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Collection on the Business Aspects of Aviation | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
fledgling industry. Burden’s investment analyses include stock prices for the given years, percentage of increase or decrease of stock holdings, and the overall percentage the aviation investments...
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- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Vital Signs: The Pros and Cons of Diversity in Organisations
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
were the best, throwing me baby showers, covering me with gifts and offering help relentlessly. Nancy Hu | Class of 2020 Little(s): Linden 3 years, Reggie 1 year Pre-HBS Industry: Private equity Summer...
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- 04 Jan 2023
- News
Beyond Bias: Improving Workplace Diversity in the Age of Algorithms
- 2019
- Casebook
Private Equity: A Casebook
This book is a collection of cases and notes that have been used in Private Equity Finance, an advanced corporate finance course offered in the second year of the Harvard Business School’s MBA curriculum, over several years. Our goal is to provide detailed insight into...
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Gompers, Paul A., Victoria Ivashina, and Richard S. Ruback. Private Equity: A Casebook. London: Anthem Press, 2019.
- June 2014 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell
By: Paul Healy, Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
In late 2012, Michael Dell wants to take Dell Inc., the company he founded, private. Mr. Dell believes that the successful company's transformation from a personal computer (PC) manufacturer to an enterprise solutions and services provider (ESS) is dependent on going...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyout Transaction;
Leveraged Recapitalization;
Management Buyout;
Dell, Inc.;
Hedge Fund;
Corporate Governance Theory;
Valuation;
Valuation Ratios;
Valuation Methodologies;
Board Of Directors;
Boards Of Directors;
Carl Icahn;
Computer Services Industries;
Proxy Contest;
Proxy Battles;
Proxy Fight;
Proxy Advisor;
Financial Accounting;
Financial Analysis;
Financial Ratios;
Finance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Finance;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Computer Industry;
United States
Healy, Paul, Suraj Srinivasan, and Aldo Sesia. "Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell." Harvard Business School Case 114-015, June 2014. (Revised May 2017.)
- October 2016 (Revised February 2019)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan
By: Robert Simons
This module reading describes how to build a profit plan to reflect the strategy of a business in economic terms. After introducing the profit wheel, cash wheel, and ROE wheel, the module illustrates how to use a profit plan to assess the viability of different...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Profit Planning;
Cash Flow Analysis;
Asset Utilization;
Return On Equity;
Business Planning;
Testing Strategy;
Analyzing Strategic Alternative;
Strategy;
Asset Management;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Management Systems;
Profit
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-105, October 2016. (Revised February 2019.)
- November 2012 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
HCA, Inc. LBO Exit
This case discusses the events following the 2006 $33.2 billion buyout of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) by a consortium of private equity firms, including Bain Capital, KKR, and Merrill Lynch's private equity arm. The case highlights some of the core features...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Stockholders;
Dividends;
Private Equity;
Initial Public Offering
Ivashina, Victoria. "HCA, Inc. LBO Exit." Harvard Business School Case 813-056, November 2012. (Revised January 2014.)
- December 2011
- Article
How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance
By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh
The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not...
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Keywords:
Capital;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Acquisition;
Equity;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Contracts;
Performance;
Governance;
Legal Services Industry
Wulf, Julie, and Harbir Singh. "How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance." Management Science 57, no. 12 (December 2011): 2101–2114.
- 29 Aug 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons
- Web
From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion...
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- November 2021
- Case
Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking I: “Becoming a ‘Friend of the Situation’” (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant...
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- 06 Apr 2020
- News
Peter A. Brooke, Dean of Boston’s Venture Capitalists, Dies at 90
- October 2013 (Revised December 2013)
- Teaching Note
Blackstone and the Sale of Citigroup's Loan Portfolio Teaching Note
By: Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein
- Web
How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion...
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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
stamp of approval in the marketplace." U.S. venture funds didn't put on much muscle, however, until 1978, when pension funds got the green light to pour greenbacks into the coffers of venture capital...
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- April 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Background Note
Note on Healthcare in Ghana
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo
This note provides an overview of the healthcare system in Ghana. It discusses the public and private sector as well as traditional medical practice. It also discusses the country’s pharmaceutical industry. It is recommended as a companion to Professor Regina...
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Keywords:
Africa;
Pharmaceutical Companies;
Pharmacy Benefit Manager;
Health Care;
Health Care Costs;
Health Care Delivery;
Health Care Entrepreneurship;
Telehealth;
Health Equity;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business and Government Relations;
Health Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Ghana
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ben Creo. "Note on Healthcare in Ghana." Harvard Business School Background Note 323-112, April 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet
had been with the PE-owned company less than a year from when it was acquired until the PE fund’s exit. Some 30,000 private equity deals valued at $4 trillion took place in the five years ending in 2021, the authors write. That equals the...
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- 21 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion
President of Auditory Insight, a boutique management consultancy focused exclusively on hearing healthcare. We partner with senior leaders of device and biopharma hearing healthcare companies to develop...
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