Private Investment In Public Equity - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Innovation Authors:Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Financial Economics Abstract We find that VC-backed firms receiving their initial investment in hot markets are more likely... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

infrastructure, and drying processes likely require additional energy and emissions. Private company lessons for public ones: Private companies, such as the family-owned LEGO... View Details

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

capital. In order to do all of this, certainly my background in finance helped, but I also earned the FSA credential levels I and II that is issued by the SASB and this allowed me to apply their framework... View Details

21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

economic growth and job creation," groused one congressman during a House subcommittee hearing on OSHA last year, sharing the private frustrations of many employers. The debate over the agency has gone on for years, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Jul 2019
HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

investment that immediately improved its ecommerce infrastructure. Walmart has also piloted and invested in robots to perform a variety of functions, from unloading trucks to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Group, another private equity fund investment-management business. The Commodities Futures Modernization Act, passed in December 2000, exempted derivatives (including... View Details

26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

bring to an earlier and less costly end—relatively weak patent-infringement lawsuits; (2) strengthen the litigation and bargaining positions of patentees with especially robust cases; (3) flag weaknesses in litigation positions to the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

investment space: infrastructure. We will examine the role an equity investor can play in in the context of a View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Skydeck - Alumni

year in media Solving the Underemployment Crisis More than half of college grads are underemployed. In this excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, Stephen Moret (MBA 2011) discusses the root causes of... View Details

28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

disclosure policy should focus not only on what information to disclose, but also on how and where to design disclosure Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54177 Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

Unilever Sustainable Living Plan with well-defined metrics the following year. Polman’s efforts in his first eight years returned 214 percent to Unilever shareholders. Nevertheless, Kraft Heinz, owned by Brazilian View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

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in the menu bar. Select Banking & Finance. Titles include Vault Guide to Finance Interviews and Vault Guide to Advanced Finance and Quantitative Interviews Street of Walls - Their training courses cover View Details

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

Ivashina, Randolph Cohen, & Arthur Segel Take your finance knowledge to the next level by learning how to maximize investment portfolio value with alternative investments, including private View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

Private Equity Group, and executive chairman of the firm’s private equity business in Asia. Melwani’s support for... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

and Annette's other research here . Related Themes: Credit Markets, Size & Growth of the Financial Sector More Info Pension Policy and the Financial System By: David S. Scharfstein JAN 2018 How has the growth in View Details

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Academics - Health Care

interests in organizations that provide health care (e.g., hospitals, medical groups, retail clinics) or in firms that partner with, supply, consult to, or invest View Details

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

Janelle Teng is from the Harvard Business School Class of 2020 and a proud member of Section C. While at HBS, Janelle was on the leadership team for the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club and the Women... View Details

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

public firms. Most importantly, they fail to account for offsetting equity issuances by firms. We show that, taking into account issuances, net shareholder payouts by all U.S. View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

graduated. “Here’s the good news: They got everything they wanted,” Brooks said. “Here’s the bad news: They wanted the wrong thing. The result is that they’re not as happy as they could be. We need to teach a class on happiness,” Brooks concluded. A social scientist... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

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