investment banking - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

billion--but analysts have been disappointed by a share price in the mid-teens. Are RLBOs really the risky, under-performing investment that is claimed? In fact, says Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner, RLBOs generally... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Banking

01 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

was adopted by the World Bank and other institutions. Finally, in an effort that posed unique performance measurement challenges, 250 schools were either constructed or rehabilitated. "The outcome of View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

Profile

Sophia Virani

Even as she worked in investment banking and hedge funds, Sophia Virani felt drawn to science and medicine. "I really wanted to be in a career that was more service-oriented, that allowed me to interact... View Details

Web

Contemporary Corporate Archives | Baker Library

of Venrock Associates, a venture capital company founded by members of the Rockefeller family. Lehman Brothers Records Records the history of the investment banking firm from 1868 until 2007, the bulk of the... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Liquid and Efficient

president and COO of Goldman Sachs, with a background in both trading and investment banking as well as an electrical engineering degree from MIT, Thain is known for his understanding of markets and... View Details

Keywords: Finance

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't invest in building collaborative capabilities, assuming that their existing people and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Micah Macfarlane

business-to-business, Micah needed new kinds of expertise to make a difference. The MBA curriculum covered key areas that Micah was looking to learn. "I had never worked directly in investment banking –... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Manufacturing/Energy; Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Apr 1998
News

New Releases

including Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Company, Kirin Brewery Co., and Procter & Gamble - that have successfully implemented such systems. Cost & Effect describes systems that help frontline employees to improve their daily operations and help managers to make smarter... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Alumni Bookshelf

Capital: The Story of Long-Term Investment Excellence by Charles D. Ellis (MBA 1963) (Wiley) Ellis’s latest book takes an inside look at The Capital Group Companies, revealing the people, practices, and values that have brought this firm... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
Case

Hamilton Financial Investments: A Franchise Built on Trust

By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila

Provides a vehicle for students to evaluate risk management in the fast-paced mutual funds industry. A new risk manager has been hired to install new management controls and procedures. A series of decisions will determine how much business and franchise risk the... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Funds; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Strategy; Change Management; Banking Industry; Banking Industry

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07 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 7

Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Dec 2021
News

Higher Returns

about various ways that you can invest that align with your values and various themes that you can instruct them to use with your investment portfolio. Choose who you bank... View Details

16 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

seeking out Investment Banking internships that paved the way to his first full-time Investment Banking Analyst role at UBS View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

1998, was appointed to the HBS faculty in 1972. He taught in the MBA, AMP, and OPM programs, and continues to teach in executive programs at HBS and overseas. His current research focuses on Islamic banking and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

09 Apr 2024
News

To Serve and Protect the Markets

she says. “We have a critical mass of Americans—around 60 million—who don’t even actively use a bank account. So, in addition to monitoring and regulating these sophisticated entities and markets, we try to educate people about the basic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

Alumni Books Coffee Can Investing: A Better Idea Than Mutual Funds in an IRA or 401(k) by Terry Allen (MBA 1963) Fuller Mountain Press This book describes exactly what to do to maximize returns for those who want to bet on the stock market. It also suggests alternative... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

24 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

needed. For example, a 2023 report from the Global Center for Adaptation suggests that over $100 billion per year is needed to invest in infrastructure, weather forecasting, and protecting agriculture in Africa to address both poverty and... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Seth Klarman

a mountain of cash — 40 to 50 percent of Baupost’s $14 billion–plus in assets — for several years, the firm’s recent investments have cut its cash stash in half. Distress selling, it seems, breeds the kind of bargains Klarman lives for.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

the space before he arrives, Mareva sits down to reminisce about HBS. She came to appreciate it all anew in 2011 when, after a dozen years in investment banking at Deutsche View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 May 2013
News

Thompson Dean, MBA 1984

how I look at problems, which has been really helpful to me in my investing career,” says Dean, who cofounded the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners in 2005 after 20 years with DLJ Merchant Banking... View Details

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