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31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

at a large investment firm relative to those of sell-side analysts from mid-1997 to 2004. We find that the buy-side firm's analysts issue less optimistic recommendations for stocks with larger market View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

tool for achieving strategic alignment. How Fixed-performance Contracts Ensure Underperformance At its simplest, a company's budget process consists of each unit producing a sales forecast (assuming it's a profit center) and a capital... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

04 May 2013
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James Dinan & Elizabeth Miller, both MBA 1985

For Jamie Dinan and Elizabeth Miller, endowing the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professorship of Business Management as a 25th Reunion gift was one more significant step along a mutual journey. Dinan, the founder, chairman, and managing partner of York View Details

31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

investing in unicorns—highly valued, privately held start-ups—and the consequences of these investments for corporate governance provisions. Larger funds and those with more stable funding are more likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

and how the way Loews is managed contributes to the results-a tripling of market value in five years. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/309004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-100 Assured Guaranty Nate Katz at Yokun Ridge View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12

Patagonia Sur could ever do more than break even on an annual basis. Further, they worried that in fact the risk of the investment went up significantly as the company spent both its capital and management... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jan 2014
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To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

but real differences in corporate finance and investment through two different channels: a "more money" effect arising from the debt coinsurance feature of conglomerates and a "smarter money" effect arising from more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

(DEI) and I’m the co-president of AASU. After we graduate, we’re going to work in those spaces in finance and tech—I’m going into Venture Capital (VC) at Goldman Sachs, and Tyler is heading to Facebook. The statistics regarding black... View Details

September 2020
Case

Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani

The case examines issues such as cascading problems within the organization, changing founder roles, founder success criteria, as well as company exit consideration. In 2017, Dr. Torben Antretter, a former competitive tennis player and academic researcher, founded... View Details

Keywords: Exit; Startup; Financing; Founders; Entrepreneurship; Law; Venture Capital; Success; Financing and Loans; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Germany

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03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

Bagley # 6: Negotiating venture capital financing based solely on the valuation. Valuation is not the only thing one should consider when selecting a venture capitalist or when negotiating the deal. There are many other ways for venture... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

increased to 256 FTEs in fiscal 2021, from 244 FTEs a year earlier. The School's administrative staff grew to a budgeted 1,871 FTEs in fiscal 2021, from 1,839 in the prior year. To capitalize on new opportunities, the School View Details

01 Sep 2022
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Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

American labor unions. Others argue about the importance of maintaining national security. Could they be persuaded to support such a move if the US government invested in American industries at the same time, perhaps similarly to... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
Case

The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio

In Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the stirrings of industrialization and modernization were promising, and more than 50,000 workers, mostly women, were employed in the textile sector; the figure reflected more than a threefold increase in just a few... View Details

Keywords: History; Labor Unions; Trade; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Financial Crisis; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Lesotho

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20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

Psychological Science Should Governments Invest More in Nudging? By: Benartzi, Shlomo, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, Will Tucker-Ray, William J. Congdon, and Steven Galing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2008 (Revised June 2013)
Case

Odyssey Healthcare

By: Robert F. Higgins, Virginia Fuller and Umer Raffat

In January 2001, Dick Burnham, CEO of Odyssey Healthcare, and Odyssey's Board of Directors were considering selling the hospice care company to a larger provider or making an initial public offering (IPO). With 38 hospice locations in 21 states, Odyssey had been... View Details

Keywords: Liquidity; Venture Creation/development; Hospice; Venture Capital; Financial Liquidity; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; United States

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27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

predicting digital innovation. While venture capital funding appears to play a role in supporting innovative entrants, closer analysis suggests that this funding selects on other variables that predict digital innovation; in this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

emissions reduction trajectory that is guided by climate science to enhance value. Confronting climate change will also require massive investment. The world will need over $3.5 trillion in annual capital View Details

November 2007
Article

If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business

By: Robert C. Pozen

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry

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