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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Partner Organizations ACCION International ACLU Acumen African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) American Ballet Theatre Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Boston Ballet View Details
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Alumnae Circles - Alumni
occasionally need to miss a meeting. However, the Circle dynamic can be negatively affected by members who don't make their best efforts to show up. Commitment truly is the magic to making a Circle work. Community Values All members are... View Details
- August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
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Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
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Cait Haught
endowments and foundations. "I loved the job," Cait says. "I learned something new every day: capital markets, how to talk to clients, how to lead teams. They give you a lot of autonomy and responsibility; I managed a team... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 16 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)
dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress. In my role, I work on our strategy and social investment teams. I’ve helped develop our impact management and field building strategies and contribute to firm-wide fundraising... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17
better ex-ante characteristics, bank-affiliated investments have slightly worse outcomes than non-affiliated investments. Also consistent with theory, the cyclicality of banks' engagement in private equity and favorable financing terms are negatively correlated with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
scientific discoveries; raising capital, leading a team, developing strategic partnerships with established pharmaceuticals, and other crucial activities are now even clearer to me because of CORe. Enrique Garcia-Rivera Pursuing a PhD in Chemical Biology in View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
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Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
SOSV SOSV is an early-stage, deep-tech venture capital firm that is one of the most active firms in the world in climate tech investment. Brandon's role prior to HBS was a Founding engineer of Wafer, a satellite View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21
the period from 1996 to 2005 to test the hypothesized relationships. How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power and Timing in Redundant Communication Authors:P.M. Leonardi, T.B. Neeley, and E.M. Gerber... View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
interview, conducted via e-mail. Q: In general, what relationship did you find between companies you identified as short-term-oriented, their investors, and the behavior of their stocks? Francois Brochet: Overall, we found a positive association between the horizon... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions. The case focuses on two questions: (1) From a shareholder's perspective, how is Apple's cash different from cash in a bank or money market account? (2) Can Apple create... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2020
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5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS
community has been on full display. In the last three weeks alone, clubs have hosted community-wide virtual events with Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Rich Gotham (President of the Boston Celtics), and Joe... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
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A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh
takeover of Unilever by 3G Capital / Kraft Heinz. Over our 80-minute case, we discuss the strategies of Unilever (long-term value creation with sustainability at the center) and 3G / Kraft Heinz (steep budget cuts and higher operating... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets
knowledge of the health care sector. While still at HBS, the teammates did preliminary work by visiting a senior center in a Boston suburb to understand how comfortable seniors were with technology. In Buenos Aires, the team used design... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1
of capital within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for performance measurement and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
hire from the high caliber pool of professionals returning to work after a career break. iRelaunch supports a community of over 110,000 professionals in all stages of returning to work after career breaks from one to over 20 years with a... View Details
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
Harvard Business School. Leading with Finance helps students understand key financial levers that drive financial performance, examine how the capital markets work, develop a toolkit for making smart financial decisions, and gain the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
$12 million in sales. Over the next 30-plus years, Dahod built five additional companies, each capitalizing on his own insights into technology and what the future would require—be it high-speed switching (Sigma Networks), high-speed... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- April 2005 (Revised September 2005)
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Pegasus Capital: The Musimundo Decision
By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
The five managing directors of Pegasus Capital were meeting in June 2003 to make a go/no-go decision regarding the investment of Musimundo, one of the largest entertainment retailers in Argentina. Just four days before the planned closing of the sale, Pegasus' 50%... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
sectors. Consulting, research, and/or brokerage services, as well as investment funds (including but not limited to hedge funds, private equity funds, search funds, and venture capital funds) are ineligible for funding. Are you a current... View Details