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- April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Teaching Note
Miracle Life Inc. (TN)
By: Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy
Teaching Note for [210039].
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- October 2008 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
PlanetTran
By: Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy
PlanetTran is an environmentally-friendly car service that utilizes a fleet of hybrid cars in providing livery service to corporations and individuals. The founder, Seth Riney, is evaluating outside funding options in order to expand the company, and has met several...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Expansion;
Value
Cohen, Lauren H., and Christopher J. Malloy. "PlanetTran." Harvard Business School Case 209-029, October 2008. (Revised March 2010.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
HBS Alumni in Harvard Leadership Roles
With new and continuing appointments, HBS alumni are playing key roles in the governance structure of Harvard University. In September, Theodore Wells (MBA 1974/JD 1976) was elected to the Harvard Corporation by members of the Corporation...
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- December 2021
- Case
The Instant Payment Mandate: The Central Bank of Brazil and Pix
By: Lauren Cohen and Spencer C. N. Hagist
João M. P. De Mello and his team at the Central Bank of Brazil are preparing a move that would seek to tilt the scales in favor of financial inclusion for the entire country. The innovation at hand is the unprecedented nation-wide instant payment scheme: Pix. The fruit...
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Cohen, Lauren, and Spencer C. N. Hagist. "The Instant Payment Mandate: The Central Bank of Brazil and Pix." Harvard Business School Case 222-053, December 2021.
- March 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Teaching Note
PlanetTran (TN)
By: Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy
Teaching Note for [209029].
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
in 2019 that is already creating jobs and expanding economic opportunities in his home country of Cameroon. In May, CassVita was honored with a Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Award funded by the Bertarelli Foundation. Cassava is...
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Deborah Blagg
- August 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Rapid7: The Price of Principle
By: Lauren H. Cohen and Spencer C. N. Hagist
Cohen, Lauren H., and Spencer C. N. Hagist. "Rapid7: The Price of Principle." Harvard Business School Case 221-021, August 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
- May 2020
- Teaching Note
fidentiaX: The Tradable Insurance Marketplace on Blockchain
By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen and Jiahua Xu
- 25 Jun 2009
- News
Joining the club
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
thinking on a variety of timely business topics. Participants will hear presentations by HBS professors Clayton Christensen, Howard Stevenson, Krishna Palepu, Max Bazerman, and Debora Spar, among others. Sir Ronald View Details
- 05 May 2015
- News
Alumni in London Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
classmates and meet other alumni in the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor Robert Steven Kaplan (MBA 1983), faculty chair of the HBS Campaign,...
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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.)
Sidney Kimmel
eighties, Kimmel was able to orchestrate a massive turnaround for the company by delivering a line of affordable, yet professional and upscale line of women’s clothing with designer Rena Rowan. He further solidified the future of the firm...
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Fabric & Apparel
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
Palandjian Photo courtesy Tracy Palandjian Cohen Main article: Where Innovation Rules Governments and philanthropies have long sought to improve the lives of society’s least fortunate and most vulnerable, often with discouraging results....
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Fellowship Campaign Approaching Goal
raised $95 million for fellowships, helped by the work of an alumni and friends Fellowship Advisory Board, formed in 2003. “When I was a student, it was assumed you would earn a good living when you graduated and quickly repay your...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
MBAs Chosen for Leadership Fellows Program
Ten new MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the help of the School’s Leadership Fellows program. Now in its sixth year, the program provides fellows with one-year appointments at a competitive salary, supported in part View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Reunion Roundup
Hello, Class of 1952! Photography by Stuart Cahill, C.J. Gunther, Brian Snyder, and Thomas J. Fitzsimmons. Close to three thousand alumni traveled to Soldiers Field in early June to recharge their batteries, visit with old friends, and...
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- 2024
- Working Paper
Hidden Alpha
By: Manuel Amman, Alexander Cochardt, Lauren Cohen and Stephan Heller
This paper documents the central role of hidden connections between fund managers and firm officers in financial markets, drawing on an extensive dataset of over 100 thousand manually identified Facebook profiles and their 35 million Facebook friends. Our findings...
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Amman, Manuel, Alexander Cochardt, Lauren Cohen, and Stephan Heller. "Hidden Alpha." Working Paper, 2024. (Winner of the 2022 Chicago Quantitative Alliance Academic Paper Competition. First Prize presented by Chicago Quantitative Alliance. Winner of the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Grant, 2023.)
Whitney Stevens
Having inherited his fathers labor problems, Whitney Stevens’ early years at his family’s company were dominated by struggles with textile unions. Though the family strongly opposed the organizations, Whitney was forced to acquiesce and...
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Fabric & Apparel
- 14 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Liberal Arts Major Pursues an MBA
I could prove myself before being swallowed whole by the swarm of finance wizards. I can’t help but smirk when I think back on this vivid memory, as I couldn’t have been more misguided in my anxiety. It was a matter of hours, not days,...
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