinity affect investment performance? Do common... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
    • 22 Nov 2019
    • Blog Post

    Avant Ski Makes Turns in Ski Media Objectivity

    It seems like a former life: Investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Healthcare equity research at Citi. Boutique leadership consulting for aspiring CEOs. While Morristown, New Jersey, native Alli Widman (MBA 2009) cut her teeth in finance... View Details
    • February 2022
    • Case

    NFX Capital and Moov Technologies

    By: Scott Duke Kominers and Nicole Tempest Keller
    In July 2019, James Currier, a general partner at San Francisco-based NFX Ventures, was considering a seed stage investment of $1.5 million in Moov Technologies, a B2B marketplace for used industrial equipment. NFX was a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Network Effects; Marketplace Matching; Digital Platforms; Market Design; Applications and Software; Semiconductor Industry; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco
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    Kominers, Scott Duke, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "NFX Capital and Moov Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 822-045, February 2022.
    • 16 Jul 2024
    • Op-Ed

    Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

    by passively while these great companies imploded? Why did they fail to select CEOs who could run these vaunted companies more successfully? Choosing the right person for the job Before examining the root causes of these succession... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • 12 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

    a bid to save the planet. The narrative then reaches back to each person’s childhood and shows the individual growing—step by step—into the person he or she will ultimately become. Significantly, as we follow each leader’s... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    When Generations Learn Together

    taught us this and it's still relevant (or not) in this case," or "At McKinsey, we worked on this client where or on these investments in this sector, here's what is most relevant " He had such good examples of how a particular topic or... View Details
    • August 1997 (Revised September 1997)
    • Case

    GMIMCo Venture Capital: September 1996

    By: Josh Lerner, Peter Wendell and Catherine M. Conneely
    Kathryn Stokel must choose between three venture capital groups (if any) in which to invest the pension fund of General Motors Corp. Each has distinct strengths and weaknesses. View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Asset Management; Retirement; Investment Funds; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry
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    Lerner, Josh, Peter Wendell, and Catherine M. Conneely. "GMIMCo Venture Capital: September 1996." Harvard Business School Case 298-052, August 1997. (Revised September 1997.)
    • 16 Aug 2024
    • In Practice

    Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

    incentives make a difference in whether global warming and its fallout are contained. A growing number of climate solution startups count on government spending to give their customers purchasing power and a reason to buy. State and local leaders count on the federal... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 05 Jul 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    A Survey-Based Procedure for Measuring Uncertainty or Heterogeneous Preferences in Markets

    Keywords: by Pai-Ling Yin; Technology; Web Services
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    Reinventing Yourself: Identity and Transformation in Professional Careers

    Professor Herminia Ibarra is working on a book about people who change careers. The book explains why, when, and how people find themselves at a crossroads in their career and how they develp the skills they need to make their way successfully to a new professional... View Details
    • February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
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    CalPERS Private Equity 2.0

    By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Alys Ferragamo
    Yup Kim, the Head of Investments, Private Equity at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), reflected on the pension fund’s private equity strategy. In July of 2022, the fund was in the midst of a multi-year turnaround strategy with the goal to... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Retirement; Leadership; Strategy; Public Sector
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    Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Alys Ferragamo. "CalPERS Private Equity 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 223-048, February 2023. (Revised May 2023.)

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
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