Growth Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112006-PDF-ENG Business Intelligence Advisors (BIA), Inc.: Finding the Hidden Meaning in Corporate Disclosures Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-031 Business Intelligence Advisors, Inc.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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ICIC - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

to capital providers Guide financial institutions to new investment opportunities and some of the world's fastest-growing companies Identify critical factors for economic growth in urban environments and... View Details

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Marketing Negotiation News & Events Productivity Staff Spotlight Strategy Student Profiles Technology Work-Life Balance Courses Courses AI Essentials for Business Alternative Investments Business Analytics Business Strategy Business and... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

keep a tight rein on costs—but the dynamics of the budgeting process often undermine this effort. "In tough times like these, any significant real cost growth feels imprudent and is hard to justify for most businesses," writes... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

24 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 24

alternative financing models of corporate lenders, including banks and finance companies.) The second major component of the case concerns distressed debt investment strategies and provides an illustration of turning an View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

fiscal 2023, from 1,912 FTEs in the prior year. The increase primarily reflected strategic growth investments to expand the reach of Publishing, Executive Education, and HBS Online, new initiatives such as... View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg Rithmire Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 RoGME: Role of Government in Market Economies Matthew Weinzierl... View Details

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

"The only viable long term solution is for people (and their employers) to invest enough over the length of their working life . [It] is the only way in which the dependency ratio can be made irrelevant." Other suggestions... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Judges - Alumni

New Venture Competition Judges 21ms 2025 Alumni Track Global Judges Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Bio: Tina... View Details

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

but real differences in corporate finance and investment through two different channels: a "more money" effect arising from the debt coinsurance feature of conglomerates and a "smarter money" effect arising from more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2011
News

Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Council on Foreign Relations 2007 Becomes chair of Maine's Council on Competitiveness and the Economy 2009 Named administrator of the US Small Business Administration Throughout her career, Karen Gordon Mills owned, managed, mentored, and View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

community. In terms of funding, we provide Spark Grants and Social Impact Fellowships. Another source is the Allston Venture Fund, which is a syndicate of venture capital firms that invest in some of the companies. Additionally, there is... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

market was far from welcoming. His dream would, once again, have to be deferred. Instead, Platzer applied his quantitative background at a hedge fund and in other investment management roles. In 2009, though, while at an event at NASA... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights

was 33.6 percent, compared with 7.3 percent in fiscal 2020. The value of the School's endowment (after the net impact of distributions from the endowment and the addition of new gifts) increased to $5.3 billion, from $4.1 billion a year earlier. Capital View Details

27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

expenditures. In doing so, we show that fiscal spending shocks appear to significantly dampen corporate sector investment and employment activity. These corporate reactions follow both Senate and House committee chair changes, are present... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

substantial amount of investment or even management attention. Asymmetric motivation shields companies from competitive response, because their potential challengers are just not interested in fighting. Even if they fight, their hearts... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

challenge in the British public’s vote for the United Kingdom to exit the European Union. The outcome of the vote led to uncertainty around investment conditions, instability in the British pound, growth in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

aggressive (high testosterone) and stressed (high cortisol). Consider Wall Street, where hard-hitting bankers compete for performance-driven bonuses, where "You eat what you kill" is the informal motto, and where investment fraud is a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

September 2008 (Revised June 2013)
Case

Odyssey Healthcare

By: Robert F. Higgins, Virginia Fuller and Umer Raffat

In January 2001, Dick Burnham, CEO of Odyssey Healthcare, and Odyssey's Board of Directors were considering selling the hospice care company to a larger provider or making an initial public offering (IPO). With 38 hospice locations in 21 states, Odyssey had been... View Details

Keywords: Liquidity; Venture Creation/development; Hospice; Venture Capital; Financial Liquidity; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; United States

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01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

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