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Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

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20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

example of cutting-edge practice in private equity. The first of a two-part series on the Hertz LBO, adopts the perspective of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the leader of a private View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Mar 2022
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The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

President of Auditory Insight, a boutique management consultancy focused exclusively on hearing healthcare. We partner with senior leaders of device and biopharma hearing healthcare companies to develop successful commercialization strategies. We also consult to... View Details

September 2011 (Revised March 2012)
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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

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27 Sep 2019
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HBS Alumni and Students Take On the Climate Crisis

solar power to communities where highly flammable kerosene and expensive flashlight batteries are the primary sources of light. CAN FARMING SAVE THE PLANET?Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a farming operation and View Details

18 Aug 2015
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New HBS Fund Chairs

Garrett are based in New York City, where he is a Managing Director and Head of Global Private Equity at Morgan Stanley and she is a professional photographer. Both are active with a range of civic,... View Details

19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51341 Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains By: Hugill, Andrea R., Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Worker... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Marla Malcolm Beck

time to be in graduate school,” she said. “Entrepreneurship, e-commerce, technology; everything was new. Private equity and venture capital were starting to grow.” After graduation, Beck... View Details

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Eileen Stephan

of career, family life and a family sporting goods business.Work Experience: Citigroup, Global Head of Graduate Recruitment and Program Management (covering Investment Banking, Private Banking, Sales & Trading, Technology, Operations,... View Details

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01 May 2013
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Thompson Dean, MBA 1984

how I look at problems, which has been really helpful to me in my investing career,” says Dean, who cofounded the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners in 2005 after 20 years with DLJ Merchant Banking... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Inside the Bestseller List with Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (photo via LinkedIn) Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (photo via LinkedIn) It was building spreadsheets as an HBS intern at a private equity firm that convinced Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003)... View Details

25 May 2016
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A Focus on Sustainability

McArthur University Professor; Forest Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor; and Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, for their work that furthers the cause. Ferenbach is one of five HBS graduates who founded Berkshire Partners, a manager of View Details

03 Apr 2014
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Cross-Class Connection

classes,” says Jones, a managing director and head of Global Private Equity at Morgan Stanley. “There’s a misperception that Harvard doesn’t need our giving. There are many worthy philanthropies but HBS... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Encouraging Women Leaders

In describing the impact of the HBS experience on her life, Veronica Allende Serra (MBA 1997) says, “Ask me how it hasn’t had an impact.” Serra, the founder of Pacific Investments, a private equity firm... View Details

October 2023
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Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love

By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger

Bob Hall, President of Green Gables Partners, evaluated whether to angel invest into an up-and-coming ski brand. As the son-in-law of the founder of Vera Bradley and having retired from a lengthy career on Wall Street, Hall was well-versed in both direct investing and... View Details

Keywords: Family Office; Angel Investors; Direct Investment; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Small Business; Financial Strategy; Personal Finance; Investment Portfolio; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk and Uncertainty; Consumer Products Industry; Montana; United States

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12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

heavily taxed. Thus, apart from any aggregate effects, payout taxes change the allocation of capital. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-040.pdf Private Equity and Employment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Dec 2022
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Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention

don’t have enough capital to invest in the best deals. Why don’t we have the ability to get the same returns as infrastructure limited partnerships or banks or private equity firms?” Here’s the thesis: Nisha... View Details

Steve Cagnetta

of focus include entity structuring, founder issues, equity and debt financings, licensing agreements, commercial contracts, employment matters, mergers and acquisitions and other matters that inevitably come up during the life cycle of a... View Details

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15 Nov 2018
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Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"

have the continued counsel of peers who have already tackled hundreds of such cases at our side. Sumit Malik (MBA ’19) is Editor-in-Chief of The Harbus, President of the Global Business Club, and Trustee of the Harbus Foundation. Prior to attending HBS, he worked in... View Details

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Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change

38,000 active international organizations from 300 countries and territories - including intergovernmental (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). Capital IQ - profiles of public and private... View Details

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