Cross-section Of Equities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

wants 15 percent of the equity and would take out a loan from your parent company to buy his shares, the loan to be repaid with dividends from those shares. Would you make him a partner? On a cold winter day... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

10 Dec 2010
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Notes from the Trenches

Be clear with partners when it comes to delineating between areas of responsibility and ownership. And make sure that everyone has an equity stake early on. Any mistakes? “I hired people with outstanding... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Mar 2003
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A Casual Approach to Success

to Hellman & Friedman, LLC, the well-respected private equity investment firm he cofounded (with Tully Friedman) in 1984. Hellman is one of the Bay Area’s most successful investment bankers, generous... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jan 2009
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Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985

equity firm GP Investimentos, which Sicupira led for eight years. After a decade of investing and building assets in the telecom, retail, consumer goods, and railroad industries, the trio sold the... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

(AI) technology but a recent McKinsey survey of senior executives shows that financial services, utilities and media firms are now testing the AI waters. On the R&D side, CB Insights research shows that there have been over 3000 VC deals... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing directors at the Lyme Timber Company in Hanover, New Hampshire, work hard to make the double bottom line a reality. Founded in 1976, Lyme Timber Company is a timberland investment management organization (TIMO), a private View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

13 Jul 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

equity firms focused on smaller acquisitions. He also boosted his charitable and nonprofit endeavors. Clifford has been the president of the Harvard Business School Club of... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?

says, but also means the soil can capture a significant amount of carbon dioxide, which is the major cause of global warming. That is the focus of Sustainable Farm Partners... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

01 Sep 2017
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A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

private equity fund invests in distressed businesses across sub-Saharan Africa, and Dozie soon found himself responsible for a coffee cherry washing station in the volcanic hills of western Rwanda. Up until... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

10 Oct 2018
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Building Paths to Success

me that we could combine business and nonprofit and make one plus one equal more than two,” he says. “Seventy percent of what I was doing in my private equity and business life was extremely relevant; but in... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2016
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Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

Recent studies have found that gender diversity in the corporate boardroom can enhance dialogue, curb excessive risk-taking, and boost both performance and share price. And yet, women still hold only about 19 percent of S&P 500 company... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

photography and reporting by Susan Young See full profiles and more photographs here. There’s a common thread among the stories of this year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor: every one View Details

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

implementation of new technology as a particular highlight. Observed Deborah McConchie (MBA '79), whose Boston-area consulting business has many high-tech clients, "It was a well-organized conference with a good View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

“punishment posting” or perhaps a move that signaled her desire for a slower-paced lifestyle after a fifteen-year career in various areas of ICICI Bank. “There were no visible indicators that signaled the potential for private View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 1996
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Entrepreneurship at HBS

creating resources, adapting to the unexpected, and managing creativity. Important empirical and clinical work in venture capital and private equity has shed new light on the structure, governance, and impact View Details

01 Apr 1998
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New Releases

where they have some special hold over those receiving the money," explains Hayes. There are a number of acceptable financial contracts dating from the Middle Ages that do allow certain investments other than a straight View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Not Your Typical Business Conference

in the 1990s. It was, in the satisfied words of one attendee, "not your typical business conference." Buttner began the morning by urging women Ð who are more likely to raise children alone or survive their spouses than are men Ð to... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Straddling Two Worlds

Some aspects of Paul E. Tierney's (MBA '68) first weeks at Soldiers Field were easy to get used to. “Our apartment in Peabody Terrace had a kitchen with a refrigerator and a bathroom with a toilet that flushed,” he recalls with a smile.... View Details