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    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds)
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    Adam Shimer

    Adam has a mix of consulting and government experience. He started his career at Bain & Company, during which he worked primarily in the Private Equity Group, retail and telecommunications sectors. Additionally, he volunteered to lead... View Details
    • 02 Feb 2021
    • Blog Post

    Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic

    I applied to the HBS and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) MBA/MPP (Master of Public Policy) Class of 2023 to learn about the interplay between the public and private sectors in health care. Health care spending in the United States will soon... View Details
    • 14 Mar 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

    regulatory architecture has barely begun. Rather than merely tightening credit, the challenge is to recalibrate the country's access to credit so that more responsibility for making good loans lies with lenders, and so that the burden is... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
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    Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact (MBA)

    Health, and development more broadly, is not something we give to people: it is something they produce themselves, interacting with supply-side and institutional factors. This course trains students to see through the lens of the end-user and to use the levers of... View Details

    • August 2019
    • Case

    The United States and Russia: Gas Rivals in Europe?

    By: Rawi Abdelal, Galit Goldstein and Paul Apostolicas
    Though the shale revolution transformed the U.S. into the largest producer of petroleum products, it was unclear how much success American exporters would find selling liquefied natural gas on the European energy market. Gazprom, the state-controlled Russian energy... View Details
    Keywords: Gas Pipelines; Natural Gas; LNG; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Behavior; Energy Markets; Entrepreneurial Financing; Entrepreneurial Risk; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Entrepreneurial Selling; Energy; Energy Sources; Entrepreneurship; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing Strategy; Price; Energy Industry; Russia; United States; Europe; European Union
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    • August 2016
    • Simulation

    BDP Pharmaceuticals

    By: Kevin Schulman, Emma Rasiel and Suresh Balu
    Susan Durham has just been hired as the Chief Financial Officer of Blue Devil Pharmaceuticals (BDP). Her charge is to understand the optimal pathway for the development of a novel molecule, BDP-1, to understand the cost of drug development, the market opportunity, and... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurship
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    • July 2016
    • Case

    Blue D Pharmaceuticals

    By: Kevin Schulman, Emma Rasiel and Suresh Balu
    Susan Durham has just been hired as the Chief Financial Officer of Blue Devil Pharmaceuticals (BDP). Her charge is to understand the optimal pathway for the development of a novel molecule, BDP-1, to understand the cost of drug development, the market opportunity, and... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurship
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    • June 1988
    • Case

    American Repertory Theatre--1988

    American Repertory Theatre (ART) is one of the premier resident theatres in the United States. ART has been successful in following its vision, which is to advance the art of theatre by creating an ideal working environment for artists and promoting very high quality... View Details
    Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Success; Theater Entertainment; Fine Arts Industry; United States
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    • August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
    • Case

    Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?

    By: Dante Roscini and Gamze Yucaoglu
    In September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing in the local beverage, raki, Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company, was concerned about new... View Details
    Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Government Legislation; Taxation; Valuation; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Turkey
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    • August 2024
    • Case

    Ashesi University: The Journey from Vision to Reality

    By: Ranjay Gulati and Caroline de Lacvivier
    In 1997, Patrick Awuah had a dream: to bring liberal arts education to Ghana. Amid the country’s declining economy and pervasive corruption problems, Awuah saw education as an opportunity to reverse its fortunes by investing in the next generation of African leaders.... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Private Ownership; Education Industry; Ghana
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    • 22 Mar 2024
    • Blog Post

    Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

    Nneka Chime’s (MBA 2015) career path offers an alternative road map for HBS students and alumni seeking to make a difference in the world. While seeking, she aligned her professional choices with a larger mission rather than following a... View Details
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    Rena Clark

    Rena (HBS ’90 and Lamar University ’84) draws on her 30+ years of experience across private equity, operational management, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and higher education to help individuals navigate their career paths. With a focus... View Details
    • 05 Dec 2016
    • Blog Post

    5 Pieces of Advice for Applying to HBS

    savings and instead utilize a combination of financial aid, scholarships, and loans to get themselves through the program.  HBS has an incredible need-based financial aid program; over $36 million dollars is awarded to View Details
    • 17 Sep 2024
    • Blog Post

    The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

    provide loans to international students at same rate as domestic students. Social life at HBS is, as expected, quite intense, and sometimes it was nice to just take a step back and reconnect with familiar... View Details
    • 09 Jun 2023
    • Blog Post

    Learning Curve

    Patti Melcher (MBA 1986) never intended to open a school. After getting her start in investment banking in Houston’s energy sector after her time at HBS, Melcher became an early employee at SCF Partners, helping to invest the private... View Details
    • 09 Nov 2018
    • News

    Mainstreaming Sustainability: What Banks And Business Schools Should Do Next

    • June 2021
    • Supplement

    Linda Oubré at Whittier College (B)

    By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown
    The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
    In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details
    Keywords: Women And Leadership; Racial Disparity; Higher Education; Education; Diversity; Race; Change Management; Gender; Los Angeles; California; United States
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    • January 2012 (Revised August 2012)
    • Case

    Dirigo International

    By: Christopher M. Gordon and Chad M. Carr
    Dirigo International is proposing a major expansion of their life sciences research and manufacturing facilities in the heart of a major city and middle to lower income residential neighborhood. The company and city government are seeking a development solution in the... View Details
    Keywords: Production; Property; Expansion; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; Outcome or Result; Biotechnology Industry
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    Strategies for Value Creation (MBA Course)

    By: Benjamin C. Esty
    SVC is a capstone course that integrates topics from finance, strategy, and leadership. It is intentionally cross-functional and designed to force integration at the end  of the MBA program.  Students develop a value creation mindset and learn that value creation is an... View Details