Hedge Fund Industry Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
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of the capital stack to support others coming in on top of that, which might have higher return expectations? How do we assemble that so that we can hit both impact and investment outcomes? What other shifts in the industry are you... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

framework can serve as the cornerstone of both effective management and sound governance. Key Learnings · A sophisticated governance system is necessary in a complex capitalistic economy to ensure that capital funds the best ideas. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

brings new reports of hedge fund closings and the scaling back of private equity investments. Not surprisingly, the enormously high compensation packages in these fields are shrinking as well, making jobs in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

20 Jan 2023
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Free Spirits

beers. Shufelt, a former hedge fund trader, had decided that all the boozy weeknight work dinners were incompatible with his life and fitness goals. He quit drinking and found sobriety to be a brilliant... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 2013
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Building a Better Brazil

industrial company committed to both the natural world and the growth of the Brazilian communities where it operated. Lorentzen served as chairman of Aracruz until 2004; under his leadership, the company... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 26

By: Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano Abstract— It is widely presumed that in today's globalized economy, the value of geographic clustering of manufacturing industries is no longer valuable. Manufacturing is represented as a highly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Scaling Responding to Biased Questions Advice on VC Fundraising Show Hide Details Concepts The Venture Capital Industry The Financing Process Term Sheets and Exits Featured Exercises Determine whether VC View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

ISA-Association of Learning Providers. Peter Tufano : Attendee at the World Economic Forum and Global Agenda Councils, 2016–2020. 2018 Laura Alfaro : Recipient of a Harvard China Fund Faculty Grant in 2018. Hubert Joly : Inducted into the... View Details

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Daniel Sheyner

credit for the book.) But now, after years spent breaking into private equity and detailing the industries' particulars, Sheyner is leaving it behind. In July, he started his first post-HBS job at Atika Capital Management, a new hedge... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

vuvuzelas competes with the arena’s mix of American hip-hop and regional hits. It is a distinctly regional take on an iconic American export. The league is a core pillar of NBA Africa, a two-year-old venture whose value NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has estimated at... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51704 Harvard Business School Case 902-412 Tobacco and the Future of Rural Kentucky Governor Patton decides how to use settlement funds to develop a long-term plan for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Elizabeth Gorman Research Fund Grant in 2019. Scott Duke Kominers : Recipient of a Washington Center for Equitable Growth Grant for research with Ravi Jagadeesan (Harvard University), Mohammad Akbarpour... View Details

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

widely, and research shows that it's often tough to increase profits by investing abroad. A new study of the grocery retail industry reveals that with a few exceptions globalization's benefits have not accrued to retailers. Local... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

limits The result has been explosive growth in the activist investing world. More than 500 activist hedge funds managed in excess of $140 billion at the end of June, an... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

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Harvard Business School

founded Biodrill Technical Solutions, a provider of sustainable energy-related products and services. Augustine has also served as CEO and president of Eltrex Industries at RCSB Financial Inc. since 1976. Augustine serves as director at... View Details

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

look at the creation of the Carnegie Tech Graduate School of Industrial Administration after World War II. This episode illustrates the increasingly successful claims of social scientists, backed by philanthropic foundations, on business... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
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KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo

On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Australia

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Raja Bobbili

far? I work at a small firm with a big mandate – we have a pool of capital that we can invest in any asset class, industry and geography. I enjoy the intellectual freedom that comes with that and take pride in the sense of accountability... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

now, and how will they use their power? Will we see bigger bets on likely blockbusters, more intense competition in areas such as streaming and esports, and more industry consolidation? Drawing on dozens of recent case studies, Professor... View Details

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Cici Xie

Cici wants to help students explore opportunities in the investment management industry at both hedge funds and long-only asset management firms. Having gone through the... View Details

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