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Industries: financial analytical data and tools

Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Print resources: Mergerstat Review  Check Harvard availability
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  • 21 Feb 2024
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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

preferences, and areas of interest,” Cheung said. “We also have examples of interns taking on discrete pieces of work that worked out quite well based on their specific background, for example, in public policy or in government.” That... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
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Investor Activism and Takeovers

By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor
Recent work documents large positive abnormal returns around the time that a hedge fund announces its activist intentions with a publicly listed firm. We show that these returns are largely explained by the ability of activists to force target firms into a takeover: In... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Public Ownership
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Endo Pharmaceuticals (A): From LBO to...?

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Brian DeLacey
Endo Pharmaceuticals was formed in 1997 as a leveraged buyout spin-off from DuPont Merck. In 1999, it must decide whether to do an IPO or merge with a smaller company. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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RISE Career Fellowship | MBA

School’s public commitment, made in its Advancing Racial Equity action plan, to engage with the broader business community to promote racial equity. The RISE Career Fellow sources an opportunity that aligns... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

delivery business in a number of countries, including the UK, France, Italy, Brazil, and Canada. It went public in 2014, became a FTSE-100 company in 2017, and is currently worth $5 billion. That’s the price of an incorrect answer to... View Details
  • 05 Jan 2017
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Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

public sector is dynamic, generating possibilities that neither sector alone could create. Reconciling social equity and economic justice with the profit motive continues to be one of our world’s greatest... View Details
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Company databases: which database to choose? | Baker Library

equity research, company profiles, histories, etc. Bloomberg Availability: In-Library for Authorized Baker Visitors* Strengths/Unique Features: Comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from View Details
  • 04 Oct 2007
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Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

my bet is that 2037 will be very different as well. And this will be due to entrepreneurs, not private equity funds or public company boards." This may be linked, as D. R. Elliott suggested, to the rise... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • June 2020
  • Teaching Note

Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta
This teaching note provides guidance for teaching the case “Generation Investment Management” (820-033), which looks at the challenges facing a sustainable investment firm. View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Investing; Socially Responsible Investing; Long-term Investing; ESG; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Finance; Equity; Governance; Private Equity; Public Equity; Financial Markets; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Institutional Investing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom; England; London
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First Look: March 31, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-101.pdf Does Public Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality? Authors:Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn, and Sharon P. Katz Abstract We compare the quality of accounting numbers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Oct 2013
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Moving the Needle

mutual impact objectives," she observes. Seegull brought her knowledge of how to amplify the power of impact investing to her current position as chief investment officer at ImpactAssets, a $100 million donor-advised fund that invests capital for social and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
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Sustainability in VCPE & Investing

investment with a focus on the benefits of sustainable investment, best practices, and lessons for the future. Private Equity for the Public Interest: The Evolution of ESG and Considerations for Asset... View Details
  • 26 Jan 2004
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How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

Women-owned businesses are just as financially strong and creditworthy as the average U.S. firm, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Women's Business Research. Yet women struggle more than men to acquire equity capital.... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
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Jeffrey Noonan

Jeff enjoys helping students better understand the different stages of investing and pursue the stage that is right for them. Having considered post-MBA careers across VC, growth, PE, and public markets Jeff is well versed in the... View Details
  • June 2012
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Note on Financing Growth in Family Firms

By: Belen Villalonga
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Family Business; Private Equity; Joint Ventures; Initial Public Offering
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Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

 

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

  • 01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design, and performance of private... View Details
Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
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Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources

Public company profiles, equity research, etc: LSEG Workspace for analyst reports and public company data. Note that student accounts are limited to 150 pages of after market... View Details
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Leila Meliani

"I have a lot of respect for the case study method. It forces me to develop public speaking skills. Every time I walk into a classroom, I get the best practice possible for being a senior executive; case studies force you to switch... View Details
Keywords: Consulting