Alternative Assets - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

Harvard Business School Case 311-003 Mary Erdoes, the CEO of JP Morgan's asset management business, and three colleagues provide insights into risk management issues faced by the firm's private bank during the financial crisis in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2024
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Unlocking the Power of Community

When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

behalf of families and (b) bank forbearance policies regarding overdrawn customers. We focus on five factors to explain the incidence of involuntary closures: personal traits, community traits, economic trends, bank policies, and credit access through the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

benefit society: asset stripping, short-term profit at the expense of workers, and long-term stability. “There are certainly a lot of concerns around whether these kind of transactions are indeed fomenting inequality by getting rid of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Best Paper Prize in Asset Management from the Midwest Finance Association for "The Market for Sharing Interest Rate Risk: Quantities and Asset Prices" with Umang Khetan, Jane Li, and Ioana Neamtu. Ishita Sen... View Details

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

there's in fact no alternative to foreigners buying our assets, either debt or equity. As I said, if you're earning $100,000 and you're spending $106,000, you're going to have to borrow or draw down your View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Research Design - Impact Investments

impact investing, our team has drawn upon several established resources, including: the Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA), ImpactAssets, ImpactBase, and Preqin’s alternative assets... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

healthier alternative candy bar snack. Business Track, 2025 Argus Systems Lisa Yan (MBA 2025) Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Business Track Winner Accelerating AI model development for physical AI. HydroHaul Eli Litchman (MBA 2025) Fenil... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

“Piva Capital is an early-stage Venture Capital firm focused on investing in hard-to-decarbonize sectors. We are backing entrepreneurs focused on the future of work, resource efficiency, circular economy, food and alternate proteins,... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

2018 (REVISED AUGUST 2019) It is March 2017 and TPG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, is in the process of establishing its inaugural impact investing... View Details

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

attractive alternatives to Microsoft technologies as they did when the Internet first emerged—it's not long before the tools division starts to hear about it.—Marco Iansiti and Alan MacCormack We also evaluated Microsoft's response to a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Events - Private Capital Project

(Founder, MD and CEO, Multiples Alternate Asset Management), and Karthik Reddy (Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Blume Venture Advisors), moderated by Professors Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School) and... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

is using Avalanche to introduce elements of Web3 into the business models of established companies. In finance, institutions such as KKR, J.P. Morgan, and Citi are using Avalanche to tokenize and trade alternative View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

generally is at a tipping point, with category killers being the first significant casualties of the (r)evolution that is occurring. Retail store asset productivity has been in decline since the start of the recession in 2007, and we... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

for "Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms” (December 2019) with Lauren Cohen and Umit Gurun. Josh Lerner : Winner of the 2022 Doriot Award for the Best Private Equity Research Paper for “Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from View Details

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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Healthcare Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals The Carlyle Group | Global Alternative Asset Management The Ensign Group The Medicines Company (MDCO) Thermo Fisher Scientific Tufts Health Plan U UMass Memorial Health... View Details

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

lifelong lessons about personal priorities and career ambitions, humility, and confidence—and the incomparable kinship (and long memories) of sectionmates. “Suzuki Samurai” Suzuki and advertising agency executives are debating the product positioning and copy strategy... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

what assets to protect and which people to move? We all hope Al Gore and Greta Thunberg fix everything, but if they don’t, then homeowners, businesses, universities, and governments will have to do something.” If the pandemic laid bare... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

responsible for overall investment, strategic planning, and asset management. Looking for the perfect location for a family vacation retreat in 2009, Turner and his wife, Lydia, found and purchased 400 acres of pristine land in Dover... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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