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- 15 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Legislating Stock Prices
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
An old adage says that it's not what you know, it's whom you know. But outsiders can take heart: even for those who don't belong to a high-power social network, there's power in simply keeping track of who went to school with whom. Associate Professors Lauren H. Cohen...
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- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
It's no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal in order to learn more about the complexities and conflicts...
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- 12 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns
- 22 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
What’s Behind the Private Equity Boom?
Podcast with: Josh Lerner Interviewer: James Aisner Running Time: 15 min., 56 sec.
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- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
Most of us have experienced the power of networks. There's the job found through a friend's sister's boyfriend, or the lifelong partner met through a neighbor's cousin. But how do networks play into business—particularly the relationship-rich industry of venture...
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- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Bringing History into International Business
- Profile
Rakhshan Zahid
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? I came to HBS to switch tracks from finance to starting my own business. We have a course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, and in every class, we look at a new business from different industries: traditional...
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Financial Services
- Profile
Brittany Williams
Every summer from 7th grade through her senior year in high school, Brittany Williams went to science camp. “I was the kid who went to the NASA space camp—for fun!” Brittany enrolled at the University of Virginia to study aerospace engineering with the ultimate goal of...
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Financial Services
- 17 Dec 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates
- March 1981 (Revised October 1984)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: Indonesia
Evaluates the market opportunities and risks by Corning and International Finance Corporation in Indonesia.
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Globalized Markets and Industries;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Opportunities;
Financial Services Industry;
Indonesia
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Corning Glass Works: Indonesia." Harvard Business School Case 381-119, March 1981. (Revised October 1984.)
- October 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (A)
By: Andre F. Perold and Robert Howard
Farallon Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in risk arbitrage, has taken significant long and short positions in MCI Communications and British Telecommunications, respectively, in the belief that the proposed merger of these firms will be...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Capital;
Capital Markets;
Investment;
Management;
Risk Management;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Robert Howard. "Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (A)." Harvard Business School Case 299-020, October 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
- December 1995 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Student Educational Loan Fund, Inc.
By: Peter Tufano
Rick Melnick oversees the Student Educational Loan Fund (SELF), which provides loans to Harvard Business School students. SELF is changing the terms of student loans from variable-rate with semiannual payments to fixed-rate loans with equal monthly payments. Melnick...
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Tufano, Peter, and Cameron Poetzscher. "Student Educational Loan Fund, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 296-046, December 1995. (Revised February 1997.)
- July 1994
- Teaching Note
ARCO Investment Management Company TN
By: Jay O. Light and James O. Sailer
Keywords:
Financial Services Industry
- June 1994 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Leland O'Brien Rubinstein Associates, Inc.: SuperTrust
By: Peter Tufano
Leland O'Brien Rubinstein Associates, Inc. (LOR), which profited by selling portfolio insurance to institutional investors, attempts to rebuild itself after the 1987 stock market crash by creating new products to meet the unsatisfied needs of equity investors. LOR...
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Tufano, Peter, and Barbara Kyrillos. "Leland O'Brien Rubinstein Associates, Inc.: SuperTrust." Harvard Business School Case 294-050, June 1994. (Revised September 1995.)
- October 1992 (Revised August 2005)
- Background Note
Estate Freeze
By: Henry B. Reiling
The so called estate freeze is a classic estate planning and recapitalization practice. It seeks to reconcile the multiple human and business considerations associated with transferring operating control and the future increases in the value of a family dominated...
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Keywords:
Personal Finance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Laws and Statutes;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Reiling, Henry B. "Estate Freeze." Harvard Business School Background Note 293-063, October 1992. (Revised August 2005.)
- August 1991 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Nikko Securities Co. Ltd.
By: Andre F. Perold
Keywords:
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Nikko Securities Co. Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 292-002, August 1991. (Revised June 1992.)
- June 2024
- Case
Tremblant Capital: Launching an Active ETF
By: Robin Greenwood, Luis M. Viceira and Robert Ialenti
The case highlights deliberations led by Brett Barakett, CEO and chief investment officer of Tremblant Capital, just months prior to launching an actively managed ETF, Tremblant Global (TOGA). However, his team continued to have reservations around the launch. On the...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Investment Funds;
Product Launch;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Services Industry
Greenwood, Robin, Luis M. Viceira, and Robert Ialenti. "Tremblant Capital: Launching an Active ETF." Harvard Business School Case 224-112, June 2024.
- February 2024
- Case
Vespucci Partners: The New World of Venture Capital in Hungary
By: Paul A. Gompers, Tonia Labruyere and Emilie Billaud
Julia Sohajda was the young, female founding partner of the Hungarian VC firm Vespucci Partners, which focused on investing at seed stage into Hungarian deep tech startups and prepare them for a launch in the U.S market. Vespucci's first fund had largely been comprised...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Business Startups;
Investment Funds;
Financing and Loans;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Services Industry;
Hungary;
United States
Gompers, Paul A., Tonia Labruyere, and Emilie Billaud. "Vespucci Partners: The New World of Venture Capital in Hungary." Harvard Business School Case 824-138, February 2024.