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- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
KKR sold CHI in 2022 for 10 times the equity it had invested, it amounted to the company’s most successful deal in more than two decades—and a payout of $360 million to its 800 employees. It was validation that changing the mindset of employees yielded brisk View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
The fawning executives lined up outside your office on Day One to tell you how fortunate the organization is to have you and to offer to help you succeed are often fakes. The people you need to impress and enlist as supporters are not... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
merge. Nurses make up 99.5 percent of Buurtzorg’s workforce. “Buurtzorg seems to capture the power that is unleashed when people can make their own decisions.” Each nursing team manages itself. To ensure financial sustainability,... View Details
- February 1997
- Case
Advent of Venture Capital in Latin America, The
By: Debora L. Spar
Widely regarded as the leader in international private equity, Advent International is considering the establishment of a private equity fund in Latin America in 1996. Typically, Advent entered new private equity markets through the creation of multicountry regional... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Joint Ventures; Market Entry and Exit; Globalized Markets and Industries; Financial Services Industry; Boston; Latin America
Spar, Debora L., and Elizabeth B. Stein. "Advent of Venture Capital in Latin America, The." Harvard Business School Case 797-077, February 1997.
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
PublicationsDoes Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda, and Selin Sayek Publication:Journal of Development Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Finance - Faculty & Research
from his office in Bad Homburg, Germany. With revenues of 22 billion and a mission to advance patient care, Fresenius had built a strong reputation through decades of acquisitions and dividend growth. However, between 2017 and 2022, the... View Details
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Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual
Summary Performance measurement is essential for organizational innovation, learning, and success. Nonprofits, however, must evaluate social or environmental outcomes as well as financial performance, and the ideal metrics are not always... View Details
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
described the proliferation of "digital positions" in their companies, from Digital Project Manager or Digital Director to Chief Transformation Officer or Chief Innovation... View Details
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Executive Education - Global
my expertise." Zoya Sakr Co-Founder and Group Editor in Chief Online Lifestyle Network (OLN), UAE "The way the professors look at complex issues and draw out applicable lessons is nothing short of magic." Jad Karam View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 29
Francois Brochet and Rakeen MabudHarvard Business School Note 110-070 This note explains the basic structure of the trading floor in a typical financial institution and how the front, middle and back offices... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
increasing in financial characteristics predicted to be associated with greater unverifiable fair-value-based discretion. To investigate whether non-impairment is associated with managers producing on average better estimates of goodwill... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
flexible arrangements. 4. Recruit and promote from diverse pools of candidates. 5. Provide leadership education. 6. Sponsor employee resource groups and mentoring programs. 7. Offer quality role models. 8. Make the chief diversity View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
senior executives at their organizations have the right mindset and skills to lead in the digital era. Those closer to the nuts and bolts of digital functions—the chief technology officers, chief information... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
problems in the renovation of the 27-floor, 60,000 square meter complex. The WTC owners, two Dutch financial institutions, had hired TvT in 1995 to advise how to best handle their property's underperformance, which stood 20% empty and had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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South Asia - Global
not hold back. As the protestors marched ahead without retaliating against the police’s blows, she stepped forward to join them. A British officer approached Naidu and touched her arm, saying, “You are under arrest.” Quick was her... View Details
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
from his office in Bad Homburg, Germany. With revenues of 22 billion and a mission to advance patient care, Fresenius had built a strong reputation through decades of acquisitions and dividend growth. However, between 2017 and 2022, the... View Details
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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care
creation of several novel therapeutic and drug discovery platform companies. Prior to Atlas he was co-founder, executive vice president, and chief business officer of Celera Genomics, and held senior... View Details
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Contact Us Contact Us Work with Us Career & Professional Development is dedicated to fostering connections between employers and HBS talent. Our office takes a personalized approach to your recruiting strategy regardless of your... View Details
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California - Global
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Duolingo, reflected on the remarkable evolution of the language-learning app he helped launch in 2011. As the #1 most downloaded education app in the world,... View Details
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People - Advancing Racial Equity
Advancing Racial Equity & Diversity Advancing Racial Equity & Diversity People Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Terrill L. Drake Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer... View Details