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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
dominant investment vehicle of our time. The Complete Guide to ETF Portfolio Management provides everything you need to know to manage an ETF with knowledge and skill. As Janus Capital’s first ETF View Details
- 10 May 2015
- Blog Post
Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur
segmentations and audience development strategies. In 2012, I yearned for a complete change of pace. I moved from LA to DC and took a role within Marriott’s portfolio brand strategy group to help with the Marriott Rewards program. I would... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
through its development bank (BNDES), we find a positive effect of those stakes on firms' return on assets and on the capital expenditures of financially constrained firms with investment opportunities. However, these positive effects are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Holdings, a $300 million fund with investments in several restaurant concepts including Tatte Bakery, CAVA, Life Alive, BJ’s Restaurants and Clover Food Labs. Christian, can you walk me through how the management team at Inspire Brands... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
with limited financial resources can then focus on supplying superior bottleneck modules, while outsourcing and allowing complementors to supply non-bottleneck components. I show that a firm pursuing this strategy will have a higher return on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
customers and drive distribution for other products in a company's portfolio. A company's commitment to searching out potential blockbusters and then investing in marketing to convert potential to reality attracts and retains top... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
degrees in mechanical engineering and economics at Yale and then worked in tech investments at Morgan Stanley and as a project manager at Microsoft. But what Hopkins hoped to learn from the course taught by Shane Greenstein, the Martin... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
bring to future employers. Rocio Wu: I was inspired to explore how VCs can use a data-driven approach to improve the operational inefficiencies in three parts of the VC investment process – 1) Originate new View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
influence over the corporate tax strategy. They then reconstructed insider holdings portfolios and built-in capital gains in order to get a precise estimate of their incentives. There were three measures for determining which executives... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
part time. ”I have now been to 10 countries in Africa in three years, and often times feel more comfortable here than I do in my other home, the USA.” With the acquisition of two universities (Cavendish in Uganda and Zambia) and a significant View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
capital firm he opened in 2004 (and closed in January 2013) that focused on the Internet, software, and mobile spaces. The experience taught him some important lessons, among them the benefits of restricting his number of investments. "Nueva Ventures had a View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
unchanged. We find that CLV availability resulted in a significant shift in attention towards the more profitable client segments (the weight of the top segment in the portfolio of customers increases from 26% to 34%), but we do not find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Meredith Hamilton
Meredith [she/her] has served as a mentor and coach to innumerable mid-career staff as well as several CEOs in the social sector. She is committed to creating a safe space for students and alumni to explore questions of professional identity and career progression... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
long-term growth with disruptive potential, Summa invested in four thematic areas that were mapped to megatrends outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals—trends Summa believed presented long-term growth opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2025
- Blog Post
How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value
Internship Jessica brought a background in investment banking and private equity, but she was ready to try something new. “I thought my experience working on strategic initiatives with portfolio companies... View Details
- 21 May 2025
- Blog Post
Mentorship in Action: When an HBS Student Proposes a Project
scheduled a call to explore potential projects and align on goals. “They had never had an intern before, so this was a brand new program that we workshopped together based on both of our expectations,” Jessica said. Designing a Meaningful Internship Jessica brought a... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
investment opportunity that traditional VCs are simply overlooking. In this special episode of Skydeck, recorded live at Fall Reunions, Dodi speaks with Associate Editor Jen Flint about the challenges that female founders still face—and... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
try to invest in or buy Party City to thwart efforts that would potentially erode both businesses? If they did, should Party City remain a standalone company, or should it be merged with Amscan? Would Party City even come to the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Cash Out Josh Lerner and James Mason “In November 2020, the co-founders of DigiPlex study the future growth trajectory of their Nordic data center venture. A critical question was on the agenda: was now finally the right time to sell DigiPlex? Originally a $2.75... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
portfolio of programs in parallel.” In an industry where serial entrepreneurship is the norm, Cytokinetics’s approach instead requires “a strategy based on sustainability and durability” that includes forging significant partnerships with... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg