Educational Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
News

Rich Wilson

On the company side, with an assist from classmate Michael Hintze, financing for the boat was done mostly by me, at about 10 percent of what the new boats spent. For our nonprofit, the school program, sectionmates Bob and Kate Niehaus... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Services; Educational Services

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Lovett, Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII international scene while... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases By: Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Abstract—This paper uses a large-scale field experiment in India to study attitudinal, behavioral, and cognitive constraints that can stymie the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2017
News

The Business of Lego Batman

so gets the intellectual property rights, secures the rights for that, secures the financing for the movie, and puts together what's called the package in Hollywood, which is the writer, the director, the actors, the script. The producer... View Details

Keywords: LEGO; Lego

01 Apr 2002
News

Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

writing finance cases, Brierley also volunteered to help his college fraternity find a vendor to automate its 150,000 membership records. Failing to find a specialist in the membership record-keeping arena, and recognizing an opportunity,... View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

had founded “about an hour or two after Prohibition ended, so I’m told,” Cohen says with a smile. After graduating from Smith College in 1964, she spent a year at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education before enrolling at HBS, much to her... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

09 Feb 2015
News

Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)

John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947) – business leader, community collaborator, prominent philanthropist, education visionary – died February 7 at age 92. During a long and lauded career, Whitehead guided Goldman Sachs to the forefront of global... View Details

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)

the WSA I am originally from Beijing, and I moved to the US for college and work. Growing up I have been constantly shocked (and frankly frustrated) by a lack of female role models for me and was surprised by the under-representation of female leaders in prominent... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

rigor it deserved. The more time I spent in the social sector, the more I recognized that robust applications of strategy, financial analysis, and enterprise management were underrepresented in the field. After surveying potential View Details

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

help. Founded in 2012 in Washington, DC, by Dan Mindus (MBA 2008), the group of more than 90 has become one of the most active tech investors in that city, providing financing and networking opportunities to young companies, such as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

June 2024
Supplement

Heritage Holding (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: The summer of 2022 marked a crucial period for Heritage Holding co-founders, Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter. The... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Private Equity; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; North America

Citation

Purchase

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

relying on $500,000 in financing provided by family members, friends, and "angel" investors, recurred in accounts of what she was trying to accomplish. "This is by far the most challenging thing I've ever done," she... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

01 Mar 2010
News

Slum for Sale

urbanization, resource scarcity, and the private financing of public infrastructure,” remarks Macomber. “When those three factors come together they alter conventional conceptions of ‘real estate’ and the built environment.” Dharavi... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

26 Feb 2021
News

Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

representation on private and public boards. “Our goal is to get 21 Latino placements on boards in 2021,” says Lulu Curiel (MBA 2010) , president of Ivy Advisors, who organized and hosted the webinars with Melissa Hart (MBA 2017), senior View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Feb 2008
News

The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen

A bit of Hollywood came to HBS recently when Steven Samuels spoke at the invitation of the School’s Entertainment and Media Club. A former real estate developer, Samuels is an independent movie producer with a solid body of work under his belt, including the George... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

October 1998 (Revised September 1999)
Case

Mercedes-Benz in Alabama: Lessons from the Field

By: William J. Bruns Jr., Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George

Details the establishment of the Mercedes Benz M-Class plant in Vance, AL. The plant was established as an independent "teaching field" for parent company Daimler Benz. The case reviews the different lessons from the plant and looks at issues going forward,... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Banks and Banking; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Business Ventures; Teaching; Organizational Structure; Auto Industry; Alabama

Citation

Find at Harvard

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

PublicationsManaging School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership Authors:Stacey Childress, Richard F. Elmore, Allen Grossman, and Susan Moore Johnson, editors Publication:Cambridge: Harvard View Details