Private Equity Exit - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Finding My Place at HBS

world-class facilities at the University of Kansas. I went from a 100-person hometown to a metropolis of 8 million. I went from shoveling mud for my family’s water well drilling business to working in private View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Encouraging Women Leaders

Veronica Serra (MBA 1997) In describing the impact of the HBS experience on her life, Veronica Allende Serra (MBA 1997) says, “Ask me how it hasn’t had an impact.” Serra, the founder of Pacific Investments, a private View Details

30 Sep 2015
News

Looking to Rwanda’s Future

advisor at the private equity firm TA Associates. “They asked, ‘What do we need to do today to help us attract international investors in the future?’ They were considering investments in infrastructure,... View Details

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Tips to Reinvent the Department Store

like Filene's exit its space when such a departure can mean fewer customers driving to the mall. Brand Power And Private Labels Salmon noted that for years, vendor brands have had a great deal of control... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Retail

February 2024
Supplement

ReNew (B): A New Direction

By: Gunnar Trumbull and Malini Sen

The global renewables sector was in a slump, but the Indian market was booming. India’s largest renewable electricity generator, ReNew, faced a dilemma: it traded on the Nasdaq in New York, but saw huge opportunity in the Indian market. In response, CEO Sumant Sinha... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Trends; Transformation; Private Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry; Asia; India

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March 2019
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KITEA (B): Getting Ready to Face IKEA

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in September 2015, when IKEA is about to open its first store in Morocco. It then chronicles the efforts of KITEA CEO Amine Benkirane and his son Othman between 2013 and 2015 to prepare KITEA for IKEA’s entry. After incurring losses for the first time in... View Details

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13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

of private equity buyouts. We welcome their interest in our work but think their criticisms are off the mark. Some of their claims reflect a misunderstanding of the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life

real results. Equity Audits The first step is to understand where your organization needs to improve so that time and money can be put behind the right efforts. Elizabeth Zwart (MBA 2023) recommended companies “explore, and then address,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Feb 2022
News

Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy

including sitting on the boards of travel companies, advising private equity firms, continuing to educate MBA students, and developing Jungian coaching techniques to help leaders improve their... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; career planning; creativity; Air Transportation; Transportation

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

private debt and equity options. That position took her on a trip to Kenya this summer to search for investment opportunities—including microfinance, sustainable agriculture, clean cook stoves, and urban... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Feb 2013
News

Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing directors at the Lyme Timber Company in Hanover, New Hampshire, work hard to make the double bottom line a reality. Founded in 1976, Lyme Timber Company is a timberland investment management organization (TIMO), a View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

09 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025)

political systems, public institutions, private organizations and philanthropy within public education. Despite the challenges of operating in this landscape, this experience has solidified my commitment to advancing View Details

02 Dec 2019
News

A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding

I realized this was something I was passionate about and that, up until then, I had been influenced by other people’s expectations.” This insight led to a decades-long interest in global business for Barry, president and CEO of the View Details

17 Jul 2025
Blog Post

Turning Doubt into Drive: Embracing Entrepreneurship with Kait Stephens (MBA 2020)

my career in private equity behind? Was my idea big enough? I needed both the space and the confidence to figure it out, which is exactly what HBS provided. Discovering My True Motivation Before attending... View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

being his own boss, Royster instead went to work at Boston-based Capital Resource Partners, then the African-American private equity firm TSG Capital in Stamford, Connecticut. At TSG he was introduced to one... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

many of the artists that Joyner and her husband, private equity investor Alfred Giuffrida, collect are enjoying increased visibility. Major museums in the United States (and beyond) are reevaluating the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms and freeing up skilled labor to be used for... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Aug 2014
News

Cross-Class Connection

resonated deeply with our class members.” “I think there’s a real opportunity to share lessons learned with other classes,” says Jones, a managing director and head of Global Private Equity at Morgan... View Details

28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

negotiation exercise draws on and illustrates the "3-D Negotiation" logic of Lax and Sebenius. Purchase the exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908033 The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for Pearl... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

assessment and valuation technique used in the private equity industry. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218106-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-484 Institutionalized... View Details