Equities - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11

Standard theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear agency costs and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We show that if View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Fast Answer

Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments

data, press releases, transaction data, corporate filings, ownership profiles, and sell-side equity research. View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

The Campaign for Harvard Business School

to the School’s continuing success,” said Roe Stamps, who in 1984 cofounded Summit Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm that has raised over $5.5 billion in capital and invested in more than 250 businesses. Baker Library,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317039-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-011 Qalaa Holdings and the Egyptian Refining Company This case follows Qalaa Holdings, a successful Egypt-based private equity firm, and gives... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

PublicationsHow Much Is Sweat Equity Worth? Authors:Marquis, Christopher, and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 12 (December 2012) Abstract The article presents a case study of a business decision related to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

09 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 9

The data show a statistically significant drop in cumulative abnormal returns for Brazilian firms following capital control announcements. Large firms and the largest exporting firms appear less negatively affected compared to external-finance-dependent firms, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

U.S. performance as a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). As an alternative, to finance this expansion, Shurgard received a proposed deal from a consortium of banks and other investors where they would provide private View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

buyout market: RLBOs performed strongly in the late 1980s, the mid-1990s, and the 2000s. Large RLBOs that are backed by private equity firms with more capital under management perform better. We also find the so-called quick flips—when... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Nov 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

who wrote, "... legislative and regulatory response treats the symptoms (means) rather than the disease (motivation). Transparency is only as successful as the least creative obscurantist." He recommends, among other things, prohibiting "by regulation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo

“I am a problem solver who’s passionate about diversity and equity and telling the stories I’ve seen all my life. I’m passionate about making sure that my students, future children, and grandchildren get to see a world that evolves at a... View Details

19 May 2020
Blog Post

The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads

Prior to joining HBS, I spent six years at Goldman Sachs across three different divisions (Investment Management, Investment Banking, Growth Equity Investing). From time to time students facing graduation will reach out asking for advice... View Details

11 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Leadership and Diversity at HBS

City. His determination and grit from the football field translated well to the workplace, and he later went on to work in private equity before applying to HBS. We checked in with Bruce to learn more about his time at HBS and his... View Details

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

international students and the global job search outside of the U.S. While we are based in Boston, we continually build our global network of organizations that would like to hire HBS MBAs, from a mid-market private equity firm in... View Details

17 Nov 2022
News

Blockchain for Good

Sachs, and held C-suite roles with several large private equity firms, for help with an idea that would eventually become Millicent, their blockchain-based digital financial venture. Dyer says Millicent’s payments network will be a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

13 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

1980s by her physician parents, and although operating a healthcare company in Nigeria offered challenges particularly in human resources and infrastructure, by 2011, it had expanded to include three hospital and clinic sites and a large insurance company. The company... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

and 2009, $1.8 trillion worth of public company assets entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection— almost 20 times more than during the prior two years." A significant portion of the private equity industry, he says, was "widely... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

decisions, but no one is singularly accountable for the results. Second, responsibility for brand equity still resides in the marketing function, yet brand equity has never been more volatile and important.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2011 (Revised November 2011)
Case

Harmonic Hearing Co.

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Craig H. Stephenson

Harmonic is a small, privately held manufacturer of hearing aids. Harriet Burns and Marc Davis, two employees at Harmonic, have an opportunity to purchase the company from the founder. As well-informed insiders who understand the industry, Burns and Davis believe the... View Details