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- June 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Supplement
Hansson Private Label, Inc.: Evaluating an Investment in Expansion, Student Spreadsheet (Brief Case)
By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
- Forthcoming
- Article
The Allocation of Socially Responsible Capital
By: Daniel Green and Benjamin N. Roth
Portfolio allocation decisions increasingly incorporate social values. We develop a tractable framework to study how competition between investors to own socially valuable assets affects social welfare. Relative to the most common social-investing strategies, we...
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Keywords:
Socially Responsible Investing;
Investment Portfolio;
Welfare;
Social Issues;
Investment Return
Green, Daniel, and Benjamin N. Roth. "The Allocation of Socially Responsible Capital." Journal of Finance (forthcoming).
- January 2006
- Teaching Note
Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures (TN)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
- October 2016 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Misaki Capital and Sangetsu Corporation
By: Ian Gow, Charles C.Y. Wang, Naoko Jinjo and Nobuo Sato
Japan’s corporate culture has traditionally prioritized the interests of stakeholders such as customers, employees, and suppliers over those of shareholders. After a decades-long economic slump, Japan’s government has revitalized efforts to improve corporate governance...
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Keywords:
Activist Investing;
Constructivist Investing;
Japan;
Valuation;
Stock Screens;
Return On Equity;
Investment;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Strategy;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Japan
Gow, Ian, Charles C.Y. Wang, Naoko Jinjo, and Nobuo Sato. "Misaki Capital and Sangetsu Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 117-007, October 2016. (Revised October 2017.)
- 2020
- Working Paper
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 7 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Strategy without Numbers
Functional analysis as set forth in the last chapter decomposes a technical system into functional components that do things to advance the system’s purpose and the goals of its designers. Functional analysis in turn can be used to construct value structure maps...
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Keywords:
Modularity;
Value Structure Mapping;
Value Capture;
Information Technology;
Organizations;
Strategy;
Value Creation
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 7 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Strategy without Numbers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-040, September 2020.
- August 2017 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Berkshire Partners: Party City
By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
In 2005, Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm specializing in growth equity, was one year into their ownership of Amscan, the market leader of designed, manufactured, and distributed decorated party goods and accessories. However, Amscan's primary...
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Keywords:
Turnaround;
Fundraising;
Cross-fund Investment;
Private Equity;
Vertical Integration;
Governance;
Valuation;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Berkshire Partners: Party City." Harvard Business School Case 218-028, August 2017. (Revised January 2020.)
- December 30, 2013
- Other Article
Fundamental Purpose
Directing capital to companies that can use it productively
is ultimately the most profound benefit
investors can have on society.
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Porter, Michael E. "Fundamental Purpose." Value Investor Insight (December 30, 2013), 18–20.
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
working at his side. Farmers keep their eyes on the future, planning harvests years ahead. They know time and cultivation are required to grow and prosper. Britt Cool now brings a similar vision to Kanbrick, the investment company that...
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- 2019
- Working Paper
Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility: Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century
By: Daniel P. Gross
Collusion is widely condemned for its negative effects on consumer welfare and market efficiency. In this paper, I show that collusion may also in some cases facilitate the creation of unexpected new sources of value. I bring this possibility into focus through the...
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Keywords:
Collusion;
Compatibility;
Railroads;
Rail Transportation;
Standards;
Integration;
Trade;
History;
United States
Gross, Daniel P. "Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility: Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-044, December 2016. (Accepted at Management Science.)
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Cutting Red Tape: Lessons from a Case-based Approach to Improving the Investment Climate in Mozambique
By: L. T. Wells Jr. and Timothy S. Buehrer
Wells, L. T., Jr., and Timothy S. Buehrer. "Cutting Red Tape: Lessons from a Case-based Approach to Improving the Investment Climate in Mozambique." Foreign Investment Advisory Service Occasional Paper, January 2000. (Condensed as "Reduzir a burocracia: Licoes da Mozal para o melhoramento do clima de investimentos em Mocambique," Discussion Paper No. 3, Gabinete de Estudos Ministerio do Plano e Financas Republica de Mocambique, 2000; and reprinted in condensed form as a chapter in A Economia Mocambicana Contemporanea: Ensaios, Gabinete de Estudos, edited by Cassio Rolim, Antonio S. Franco, Bruce Bolnick and Per-Ake Andersson. Mozambique: Ministerio do Plano e Financas, 2002.)
- 2017
- Chapter
Innovation Policies
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation, but has not examined how this affects which projects principals will start. We demonstrate that failure tolerance has an equilibrium price – in terms of an investor’s...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Investing;
Abandonment Option;
Failure Tolerance;
Innovation and Invention;
Venture Capital;
Attitudes;
Investment;
Failure
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Innovation Policies." In Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms. Vol. 37, edited by Jeffrey Furman, Annabelle Gawer, Brian Silverman, and Scott Stern, 37–80. Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Innovation Policies
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation, but has not examined how this affects which projects principals will start. We demonstrate that failure tolerance has an equilibrium price ― in terms of an investor's...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Investing;
Abandonment Option;
Failure Tolerance;
Venture Capital;
Attitudes;
Investment;
Failure;
Innovation and Invention
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Innovation Policies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-038, October 2012. (Revised March 2017. forthcoming in the AiSM Special issue on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Platforms.)
- January 2015 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Dogs of the Dow
By: Malcolm Baker, Samuel G. Hanson and James Weber
This case describes the Dogs of the Dow investment strategy, value investing, and using dividend yields as a means to determine intrinsic value. It also describes exchange traded notes and a particular exchange traded note, known as the Dogs of the Dow, which tracks...
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Keywords:
Dow Jones;
Dow Jones Industrial Average;
Exchange Traded Note;
Exchange Traded Fund;
Value Investing;
Benjamin Graham;
Investment Strategy;
Dividend Yield;
Intrinsic Value;
Dividend Discount Model;
Michael O'Higgins;
Financial Instruments;
Investment;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Baker, Malcolm, Samuel G. Hanson, and James Weber. "Dogs of the Dow." Harvard Business School Case 215-020, January 2015. (Revised October 2018.)
- March 2016 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Tableau
By: Boris Vallee
Matrix Capital Management, a long-short equity hedge fund based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is assessing its investment in Tableau, a data visualization company. Tableau, which conducted an IPO a few years ago, has been experiencing substantial growth as it aims at...
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Keywords:
Hedge Fund;
Long-short Equity;
Growth Investing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment;
Valuation;
Technology;
Technology Industry;
Waltham
Vallee, Boris. "Tableau." Harvard Business School Case 216-045, March 2016. (Revised November 2020.)
- January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
CrossBoundary Energy
By: John Macomber
Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable...
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Keywords:
Energy Investing;
Economic Development;
Renewable Energy;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Project Finance;
Emerging Markets;
Industry Structures;
Infrastructure;
Segmentation;
Private Equity;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Africa;
Tanzania;
Ghana
Macomber, John. "CrossBoundary Energy." Harvard Business School Case 219-089, January 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- June 2023
- Case
Block: Creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystems
By: Lauren Cohen, Richard Ryffel, Grace Headinger and Ruoshi Qi
At Investor Day 2022, Block announced a new vision for its businesses: creating an ecosystem of ecosystems. Outside the norm for many public growth companies, Block had recently acquired a variety of new business streams in the creator economy and Bitcoin despite a...
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Keywords:
Business Growth;
Fintech;
Company Management;
Growth Strategy;
Innovation And Strategy;
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Change;
Finance;
Growth Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Communication Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
California;
San Francisco
Cohen, Lauren, Richard Ryffel, Grace Headinger, and Ruoshi Qi. "Block: Creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystems." Harvard Business School Case 223-055, June 2023.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business
Researching the entertainment industry, Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, has found that blockbuster strategies work. Content producers who pursue these strategies make...
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- June 2016 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a U.S.–based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and...
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Keywords:
Hedge Funds;
Economic Policy;
Investments;
Government Policy;
Deregulation;
Financial Management;
Valuation;
Investment Funds;
Policy;
Corporate Governance;
Macroeconomics;
Investment Activism;
Change Management;
Financial Strategy;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Japan;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies." Harvard Business School Case 216-042, June 2016. (Revised May 2017.)
- January 2021
- Supplement
A Half-Deal
By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
In June 2020, XP and Itaú faced intensified competition and tension in their partnership, with the latter owning a minority stake at XP. Two years earlier, in May 2017, Itaú had announced it would acquire 49.9% of XP for $1.8 billion, followed by three additional...
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Keywords:
Fintech;
Financing Strategy;
Competition;
Partners and Partnerships;
Financing and Loans;
Strategy;
Latin America;
Brazil
Di Maggio, Marco, Pedro Levindo, and Carla Larangeira. "A Half-Deal." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-058, January 2021.
- May 2015
- Teaching Note
Aviva Investors
By: George Serafeim
Keywords:
Responsibility;
Responsibilities To Society;
Sustainability;
Sustainability Reporting;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Corporate Sustainability;
Activist Investors;
Investment Management;
Investment Strategy;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment Activism