Publications

05 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 5

SchmidtHarvard Business School Brief Case No. 4208 TScientific Glassware is a fast-growing, privately held company that provides specialized glassware for laboratory and research facilities. Excess inventory is tying View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

20 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 20

Michelle Dipp, MD, Ph.D, CEO and co-founder of OvaScience, had just received a buyout offer from PG Ventures, a private equity firm interested in acquiring the innovative fertility treatments company. The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

through their eyes. And we dined with one of my former students, who set up one of the pioneering private equity funds in Egypt and whose wife is bringing high-fashion... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vasilis Mornto

and so the final step of my pre-HBS journey was interning with a global private equity firm which had just opened an office in my hometown of Athens, Greece. It was a fantastic experience because it combined... View Details

August 2009 (Revised March 2011)
Case

Shenzhen Development Bank

By: Li Jin, Yuhai Xuan and Xiaobing Bai

Weijian Shan, Managing Partner of Newbridge Capital, faces a tough call in regard to his firm's investment in Shenzhen Development Bank, China's fifteenth-largest commercial bank listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Due to the aggressive lobby of the existing... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Commercial Banking; Investment; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; China

02 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 2

Rolling Up China's Cement Industry Joseph L. Bower and G.A. DonovanHarvard Business School Case 312-067 The Chinese government has charged Song Zhiping with the job of rationalizing China's cement industry.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

Abstract—Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

largest consumer debt in the US, trailing only mortgage loans—and surpassing car loans, credit card debt, and home equity lines of credit. Source: New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax Many people who currently carry student debt are... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

& Private Equity: A Casebook, 5th edition provides an understanding of the ways in which private equity groups work. The casebook builds an understanding of the key... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Apr 2016
First Look

April 26

the infant private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state sector accounts for more than a quarter of the overall increase in labor supply to the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2001 (Revised September 2011)
Case

PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Leonid P Sudakov

Throughout 1999, PepsiCo closely tracked several potential strategic acquisitions. In the fall of 2000, it appeared that the right moment for an equity-financed acquisition had arrived. At this time, PepsiCo management decided to initiate confidential discussions with... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Stock Shares; Negotiation; Strategy; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry

Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

price increases do not predict lower returns going forward, these increases do predict substantial heightened probability of a crash. Simple attributes related to the price run up can help predict both the crash probability and future... View Details

January 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Restructuring at Delphi Corporation (A)

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott

Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in new equity. Also participating in the plan is... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Funds; Labor and Management Relations; Auto Industry; Service Industry