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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
How Venture Capital Works
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon,... -
Everything You (Don’t) Want to Know About Raising Capital
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs understand that if the fundamentals of a business idea—the management team, the market opportunities, the operating systems and controls—are sound, chances are there’s money out there. The challenge of landing that capital to grow a company can be exhilarating. But as exciting as the money search may be, it is equally threatening. Built […] -
What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
Three Headwinds for Facebook's IPO
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleI am not pessimistic about Facebook's future. I have used the social network for eight years and continue to be impressed with Mark Zuckerberg's focus... -
Net Present Value
Finance & Accounting VideoManagers' many decisions about net present value can directly impact the company's valuation. -
Four Steps to Fixing Your Bad Data
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleAt this point, most everyone has heard that S&P downgraded U.S. government debt on Friday. An important piece of the story involves the $2.1 trillion... -
Are Buybacks Really Shortchanging Investment?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSome experts argue that corporate leaders are starving their firms of investment capital by making excessive payouts to shareholders, thereby undermining... -
Bringing Silicon Valley Inside
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleIn Silicon Valley, exciting new business ideas rapidly attract capital and talent away from less worthy ventures. But in big companies, ideas, capital, and talent are stagnant—prisoners of traditional bureaucratic ways of allocating resources. To capture the Valley’s entrepreneurial magic, your company needs to move from resource allocation to resource attraction. -
The Staying Power of the Public Corporation
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleReports of the “eclipse of the public corporation” underestimate its institutional staying power and unique capacity for renewal. In his recent HBR article, Michael C. Jensen, a distinguished scholar of corporate finance and governance, argues for a revolution in the structure of ownership and control in the U.S. economy.1 I share many of his criticisms […] -
Use Data to Answer Your Key Business Questions
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleActivating your analytics should be a cross-team effort. -
Just How Risky Is Entrepreneurship, Really?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThere are two views on entrepreneurship in America: the first (largely feigned), that it is a pure virtue like freedom of speech or religion, and the second (real) attitude that it is largely a game for the naïve. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Michael Dell make fine fodder for commencement speeches, but when parents and […] -
Mapping Your Innovation Strategy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the complex sport of American football, teams rely on playbooks as thick as the Manhattan phone directory. But when it comes to creating innovative... -
The Right Way to Run an IPO Road Show
Managing yourself Digital ArticleOver the past 17 years I’ve worked with hundreds of executives to raise billions of dollars — from private equity to hedge funds to IPOs. I’ve seen road shows done right, but I’ve also seen every mistake in the book. In today’s see-saw economy, just as important as the timing of your IPO is being […] -
Research: What Happens When Private Equity Firms Buy Hospitals?
Strategy & Execution ResearchA study of 42 leveraged buyouts produced surprising findings that should guide policy reforms. -
The Road to Crowdfunding Hell
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleCrowdfunding of equity capital for startups is one of a handful of jewels in the crown of the JOBS Act that swept through the House and Senate in a rare... -
The Comprehensive Case for Investing More VC Money in Women-Led Startups
Venture capital Digital ArticleAnd for hiring more female investors.
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Board Director Dilemmas-New Year, New Timing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on a junior partner at a private equity (PE) firm who sits on the board of one of the firm's portfolio companies. In the case, the board... -
Genmor Pharmaceuticals' Acquisition of Vascorex Corporation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case asks students to identify and evaluate the merits of two factors that have led a buy-side analyst to conclude that an acquiring company is a... -
IFC Asset Management Company: Mobilizing Capital for Development
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case explores the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) creative and effective use of the private equity business model as a tool to mobilize... -
Dementia Discovery Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details After the British government searched for a venture capital organization to create a new dementia fund, it selected SV Health, a UK- and US-based healthcare... -
CanniMed Therapeutics Inc.: The IPO Dilemma
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In November 2016, the chief executive officer of CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. was considering the company's options for raising capital through an initial... -
Wagholi Apartment Project: Restructuring a Private Equity Investment in Real Estate
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case is written from the perspective of a decision-maker at a private equity investment fund. The case is set in India, where a large corpus of capital... -
Warner Music Group
Finance & Accounting Case Study14.00View Details TH Lee, a leading private equity firm, needs to decide whether to commit to the acquisition of AOL Time Warner's music group, and whether to commit the... -
Dating Ring
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2015, the co-founders of Dating Ring, an online dating startup that relied on human matchmakers to arrange dates between its members, were deciding... -
The Public-Private Partnership Hurdle Race: The Case of Delhi International Airport
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case "The Public-Private Partnership Hurdle Race: The Case of Delhi International Airport" is about the various challenges faced by the GMR Group... -
Vanguard Group, Inc. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details A large mutual fund complex decides on its future product line. -
Track Financial Performance, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting ToolWhether you're monitoring an investment you've made or an operational budget you've developed for your group, you need to track the financial performance... -
Thermo Electron Corp.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details George Hatsopoulos, CEO at Thermo Electron Corp., is considering whether to issue shares in a subsidiary via an initial public offering (IPO). The company... -
Stanford Management Company in 2017: Venture Capital and Other Asset Allocation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Greg Milani, Senior Managing Director of the Stanford Management Company, considers how much of Stanford's $27 billion endowment to allocate to early... -
Petrolera Zuata, Petrozuata C.A., Russian Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Petrozuata is a proposed $2.5 billion oil-field development project in Venezuela. The case is set in 1997 as the project sponsors, Conoco and PDVSA (Venezuela's... -
Shell: A Company of Opportunity?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Opportunity Hub was a cloud-based platform that enabled managers to market projects they were working on and associated resourcing needs as 'Opportunity... -
Whirlpool Europe
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details This case presents a capital budgeting problem. Whirlpool Europe is evaluating an investment in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that would... -
Project Bravo - Target Information
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case IN1784 -
OCP Africa: Building Ecosystems For Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The OCP Africa illustrates the challenges of entering a market challenged by unfavorable conditions for the target customer - be it infrastructure, access... -
Performing Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Conducting thorough research about an industry is often an important component of investment analysis. Written specifically for HBS MBA students, provides...
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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
How Venture Capital Works
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
Everything You Need to Know About Stock Options and RSUs
Finance & Accounting AdviceJust like salary, you should negotiate equity compensation. -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon,... -
Everything You (Don’t) Want to Know About Raising Capital
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs understand that if the fundamentals of a business idea—the management team, the market opportunities, the operating systems and controls—are sound, chances are there’s money out there. The challenge of landing that capital to grow a company can be exhilarating. But as exciting as the money search may be, it is equally threatening. Built […] -
What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40, Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 819055. -
Board Director Dilemmas-New Year, New Timing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on a junior partner at a private equity (PE) firm who sits on the board of one of the firm's portfolio companies. In the case, the board...