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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Head of Product Management, Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence Google AI Regulation Join us for a panel moderated by Mitchell Weiss, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at HBS,... View Details

February 1998 (Revised March 1998)
Case

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

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Stories

Business Administration) 01 Jun 2025 HBS Magazine Forward Thinking Saving Giraffes from Silent Extinction Re: Susan Myers (MBA 1978); Richard Myers (MBA 1984); By: Jen Mcfarland Flint; Illustrations by Maria... View Details

02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

Lead Times Authors:Santiago Kraiselburd, Richard Pibernik, and Ananth Raman Publication:Production and Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract It is generally a well acknowledged fact that, ceteris paribus, reducing the lead times... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

2017
Book

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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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

C. Shih (Robert and Jane Cizik Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration); Sophus A. Reinert (T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration); Mark N. Roberge (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

See All HBS Working Knowlege 12 Nov 2024 Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers Re: Paul A. Gompers 29 Oct 2024 Can a Coffee Shop in Utah Help Solve Underemployment for People with Disabilities? Re: View Details

November 1994 (Revised January 1995)
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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

01 Dec 2023
News

Engaging Students More Deeply

the smallest classroom details to enhance the student learning experience, professors Robin Greenwood, Richard Ruback, and Joshua Coval partnered with HBS’s Multimedia Development team to create media-enhanced cases for the course, Market... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Employees Build Emergency Savings By: Timothy Flacke and Peter Tufano June 2025 Case TfL Pension Fund and the 2022 Gilt Market Crisis By: Emil N. Siriwardane , Vincent Dessain, Emer Moloney and Carlota Moniz 2017 Book HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big,... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

Finance Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Jeffrey J. Bussgang Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Nori Gerardo Lietz Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Olivia S. Kim Assistant Professor of Business... 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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03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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