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21 Mar 2022
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The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

President of Auditory Insight, a boutique management consultancy focused exclusively on hearing healthcare. We partner with senior leaders of device and biopharma hearing healthcare companies to develop successful commercialization strategies. We also consult to... View Details

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

case concerns the negotiations of a deal by HgCapital, a UK-based private equity firm, to buy Visma, ASA, a Norwegian software company. Visma has received an offer from Sage Group, a strategic acquirer. HgCapital must determine if it... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Aug 2019
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The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

college, Smitha went to work in policy in Washington, D.C. and ultimately left to work in private equity to gain more training before attending HBS. “I kept asking the question, ‘What’s the most effective way to make a difference in the... View Details

01 May 2013
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Thompson Dean, MBA 1984

how I look at problems, which has been really helpful to me in my investing career,” says Dean, who cofounded the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners in 2005 after 20 years with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Avista is currently... View Details

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

Working PapersGlobal Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This paper considers the risk management problem of an investor who holds a diversified portfolio of global View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2020
Supplement

TransDigm in 2017: Congressional Hearing on the DoD Inspector General’s Report (5/15/19)

By: Benjamin C. Esty

This video accompanies the case, “TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?” View Details

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01 Dec 2019
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Making Eco Easy

HBS’s New Venture Competition (NVC) on April 23, 2019. The judges, many of them alumni, represented sectors ranging from venture capital to private equity to impact investing. Pak detailed the products’ key points and sold the judges on... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Companies: earnings estimates

with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Bloomberg Enter ticker symbol, hit EQUITY Key, type EE, and hit GO. Type ACDR and hit GO for a calendar of expected earnings announcements. Capital IQ Search for a company, then look for CIQ... View Details

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etc. Type 1 and hit GO to begin the search. BoardEx Profiles on over 1M Directors & Senior Managers. This platform allows for historical individual searching, connections/networking as well as automatic tagged identifiers for Harvard affiliates/alumni.... View Details

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Additional Harvard Funding | MBA

regions of Canada. Junior Achievement Fellowship Open to students with Junior Achievement experience. RISE Fellowship The Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Fellowship will be awarded to up to ten MBA students of any background... View Details

16 Feb 2022
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Holding Business to Account

many others. “These kinds of changes are positive for the company's fundamentals—for its profitability, its long-term success, its consumer and employee loyalty, the brand equity it has built. And if you take a slightly longer-term view,... View Details

21 Jan 2022
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Real Talk

diversity, inclusion, and equity goals. Harmeling, a business and ethics professor at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, brought her deep knowledge of the case method, which she employs in her classrooms,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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An Emphasis on Teamwork

Dan Krebs (MBA 2005) Dan Krebs (MBA 2005) majored in engineering at MIT, but he was drawn to consulting and private equity after earning his undergraduate degree. “When I applied to HBS,” he notes, “my goal was to get an integrated view... View Details

21 Sep 2015
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A Sustainable Success Story

a private equity firm focused on the North American energy sector with $15 billion in funds. “We’d walk in the woods and think how amazing it was that this kind of geography still exists in New York.” So amazing, in fact, that they... View Details

14 Oct 2010
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Jobs Bill Misses Mark

recent book, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, is the first in-depth examination of failed government efforts to support entrepreneurs. So what should government do? Lerner has this advice for policy makers. If you really want to create jobs, focus on creating ways for... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Nikki Skovran

Africa. “I was impressed by the entrepreneurial energy there,” she says. “It was great to see that on the ground.” Her team worked with the Awethu Project, a startup incubator that exchanges business skills training for equity stakes in... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Consulting; Entrepreneurship

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Faculty & Research | MBA

Society Leadership Initiative Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Social Enterprise Initiative Insights Working Knowledge More HBS Working Knowledge Harvard Business Review More Harvard Business Review Cold Call Podcast More Cold Call... View Details

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Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog

strategy, corporate venture and innovation groups; (2) as strategy consults who will serve clients in these roles; (3) in private equity portfolio companies, as an operator. This class is also geared towards students who are interested in... View Details

01 Feb 2021
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Locally Grown

law of what was done commonly by VCs at the time,” says Fenwick-Smith, who had private equity know-how but had never been involved in creating venture funds. That lack of direct experience gave him the freedom to create a fund... View Details

21 Feb 2018
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Can Farming Save the Planet?

There may be a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a combination farming operation and private equity group that is buys... View Details

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