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September 1991
Case

Kaiser Steel Corporation, 1984

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

In 1984, Kaiser's shareholders were asked to approve a complicated leveraged buyout of the company. Students are asked to analyze the proposed transaction and make a recommendation. To do this, they must determine who gets what in the deal, whether and how any value is... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Capital; Value Creation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Steel Industry

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20 Dec 2019
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Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

and, in particular, the significant impact translational science has on patients’ lives. I became fascinated by the challenges and immense potential that sit at the intersection of life sciences and business. Read More>>> How View Details

28 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Real Estate

next steps in real estate? This panel discussed the global real estate crisis, the future of securitization, and predictions for the future of the U.S. real estate market. After years of abundant capital and rising asset prices, the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson; Construction; Real Estate

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

Specifically, we explore whether the presence of frictions in a country's capital markets, labor markets, and product markets affect the excess value of diversified firms. We find that the value of diversified firms relative to their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 6

Union business model focused on financial remittances, and how its corporate citizenship efforts bring value to the company by satisfying the diverse needs of Western Union's stakeholders. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2010
News

Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

overall, we’ll continue to do a good job for our clients and grow the business. What does “accountability” mean in the context of running a financial firm? Tell the truth, serve people, have integrity. Have the ability, guts, and courage... View Details

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08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

Business Speaks English: Why You Need a Language Strategy Now Author:Tsedal Neeley Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 5 (May 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2017
News

Expanding Horizons

Nishant Sharma (MBA 2006) For Nishant Sharma (MBA 2006), cofounder and managing director of Kedaara Capital Advisors LLP in Mumbai, the impact of HBS has been significant. While the School has had a positive influence on his life, Nishant... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Mookerjee Picked as First Director of New HBS India Research Center

Mookerjee recently served as managing director of Capital One’s Asia business ventures, based in Bangalore, India. When that assignment ended in June 2004, he decided to remain with his family in India and subsequently launched an... View Details

Keywords: HBS; India Research Center; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
News

Profits and Purpose

kinds of programs, but when I first started talking about the need to reimagine capitalism I got trashed. Last year, I was teaching a group of deeply experienced CEOs and presidents, and they were asking me... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2009
News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

Beijing is America’s largest foreign creditor. But how long will the Chinese continue to finance U.S. deficit spending? Illustration by Stuart Bradford In his new book, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2010
News

Merton Receives Prestigious Award

University Professor Robert Merton, a member of the HBS faculty since 1988 and cowinner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics, recently received the Kolmogorov Medal from the University of London. He was honored for his distinguished work in the fields of research... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

01 Mar 2023
News

Is AI OK?

and attention, generosity and fairness. She cofounded pymetrics to capitalize on those existing tools. Polli and her partners developed a collection of gamified assessments and used them to evaluate top performers in various roles, like... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

(1979) and a DBA (1992), both from HBS. Stuart C. Gilson has been a member of the HBS faculty since 1991. His research focuses on how companies can create value by restructuring their assets, operations, and financial obligations in... View Details

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Brittany Williams

even know what investment banking was.” But she found the idea attractive because, “It would allow me to apply my problem-solving skill set to the business world, advising clients on the biggest problems they faced, like M&A or applying View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

17 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Ethics in Globalization

capitalism in general, and the financial crisis in particular. The current financial crisis has raised questions about the legitimacy of capitalism. Ethical failures certainly... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rafael M. Di Tella

06 Feb 2018
First Look

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

confusion and toward known elements of performance. Our findings provide insights about benefits and pitfalls that managers may need to consider when implementing 360° performance assessment programs as a complement to incentives based on... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers

into public stock offerings capitalizing on the boom, only to experience financial heartache when the bubble burst. Sound like the Internet revolution of the 1990s? Try the radio revolution of the 1920s. In... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Microsoft; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

Frank G. Hickey

increased from $26 million to $100 million. More important than the financial success he achieved, Hickey prepared General Instruments to capitalize on the growth of the communications industry. View Details

Keywords: Communications

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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources

section and newly added screening for real estate deals. Capital IQ Data on PE transactions, public and private companies, investment firms, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous... View Details

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