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30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

differentiated capabilities. Simply replicating strategies that were successful at home is likely to be insufficient in the United States. The real lesson of this experience is that investing directly in corporate assets is a very... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

15 Jun 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

five-year stint in Boston as partner and senior managing director at AEW Capital Management. In 1999, Lewis moved to London to launch AEW Europe, a real estate investment business that grew to 18 billion in assets under management under... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

01 Sep 2017
News

Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

the question of where to apply it to a team of experts—tech gurus as well as specialists in asset management, regulation jurisdiction, and operations. The team eventually landed on private equity. O’Grady offers the example of a fund... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

March 2011
Supplement

Valuation of AirThread Connections, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin

Keywords: Present Value; Tax Accounting; Capital Costs; Synergy; Telephony; Wireless Technologies; Assets; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Communication; Taxation; Accounting; Wireless Technology

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04 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

that dominate the private sector. These include huge conglomerates such as the chaebol in Korea, the Tata Group in India, and the Koc Group in Turkey. The arguments for restructuring conglomerates are simple. Selling off assets could... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

18 Dec 2014
Blog Post

Turnaround & Restructuring Club Conference Recap

panelists, including Joel Biran (Managing Principal, DWIM; Former Managing Director, Versa Capital Management), David Levenson (Co-founder and Partner, Goldbridge Capital Partners; Former Investment Professional, BlueBay Asset... View Details

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Social Enterprise Track | New Venture Competition

Siddharth UR, Jen Li (MBA 2025), Luke Fiorante. Play Video duration: 1:34 2025 New Venture Competition Runner-Up, Social Enterprise Track: Aidra Health Aidra Health is bridging the urgent gap in medical equipment availability by facilitating equipment sharing and... View Details

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

now or wait a bit. Selection It’s not possible or even a defensible investment strategy to try to reinforce every asset everywhere, and forever. High value assets in high risk areas clearly merit investment... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

11 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 11

in 2007. A sizeable portion of the growth can be explained by rising asset management fees, which in turn were driven by increases in the valuation of tradable assets, particularly equity. Another important factor was growth in fees... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

and 2009, $1.8 trillion worth of public company assets entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection— almost 20 times more than during the prior two years." A significant portion of the private equity industry, he says, was "widely... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

Jean Paul Getty

After accumulating a one-third interest in Getty Oil Company, Getty negotiated for a controlling interest in the company after the death of his father. Getty went on to merge Tidewater Oil Company, Skelly Oil Company, and the Missouri Oil Company into Getty Oil, which... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

12 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

across the globe. What's happening with the DB plan, why is it happening, and what are the implications for asset markets and asset management? Purchase the book:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

two new measures of bank productivity: one focused on deposit-taking productivity and one focused on asset productivity. We then use these measures to evaluate the cross-section of bank value. Both productivity measures are strongly value... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Henry R. Mallory

Under Mallory's presidency, the company became the second largest shipping company and 59th largest corporation in the United States. He was owner-operator of 70 American flag steamships, and his assets amounted to $47 million. View Details

Keywords: Transportation

01 Dec 1996
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

As HBS graduates, our contacts with each other and with the School are among the strongest and most enduring assets of our Harvard Business School education. Alumni connectedness is a vital mutual concern for the School and the Alumni... View Details

06 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club

Acquisition (ETA) is a great career path. Club Mission The Club’s mission is two-fold. First, we intend to provide potential searchers with the network and resources needed to succeed. A key success factor in the ETA career path is having a strong network, as it has... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring

proceeded when faced with multiple options. Those options — from mergers and acquisitions to leveraged buyouts and asset divestitures to "vulture" investing and tracking stock — are also explored. Gilson reminds readers that the devil is... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

Despite their best efforts, most companies continue to squander what may be their greatest asset in today's knowledge economy: the wealth of expertise, ideas, and latent insights that lies scattered across or deeply embedded in their... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

November 1989 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.--1988

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Set two years after a takeover attempt forced the company to restructure by leveraging up, selling assets, and repurchasing stock. The case affords an opportunity to analyze what effect the restructuring had on: 1) the cost of capital, 2) investment decisions, and 3)... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Restructuring; Assets; Cost of Capital; Investment; Competition; Rubber Industry