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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
and develop a deeper appreciation of how legal systems operate and how to operate within the boundaries of legal systems. In response to increased student interest in private equity, a module of the course focuses on contracts and... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
about hedge fund managers and private equity managers raking in billions while decimating companies and destabilizing markets more than we worry about whether the CEO of Ford... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Preqin | Baker Library
Preqin Data and information on private equity and venture capital companies, funds, and deals; debt, real estate and infrastructure. Read More Preqin, a part of BlackRock, is known as the home of... View Details
- April 2010
- Article
Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
This paper presents evidence of performance persistence in entrepreneurship. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are much more likely to succeed than first-time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. In particular, they exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Performance; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Market Timing; Competency and Skills; Success; Business Startups
Gompers, Paul A., Josh Lerner, David Scharfstein, and Anna Kovner. "Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital." Journal of Financial Economics 96, no. 1 (April 2010): 18–32.
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
exception. Yet providers and payers continue to try to stymie competition. Many are actively pursuing consolidation, buying up market share, and increasing their bargaining power. In this article, the authors argue that health care payers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
should find the capital markets attractive. Private equity and venture capital have played a major role in providing equity to firms before they... View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
it can survive and prosper in the coming market correction. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807006 Centre Partners—American Seafoods 2003 Harvard Business School Case 207-077 Centre... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments
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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog
Career Focus The course should be of particular interest to those interested in managing a business for which technology is likely to play a major role, and to those interested in consulting, private equity... View Details
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Pamela Harder
pricing and market tiering strategy, and streamlined sales operations across the company. Immediately after HBS, Pam spent 3 years as a social sector consultant at FSG, where she led client engagements that spanned everything from View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
stamp of approval in the marketplace." U.S. venture funds didn't put on much muscle, however, until 1978, when pension funds got the green light to pour greenbacks into the coffers of venture capital and private View Details
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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
key institutional features that support particular forms of ownership? Current research includes cases on employee ownership trusts, developing dimensions for an expanded typology of ownership models, creating a cartography of alternative ownership models, and studies... View Details
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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog
already public acquirer - remains a critical step in corporate transformation by private equity investors and innovation by venture capitalists. Because public capital markets... View Details
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
Management, General Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Jillian Jordan Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & View Details
- September 1991 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
WPP Group and Its Acquisitions
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
WPP Group acquired J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather, paying high premiums in relation to earnings. In each acquisition the goodwill acquired was immediately charged off against owners' equity. Then, WPP Group established a value for the brand names of the two... View Details
Keywords: Goodwill Accounting; Accounting; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Equity; Private Equity; Relationships; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Style; Consumer Products Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Bruns, William J., Jr. "WPP Group and Its Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Case 192-038, September 1991. (Revised March 2005.)
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
price risks in upstream markets for fossil fuels. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706015 HCA, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-076 Focuses on the buyout of HCA by three View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
structure). And there are many examples among smaller and lesser-known firms run by private equity companies and capable entrepreneurs. Too often leaders of firms use their industry as an excuse for not... View Details
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Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design
used to analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets, and public and private companies. Individual accounts needed. Note: Follow the access instruction on the page before accessing.... View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boomor Bust?
of money. Before the emergence of the venture capital market, the vast majority of entrepreneurs seeking financing from traditional sources failed to realize value from their ideas. Indeed, many product or service innovators View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
Apax has taken public more than fifty companies with a combined market capitalization of about 25 billion euros. Before stepping down, Cohen consolidated management of the firm’s far-flung offices, making London the headquarters and... View Details