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- October 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Background Note
Ownership Structure in Professional Service Firms: Partnership versus Public Corporation
By: Ashish Nanda
This case reviews the relative merits of partnership and public ownership structures in professional services firms. It also evaluates the various rationales for converting partnership professional services firms to publicly owned firms. Finally, the case highlights... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Transition; Partners and Partnerships; Public Ownership; Service Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Lauren Prusiner. "Ownership Structure in Professional Service Firms: Partnership versus Public Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 905-038, October 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
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Crunchbase | Baker Library
Crunchbase Search, track, and monitor private and portfolio company data, people and investors. Read More Information also includes deals, contacts and funding rounds. Data provided by contributors, partners, and in-house data experts.... View Details
- February 2005
- Case
Bayside Motion Group (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Bradley R. Staats
After purchasing a business and successfully growing it for 18 years, the sole owner is presented with an attractive acquisition offer from a Fortune 500 company. The company's future is bright, but is now the right time to sell? Can he create more value by waiting?... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Cash Flow; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Growth Management; Success; Private Ownership
Bowen, H. Kent, and Bradley R. Staats. "Bayside Motion Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 605-040, February 2005.
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Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA
currently offer loan forgiveness programs for federal borrowers, but HBS has a loan repayment assistance program of its own. 3. If federal or private loan (or both) is best for you. There are two types of federal loans available to our... View Details
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
skills development." Other essentials for governments, Donovan said, are a willingness to privatize businesses, and to follow the rule of law "as opposed to the rule of individual parties and special interests." Another is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Market Maps
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">S&P Capital IQ Pro Under the Transactions & Private Equity menu, click Market Maps
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Steven B. Belkin | Baker Library
Steven B. Belkin MBA 1971, Trans National Group (TNG) Play Video duration: 1:00:57 Steve Belkin, HBS 1971. Interview conducted in June 2001 Steve Belkin, HBS 1971, is the founder of the privately held Trans National Group (TNG), a direct... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents
they should open target data and compete on solutions—compounds and molecules addressing the targets. I agree. If we're going to get the breakthrough products we want at a development cost we can afford, we have to figure out the best place to set the line between... View Details
- 14 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
The Alumni Network at HBS
My name is Carl Culicchia and I am from Madisonville, LA. I went to Middlebury College for my undergraduate degree and worked for a private equity firm prior to HBS. I came to HBS because I thought it was the best next step to further my... View Details
- 17 Feb 2011
- News
Field Report: Rwanda
Karisimbi Partners, a three-person private consulting group that works with small- to mid-sized enterprises. “The idea behind Karisimbi’s model is that sustained economic growth in Rwanda requires private... View Details
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Public Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Public Entrepreneurship Course Number 1623 Professor of Management Practice Mitchell Weiss Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam For an audio description of this course, click here . Career Focus This course is designed for students who may found,... View Details
- February 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Cherkizovsky Group (A), The
By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
Describes the transformation of a formerly state-owned meat processing plant in Russia into a privately-owned and operated food processing conglomerate under Russia's economic reforms of the 1990s. Among the challenges the CEO, Igor Babaev, and his top management team... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Privatization; Transformation; Global Strategy; Culture; Food and Beverage Industry; Russia
Paine, Lynn S., and Hal Hogan. "Cherkizovsky Group (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 399-119, February 1999. (Revised October 1999.)
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
It’s no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
internal sources of revenue that can then finance their public goods and services – which means a strong local private sector that creates jobs and generates tax revenue. This interest in private sector... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
Summing Up The clear consensus of those responding to this month's column is that managerial capitalism, as John Bogle terms it, has peaked. But what will follow it is less clear. Many doubt that the form of owners' capitalism represented by View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
Once upon a time, there were two kinds of businesses. On the one hand, there were public and privately owned companies such as those that existed in Western-style democracies, which had boards of directors and accountability to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
thousands of small nonprofits in Pakistan that were doing amazing work on the ground remained undiscovered by mainstream donors. Borrowing from his private equity training, Wasim employed a metrics-driven approach to selecting the best... View Details
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Joseph Blair
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning my MBA was important to me because I wanted to gain business skills that complemented my engineering background. As an engineer, I was accustomed to analyzing technical problems and figuring out the right... View Details
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Industries: financial analytical data and tools
Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Print resources: Mergerstat Review Check Harvard availability
Ref. HD 2741 .M48 in the Stamps Reading Room Annual publication with data... View Details
Ref. HD 2741 .M48 in the Stamps Reading Room Annual publication with data... View Details