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What Private Equity Investors Think They Do for the Companies They Buy

Harvard Business Review

In a survey of 79 PE firms managing more than $750 billion in capital, we provide granular information on PE managers’ practices and how firms’ strategies relate to the characteristics of their founders. Not all PE firms use the same strategy. Our research seeks to fill that gap.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. Traditional companies therefore rely on two strategies. Both strategies, however, create cultural incompatibility within the organization.

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