Equity Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2012
News

They Call Him Mr. China

being channeled to private companies, reminding Perkowski of Wall Street’s go-go years in the 1980s. “Today, there are over a thousand private equity firms in China. And the number of IPOs has tripled since 2009. Everywhere you look,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2001
News

Navigating Success in Volatile Times

impact on our lives," Young added. The HBSAAA's second annual preconference, Venture Capital and Private Equity Summit, was held on Friday. The program, titled "Building New Networks," drew 160 participants, primarily entrepreneurs and... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Finance

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

Business School Case 213-050 Hotel Ivory Cheick Sanankoua is an MBA student who believes that he has found the perfect investment property, a small, independently owned hotel on the Ivory Coast. However, he has had trouble raising money... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

market, namely, limited exit and new investment opportunities. As Enfoca faced an aging fund, its leadership team began considering alternatives to the traditional private equity fund model. This case... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

alternative paths to career success: officers of higher initial ability are more likely to invest in skill, but caste affinity to the politician's party base also helps secure important positions. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

investing in smaller businesses. Educational Objectives The course focuses on how to manage smaller businesses with an emphasis on the financial aspects of buying and growing these businesses. The cases are designed to give students... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

John (“Bo”) Kemp

prepared a business plan, conducted a usability analysis, and tested the product with thirty HBS students. Currently, he is patenting the methodology. With a post-HBS job at the private equity investment... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photograph by Webb Chappell

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the considerable investments of time... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Investment Group is deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago, Chile, or take a substantial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design

coursework. That helps our information research staff to understand the context of your question. Research topics Suggested Resources Company/Competitors Capital IQ Profiles and data on public, private companies and investment firms such... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

transparent spirit of Kickstarter with the rigors of Securities and Exchange Commission oversight. The world of so-called equity crowdfunding holds the promise of democratizing both ends of the earlystage View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

teams of almost 300 biotechnology companies that went public between 1979 and 1996. Even more than firm age, size, product stage, and receptivity of the equity markets, Higgins and Gulati discovered, the top executives' connections... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark

12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

Kosaluchi (Luchi) Nwokeneche-Mmegwa (MBA '20) is from Lagos, Nigeria and graduated with a degree in Public Policy from Princeton University. Prior to HBS, Luchi worked in investment banking and private View Details

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

Tierney (MBA 1980) from The Bridgespan Group, which provides leadership development consulting services to nonprofits. The panel, The Quest for Racial Justice: Making This a Movement, Not a Moment, moderator Ivy Jack (MBA 2004), Head of View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

at Care.com Marcelo at her desk at Care.com Marcelo with her younger son Marcelo with her younger son Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983 Founder and CEO, Providence Equity Partners, LLC Nelson in his Providence office “You partner with... View Details

16 Feb 2018
Blog Post

Out of PE, Into Africa

course, there were practical obstacles to consider. As the founder of a small private equity firm, I was nervous about the impact on my career and the reaction of my partners, deal sources and investors. For my wife, it was even more... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity

impact in business and society. This effort is amplified by HBS’s Racial Equity Plan, which calls for the School to attract additional Black talent to all parts of the community and that has, in turn, inspired new efforts by the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Aug 2022
News

September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

private equity then exploring the evidence on performance of private equity investments at both the portfolio company level and fund level, documenting the creation of economic... View Details

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents invest in external innovations... View Details

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Shabrina Jiva

she joined a student-run nonprofit that served people with leprosy. When that three-month post ended, she completed her internship with AXA's private equity branch in New York. There, she met one of the firm's founders, Christophe Florin,... View Details

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