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High-Potentials in the Downturn: Sharing the Pain
Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-F0909G-ELeadership and People ManagementA Catalyst poll of business school graduates who went to work for corporations or professional firms reveals how these up-and-comers are faring during the recession.Starting at €8.20
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Women in Management: Delusions of Progress
Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-F1003B-ELeadership and People ManagementNew research shows that female managers continue to lag behind men at every career stage, right from their first professional jobs-and that's among graduates from elite MBA programs. The aggressive efforts this past decade to create opportunities for women weren't nearly as fruitful as we'd thought. To achieve anything close to gender equality, organizations have a lot of work to do.Starting at €8.20
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High-Potentials in the Downturn: Sharing the Pain (Spanish version)
Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-F0909GLeadership and People ManagementA Catalyst poll of business school graduates who went to work for corporations or professional firms reveals how these up-and-comers are faring during the recession.Starting at €8.20
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Convertible Notes: A Form of Early-Stage Financing
Chaplinsky, Susan; Becker, Joseph M.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1925-EFinanceConvertible notes are often used to raise early-stage financing for start-up companies, frequently due to their advantages related to delayed valuation, greater speed, and lower cost of completion compared to venture capital financing. As a result, there has been a large increase in the number of early-stage companies raising capital through convertible notes over the past decade. Investors have made this form of financing more available, believi...Starting at €8.20
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RadNet, Inc.: Financing an Acquisition
Chaplinsky, Susan; Droznik, AlexCase DARDEN-F-1652-EFinanceThis case examines issues surrounding the choice of financing arrangements for the acquisition of Radiologix in July 2006. The case follows Mark Stolper, the CFO of RadNet, as he considers how to raise the $363 million in funds necessary to finance the acquisition. When completed, the combined firms will be the largest private diagnostic-imaging provider in the United States. When Stolper joined RadNet in 2003, he confronted a company with "too m...Starting at €8.20
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Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women
Ibarra, Herminia; Carter, Nancy M.; Silva, ChristineArticle HBS-R1009F-ELeadership and People ManagementThough companies now invest heavily in mentoring and developing their best female talent, all that attention doesn't translate into promotions. A Catalyst survey of over 4,000 high potentials shows that more women than men have mentors-yet women are paid $4,600 less in their first post-MBA jobs, hold lower-level positions, and feel less career satisfaction. To better understand why, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with 40 participants i...Starting at €8.20
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Investure, LLC: Investing in Alternative Assets
Chaplinsky, SusanCase DARDEN-F-1971-EFinanceIn July 2019, Bruce Miller, CEO of Investure, LLC (Investure), an outsourced chief investment office (OCIO), is preparing a proposal for Franklin and Marshall (F&M), a small liberal arts college located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with an endowment of $350 million. F&M recently began a search to find a new endowment manager in hopes of improving its investment returns and access to alternative assets (AA), such as private equity (PE) and hedge fu...Starting at €8.20