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  • January 2002 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

ProfitLogic

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Michael J. Roberts and Taslim Pirmohamed
Describes an "application software" company that has been through several evolutions--from consulting firm to applications service provider (ASP). The firm has received significant venture funding to pursue the ASP model but this has not worked, at least at the time... View Details
Keywords: History; Business Model; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Decision Choices and Conditions; Balanced Scorecard; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry
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  • March 2001
  • Case

Sime Darby Berhad (C): Responding to the Asian Crisis

By: Tarun Khanna and Danielle Melito Wu
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Conglomerates; Economy; Capital Markets; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; Malaysia
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Pamela Harder

DC and California. Work Experience: Commonwealth of Virginia (state government, economic development, talent strategy, higher education), Clever (Series B edtech startup), FSG (social sector consulting), Accion Venture Lab (impact investing), Root View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital; Venture Capital
  • 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
  • 21 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

In order to garner the capital necessary to foot the bill for social change, nonprofits need to think less about traditional grants and more in terms of innovation--and so do the organizations that fund them. This was a key message from... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 22 Sep 2015
  • News

Investing in Scalable Impact on K-12 Education

Vivian Wu (MBA 2000) manages Zuckerberg Education Ventures, an impact investing initiative that supports education entrepreneurs who are developing scalable businesses that will improve learning outcomes and increase access to high-quality education for large numbers... View Details
  • 23 Jun 2014
  • News

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

  • 19 Nov 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Lazy Prices

Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Quoc Nguyen; Financial Services
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Companies: date of incorporation

Where can I find a company's date of incorporation or year founded?   In Obis, "Date of Incorporation" appears on main page of the company profile. In Mergent Intellect, go to "Company Details" and select the... View Details

    Arthur J. Decio

    Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 companies with 3,500 employees in 12 states. In the... View Details
    Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
    • 15 Dec 2015
    • News

    Lovepop Woos The Sharks

    Wombi Rose (left) and John Wise Wombi Rose (left) and John Wise Former i-lab resident LovePop—founded by Wombi Rose (MBA 2015) and John Wise (MBA 2015)—had an atypical appearance on ABC’s entrepreneurial reality show, Shark Tank: By the end of their presentation, they... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Private capital, public good

    US in 2011, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress. “The vision of expanding opportunity, by applying the rigor and discipline of markets to public goals, is what compelled me to launch Social... View Details
    • January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
    • Case

    Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995

    By: Samuel L. Hayes III and Josh Lerner
    The Fojtasek Companies, a family business, faces several financing choices to address generational succession issues. Several buyouts have expressed interest in acquiring the firm outright; an investment bank has proposed a leveraged recapitalization; and a private... View Details
    Keywords: Family Ownership; Financing and Loans; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Banking; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy
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    • March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
    • Case

    Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000

    By: Forest L. Reinhardt
    Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Capital Markets; Management Teams; Business and Community Relations; Trade; Electronics Industry; Switzerland
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    Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

    Jeffrey Bussgang Field Course: Venture Capital Journey Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Launching Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management, Technology & Operations Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top C Course Title... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2008
    • News

    Lessons from Private Equity

    down the road?” PE managers can also teach you the value of managing cash. Most PE-acquired firms are capitalized with 70 percent debt, compared with the 40 percent average of U.S. public companies. Thus PE managers know how, in the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management
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    Public companies: comparative financial ratios

    Where do I find comparative financial ratios of public companies in an industry? In Capital IQ: For broad industry sectors (energy, materials, consumer discretionary, consumer stables, healthcare, financial, information technology,... View Details
    • 01 Feb 2002
    • News

    One Two Punch

    which Wynton Marsalis, Bette Midler, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, and other politicians and celebrities participated. Declared Bloomberg, "We will rebuild, renew, and remain the capital of the free world" (Agence France-Presse, January 1,... View Details
    Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
    • 03 Apr 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

    of these firms face various issues—including management of exchange rate risk, how to structure their internal capital markets, how to do capital budgeting worldwide, and how to respond to varying regulatory... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services