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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Second Acts
grew rapidly during the ’90s and managed to weather the dot-com bust. Eager for new challenges, Meakem sold the company last year for nearly $500 million and has embarked on a career in venture capital and politics. Committed to helping... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
buildings, this emphasis on science will affect HBS. The unique challenges of managing and leading science-based businesses — certain to be a driver of this century’s new economy — demand new management... View Details
- August 2018 (Revised August 2018)
- Teaching Note
Brooklyn Lodgers: 78 South Third St., Brooklyn, NY
By: Charles F. Wu and Arthur R. O. Sobral
Teaching Note for HBS No. 219-022. View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
environment by accessing finance at better terms. “The whole idea of ESG investing is predicated on the notion that by tilting their portfolios towards securities that have better ESG properties, investors might be able to change who has... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism
By: Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Suraj Srinivasan
Using a comprehensive sample for 2004–2012, we examine the impact of shareholder activist campaigns on the careers of directors of targeted firms. We find that activism is associated with directors being almost twice as likely to leave—and performance-sensitivity of... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Hedge Funds; Independent Directors; Director Reputation; Accountability; Shareholder Voting; Voting; Retention; Investment Funds; Management Teams; Investment Activism
Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-071, February 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
innovation, PE firms are discovering new sources of value creation, new research shows. Moreover, the PE industry itself has become more competitive as the number of PE firms grows, prompting firms to explore a new way of boosting the success of portfolio companies by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Kaplan Named Senior Associate Dean
2005, Kaplan was vice chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. with oversight responsibility for the investment banking and investment management divisions. He received an MBA... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
An Exceptional Faculty of Scholars and Teachers
extensive methodological, technical, and case-writing support as well as the unparalleled collections of Baker Library. These resources help accelerate the creation, refinement, and dissemination of knowledge that influences management... View Details
- June 2009 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities
By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faced a daunting task that he never imagined he would have to face when he was elected two years ago. Australia at that time was poised to enter its 17th year of uninterrupted growth. Commodity exports were booming, largely driven... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Policy; Crisis Management; China; Australia
Alfaro, Laura, and Renee Kim. "Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities." Harvard Business School Case 709-007, June 2009. (Revised May 2013.)
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
draw people in, using more social media, employing jargon-free language, and “making everything simple and straightforward, from our registration process to the questions we ask,” says Giusti. Better Data Crunching The investment required... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- February 2001
- Case
California PERS (B)
By: Jay O. Light, Jay W. Lorsch, James O. Sailer and Katharina Pick
The largest state pension fund continues the evolution of its approach to corporate governance contemplating "relationship investing" and other new approaches. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Financial Management; Asset Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; California
Light, Jay O., Jay W. Lorsch, James O. Sailer, and Katharina Pick. "California PERS (B)." Harvard Business School Case 201-091, February 2001.
- Profile
Robert Leke
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to become a successful manager in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
passing on the risk would mean eliminating it, and of course, we woke up to find that very few people had much of a stake. We had effectively eliminated the down payment, so the borrower had no equity invested in the home. The lender was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
last five years has been nearly $1 trillion in underperforming investment in the United States alone. Although its central message is that managers need to think more coherently about their project... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
first focusing on scaling operations and then becoming a partner at Google Capital (now CapitalG), investing in late-stage tech companies and helping founders grow their businesses. The experience at Google was revelatory, with Howard... View Details
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Claire Freidman
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I spent five years working in finance. My clients were entertainment companies and I knew I wanted to switch careers and work on the operations or strategic side of one of these companies. I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Records an “Excellent” Year
Fiscal year 2007 “proved to be an excellent financial and operational year for Harvard Business School,” declared CFO Richard Melnick (MBA ’92) in the School’s newly released annual report. He cited continued growth in the global economy and strong demand for View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
realities. “In recent years, the student appetite for entrepreneurial ventures has increased significantly,” says HBS professor of management practice Myra M. Hart, who has studied the career trends of HBS graduates. “The contest gives... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
to others in their personal networks. Over the past eight years, the FIL has played a crucial role in building what HBS professor of management practice Mitch Weiss calls a city’s “innovation infrastructure.” In previous eras, that might... View Details