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- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
was born in Taiwan, and my mother and I came to the States when I was just about five,” explains the 46-year-old Wu. “When we first arrived, my family really struggled. Living through that process, we were assisted by organizations that... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 23 Jun 2017
- News
A 'Pillar' of Entrepreneurship
Photo courtesy of Russ Wilcox Photo courtesy of Russ Wilcox Serial entrepreneur Russ Wilcox (MBA 1995), whose ventures have included E-Ink, Transatomic Power and new life sciences startup, Piper Therapeutics, has joined Pillar, the “founder-friendly” Boston-based... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
International, a pioneer in microfinance investing. “I was completely taken with everything he said,” says Rodríguez of the origins of their friendship, which has evolved from mentor, to collaborator, to business partner. In 2007, the pair launched IGNIA, a venture... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Fast Answer
Takeover Defenses
Where can I find information on public companies that have instituted takeover defenses such as poison pills? Capital IQ allows you to screen for companies with takeover defenses such as poison pills, anti-greenmail provision, blank check... View Details
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
conservatorship, experts from public, private, and academic worlds concurred: housing finance in the United States was mortally flawed. The private sector reaped the gains while the public sector absorbed the risk. In the aftermath of the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
$5 billion construction investment. “This is the ultimate opportunity,” Moret recalls thinking at the time. He had been on the job as president and chief executive officer of VEDP only about eight months, and the commonwealth was not known for the generous incentives... View Details
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
In a first-ever look at the internal economics driving private equity partnerships, Harvard Business School researchers have found that many of these funds can be torn apart by greed among founding partners who take home a much bigger share of profits than other senior... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
Professor Rebecca Henderson, Photo credit: Susan Young Rebecca Henderson is worried about the current state of capitalism in America. The noted economist says that increasing global crises and challenges to... View Details
Wilbert L. Smith
After leaving behind the first family company, Smith-Premier Typewriter Company, Wilbert and his brothers formed the entity that later became L.C. Smith Corona. Under Wilbert Smith’s leadership, the company re-engineered their product, View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
somehow revive the dormant business, stated a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal (March 13, 2001). Seeking a new source of supply, Shearer eventually settled on Trinidad and Tobago, better known as the calypso View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Breyer Elected to Harvard Board
Jim Breyer (MBA 1987), a leading venture capitalist known for his expertise in innovative technology and media, has been elected to join the President and the Harvard Corporation as of July 1. Breyer is a partner at Accel Partners, a venture View Details
- November 1995 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
National Insurance Corporation
The case visits the catastrophe insurance business at an interesting time in the history of the insurance markets. A major reinsurer, National Insurance, is taking a look at the new insurance derivatives being traded on the Chicago Board of Trade with a view to using... View Details
Das, Sanjiv R., and Nils C. Haugestad. "National Insurance Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 296-036, November 1995. (Revised April 1998.)
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
guests, participants addressed both the positive and the negative factors that business encounters in a state best known by the nickname inscribed on its license plates: "Vacationland." "The whole discussion was predicated on a very... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Research Brief: Capitol Gains
legislation's repercussions or figure out how to systematically capitalize on it." To further explain his model, Cohen cites this year's controversial farm bill, which passed in the Senate by a vote of 68 to 32, with support from 83... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
Nairobi." In 2010, Keshavjee was one of four representatives from Kenya to be invited by Barack Obama to Washington for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, "to deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and social entrepreneurs in the United View Details
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (D)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-045, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-043, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
Louis F. Swift
Capitalizing on his father’s success, Louis Swift continued to expand the meat packing company even further. During his tenure the family company became the largest meat packer in the United States and was... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Debra J. S. Fields
Capitalizing on the trend of upscale home baked goods, Fields began the company with one store in California in 1977 and, by 1984, had expanded to 160 stores in the United States and four international... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
peripheral locations. If the goal of state and local policy makers is to encourage venture capital investment, outperformance of non-local investments suggests that policy makers might want to mitigate costs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace