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- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
personal computers. Reddy passed along knowledge he had newly acquired about selecting and dealing with the board of investors, honing a business strategy, building a strong core team, and managing cash carefully. The two of them also... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
explicit limit on carbon emissions from oil sands and a price on carbon. Suncor, which produces more than 400,000 barrels per day of bitumen and synthetic oil must reduce its emissions at the same time that crude oil prices have been dropping. Reduction of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
legacies or cash in on their success. If we continue to allow leadership education to be framed, defined and sustained by such an ad-hoc approach, we open ourselves to an entire range of potentially grave risks: Will students continue to... View Details
- Web
Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
are logistical constraints that differ? Are there legal or regulator concerns? For B2B companies, similar concerns must be considered. Additionally, in countries where the cash economy is prevalent, startups must consider how they can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
how to convert a brilliant idea into something that actually pays, get necessary funding to expand, build a great team of staff and advisers, keep the cash flowing, and go global. View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
initial valuations accorded such an early-stage enterprise. Cash and vision in hand, they courted senior managers from Lycos, Disney, Merrill Lynch, and elsewhere to launch the engineering, marketing, and branding that the company would... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- Web
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
Anti-Racism Task Force: [It] has resulted in the racial equity plan. And we have formed the Racial Equity Advisory Board under the leadership of Professor Jim Cash in whose honor we named Cash House on the... View Details
- October 2024
- Supplement
Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors (B)
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene
This case is a continuation of an earlier study chronicling Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt)’s transformation from an obscure boutique to a global corporate advisory firm with an outsized reputation. In August 2024, the firm faced a pivotal moment as managing partner Varun... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Corporate Finance; Equity; Stock Shares; Corporate Governance; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Leadership Style; Growth Management; Management Succession; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consulting Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; England; London
Fuller, Joseph B., and Lena Duchene. "Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 825-087, October 2024.
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
hydrokinetic technologies has subsequently risen to $109 million). Con Edison eventually invested in the company, but because there is no legal mechanism for paying a provider to deliver tidal power to the grid in New York State, the utility can’t give Verdant View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
about in startups, the burn rate that they have. The amount that they’re burning cash. This is the personal burn rates that we go and take on for ourselves. How much are we burning cash in our personal lives? That’s on the financial side,... View Details
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
Both organizations can grow, transform, merge, or die. Success is not guaranteed for either type of organization, but requires sustained work. In both cases, cash is king. This for-profit focus is critical for a nonprofit board. In both... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
meet the cash flow crunch that prevents children from staying in school past Class V, and vocational education to ensure that the formal education they receive is complemented with more immediately income-generating skills. Our program is... View Details
- 10 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum
pursuit of near limitless personal fortunes, often at someone else’s expense, [unrestrained capitalism] does put a cash value on our moral commitments.” Featured image: The HBS/HKS joint degree cohort on their first day of class at HBS. View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
Camino business is underbanked and informally run, lacking the data footprint that regular cash deposits and a digital bookkeeping system provide. Finally, some of Camino’s borrowers are undocumented immigrants to the United States.... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
Ideally, these companies can fund their projects with project finance since that has a lower cost of capital than venture dollars. However, infrastructure investors typically prefer established technologies that are derisked and have highly reliable View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
rationalized step processes vs. open platform systems. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52466 Firm Selection and Corporate Cash Holdings By: Begenau, Juliane, and Berardino Palazzo Abstract—Among... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
to adverse economic, industry, or competitive developments; require the company to devote a substantial portion of its cash flow to debt service, reducing the funds available for other purposes; limit their ability to obtain additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
founder and CEO of Ribbon Home, had to decide on the next steps for the company. Ribbon had introduced a program that backs consumers with cash offers without creating a loan structure in order to help them compete with iBuyers, such as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
cash flow to ensure this. Evidence shows that there are limits to venture capital as a solution to the funding gap, especially in countries where public equity markets for venture capital exit are not highly developed. We conclude by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace