Publications

June 2012 (Revised October 2018)
Case

Home Nursing of North Carolina

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Ari Medoff's (HBS '11) goal was to control his own professional destiny by owning his own company. His search identified a suitable acquisition in Home Nursing of North Carolina, and he had negotiated a purchase price of $3.5 million, or 4.2x trailing EBITDA. Medoff... View Details

Keywords: Search Funds; Small Companies; Acquisitions; Negotiation; Medical Services; Negotiation Process; Valuation; Investment; Acquisition; Health Industry

March 2025
Supplement

Home Nursing of North Carolina (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. View Details

November 2018
Supplement

Home Nursing of North Carolina

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

25 Oct 2019

Information Session at North Carolina State University

Join us to learn more about our college programs including 2+2, Peek Weekend, and SVMP. You will have the opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details

07 Nov 2011
HBS Seminar

Robert Bushman, University of North Carolina

20 Apr 2021
HBS Seminar

Stacy Wood, North Carolina State University

28 Feb 2023

HBS Tabling at North Carolina Central University

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Stop by the HBS Admissions table to learn more about the MBA program at HBS including the 2+2 Program, a... View Details

15 Nov 2018

HBS Information Session at North Carolina A&T

Join us to learn more about Harvard Business School and the 2+2 admissions process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation about our college programs and an opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details

July 2022 (Revised February 2025)
Case

A Soul and a Service: North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance

By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko

The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association (the Mutual) was founded in 1898 as a for-profit entity selling life insurance catering to the Black community. The Mutual was entering a field crowded with established White-owned competitors that largely refused to... View Details

Keywords: Black Entrepreneurs; Insurance; History; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Insurance Industry; United States

22 Oct 2019

Information Session at Univervisty of North Carolina - Charlotte

Join us to learn more about our college programs including 2+2, Peek Weekend, and SVMP. You will have the opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details

09 May 2024
HBS Seminar

Mark Long, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

October 2012 (Revised August 2018)
Case

Carolina for Kibera

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Beth-Ann Kutchma and Cailin B. Hammer

Carolina for Kibera (CFK) is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote youth leadership and gender and ethnic cooperation in Kibera, the largest unstructured settlement situated in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya. CFK's programs constructively... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Power and Influence; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Enterprise; Negotiation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Kenya; United States

01 Apr 2019

Peek Program Chat at North Carolina A&T State University

Join this informal chat to hear directly from a past Peek participant and learn more about the residential educational experience designed for college students to gain knowledge and insight into the MBA degree. View Details

14 Apr 2015
HBS Seminar

Rajdeep Grewal, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina

27 Mar 2025
HBS Seminar

Robert Bushman, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

Awards

Edward Kremers Award of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy

Winner of the 2006 Edward Kremers Award from the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy for best book published in the previous two years for Pharmacopolitics: Drug Regulation in the United States and Germany (The University of North Carolina Press,... View Details

January 2013 (Revised November 2016)
Case

The New Carolina Initiative

By: Michael E. Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo

The New Carolina Initiative case explores the process of fostering competitiveness in the subnational region, South Carolina, one of the poorest states in the United States. The case has been developed primarily for use in the course "Microeconomics of... View Details

Keywords: Public Sector; Poverty; Competitive Strategy; Private Sector; Economic Growth; South Carolina

22 Sep 2011
Other Presentation

The New Carolina Initiative

By: Michael E. Porter

The New Carolina Initiative - New Carolina Annual Celebration View Details

Keywords: Economics; United States