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- November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care
By: Trevor Fetter and Kira Seiger
This case describes the increasing investment by private equity (PE) firms in patient care and other healthcare services. The case focuses on investments in physician staffing firms and roll-up strategy investments in physician practice management (PPM). Included in... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Change; Disruption; Fluctuation; Trends; Customers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Ethics; Fairness; Finance; Equity; Insurance; Private Equity; Geography; Geographic Scope; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Ownership; Ownership Type; Private Ownership; Relationships; Agency Theory; Business and Community Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Strategy; Competition; Consolidation; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Value; Value Creation; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Fetter, Trevor, and Kira Seiger. "Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 321-049, November 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- April 2019
- Article
Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis
By: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Filippo Mezzanotti
Do private equity firms contribute to financial fragility during economic crises? We find that during the 2008 financial crisis, PE-backed companies increased investments relative to their peers, while also experiencing greater equity and debt inflows. The effects are... View Details
Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti. "Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis." Review of Financial Studies 32, no. 4 (April 2019): 1309–1373. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 23626 and Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 18-005.)
- April 2014
- Module Note
Debt as a Source of Value in Private Equity
Ivashina, Victoria. "Debt as a Source of Value in Private Equity." Harvard Business School Module Note 214-061, April 2014.
- February 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Supplement
Lehman Brothers (D): Reemergence of the Equity Research Department
By: Boris Groysberg and Ashish Nanda
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Ashish Nanda. "Lehman Brothers (D): Reemergence of the Equity Research Department." Harvard Business School Supplement 406-090, February 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
- Web
Data - Advancing Racial Equity
Data Data MBA Entering Classes 2022-2026 Class of 2022*** Class of 2023*** Class of 2024 Class of 2025 Class of... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability
By: Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim and Gwen Yu
We study how the availability of domestic credit influences the contribution that financing activities make to a firm's return on equity (ROE). Using a sample of 51,866 firms from 69 countries, we find that financing activities contribute more to a firm's ROE in... View Details
Keywords: Domestic Credit; Return Of Equity; Corporate Performance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statements; Valuation; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Economic Growth
Lundholm, Russell, George Serafeim, and Gwen Yu. "FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-011, July 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
- 2014
- Other Unpublished Work
Government-held Equity in Foreign Investment Projects: Good for Host Countries?
By: Louis T. Wells
Host governments have often sought some equity in mining and other foreign investment projects, but as shareholders they have rarely gained what they anticipated. Only in special cases might the benefits to governments outweigh the risks and often unanticipated costs... View Details
Wells, Louis T. "Government-held Equity in Foreign Investment Projects: Good for Host Countries?" Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 114, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, February 2014.
- Article
Expected Stock Returns Worldwide: A Log-Linear Present-Value Approach
By: Akash Chattopadhyay, Matthew R. Lyle and Charles C.Y. Wang
This study provides the first large-scale study of the performance of expected-return proxies (ERPs) internationally. Analyst-forecast-based ICCs are sparsely populated and not robustly associated with future returns. Earnings-model-forecast-based ICCs are... View Details
Keywords: Expected Returns; Discount Rates; Fundamental Valuation; Implied Cost Of Capital; International Equity Markets; Present Value; Investment Return; Equity; Markets; Global Range
Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R. Lyle, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Expected Stock Returns Worldwide: A Log-Linear Present-Value Approach." Accounting Review 97, no. 2 (March 2022): 107–133.
- June 2009
- Teaching Note
Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital (Brief Case)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin
Teaching Note for 4129 View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
poultry manufacturer that sold processed chicken parts to both retailers and fast food restaurants—was debating whether to outsource food safety tests to Mérieux NutriSciences at a cost of $1 million for 12... View Details
- 11 Nov 2011
- News
NBA lockout costing broadcasters
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
Aetna, another covered by Blue Cross, and another self-insured. Payers could negotiate, but price changes would have to benefit all patients, not just their own. The cost of treating a medical condition has... View Details
- December 1994 (Revised November 1997)
- Background Note
Information Sources About Private Equity
By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of key sources of information. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity
Lerner, Josh. "Information Sources About Private Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-066, December 1994. (Revised November 1997.)
- Summer 2021
- Article
The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016
By: Muhammad H. Zaman and Tarun Khanna
This article examines the evolution of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Cipla towards producing drugs that met the quality standards of European and U.S. regulators. It employs new research in Cipla’s corporate archives, the Creating Emerging Markets database, and... View Details
Keywords: Cipla; Pharmaceuticals; Drug Quality; Generics; Quality; Standards; Information Technology; Cost; Organizational Culture; Business History; Pharmaceutical Industry; India
Zaman, Muhammad H., and Tarun Khanna. "The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016." Business History Review 95, no. 2 (Summer 2021): 249–274.
- 11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992
- Lecture
Have Japanese Corporations Made Good Use of Their Low Cost of Capital?
By: W. Carl Kester
- December 2015
- Teaching Note
Nextel Peru: Emerging Market Cost of Capital (Brief Case)
By: Luis M. Viceira and Joel L. Heilprin
- 02 Feb 2016
- News
The costs of inequality: When a fair shake isn’t
- Web
Projects - Race, Gender & Equity
Hosted by Maggie Sanchez, MBA 1990, this three-video series aims to stir visionary thinking and illuminate key ideas on how to create meaningful change. Pathways to a Just Digital Future This joint project of the Race, Gender & View Details