Partner Choice - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

— APA for short. The name later morphed to Apax — “unique” in Greek — an apt choice that reflects the firm’s investment style. The partners each launched small venture capital funds in their respective... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

19 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

Vivek Khuller has built Smartix by attracting classmates to co-found it with him, learning how to pitch it to top VC firms and potential strategic partners and honing the concept and business model by testing it in smaller venues. Now, he... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

Top leaders of a global consulting firm longed to add more women to its partner ranks, if women would just put in the hours necessary to compete. But mothers would always prioritize their children’s needs over those of clients, they... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

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Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar - Course Catalog

to a real-world public-market investment setting. Students will partner with an investment firm to work directly and deeply on an investment theme or question. In conjunction with their sponsor, students will develop a process and plan... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

my choices would be much more restricted.” —Jonathan Friedlander (MBA 2017) The fellowship that is helping Friedlander might help our planet as well, because he is focusing on the critical issue of “green transportation.” He points out... View Details

November 2022
Supplement

Arcos Dorados’ Quest for the Digitalization of Last-Mile Delivery in Colombia (B)

By: Jorge Tamayo, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal

In 2020, Francisco Staton, president of Arcos Dorados’ Caribbean Division, and Héctor Orozco, Managing Director of Arcos Dorados Colombia, were looking into Arcos Dorados’ options to consolidate its food delivery service in Colombia. This time the matter at hand hinged... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Tactics; Logistics; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; South America; Colombia

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10 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

going it alone even more than the returns to partnering with local firms. The reasons are that the forces of globalization—particularly reduced trade costs leading to more fragmented production processes—are making it more and more... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

Lynda Clarizio Every woman who works and has a life confronts unique challenges, from finding reliable and caring childcare to making time to nurture the relationship with their spouse or partner to fighting their own guilt and... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

which is hard to explain by the traditional leverage tradeoff with financial distress that emphasizes downside risk. The results are robust to a variety of specification choices and control variables. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail

makes them important partners for retail companies seeking to attract and retain talent. What Students Want HBS student interest in retail has remained steady over the past five years with approximately 3% of the class joining the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Mar 2018
News

Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

greater overall satisfaction with their lives. One of the things we are working on now is understanding how decisions about time, money, and happiness play out in the context of romantic relationships. What is the optimal way you and your View Details

Keywords: April White

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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA

Global Partner (GP) company with a product or service challenge for students to address. The course culminates in a one-week immersion at the company’s location during which students meet with their GP and local consumers. The following... View Details

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

well-defined form that people understand," says Lee. "Creating a new hybrid is difficult to explain as a rational choice taking this limitation into account." Lee and Battilana sought other explanations for the existence of such "zebras,"... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Tiffany Pham

opportunities around the world, to which they would otherwise not have access.” Why, in your opinion, is MOGUL important? “With over a million users upon launch, MOGUL is now visited by over 208 countries and 17,878 cities worldwide, just four months later. We’ve View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entertainment / Media; Technology

05 Aug 2014
News

A Diversified Portfolio

funded. Dodi doesn't think VCs do this intentionally, "It's just that people invest in what they know and in who they are most comfortable with. When it's a choice between one team and another, they'll tend to fund people that are more... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

24 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France By: Pons, Vincent Abstract—This paper provides the first estimate of the effect of door-to-door canvassing on actual electoral outcomes, via a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2021
News

From Das’s Desk

accomplished in service of the alumni community. Virtual Programs Alumni programs that were scheduled in Boston and around the world rapidly transformed into virtual events using the Zoom platform. Working with our faculty and our View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

that enable me to continue making progress towards the life that I want? How do I think about my choice of geography? How do I create structures for navigating life, with all of its twists and turns, with a life partner? How do I think... View Details

30 May 2025
News

Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

After a year and half as a Process Engineer at Exxon Mobil in Texas, followed by a year and a half working in supply chain optimization at Pinnacle Foods in New Jersey, Sheil faced a choice – begin her MBA now or pull one more lever of... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

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