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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
last and greatest feat of the Communist-planned economy. The thirty bridges, the ten light railways, the countless tower blocks all appear through the smog like monuments to the power of the centralized one-party state. Yet the growth of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
While the economics of the music industry have always been a little convoluted, there’s at least one simple reason contributing to all the attention from private equity, according to Sherrese Clarke Soares (MBA 2004): interest rates. The founder and CEO of HarbourView... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
society—taken into account alongside its profits—will be a transformative step on the road to a more sustainable form of capitalism, according to Cohen. Thoughtful leaders will see this moment as a paradigm shift and an opportunity to enhance View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
says, but also means the soil can capture a significant amount of carbon dioxide, which is the major cause of global warming. That is the focus of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a combination farming operation and private equity group,... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
Donald K. Clifford Jr. wrote the book on how high-performance, midsize companies beat their competition, but growth in the world of nature has always been closest to his heart. “The natural world was always my great interest,” says... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
knitted into the fabric of how people buy and sell goods and services." Skeptics might disagree with such a sweeping declaration, but they would be hard-pressed to disregard TIBCO Software's growth since its founding in 1996. Total... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
years I worked at Parthenon Capital. I had a great start of a career there. It was a continuation of my private equity career from prior to school. And I got the idea that I would go out and find a company to buy and run, move to Atlanta... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
lighter” concept appealed to the company. “It’s hard to find growth opportunities these days,” says Gary Smith, president of Timberland’s outdoor group. “People are less active than they used to be.” After GoLite: Kim and Coup use their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
look no further than five factors historically associated with financial crises: inflated prices of real estate, institutions with high levels of leverage, new products falling into regulatory gaps, rapid growth in an asset class or... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
mining," notes, "With the help of a sophisticated screening model, you may find some small yet lucrative plays that others have overlooked. Our company has had some success with that strategy in Texas." Even so, Fischer notes that the biggest opportunities for future... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
actually going to a physical locale. "A lot of our MBAs are taking a good shot at the entry barriers set up by establishments that have spent twenty years and a lot of money building brand equity in retail locations," he notes. As... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
pandemic, with topics such as the divisive paranoia of coronavirus; the burdens and blessings of quarantine; and a bucket list for lockdown. In June she launched a podcast focused on finding growth in a crisis. The segments feature women... View Details