Publications

November 2000
Case

University Technology Ventures: October 2000

By: Josh Lerner

The founders of University Technology Ventures, a fund of funds designed for university professors, face numerous challenges in raising their first fund. The role, economics, and structure of funds-of-funds are examined in the course of examining the partners' dilemma. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

02 Dec 2020
News

A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA

February 1999 (Revised July 2004)
Case

Life as a Minor League CEO Frank Burke and The Chattanooga Lookouts

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman

A "slice of life" depiction of the range of issues and activities experienced by Frank Burke (HBS MBA 1987), the president of a minor league baseball team (the Chattanooga Lookouts). Raises questions of the applicability of MBA skills in this role and the "quotient of... View Details

Keywords: Happiness; Managerial Roles; Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Operations; Sports; Business Education; Sports Industry; Tennessee

15 Apr 2022
News

Cash House Dedication Ceremony Celebrates Dr. James Cash

Profile

Tyler Todd

personal stories in a way that forces you to challenge your preconceived beliefs. HBS cultivates an environment of openness that truly allows for self-exploration and personal growth. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

October 2011 (Revised December 2011)
Case

Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options

By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

The growth of companies that facilitate the sales of unregistered stock, such as that granted to employees of successful but long-private companies, has raised a number of questions among regulators, investors, and company founders. This brief vignette sketches out... View Details

Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Private Equity; Stocks; Business Growth and Maturation; Sales

19 Jul 2016
First Look

July 19, 2016

in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Pfizer's Virtual CIO (Abridged)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey

Discusses the IT organization and IT strategy issues facing Pfizer, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Managing over $1 billion of IT expense, the company has a committee approach for handling all critical IT decisions, an approach that is consistent... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Cost Management; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Information Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry

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15 Apr 2022
News

Cash House Honors a Prolific Teacher, Author, and Scholar

01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

debt increases exogenously and they use the proceeds of equity issues to increase payouts to shareholders. Our evidence suggests that extant findings that have been attributed to constraints may instead... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2021
News

One Year after George Floyd’s Death: 6 Reflections on Corporate America’s Progress

18 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 3/5

for it to benefit others. Your Black classmates need support... In the workplace: In this moment of racial reckoning, some of your Black classmates entering new internships and full-time roles are expected... View Details

September 1989 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Depreciation at Delta and Pan Am

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Depreciation policies of Delta Air Lines and Pan Am Corp. are compared and contrasted against a summary of operating data from each airline. Questions with the case require projection of future depreciation on a new aircraft using the policies of each company. View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Management Systems; Economic Growth; Policy; Cost; Financial Strategy; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Air Transportation Industry

07 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 7

Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Oct 2021
News

Nancy Koehn on Leadership Lessons from Rep. John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement

November 2011
Case

Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Natalie Kindred

This case focuses on the Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), a novel payment program designed to incentivize providers to deliver less costly, high quality health care. Under the AQC, offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, providers received a fixed-dollar... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Massachusetts