Equity Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

change among training organizations, our research team at Harvard’s interdisciplinary Project on Workforce analyzed 316 applications to the Postsecondary Innovation for Equity initiative. The grant competition, launched by venture... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10

GuthrieHarvard Business School Case 411-023 Mekong Capital, a private equity firm specializing in investing in Vietnam, had grown dramatically since its inception in 2002 and faced numerous organizational... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Industry Information - Alumni

Investment Management Enterprising Investor (from the CFA Institute) Written for investment professionals by investment professionals, it aims to elevate the most compelling... View Details

24 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

limited to working at law firms, management consulting firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, the U.S. court system,... View Details

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in... View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

equity firms have billions of dollars of investible cash—although whether any of these investors have the appetite to risk their capital in the present environment is yet to be determined. And of course, an... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

mothers on par with student fathers. Female professors on par with male professors. A female dean. Even more diversity of race, political thought, socioeconomic upbringing, among many other areas of difference and perspective. Our classmates and alumni taking strides... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

While I have a deep business background, I was not well versed in several important aspects of entrepreneurship like investment structure, fundraising, and valuation. Entrepreneurship Essentials covered these topics well and I was... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

that they want to invest in for the long term.” “Private equity firms look at water as a critical asset that they want to invest in for the long term.” But the path to further... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

pursue. What are the support systems and resources provided at the labs to student and alumni ventures? What sustains this community is the incredible team here that works fully in service to students and alumni so they can be in service to society. We’re not taking... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Fundraising - Alumni

alignment with the School’s commitment to advancing racial equity , we are actively seeking alumni volunteers who represent the full range of racial and ethnic backgrounds; diversity of gender, region, and industry is also desired.... View Details

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

School, says that shutting down a startup is almost always a messy affair. When a venture requires a cash infusion to survive, its founders may turn to bottom-fisher investors who force the company to restructure its capitalization, making the View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

gross margin for retailers using historical data. We show that sales forecasts from this model are more accurate than consensus forecasts from equity analysts. Further, the residuals from this model for one fiscal year are used to predict... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Harvard Business School

corporations, endowments, and universities. Viera conceived and developed Return Pattern Recognition®, the investment methodology used to screen equities at EARNEST Partners. His previous experience includes... View Details

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

investors. If these results were replicated in health care, in the short term, patients could select hospitals with more adequate surge capacity arrangements and investors in hospital debt and equity would reward them. In the longer run,... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

day. At that point, Sityodtong learned he had been accepted to HBS. A 1994 econ grad from Tufts University with experience working as an equity associate at Fidelity, he fit the profile of an MBA student. But making the decision to come... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

Before business school I was an Equity Associate at an Investment Management firm in Baltimore. Why did you choose to attend an HBCU? My mom went to an HBCU and would talk about her experience occasionally... View Details

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

asset pricing models with limited investment capital, but also suggest that both the level and distribution of capital are crucial for accurately describing price dynamics. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

forthcoming Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges By: Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner Abstract—This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

IPO” case in her Private Equity Finance class in the fall of 2019. Lomtadze, at the tail end of an international roadshow in preparation for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, returned to HBS to attend the class discussion along with... View Details

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