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- April 2021
- Supplement
Exercise for Revlon: Surviving Covid-19
By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah Gulick
Exercise for Revlon: Surviving Covid-19
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- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
rebuilding the housing finance system, the credit needs of low-income consumers, mortgage finance alternatives, and the regulation of consumer financial products. In this e-mail Q&A, we asked Retsinas to discuss some of the issues...
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- September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Icahn Enterprises, a publicly traded limited partnership founded and operated by famed activist investor Carl Icahn, had earned above market returns for over a decade. Between 2018 and early 2023, it had a compound annual return of 31%. Icahn invested in undervalued...
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Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment." Harvard Business School Case 124-013, September 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- Profile
Philipp Schäelli
would be the ideal place to achieve all these 3 goals. It's very strong reputation and career support services allowed me to explore all types of different career options. With...
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- November 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Lauren Cohen and Scott Waggoner
Kishore Karunakaran, President and COO of FFCM, faces a variety of challenges in launching an innovative investment management business in the rapidly evolving ETF space.
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Keywords:
Investment Management;
Institutional Investments;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Financial Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Capital Markets;
Investment Funds;
Financial Strategy;
Management Teams;
Financial Services Industry;
Boston
Froot, Kenneth A., Lauren Cohen, and Scott Waggoner. "Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC." Harvard Business School Case 211-031, November 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
operational underperformance. We transformed it into a service operating according to world-class standards. At the time you took over, 63 percent of Metro Manila’s water was either lost or stolen. Did you have a hard time convincing your...
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- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Going to the Oracle: Goldman Sachs, September 2008 (TN)
By: Clayton Rose and Sally Canter Ganzfried
Teaching Note for 309-069.
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- November 2006
- Case
Selling Biovail Short
By: Malcolm P. Baker, Chris Lombardi and Aldo Sesia
Hedge fund SAC Capital and analysts from Gradient Analytics and Banc of America face charges of stock price manipulation from Biovail, a Canadian pharmaceutical company. Gradient and BofA produced negative reports on Biovail's earnings quality. At the same time, SAC...
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Keywords:
Stock Shares;
Investment Banking;
Asset Pricing;
Financial Strategy;
Crime and Corruption;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Baker, Malcolm P., Chris Lombardi, and Aldo Sesia. "Selling Biovail Short." Harvard Business School Case 207-071, November 2006.
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
When banks failed across the globe in 2008, the resulting financial crisis sent businesses into a tailspin. As lenders cut back dramatically, companies trying to recover had to scramble for financing required to generate new business and...
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- January 2020
- Article
The Job Rating Game: Revolving Doors and Analyst Incentives
By: Elisabeth Kempf
Investment banks frequently hire analysts from rating agencies. While many argue that this "revolving door" creates captured analysts, it can also create incentives to improve accuracy. To study this issue, I construct an original dataset, linking analysts to their...
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Keywords:
Credit Rating Agencies;
Investment Banking;
Recruitment;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Services Industry
Kempf, Elisabeth. "The Job Rating Game: Revolving Doors and Analyst Incentives." Journal of Financial Economics 135, no. 1 (January 2020): 41–67.
- May 2008
- Teaching Note
Warburg Pincus and emgs: The IPO Decision (TN) (A) and (B)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [807092] and [808046].
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- February 2006 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
The Children's Investment Fund, 2005
By: Randolph B. Cohen and Joshua B. Sandbulte
TCI, The Children's Investment Fund, is a London-based hedge fund. The firm donates a significant fraction of the fees it earns to a charitable foundation. In 2005, TCI took a large stake in Deutsche Borse, the stock exchange in Frankfurt. Its battle with management...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Financial Markets;
Investment Activism;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Financial Services Industry;
London;
Germany
Cohen, Randolph B., and Joshua B. Sandbulte. "The Children's Investment Fund, 2005." Harvard Business School Case 206-092, February 2006. (Revised October 2006.)
- August 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 287-008, August 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- 2011
- Other Teaching and Training Material
The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed
By: Robert C. Pozen
This is the teaching manual for the third edition of the fund industry: how your money is managed. It contains review and discussion questions and answers for every chapter. It also contains business-school quality cases for most chapters, including assignment...
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- January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Background Note
Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings scales and the credit rating process. In particular, describes the role and function of the rating committee and the analytical categories considered in arriving at a final sovereign credit rating.
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Keywords:
Financial Markets;
Credit;
Bonds;
Policy;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Measurement and Metrics;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Financial Services Industry
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Christopher Bruner. "Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-027, January 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
nearly all corporations ceased offering defined benefit plans in favor of "defined contribution" packages such as 401(k) plans—in which employees contribute a set amount from their paychecks that would be individually invested...
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- June 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Sunbeam Oster Co., Inc.
By: Steven R. Fenster
Japonica Partners, an investment firm, is trying to determine whether there is any unseen value in Sunbeam Oster Co., Inc., a Chapter 11 debtor. If there is, Japonica must consider the means by which they can acquire control of a company in Chapter 11.
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Fenster, Steven R. "Sunbeam Oster Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 291-052, June 1991. (Revised July 1993.)
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
we have a rich set of finance electives, including courses on behavioral topics, investment management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a...
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- Profile
Naeill Leigh
yourself? I’ve always been most comfortable with technology and engineering. Just by having great interactions with my finance professor has pushed me toward going into finance, which I wouldn’t have considered before coming to HBS. In my free time, I’m learning about...
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- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
Small-business owners trying to weather the coronavirus pandemic will face a financial blow that’s likely to be worse than what they experienced during the Great Recession more than a decade ago, says Karen G. Mills, senior fellow at...
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