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- November 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Salomon Brothers (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Salomon Brothers (C)." Harvard Business School Case 305-059, November 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- September 2004
- Teaching Note
Chengwei Ventures and the hdt* Investment (TN)
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note to (9-802-089).
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- September 2004
- Teaching Note
In-Q-Tel (TN)
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note to (9-804-146).
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Financial Services Industry
- August 2004
- Teaching Note
AIT Group plc (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note to (9-803-104).
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- April 1999
- Article
Software Development Strategy for the Internet Age: Lessons from Netscape's Cross-platform Development Strategy
By: M. A. Cusumano and D. B. Yoffie
Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Research and Development;
Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Learning;
Web Services Industry
Cusumano, M. A., and D. B. Yoffie. "Software Development Strategy for the Internet Age: Lessons from Netscape's Cross-platform Development Strategy." Jōhō shori [Journal of the Information Processing Society of Japan] 40, no. 4 (April 1999): 418–423.
- April 2004 (Revised March 2006)
- Teaching Note
Enron Corporation: May 6, 2001 Sell Recommendation (TN)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Teaching Note to (9-104-075).
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Financial Services Industry
- April 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
ING DIRECT
By: James L. Heskett
The CEO of ING Direct (U.S.) has to decide: (1) whether and how to coordinate his organization's branding effort with its parent, ING Group, and (2) how fast to grow the business. Includes color exhibits.
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Style;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Heskett, James L. "ING DIRECT." Harvard Business School Case 804-167, April 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- December 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital
This case discusses the issues facing a relatively new and small equity hedge fund as it attempts to expand its investor base.
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Chacko, George C., Randolph B. Cohen, Andrew J. Blackburn, and Mei Hu. "Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital." Harvard Business School Case 204-007, December 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- October 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Managing a 401(k) Fund
By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs
Focuses on an individual's decision to participate in his firm's 401(k) plan and how to invest his contributions. Plan participants have a choice of 10 mutual funds with different investment strategies. Includes data from Morningstar on the composition and performance...
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Keywords:
Investment Funds;
Investment;
Saving;
Asset Management;
Financial Management;
Decision Making;
Personal Finance;
Financial Services Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and Kathleen Luchs. "Managing a 401(k) Fund." Harvard Business School Case 204-077, October 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
3i Group plc
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Brian Larcombe, CEO of 3i Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms and one of the few publicly listed ones, is deciding how best to use his firm's international network to deliver superior returns to shareholders. This case presents 3i's history and...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Networks;
Private Equity;
Growth Management;
Global Strategy;
Public Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "3i Group plc." Harvard Business School Case 803-020, March 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- April 2002 (Revised March 2008)
- Teaching Note
eBay: The Customer Marketplace (A) and Combating Fraud (B) (TN)
By: Frances X. Frei
Teaching Note for (9-602-071) and (9-602-152).
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Keywords:
Web Services Industry
- March 2002
- Background Note
Understanding Securities Markets in the United States and Japan
Provides a basic understanding of how securities markets work.
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Applegate, Lynda M. "Understanding Securities Markets in the United States and Japan." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-093, March 2002.
- January 2002
- Case
Lycos (A): The Tripod Decision
By: Giovanni M. Gavetti, Jan W. Rivkin and Elizabeth Johnson
The Internet portal Lycos has acquired Tripod, a provider of home-page-building tools, and now must decide how to integrate the acquisition.
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Keywords:
Integration;
Organizational Structure;
Situation or Environment;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Internet and the Web;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Web Services Industry
Gavetti, Giovanni M., Jan W. Rivkin, and Elizabeth Johnson. "Lycos (A): The Tripod Decision." Harvard Business School Case 702-435, January 2002.
- December 2001
- Case
SinoSecurities.com
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Fred Young
Describes a complex software project that has run into difficulties. Students must decide whether to press forward, stop the project, or reconfigure it. Illustrates many of the similarities to challenges facing U.S. and Chinese companies in this difficult arena.
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Decisions;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Services Industry;
China;
United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Fred Young. "SinoSecurities.com." Harvard Business School Case 302-072, December 2001.
- October 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Exxel Group, The: March 2001
By: Josh Lerner and Alberto Ballve
The Exxel Group, a leading Latin American buyout fund, faces a challenge when deciding whether and how to exit its largest investment. The capital markets are very weak, precluding an initial public offering. Undertaking a trade sale of the firm, however, proves to be...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Capital Markets;
Investment Funds;
Financial Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America
Lerner, Josh, and Alberto Ballve. "Exxel Group, The: March 2001." Harvard Business School Case 202-053, October 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- June 2001
- Background Note
Dot com Business Models
By: Richard L. Nolan
Describes dot com business models. Intended to be used as a handout with a case about dot com companies following case discussion.
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Nolan, Richard L. "Dot com Business Models." Harvard Business School Background Note 301-152, June 2001.
- May 2001
- Supplement
Mike Levett, CEO Old Mutual
By: Tarun Khanna
Discusses issues related to the transformation of Old Mutual from a mutual company to a stock corporation, and from a South African insurer to a global financial institution. Emphasis is on understanding effects of South African institutional context.
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Keywords:
Financial Institutions;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Financial Services Industry;
South Africa
Khanna, Tarun. "Mike Levett, CEO Old Mutual." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-807, May 2001.
- March 2001 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
WingspanBank.com is launched to critical acclaim, but its fate is hardly certain. Bank One's new CEO, Jamie Dimon, must decide what to do with what is now a second Web site for the bank's current and prospective customers.
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Customers;
Innovation and Management;
Organizations;
Complexity;
Web Sites;
Financial Services Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?" Harvard Business School Case 601-071, March 2001. (Revised July 2002.)
- January 2001
- Background Note
Online Brokers
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown
Describes online brokers, companies that use the Internet to help clients identify prospective trading partners and sometimes help their clients complete transactions. First, summarizes the various ways that online brokers create value for their clients. Then analyzes...
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Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alastair Brown. "Online Brokers." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-307, January 2001.
- December 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Supplement
Cost of Capital at Ameritrade
By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
Spreadsheet to (9-201-046). Download only.
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Keywords:
Financial Services Industry