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- 14 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
The Alumni Network at HBS
My name is Carl Culicchia and I am from Madisonville, LA. I went to Middlebury College for my undergraduate degree and worked for a private equity firm prior to HBS. I came to HBS because I thought it was... View Details
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Kareem Stanley
Kareem can provide helpful information about how venture capital & private equity recruit those from non-traditional backgrounds, what the job experience will look like, and how to leverage your past... View Details
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
Generation Investment Management
By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta
This teaching note provides guidance for teaching the case “Generation Investment Management” (820-033), which looks at the challenges facing a sustainable investment firm. View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Investing; Socially Responsible Investing; Long-term Investing; ESG; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Finance; Equity; Governance; Private Equity; Public Equity; Financial Markets; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Institutional Investing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom; England; London
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan
providing new opportunities for Japanese investors and wider access to equity capital for emerging Japanese companies. In short, Saeki is challenging the old-boy network and forcing Japan’s button-down business culture to change. “My real... View Details
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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog
module, we will look at insurance – both property and casualty (P&C) and life insurance, including the role of private equity in insurance. Insurance comprises about one third of the financial sector, and... View Details
- April 2011
- Case
Hermitage's Russian Quandary (A)
By: Eric Werker, Ray Fisman and Lauren Weber
In June 2007, the offices of Russian hedge fund Hermitage Capital were raided by Moscow police; in the months that followed, Hermitage founder Bill Browder found himself banned from Russia and fending off efforts to expropriate the fund's Russian assets. This case... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Private Equity; Investment; Law Enforcement; Laws and Statutes; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Moscow
Werker, Eric, Ray Fisman, and Lauren Weber. "Hermitage's Russian Quandary (A)." Harvard Business School Case 711-054, April 2011.
- December 2009
- Case
Milliway Capital & Martin Smith: November 2008
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Ann Leamon
Martin Smith, a recent MBA graduate, has just joined a top-tier venture capital firm in the difficult environment of late 2008. One of his first assignments is to review three companies in a partner's portfolio and recommend strategies for managing them. In addition,... View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Financial Management; Private Equity; Business Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Venture Capital; Business or Company Management
Hardymon, G. Felda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Ann Leamon. "Milliway Capital & Martin Smith: November 2008." Harvard Business School Case 810-088, December 2009.
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Ruback, Baker Foundation Professor, Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Emeritus Anthem Press Private Equity is an advanced corporate finance book that integrates a range of topics from a... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960
During his service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Ulm, West Germany, Maurice Pinto received an HBS admissions application in the mail from his father. "My father was always a big believer in education," says Pinto, now a semiretired View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997
Creating educational opportunities is a way of life for Brahmal Vasudevan. Upon the 2011 launch of Creador, a private equity firm based in Kuala Lumpur, he and his partners set up a foundation funded by a... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-101.pdf Does Public Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality? Authors:Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn, and Sharon P. Katz Abstract We compare the quality of accounting numbers produced by two types of public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition
their careers. The Competition is designed for contemplated and embryonic businesses. The Business Track of the NVC welcomes all ideas across all sectors. However, plans to create hedge funds, investments, private View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
Pradhan: “I work as a technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
(TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which... View Details
- February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon and Lisa Strope
Hardina Smythe, a recent MBA graduate, has just joined a top-tier venture capital firm in the difficult environment of late 2010. Her first assignment is to evaluate three different deals and make recommendations to the partners. Each potential investment has strengths... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Asset Management; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Financial Services Industry
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, Ann Leamon, and Lisa Strope. "Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 811-073, February 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
The Blackstone Group's IPO
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Steven Schwarzman, Chairman of the Blackstone Group, has just learned that an investment group associated with the government of China wants to buy the majority of Blackstone's leveraged IPO. As he considers how to respond to this offer, Schwarzman reviews the firm's... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "The Blackstone Group's IPO." Harvard Business School Case 808-100, March 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Return Logic, Inc. (B)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Highlights how multiple rounds of financing work in practice and illustrates how terms agreed to in early-stage financing deals have an impact in later financing rounds. Also illustrates ethical issues that entrepreneurs confront as they build "dot-com" ventures. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Negotiation Deal; Entrepreneurship; Ethics
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Return Logic, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 801-168, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.)
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Orit Gadiesh | Baker Library
technology startups and private equity firms. She has served on the boards of academic and financial institutions, including on the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum and the board of directors of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A commitment to conservation supports the bottom line
sustainability. “We strongly believe in the appeal of a strategy that achieves the goals of both purely financial investors and mission-driven investors, as it allows us to access more capital and have a greater impact,” explains Hoffer. Lyme Timber, a Hanover, New... View Details
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
classmate Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020). The idea came to me after I saw many of my Black classmates become discouraged by being left out of recruiting processes altogether or repeatedly rejected from the small pool of coveted roles in venture capital and View Details