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- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
York-based hedge fund must decide whether to invest in TravelCenters of America (TA), a recent spin-off from a U.S.-based real estate investment trust. The case confronts students with the question: To what extent is this spin-off opportunity View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
the answer, it’s clear that others—employees, customers, suppliers, politicians, the general public—do. As a frequent speaker at various corporate events, I was tempted to think that my name and reputation was the attraction until I saw... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
Like any private equity firm, The Lyme Timber Company seeks attractive financial returns for its investors. But Jim Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing director at Lyme, considers a second audience—the public—when making decisions about his... View Details
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
that social media users are increasingly attracted to the idea of such a model. But funding it without advertising's help won't be easy. Two digital marketing experts, Harvard Business School professors John Deighton, the Harold M.... View Details
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
see whether performance is as portable as many in the NFL believe. To us, the fact that it is portable for some positions and not portable for others is interesting. Q: Companies' hiring managers must avoid errors, especially these days. When trying to View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
must address a major design problem: Sophisticated investors have been gaming the system by applying specialized screening tools to scoop up the choicest loans with the lowest default rates, leaving less experienced investors with less View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy
are opportunities for large corporations to attract interest outside of the traditional MBA functions and into roles focused on energy and sustainability. Those roles can be hard to find for students, but they are very interested and... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
market segment had been growing faster than the conventional market overall and was expected to continue. This had caused large conventional manufacturers to enter this space, increasing the level of competition for Hain. Third, this segment growth was also View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
job. "If you have a research team of three people, someone hired away has 33 percent of the idea. But if you subdivide it into eight people, each one of those people becomes less attractive to a competitor." Setting The Right... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
were not attracting the full range of alumni, Sachin Gupta (MBA 2015) had an idea. As vice president of social enterprise for the club, Gupta knew exactly what to do to bring more alumni to the table—quite literally. Earlier this year,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
(HBSAHK) recently held its Sixth Annual Signature Conference, attracting more than 350 participants to network, explore and discuss business trends and forecasts both regionally and globally. “With this annual conference, we aim to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
customers," says Senior Lecturer Michael J. Roberts. By soliciting money through Kickstarter or similar sites, a company overcomes the catch-22 that occurs when it needs funding to make a product, but it must show the product in order to View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
matching candidates are attractive by reducing the competition among agents on the same side of the market. An agent who sees fewer candidates knows that these candidates also see fewer potential matches, and so are more likely to accept... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
them involve prominent universities, an area of market strength for the firm, and one involves a top-tier strategy consulting firm, a new market for Exeter. Each of the projects has both attractive and unattractive attributes, with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
influence through his writings, his speeches, and ARD’s annual meetings, in which its investment companies set up booths and enjoyed an opportunity to network and talk to potential investors. “He gave a dignity or a substance to the process, and that always View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations
opportunity unique to HBS – a chance to connect the dots between my aspirations and my need for experience.” Taking it to the street Through Leadership Fellows, Mizuho applied to a few organizations with educational missions, but Sesame Workshop “excited me most,” she... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Profile
Taylor Wiegele
they had?" Learning from peers HBS attracted Taylor as way to go beyond his "narrow California experience," to work through a rigorous general management curriculum, and to learn from his "peers about VC, PE,... View Details
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Visit | MBA
in late August for fall term availability. There are no class visits over the summer. Class Visits Student Club Conferences Discover the student-led club conferences held each year. Living in Boston Read about the top attractions in... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
feel that by harnessing market-driven solutions, by using a small amount of philanthropy to attract larger sources of capital, and by shifting the global discussion to how do we finance the crisis, we will solve the crisis much more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
in the contrasts he draws with the medium that still commands the bulk of campaign budgets—which, in the case of the upcoming presidential election, are estimated to swell to a combined $5 billion. Unlike on YouTube, where ads run before the main View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg