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- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
Business School Case 316-151 CreditEase: Taking Inclusive Finance Online The world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lender annually disbursing over a million loans totaling $10 billion, China’s CreditEase, must...
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- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
producing pre-tax wages of nearly $25 million. Chicago food entrepreneurs face obstacles that limit their ability to start and grow businesses. Specifically, they lack access to affordable, food grade production space, high quality View Details
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Nonprofit / Government
- 21 Jan 2016
- News
Private Equity's Golden Age Wasn't So Golden After All
- October 2022
- Case
Star Magnolia Capital: Becoming Experts at Finding Experts
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, River Ewing and Grace Headinger
Shinya Deguchi, Founder and Managing Partner of Star Magnolia Capital, a Shanghai-based multi-family office (MFO), considered how to convince a new prospective family that the MFO’s endowment model approach would best suit their needs. In recent decades, there has been...
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China;
Asia;
Family Office;
Shanghai;
Financial Industry;
Asset Management;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Investment Return;
Investment Portfolio;
Human Capital;
Family Business;
Financial Services Industry;
China;
Shanghai
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, River Ewing, and Grace Headinger. "Star Magnolia Capital: Becoming Experts at Finding Experts." Harvard Business School Case 223-038, October 2022.
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
During the last 15 years, entrepreneurship has developed from a marginal, struggling field of inquiry to a dynamic centerpiece of many business schools. As the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business...
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by William Mahoney
- April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
The Auction for Travelport (A)
By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal
A senior Blackstone director is deciding how aggressively to bid for Travelport, a travel distribution business containing several key services and platforms. Travelport's most important properties were Galileo, one of the top 3 global distribution systems (GDSs),...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Product Positioning;
Cost vs Benefits;
Private Equity;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Competitive Advantage;
Auctions;
Industry Structures;
Travel Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Misha Sanwal. "The Auction for Travelport (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-474, April 2010. (Revised March 2011.)
- September 2006 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Medtronic Vision 2010
Describes the company's year-long efforts to transition from a medical device company selling products to physicians for use with patients suffering chronic end-stage disease, to a medical technology company providing life-long solutions for people with chronic...
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Keywords:
Business Plan;
Transition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Financial Management;
Financing and Loans;
Health Care and Treatment;
Innovation and Invention;
Strategic Planning;
Health Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Medtronic Vision 2010." Harvard Business School Case 807-051, September 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
- 18 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 18, 2006
Working PapersNone available this week Cases & Course MaterialsThe Company Sale Process Author:William E. Fruhan Jr. Harvard Business School Note 206-108 Lays out the steps, timeline, and process by which a company is sold....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?
While the financial aid process begins after you’ve been accepted at HBS, there is a lot you can do in the months (and even years) beforehand to put yourself in the best position to access funding. HBS will help you meet your full financial need through a combination...
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- 20 Feb 2020
- News
Investors have doubts about the latest American fintech bank
- July 2009 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
By: Anette Mikes
This case motivates a debate on the role of staff functions, such as risk management: what does it mean for them to be independent, and at the same time, to partner the business lines? The case describes the risk assessment process in the corporate banking arm of...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Credit;
Banks and Banking;
Governance Controls;
Risk Management;
Mathematical Methods
Mikes, Anette. "Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold." Harvard Business School Case 110-011, July 2009. (Revised January 2012.)
- 06 Feb 2015
- News
The New Titans of Wall Street
- Web
The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering Entertainment / Media...
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- 2011
- Working Paper
The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures
By: Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman
This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on the decision of whether or not to divide the shares equally among all founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where...
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Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Fairness;
Equity;
Managerial Roles;
Negotiation Deal;
Ownership Stake;
Value
Hellmann, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman. "The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16922, April 2011.
- 31 Jan 2017
- News
Border tax 'significant wrench' in tax reform: Expert
- April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Hamilton Financial Investments: A Franchise Built on Trust
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Provides a vehicle for students to evaluate risk management in the fast-paced mutual funds industry. A new risk manager has been hired to install new management controls and procedures. A series of decisions will determine how much business and franchise risk the...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Management Teams;
Managerial Roles;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Investment Funds;
Performance Evaluation;
Corporate Strategy;
Change Management;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Hamilton Financial Investments: A Franchise Built on Trust." Harvard Business School Case 198-089, April 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
close, the company has successfully navigated several rounds of VC financing and is weighing harvest strategies and next steps. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806073 Codon Devices...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering Entertainment / Media...
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- April 2007
- Case
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.: Global Change Agents
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Lance P. Pierce and Ryan Leo Raffaelli
ABN AMRO Global Banking Group developed its risk management function in response to expansion, and increasingly focused on environmental and social risks. The head of the function needed to influence policies and business decisions in a highly decentralized context in...
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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
1977) MORE A century after the introduction of the first case to Harvard Business School, the case method remains the cornerstone of the educational experience. But it is also clear, from the scores of stories submitted here, that certain...
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