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    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds)
    • 25 Mar 2025
    • Other Presentation

    Louis E. Caldera on the Panama Canal and DEI Under Trump's Administration

    By: Louis Caldera and June Carolyn Erlick
    Louis E. Caldera, a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, chaired the Panama Canal Commission the year the Canal was returned to Panama, 1999. He was also the first (and only) Latino to serve as Secretary of the Army. He talks on issues ranging from President... View Details
    Keywords: Government Administration; History; National Security; Diversity; Panama; United States
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    • June 1991
    • Case

    Continental Carriers, Inc.

    By: W. Carl Kester
    A U.S. trucking company is considering using debt for the first time to acquire another company. The directors of the company are divided in their opinion of the likely impact of leverage on Continental Carriers' performance. Their differences must be reconciled and a... View Details
    Keywords: Debt Securities; Financing and Loans; Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Transportation Industry; United States
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    • November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
    • Case

    BiomX: Bringing Phage Back to the Stage

    By: Paul A. Gompers, Elie Ofek, Orna Dan and Emilie Billaud
    In the spring of 2023, and following the favorable results of a trial involving its phage cocktail for treating lung infections among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, the leadership of BiomX had several critical issues to wrestle with. First, given its precarious... View Details
    Keywords: Working Capital; Financing and Loans; Health Testing and Trials; Product Development; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • September 2018 (Revised May 2021)
    • Teaching Plan

    Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs

    By: Karen Mills, Dennis Campbell and Aaron Mukerjee
    Eastern Bank is a 200-year-old New England mutual bank with a community focus. Eastern specializes in small business lending, having made strategic investments to become the top SBA lender in New England in the midst of the Great Recession, when other banks were... View Details
    Keywords: Banks; Fintech; Innovation; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Innovation And Strategy; Technological Change; Technology And Innovation Management; Entrepreneurial Management; Intrapreneurship; Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Management
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    • August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
    • Case

    Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

    By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz
    This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut
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    • February 2010 (Revised June 2014)
    • Supplement

    CityCenter (C): Turmoil and Choices

    By: John D. Macomber
    "CityCenter (C)" follows the (A) and (B) cases chronologically. The (C) case explores the decisions facing MGM MIRAGE following a lawsuit by partner Dubai World and suspension of Dubai World's cash contributions to the project in early 2009. Issues include the... View Details
    Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Private Equity; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Decisions; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict and Resolution; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Nevada
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Sovereign Default and the Decline in Interest Rates

    By: Max Miller, James Paron and Jessica Wachter
    Sovereign debt yields have declined dramatically over the last half-century. Standard explanations, including aging populations and increases in asset demand from abroad, encounter difficulties when confronted with the full range of evidence. We propose an explanation... View Details
    Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Interest Rates; Debt Securities
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    • 04 Apr 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, April 4

    https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817081-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-051 Unigrains Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 Dec 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 6

    Originators issue too many informationally insensitive securities in good times, blunting investor incentives to become informed. The resulting scarcity of informed investors exacerbates market collapses in bad times. Inefficiency arises... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Mar 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: March 18

    conclude that, on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts signal real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 The First Deal: The Division of Founder View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 Jun 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: June 29, 2007

    focus exclusively on estimates of expected payoffs, such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Howard H. Stevenson

      Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

      Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry

        Joseph B. Lassiter

        Joe is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired. He focuses on one of the world’s most pressing problems: developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost energy all around the world. He... View Details

        Keywords: private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds); private equity (LBO funds)
        • 11 Mar 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: March 11, 2008

        Management (forthcoming) Abstract Broad waves of investor sentiment should have larger impacts on securities that are more difficult to value and to arbitrage. Consistent with this intuition, we find that when an index of investor... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 06 Aug 2021
        • Blog Post

        Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

        engineering role. At the back of her mind, though, was a nagging sense that engineering might not be right for her. Was she good at it? Yes. Did it offer a path for advancement, challenges, and secure income? All a resounding yes. But she... View Details
        • Web

        Placement - Doctoral

        studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are... View Details
        • 01 Apr 2014
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Opting Out of Good Governance

        Keywords: by C. Fritz Foley, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein & Eric Zwick
        • 03 Mar 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: March 4, 2008

          Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 31 Oct 2022
        • Research & Ideas

        Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

        because it sends you a more concise measure of how likely a minority group is to frighten the majority.” Against a backdrop of interest among companies in racial equity and inclusion, Tabellini’s research offers valuable clues for... View Details
        Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds