Publications

2008
Working Paper

Long-Run Stockholder Consumption Risk and Asset Returns

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Tobias J. Moskowitz and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen

We provide new evidence on the success of long-run risks in asset pricing by focusing on the risks borne by stockholders. Exploiting micro-level household consumption data, we show that long-run stockholder consumption risk better captures cross-sectional... View Details

Keywords: Asset Pricing; Stocks; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management

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30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

performance management system into corporate governance processes. The Balanced Scorecard strategy map portrays, on a single page, a company's strategy. It includes the financial outcomes expected;... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

December 2010 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Silver Lake

By: David J. Collis and Elizabeth A. Kind

Dave Roux, co-founder and chairman of Silver Lake, a private equity (PE) firm specializing in technology investments, was meeting with the firm's investment committee via video conference to discuss options for Silver Lake's future growth. While the private equity... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Private Equity; Expansion; Global Range; Financial Services Industry

June 2006 (Revised January 2012)
Case

Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)

By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams

Teena Lerner started her own hedge fund firm in 2001 after nearly 20 years as a star biotechnology analyst and hedge fund manager. After the start-up phase, her firm became highly profitable. In 2004, however, one of her four analysts lost a lot of money for the firm.... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Investment Funds; Performance; Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry

01 Oct 2002
News

Pearson Hunt Remembered

Hunt: an influential figure in the shaping of financial management practices. Courtesy HBS Communications Professor emeritus Pearson Hunt, an authority on corporate finance whose research helped shape modern... View Details

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Specialist Baker Research & Data Services Areas of Expertise: data licensing and vendor relationships, data sourcing and access. Jen Beauregard Information Research Specialist Baker Research & Data Services Areas of Expertise: financial... View Details

Sigfried Weis

Weis was instrumental in managing the growth of Weis Markets, often noted as the most profitable supermarket chain in the United States. Weis took the company public in 1965 and went on to produce over 25 consecutive years of successful... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Benjamin Ha

Master of Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard University. Areas in which I can support startups: Fundraising and financial management strategies Team formation and motivation strategies Target... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence;#75;#Venture Capital;#64;#Software/App

24 Apr 2014
News

Protecting conservation land while turning a profit

Like any private equity firm, The Lyme Timber Company seeks attractive financial returns for its investors. But Jim Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing director at Lyme, considers a second audience—the... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

(Harvard Business School Press) Information Markets: What Businesses Can Learn from Financial Innovation, by William J. Wilhelm, Jr., and Joseph D. Downing, is the finance professional’s must-have guide to understanding the changing role... View Details

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

01 Dec 2016
News

@Soldiers Field

(photo by Neal Hamberg) (photo by Neal Hamberg) Blue skies and sunshine welcomed over 2,000 alumni and guests to fall reunions, where the many offerings included a case discussion of “Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center” with Professor Rohit Deshpandé, a tour of... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

A Helping Hand for Health Care

The HBS Buffalo Club continued its tradition of sponsoring community leaders for HBS Executive Education courses by sending senior management teams from two of the area’s health-care providers to the School’s new View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2000
News

Rethinking Call Centers: Effective Delivery of Service is Key

call centers, with their attendant voice response units, need not be frustrating. When a company manages its call center well, effectively linking a triad of service, information technology, and internal processes, both the customer and... View Details

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

studies drivers of regulatory behavior as well as the resulting decision-making process of managers within regulated organizations. In the paper The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior, forthcoming in the Journal of View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

01 Dec 2019
News

From Das’s Desk

written and the insights and lessons they offer. The Disruptive Voice – A series that looks at examples of disruptive innovation being explored by academics, researchers, and practitioners who were inspired by Professor Clay Christensen. View Details

Keywords: podcasts; lifelong learning; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

recapitalizations, strategic and financial sales of portfolio companies, initial public offerings, and secondary transactions. Module 5: Private Equity Firm Strategic and Management Issues This final module... View Details

June 2009
Supplement

F. William McNabb, Chairman, Vanguard Group, Interviewed by Professor John Quelch, April 2008

By: John A. Quelch

Professor John Quelch interviewed F. William McNabb, Chairman, Vanguard Group in April 2008 to review updates since the original case was published in 2004. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States

August 1997 (Revised September 1997)
Case

GMIMCo Venture Capital: September 1996

By: Josh Lerner, Peter Wendell and Catherine M. Conneely

Kathryn Stokel must choose between three venture capital groups (if any) in which to invest the pension fund of General Motors Corp. Each has distinct strengths and weaknesses. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Asset Management; Retirement; Investment Funds; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry