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- 30 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent with Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie
the course? My guests are leaders in the respective topics of each class. For example, a class on leadership would have the President or Vice President of a country. A class on private equity would have individuals who lead the most successful View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”
Aaron’s networking conversations with a New York-area PE firm specializing in health and wellness, one of the firm’s portfolio companies, Barry’s Boot Camp, came up. Aaron had long been an enthusiast of the company, participating in its... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
financial returns and impact in the business model of investee companies. Quite a few of the large, global PE firms have launched impact funds over the last year. On the public side, I think ESG will become core to any financial analysis,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
initiative Northern Trust has piloted—that birthday picture is a contract, and your sister is the PE firm’s general partner. The limited partners get to see only their investment; the lawyers get to see only the transactions for the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
buyout. Others maintain that PE fund managers are better at managing firms and making them more efficient than many corporate executives. Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff professor of investment banking at HBS, has spent much of the past... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management and report more conservatively both before and after the IPO. Further, PE-backed firms that are majority-owned by View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
better. Be it mutual funds or hedge funds, these so-called owners have virtually no emotional investment in the companies (they own)." B. D. Majuqwana comments that "the biggest drawback for PE is that it does not aim to create... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
PE-backed firms generally have higher earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management, and report more conservatively both before and after the IPO. Further, PE-backed firms that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
play both the PE fund perspective and the potential target. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/hgcapital-and-the-visma-transaction-a/an/214018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-019 HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (B-1):... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
debt?" The paper explores how the possibility of misvalued debt markets can both fuel merger activity and alter the balance between PE and strategic buyers. One approach was to study whether "cheap" debt led to more... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
acquisition in the mechanical controls distribution industry. Ferrari received support from the PE firm in negotiating and financing acquisitions but faced the challenging task of integrating them into the core business. Getting all the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
Started with a small intimate team in London, the firm had merged with a continental PE firm and was successful, with an increased focus on Asia deals. After a long day of global partner meetings behind them, a group of Greighton... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
tax shields of majority-owned PE-backed firms, which reduce their need for nonconforming (i.e., more aggressive) tax strategies. Lastly, we examine how different private ownership structures (e.g., majority PE ownership vs.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Commencement 2013 Address | About
just one example, some of you will be going to work in the field of private equity, which has emerged over the last decade as a popular career for MBA graduates. It’s important to recognize that when the people leading PE firms graduated... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/919412-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-003 ProdEng: Services for Oil & Gas Extraction ProdEng is a venture created as part of a PE fund and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where PE funds have invested in the past five years have grown more quickly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
the characteristics of a successful LBO? And how do successful PE firms create value by acquiring such companies? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209010 Carlyle Japan (A) Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
the purchase price multiple of 9.4x warranted in light of the opportunity set? Would an established PE firm like Apollo ever leave enough on the table for a successor private-equity owner to generate gains without necessary multiple... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
allowed investors both deal-by-deal selectivity and managed accounts of Cadre properties, at fee levels substantially lower than those charged by PE funds. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818058-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
The case explores the kinds of influence company management can, and should, have in the sale process. The case also explores issues at the PE firm level, including the fact that the firm has recently been spun off out of its large parent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne