Publications

November 2007 (Revised October 2009)
Case

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

In an activist role, the hedge fund Third Point LLC has three board seats and an ownership stake of 9.5% in Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Third Point believed that Ligand had a strong drug portfolio and pipeline but that it was... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Governing and Advisory Boards; Bids and Bidding; Ownership Stake; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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27 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 27

management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering (IPO), I differentiate between those that have private View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2011 (Revised March 2012)
Case

KKR: Leveraging Sustainability

The case describes KKR's Green Portfolio Program, one of the firm's environmental initiatives, which has achieved $160 million in cost savings. While pleased with its progress in achieving greater energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions, the firm is looking for... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Energy Conservation; Cost Management; Supply Chain Management; Risk Management; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development; Performance Efficiency; Financial Services Industry

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

were the best, throwing me baby showers, covering me with gifts and offering help relentlessly. Nancy Hu | Class of 2020 Little(s): Linden 3 years, Reggie 1 year Pre-HBS Industry: Private equity Summer... View Details

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

The leaders of Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, know the strength of the area in... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

September 2009 (Revised September 2010)
Case

Avid Radiopharmaceuticals and Lighthouse Capital Partners

By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Ann Leamon

In fall 2008, a venture lender must decide whether to make a loan to Avid, a small but promising venture-backed life sciences firm. In reviewing her proposal, Cristy Barnes considers the company's characteristics and how they differ from a typical investment. At the... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

process, focuses on the political actors that might enter into this process. Specifically, we suggest that private firms be allowed to compete in elections to hold public... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

college, Smitha went to work in policy in Washington, D.C. and ultimately left to work in private equity to gain... View Details

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

stakeholder as much as the private sector is," she told the audience. "Our framework must contain the private and public sectors as well as civil society. No one... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

Supplements the case "Nestle's Milk District Model: Economic Development for a Value-Added Food Chain and Improved Nutrition." Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907402 A Note on View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
Case

Greenbriar Growth Partners and Microsurgery Devices

Greenbriar Growth Partners (GGP), a venture capital (VC) firm, has been an investor in Microsurgery Devices (MSD) for four-plus years and has come into conflict with the company's founder. Should the Board's nominating committee re-nominate the VC investor, and should... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Governing and Advisory Boards; Conflict of Interests; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States