Alternative Investment Vehicles - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

hospital business and a health insurance business, management decided to split the businesses apart through a corporate spin-off because it realized the businesses were strategically incompatible—the customers of one business were competitors with the other. View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

decisions to build great global companies. If businesses are managed without courageous leadership, then R&D programs, product pipelines, investments in emerging markets, and employees’ commitment to the company’s mission all wither.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

a decrease in direct US sourcing from China, with low-wage locations (e.g., Vietnam) and nearshoring/friendshoring alternatives (e.g., Mexico) gaining in import share. In this session, we will discuss several cautionary notes on policies... View Details

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

and minimizes the expected time to detection under a pre-specified alternative hypothesis. We apply our method to a model in which the interdependency among the multiple adverse events is captured by a Cox proportional hazards model with... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

like when he published his own novel one day. But he was also intrigued by the students who were interviewing with investment banks. In the mid-1980s, the industry was booming: “The people at Haverford who had a zippy brightness about... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

09 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

In examining the way governments choose a structure in which to conduct investment promotion activities we found that most of the organizational issues fell within the realm of the public-private choice of management of certain... View Details

Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

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Mid-US - Global

effective transit solutions is not only a means to physical mobility, but class mobility as well." Drawing from his varied experiences at Fiat Chrysler and May Mobility, an autonomous vehicle company, Hurd will focus on fostering... View Details

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

metamorworks] Related Reading Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms? Research Paper Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private CapitalIt Many... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

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Courses - Private Capital Project

investment challenges, identify growth opportunities, and optimize capital returns in a complex investment environment. HBS Online Courses Alternative View Details

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Omar Al Mulhem (MBA 2023, Section A), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Sustainable Investing Team at BlackRock BlackRock is one of the world’s leading providers of investment, advisory and risk management solutions.... View Details

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

University Endowment (2006) Harvard Business School Case 207-062 As with many modern-day large pools of capital, the Vanderbilt University endowment is significantly invested in alternative assets such as... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

credits for electric vehicle purchases, provided the vehicles and batteries are manufactured in North America.[70] This and green manufacturing credits have led to Hyundai Motor Group to View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

software platform; investing in software development capabilities; building advanced analytics capabilities; and embracing crowd-based product development. With all this, GE is evolving its business model. Now, for example, revenue from... View Details

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

business. As a recent graduate, this case highlighted the importance of true partnership, patience, and alternative ways to launch a business. When the case protagonists came to class, I asked them what it was like to start a company with... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

History Initiative seeks to facilitate learning from the past through innovative research and course development, employing global and interdisciplinary perspectives. Business History Harvard Business School has a long tradition of View Details

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Vallée Abstract—Using a large administrative panel of Swedish households, we document the fast and broad adoption of retail structured products, an innovative class of contracts offering non-linear exposures to equity markets. Households View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Venturing Forth

five-year investment period. Right now, some of those mega-funds raised in the boom times are feeling bloated, and limited partners have been stepping in and asking to cut the size of funds and release them from legal commitments. Because... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

Business School faculty led in developing the method. A particular challenge in the writing of cases is finding the balance between enough complexity, so that the problem posed reflects reality and supports alternative approaches to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

confront the bigger decision of whether or not to invest in solar panels to generate electricity for her home. Although pre-disposed to pursue environmentally friendly alternatives, the project entailed significant up-front expenses and... View Details

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