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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
and develop a deeper appreciation of how legal systems operate and how to operate within the boundaries of legal systems. In response to increased student interest in private equity, a module of the course focuses on contracts and understanding legal documentation... View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
doesn’t always have to be time consuming or distracting. The company Amplitude challenged how businesses handle equity compensation by extending the company options exercise windows to years versus the standard 90-day window most... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
Jennifer Lum
Jennifer Lum is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Biospring Partners, a growth equity firm that invests in Life Sciences Technology. She is an accomplished investor and entrepreneur. Jennifer has co-founded several companies and has... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Fourth Annual African-American Alumni Association Conference
professor James Cash; and Ann Fudge (MBA '77), honorary 2001 conference chair. In addition, a preconference program, "Venture Capital and Private Equity Summit 2001: Building New Networks," will be held on October 5. For more information,... View Details
- 9 AM – 9:01 AM EDT, 16 Oct 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Financial Accounting
Learn how managers, Wall Street analysts, and entrepreneurs use an understanding of accounting to unlock critical insights from financial statements and drive strategic decision making.
Program Dates: October 16, 2019 - December 11, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 09 Jan 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Financial Accounting
Learn how managers, Wall Street analysts, and entrepreneurs use an understanding of accounting to unlock critical insights from financial statements and drive strategic decision making.
Program Dates: January 9, 2019 - March 6, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 09 Oct 2018
HBX Financial Accounting
Learn how managers, Wall Street analysts, and entrepreneurs use an understanding of accounting to unlock critical insights from financial statements and drive strategic decision making. Program Dates: October 9, 2018 - December 6, 2018 View Details
- September 2017 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Tempur Sealy International (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
This case explores the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms enjoyed a mutually beneficial and commercially prosperous... View Details
Keywords: Porter's 5 Forces; Bargaining Power; Buyer Power; Customer Power; Supplier Power; Negotiations; Value Capture; Consumer Durables; Consumer Discretionary; Mattresses; B-2-B; Industry Dynamics; Compensation; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Cooperation; Private Equity; Distribution; Negotiation; Industry Structures; Customers; Relationships; Leadership; Distribution Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; South Africa
Esty, Benjamin C., and Lauren G. Pickle. "Tempur Sealy International (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-422, September 2017. (Revised April 2022.)
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
models in distinctive ways, the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund (NCF) and the Anti Racism Fund (ARF) are empowering changemakers within communities of color and forging community-business partnerships that support... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
behavior by entrepreneurs? Noam Wasserman: Splitting equity with your cofounders is a prime example. My data, drawn mostly from high-tech and life-science startups, show that 73 percent of teams decide on terms in the venture's first... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986
motivate them to see just how high they can jump by believing in them and giving them the freedom to perform.” Sue Decker’s successful Wall Street career began at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where as an equity analyst, she consistently... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design, and performance of private... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
membership is considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives have led firms to increase return on equity proportionally by 41% on average, via higher margins, efficiency, or shareholder payouts, depending on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of new companies receive that coveted venture capital check. What... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
it out he did, and sophomore year Westphal secured an internship in banking and equity research and junior year he did a banking internship at Credit Suisse. From Wall Street to Harvard Way After graduation, Westphal joined JPMorgan full... View Details
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Insider trading
page. Hover over the Ownership tab and select Insider Report. You can view Strategic Entities, Insider Summary, and Insider Transactions. In Bloomberg For company holdings: Type the Ticker symbol of the equity you want, hit the... View Details
- January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Greenbriar Growth Partners and Microsurgery Devices
Greenbriar Growth Partners (GGP), a venture capital (VC) firm, has been an investor in Microsurgery Devices (MSD) for four-plus years and has come into conflict with the company's founder. Should the Board's nominating committee re-nominate the VC investor, and should... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Governing and Advisory Boards; Conflict of Interests; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Kristin Elaine Meyer. "Greenbriar Growth Partners and Microsurgery Devices." Harvard Business School Case 310-060, January 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
- June 2025
- Teaching Plan
SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea
By: Vikram S Gandhi and David Allen
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 325-013 View Details
- September 2019 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
SOFWERX: Innovation at U.S. Special Operations Command (Abridged)
By: Herman Leonard, Mitch Weiss, Jin Hyun Paik and Kerry Herman
James "Hondo" Geurts, the Acquisition Executive for U.S. Special Operations Command was in the middle of his Senate confirmation hearing in 2017 to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. Overseeing acquisitions in one of the... View Details
Keywords: Open Innovation; Crowdsourcing; Prototyping; Navy; Entrepreneurship; Public Equity; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Acquisition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Administration Industry; United States
Leonard, Herman, Mitch Weiss, Jin Hyun Paik, and Kerry Herman. "SOFWERX: Innovation at U.S. Special Operations Command (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 820-047, September 2019. (Revised September 2020.)
- 16 Oct 2019
- Working Paper Summaries