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Advancing Racial Equity

Help Solve Underemployment for People with Disabilities? Re: Richard Ruback 29 OCT 2024 | Cold Call Harvard MBA Class of 2026 Profile: A Diverse Foundation 22 SEP 2024 | Clear Admit Celtics Star Launches... View Details

February 1998 (Revised March 1998)
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital

By: Richard S. Ruback

Presents recommendations for hurdle rates of Marriott's divisions to select by discounting appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. View Details

Keywords: Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing

26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

PublicationsManagement Accounting: Information for Decision Making and Strategy Execution Authors:Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, and S. Mark Young Publication:. Pearson... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty & Research - MBA

Linda Hill 23 Oct 2024 Cold Call Podcast How Pernod Ricard Is Integrating AI into Its Workforce Re: Richard Ruback 12 Nov 2024 | Cold Call Working Knowledge Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring... View Details

2017
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HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

deserving MBA students who are social entrepreneurs, have a background in social enterprise, are from Latin America, or are from underrepresented groups at HBS. B Herbert J. Bachelor (MBA 1968) Fellowship The Herbert J. Bachelor Fellowship was established View Details

April 2020
Teaching Note

Cambridge Franchise Partners

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld

Teaching Note for HBS No. 217-082. Cambridge Franchise Partners (CFP) was established by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane (both HBS ’15) to pursue a roll-up strategy in the quick service restaurant (QSR) sector. Burger King (BK) approved CFP’s request to become a... View Details

Keywords: Roll-up; Franchise; Franchise Management; Small Firms Management; Franchise Ownership; Small Business; Management; Acquisition

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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

public opinion,” Richard S. Tedlow, professor at Harvard Business School, writes in Keeping the Corporate Image: Public Relations and Business , 1900–1950. 8 The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)... View Details

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

dramatically increase its profits. ALAC critically needed to obtain financing for the explosive growth in its inventory and accounts receivable balances. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211065-PDF-ENG Businesses for Sale View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Alumni - Global

Management Practice in Business Administration); Sophus A. Reinert (T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration); Mark N. Roberge (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); Richard S. View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Peter Tufano October 2024 Case Ranger Energy Services: Bridging Public & Private Markets By: Joseph Pacelli , Ravi Ramniklal Gondalia and James Weber 2017 Book HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company By: View Details

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Asia Pacific - Global

companies in China. She was a co-author of two books: “Gains and Pains: Globalization of Chinese Firms” and “Winning by Talent”. Nancy has an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada and an... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

in electrifying transportation by several metrics, including the number of public charging stations. We show that variation in the politics of coordination in... November–December 2024 Harvard Business Review How Robust Is Your Climate... View Details

November 1994 (Revised January 1995)
Background Note

A Note on Capital Cash Flow Valuation

By: Richard S. Ruback

Presents the capital cash flow method for valuing risky cash flows. In this method cash flows are calculated to include the benefits of interest tax shields. In a capital structure, with just ordinary debt and common equity, capital cash flows equal the flows available... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Cash Flow; Valuation

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

Heginbotham, Evan S. Medeiros, Meg Rithmire, George Perkovich, Stephen M. Walt, Stephen Wertheim, and Audrye Wong, 67–78. Washington D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2024. Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of U.S.... View Details

2021
Book

The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership

By: Richard S. Tedlow

In The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership is an examination of how the role of the business leader in the U.S. has changed from World War II to the present. A small number of high-profile individuals have transformed the face of modern-day leadership,... View Details

Keywords: Charisma; Leadership; Management Skills; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Success

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

listed under Marketing and General Management) Rohit Deshpande , Henry McGee Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Climate Solutions Lab Jim Matheson Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Finance)... View Details

October 2006
Case

Clearwire Corporation

By: Richard S. Ruback

Explores Clearwire's decision to fund its substantial capital investments through an initial public offering (IPO) or through private equity. Clearwire is developing and deploying a broadband wireless network using WiMAX technology. It had filed a registered statement... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technological Innovation; Initial Public Offering; Investment Portfolio; Telecommunications Industry