Strategy For Multi-business Firm - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 19

unwilling, to invest directly in Turkey because of political risk and government restrictions. The case ends in 1988 when the founder received a report from the management consultancy Bain calling for the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog

the relative costs and benefits of each source of funding and the connections between a venture's financing strategy and its product-market strategy. Inevitably, there will be some overlap with courses such as Launching Global Ventures,... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

high leverage and its effects on managerial incentives and firm performance,” says Esty. “The projects I currently study are financed with 65 to 90 percent debt, compared with 25 to 35 percent for the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Air Transportation; Transportation; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Telecommunications; Information

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

executive programs on jumpstarting innovation that I chair for executives in large firms and owners of small to midsize businesses are all oversubscribed. This interest in innovation is confirmed by an IBM... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

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John Clayton

N.C., John says, “I loved growing up in the South, but I’ve always had an itch to see the world.” After moving to the portfolio’s global strategy hub, John worked directly with the World Bank’s vice president View Details

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

the legal side. As a JD/MBA, I am often asked whether I intend to pursue a career in law or in business. I feel that spending time inside a law firm is a crucial component not only to answering that question, but also to gaining a more... View Details

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

Island, an innovative private equity firm established by Glenn Hutchins, MBA 1983, (previously cofounder of Silver Lake and a fellow Harvard alum). Our vision is to improve on traditional private equity by building a more concentrated... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2016
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Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

issue as the founder and CEO of the executive search firm Trewstar, which places experienced and accomplished women on corporate boards. She offers her advice here. What tips do you have for senior female... View Details

03 Feb 2021
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Power Play

contributed complementary skills from the energy sector—to establish the firm’s leadership team. Advani believes the company’s middle-market private equity investment strategy is better executed and better aligns the View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

good projects and good returns. Esty's interest in project finance evolved out of his doctoral thesis on risk-taking in the savings and loan (S&L) industry during the 1980s. "I have been intrigued with high leverage and its effects on managerial incentives and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage - Course Catalog

company of your choice. Note that this course and Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) have some overlap. Career Focus The course is intended for students who expect to be... View Details

20 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

blues, and a job set up for failure. If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer Researcher Ethan Rouen discovers that rank-and-file employees understand the boss... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2008
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A Binary Formula

Illustrations by James Steinberg It’s been said that in this century, carbohydrates will replace hydrocarbons, and biology will supplant physics as the innovation-producing science. As science fiction becomes science fact, and with science-based View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Jun 2012
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They Call Him Mr. China

being channeled to private companies, reminding Perkowski of Wall Street’s go-go years in the 1980s. “Today, there are over a thousand private equity firms in China. And the number of IPOs has tripled since 2009. Everywhere you look,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

can I do? What are key enterprise risk-management strategies? How Do I Build My Business In This Environment? Building Businesses in Turbulent Times An economic crisis is a charter for business leaders to rewrite and rethink how they do... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk

Americans—especially those in the business community—do to increase the ability of firms to compete successfully in the global economy while raising US living standards? This is one of the most important questions facing the nation and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

their willingness to pay for two product characteristics and marginal costs are increasing with the quality level chosen on each attribute. We show that while firms seek to manage competition through product... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

Marshall, fashion model Karlie Kloss, and “Magic Mike” star Cody Horn, have attended the program, sharing business challenges and contract strategies in the same room with mid- and senior-level executives who work View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education

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Curriculum | MBA

key disciplines. Fall Term Finance 1 Financial Reporting & Control (FRC) Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD) Marketing Technology & Operations Management (TOM) Strategy Spring Term Data Science & AI View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo

supported me all the way," she says of her husband, who enrolled with her at HBS in 1996. Her dreams are to combine business strategy with legal savvy and include creating an Internet-related company and someday developing an enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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