Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

While most of the private equity companies are private, a few like Blackstone Group, KKR, Carlyle Group, and Apollo Global Management are traded on stock exchanges. Thus, the most lucrative investment opportunities, with the highest payoff potential, never see the light of public market.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Company Kleiner 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

And last year, he decided that the answer was to take the company private, to escape the hectoring of the public market. Competitors like IBM and Compaq struggled with the politics of managing their various channel partners and lagged Dell in inventory management. For more background on the potential deal, click here.)

Rivkin 14

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

On February 4th, 2004, Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.” Some 650 people had already joined, and thus began the company’s wild ride toward becoming a social networking site with over a billion users, thousands of employees, and a market capitalization well north of $100 billion.

Engineering 9

Engineering Class Software Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Such tactics and strategies for improving supply-chain performance can increase market share, reduce costs, and dramatically improve profitability.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2013

Three years after I wrote an article on the Athens 2004 wiretapping case, which involved Greek government officials, I found somebody snooping on my own email as I served the next Greek administration. For the convenience of using an online service that we don''t have to manage, we trade our privacy and risk the confidentiality of our data.

Document 8

Document Open-book Bottom-up System 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

The key is to manage your multiple partners and not let your relationships run wild. Their exclusive agreement had been launched in the go-go year of 2000, but by 2004 it had landed in court. PDF) But that would leave you out of the game for many new technologies and markets, where alliances are essential.

Management 11

Management Airlines How To Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

The gurus have written detailed descriptions of how companies should establish the process owners, process councils, and other pieces of a formal process governance structure to manage their six to 10 core, cross-functional processes. These companies kept top-management attention on critical processes and KPIs. from 2004 to 2007.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15