Publications

December 2003 (Revised May 2004)
Case

Grove Street Advisors

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon and Frank Angella

Grove Street Advisors, a manager of customized private equity investment products, has been very successful in its first five years. To grow, the group must decide whether to target smaller organizations, revive its coinvestment efforts, or enter the highly competitive... View Details

Keywords: Business Organization; Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Investment; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy

25 Mar 2016
Video

Julia Austin, Advisor & Investor, Austinfish

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Faculty & Advisors MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy... View Details

August 2004
Teaching Note

Grove Street Advisors (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note to (9-804-050). View Details

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Venture Capital Advisors - Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs-In-Residence Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Venture Capital Advisors Lawyers-in-Residence Rock Executive Fellows Venture Capital Advisors (VCAs) are managing and general partners from some of the... View Details

17 Apr 2025
Video

Career Coaches & Student Advisors | FAQ

October 1996 (Revised November 2000)
Case

State Street Global Advisors

By: Richard F. Meyer

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Faculty & Advisors MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Faculty Robert D. Howe MS/MBA Program Faculty Co-Chair for SEAS Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering at SEAS; Faculty Co-Chair of the Harvard MS/MBA Program; Director, Harvard... View Details

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Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program - Entrepreneurship

Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program The Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program (REAP) is a virtual program designed specifically for HBS alumni. These Advisors are a highly curated group of exceptional, experienced entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world.... View Details

March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
Case

Charles Schwab: Financial Advisors Service

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Financial Services Industry

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April 2025
Case

Thrivent: From Insurance Agents to Financial Advisors

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Tom Quinn

Thrivent, a midwestern financial services company with a centuries-long history rooted in Lutheranism, had reached $10 billion in revenue mostly by selling life insurance. In the 2020s, however, CEO Terry Rasmussen began a transformation process centered around the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Forecasting and Prediction; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Job Design and Levels; Human Capital; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Minneapolis

January 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

Incentivizing Sales Advisors at Mustang

By: Susanna Gallani, Martin Artz, Johannes Habel and Sascha Alavi

15 Jul 2024
News

Advisor Tech Talk (Week of 7/16/24)

May 2024 (Revised May 2025)
Case

Hakluyt: From Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene

Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the... View Details

January 2012 (Revised March 2012)
Case

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)'s Entry into the Retirement Market

By: Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy

This case examines Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)'s decision to enter the retirement market with their new "Dimensional Managed DC" product, a complete retirement solution that aimed to provide investors with what they really wanted: the same standard of living in... View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Asset Management

04 Dec 2017
News

Pittsburgh's Legendary Straight-Talking Startup Advisor

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

iStock Even as President Donald Trump and Republican leaders seem set on a course to weaken Obama-administration consumer protection regulations, a soon-to-be-published study reports that 7.3 percent of financial advisors in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

March, 2023
Article

Academic Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Advisors and Their Advisees' Outcomes

By: Maria P. Roche

The transfer of complex knowledge and skills is difficult, often requiring intensive interaction and extensive periods of co-working between a mentor and mentee, which is particularly true in apprenticeship-like settings and on-the-job training. This paper studies a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Higher Education; Training; Personal Development and Career; Knowledge Dissemination