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- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
predictive and prescriptive implications, this theory contributes to the general notion that pricing might affect as much as capture perceived value. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-055.pdf Capital Structure with Risky Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
another. The second involves the extent to which firms borrow and acquire claims on other firms with the proceeds. When a group of firms raises their involvement in this activity, firms outside the group may face more difficulties in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting
launched in 1996, WesTrek has connected generations of students with alumni and industry leaders across the Bay Area. WesTrek 2025 raised the bar by bringing together over 80 students for an action-packed dive into venture capital,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
invest in venture capital. Guided by Cohen, who is regarded as the father of the European venture capital industry, Apax emerged as one of the world’s preeminent VC and private equity investment groups, View Details
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
collaborative practices constituted an anticompetitive conspiracy. The judge observed that activities the government depicted as nefarious were "nothing more nor less than a gradual, natural, and normal growth or evolution by which an ancient form has been adapted... View Details
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Yueran Ma
growing up also had a major influence on my interests in finance. I travelled with my family in China, and everywhere I saw firms and entrepreneurs struggling to raise funding as the financial system was riddled with frictions and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Global Mission
topic: the global manager. Our lead story recounts how HBS developed a unique research and teaching approach to address the rise of globalization. Since the mid-1990s, the School has established a network of seven far-flung research centers to facilitate the creation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Growth Fund, run by CEO Kevin Hall (MBA 1996), to raise a $30 million fund dedicated to starting and growing new charter organizations in Tennessee. One of the Growth Fund's grantees is Melissa Megliola-Zaikos (MBA 2000), founder and CEO... View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
influx of foreign capital helped finance investments in new technology, one might also conclude that U.S. employees and consumers benefited to a significant degree at the expense of foreign investors. This is particularly true for money... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
earning her MBA at Harvard Business School. In fact, she spent the first decade of her life living down the road from Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, yet the halls of Harvard Business School could not have been further from her sense of belonging. “As a little... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
from each other. We’re raising our voices and saying it’s not okay for us to be an afterthought, for only 2 percent of venture capital to go toward women. We have a responsibility to speak up and do more.”... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
reduce risk, though the effectiveness depends upon the role of capital structure in volatility. To address this question, we build a statistical model of equity volatility that accounts for leverage. Our approach blends Merton’s insights... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
and the bar is set very high in the medical field. Third, it has to have defensible intellectual property. The timelines are stretched so much that it's hard to raise investment capital if there isn't the... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
School finance professor Luis Viceira, an expert on investment management and capital markets, offered his views on how this happened, what it means, and how high the Dow may go in the future. Jim Aisner: Last week the Dow closed above... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
Publications January 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
their perspectives on the bill and its key provisions. Their opinions range from calling it a major step forward to concern that it will actually raise the risk to the system. Robert Steven Kaplan, Professor Of Management Practice:... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Profile
Michael Maples
I was a kid, my dad once told me `It’s only over when you decide to quit.’” So Maples plowed ahead into his investing career. To raise his chances for success, Maples did what has been characteristic of his career: view the... View Details
- Profile
Kimball Thomas
enough money to pay for the entire order. We took what we could and bought the rest as we sold tables on eBay.” All the while, Kimball was still in school and pursuing an internship with vSpring Capital in the Salt Lake City area. “I had... View Details
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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog
is carefully managed. In addition to the projects, a very popular slate of PE professionals provides full-class lectures on a variety of PE topics, including Deal Sourcing, Portfolio Operations, Capital Formation, PE CEOs, First Time... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
required MBA curriculum, raising new sensibilities about language among native and nonnative English speakers in HBS classrooms and beyond. Learn more about HBS faculty and their research at www.hbs.edu/faculty Anat Keinan and George... View Details