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progress as well as future surveys that will be conducted every 3–4 years. New Venture Competition New Venture Competition Press Release The 27th annual HBS New Venture Competition, held in Klarman Hall in March 2024, featured 12 finalist teams competing for cash and... View Details

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

system. The insurers would love for a private health insurance system to remain. I, too, think that's very important, but the easy way for it to remain is to offer just one product. If you offer a lot of products, suddenly you're in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

Silverstein needs to raise an additional $1.5 million from private investors to round out the equity financing for his new Quick Service Restaurant venture in China, Korea, and Japan. How should he pitch the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

ownership. “We spent much of the day being fascinated by what we were seeing — then it came down to preparing something concrete,” says Camille. “Because we didn’t know anything about the market beforehand, we spent a lot of time figuring out the different classes of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

billion or $2 billion back in the early 1980s—“kind of a rounding error,” Sahlman observes—whereas today, it’s a hundred times as big, with additional trillions of dollars sloshing around in private equity... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

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Robert C. "The Changing Nature of Debt and Equity," discussion. In Are the Distinctions Between Debt and Equity Disappearing? Conference Series #33, edited by R. W. Kopeke and E. S. Rosengren. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1990. Merton,... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

content consumption (e.g., mobile, direct-to-consumer); and realize gains through theNFL Investment Fund, its recent partnership with Providence Equity Partners. Grubman is also heavily involved in the process of investigating whether new... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

the next. Building startups will soon be his full-time job: This fall, Marietta will step down as executive director of Pine Mountain to launch the first business incubator and pitch contest in eastern Kentucky. Funded by a $500,000 grant... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

views of how foreign direct investment works. "I think a glimpse into private sector flows has shown that our conventional wisdom might not always align with the reality on the ground," he says. He chose to write on foreign... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 May 2021
Blog Post

Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast

whole career has been no matter what type of institution I’ve been inside: Whether it's public sector, private sector, or social sector, it’s critical to make sure that the goal and the revenue model are aligned. That is the key,... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Meal Plan

Holdings, a $300 million fund with investments in several restaurant concepts including Tatte Bakery, CAVA, Life Alive, BJ’s Restaurants and Clover Food Labs. Christian, can you walk me through how the management team at Inspire Brands... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

Cardinals. “Bill DeWitt Jr. and his partners have far exceeded the standard for private investment in a professional sports facility and have earned hearty praise for their spirit of partnership with and commitment to their host... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Program Policies - HBS Online

return funds to the payment method used during enrollment, minus a $100 nonrefundable processing fee. If you withdraw more than 24 hours after the start of the Program, or if you are found to be in violation of the Agreements or any other... View Details

Career Coach

Vincent Dessain

Vincent (HBS MBA’87) draws on more than 25 years of experience as a higher education senior executive at HBS and INSEAD and in the corporate world both in the US and in Europe to counsel students and alumni as they evaluate, prepare for and pursue their career options.... View Details

July 2024
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Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

long-term innovation output rather than for private benefits. Code Contingencies: Designing Monitoring Regimes to Promote Improvement in Supply Chain Working Conditions By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

financial institutions deemed too big to fail already have a huge marketplace advantage - hundreds of billions of federal bailout funds unavailable to smaller firms in financial trouble, says Moss. "That gives big, complex firms a... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

company provided analytic services to healthcare plans, typically Medicare Advantage plans, in efforts to draw conclusions from massive amounts of patient data. The company still had enough funding from a seed round to operate on a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

my private and professional lives isn't a problem." Glover is quick to point out, however, that she and Phil are disciplined about keeping to a regular work schedule and about allocating time for the activities they enjoy: hiking, biking,... View Details

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

809-073 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark Wiseman, Senior Vice President... View Details