Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

” PE firms typically take three types of value increasing actions — financial engineering, governance engineering, and operational engineering. In financial engineering, PE investors provide strong equity incentives to the management teams of their portfolio companies.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

Security is often approached as an engineering-led effort in which cross-functional teams from research, design, or product are less important. Research shows that over time, fearful communications designed to scare people actually have a diminishing rate of return in helping consumers avoid online threats.

Tools 8

Tools Engineering Rate of Return Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

"With proper financial engineering, I am absolutely convinced we can solve cancer," MIT professor Andrew Lo says. Investors will not only have the potential for a decent rate of return but can be secure in the knowledge that they’re "part of the social mission to cure.". So how do you pay for it?

Marketing 8

Marketing Rate of Return Disruptive Innovation Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

But what much of the VC world might not realize, is that female-led firms may have a higher rate of return on average than male-led firms. One such firm, the Perkins Fund, has launched standouts like Goldieblox, a toy company founded by a woman engineer who captured mainstream attention with girl-centric advertising.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Sample Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. stock markets over Icahn’s career, it’s a simple factual assertion — the total return on the S&P 500 has substantially outstripped economic growth.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

In 1998, Mo was running a highly profitable and stable engineering firm serving European mobile operators. He knows Rwandans and Ivorians will not tolerate a prolonged return to instability now that they have seen sustained growth and food security are within reach. Mo Ibrahim, founding CEO of Celtel.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty CEO Chief Executive Officer Short-term 8