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Keywords: venture capital; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

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19 Mar 2014
News

ID.me Raises $7.5M to Help Teachers, Veterans Get Deals Safely Online

Brittany Davis

Brittany is a General Partner at Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm, where she identifies and invests in pre-seed and seed-stage companies led by underrepresented founders. She has led multiple View Details

March 1997 (Revised November 2013)
Case

Purity Steel Corporation, 2012

By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila

Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new warehouse should be leased to mitigate the impact on ROI. Formulas and performance calculations are provided. A... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Judgments; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Efficiency; Compensation and Benefits; Salesforce Management; Performance Consistency; Performance Productivity; Steel Industry

October 2007
Teaching Note

Transforming Korea Inc: Financial Crisis and Institutional Reform (TN)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

Teaching Note for 708007. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Transformation; Policy; Development Economics; Investment Funds; International Finance; Financing and Loans; South Korea

April 2006 (Revised June 2008)
Case

Peoplepower, Inc.: The Republic of the Philippines

By: Noel Maurer

In 2006, the Philippines faces a difficult choice. Japan has offered the country a trade agreement that includes access to the Japanese labor market for Philippine nurses and other professionals. The same trade agreement, however, means opening the country's... View Details

Keywords: Diasporas; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Human Capital; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Japan; Philippines

October 2007
Article

Supply and Demand Shifts in the Shorting Market

By: Lauren Cohen, Karl B. Diether and Christopher J. Malloy

Using proprietary data on stock loan fees and quantities from a large institutional investor, we examine the link between the shorting market and stock prices. Employing a unique identification strategy, we isolate shifts in the supply and demand for shorting. We find... View Details

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Stocks; Financing and Loans; Price; Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Return; Markets; Information

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March 2012 (Revised October 2013)
Supplement

Gene Patents (B)

By: Richard Hamermesh and Phillip Andrews

The case updates events since the Court's ruling against Myriad Genetics on March 29, 2010 and should be used in conjunction with Gene Patents (A). On July 29, 2011, a US Appeals Court reversed the prior ruling against Myriad. On September 16, 2011, the first major... View Details

Keywords: Courts and Trials; Patents; Genetics; Judgments; Investment; Biotechnology Industry; United States

October 2011 (Revised October 2013)
Supplement

Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (B)

By: Lena G. Goldberg, Janet Kraus and Mary Beth Findlay

Having received an extensive critique of her business plan but only a small amount of financing from an angel group she pitched in 2010, Eloise Bune responds to the angels' concerns, refines her presentation, and pitches her company again. View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Investment; Presentations

24 Feb 2021
News

Inside the Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab

Keywords: Angels

24 Apr 2014
News

Creating opportunities for growth in the Philippines

Karen Singson (MBA 2008) talks about working in the Philippine government to encourage foreign investment. (Published April 2014) View Details

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

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Lehman Brothers Records | Baker Library

Lehman Brothers Records The Lehman Brothers Records document the history of the investment banking firm from 1868 until 2007. The records of the investment firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co., prior to its 1977 merger... View Details

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

forms of capitalism." Citing examples of Dutch and British investments abroad, Cole Woodson comments, "I find the question to be somewhat delinquent ... to the tune of several centuries." He adds that to the extent that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Consolidated Balance Sheet - Annual Report 2014

other assets 475 319 222 Invested Funds Endowment investments 2,970 2,658 2,485 current fund investments 96 78 42 interest in trusts held by others 158 144 138 Facilities, net... View Details

July 2016
Case

'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company

By: Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan and Neeraj Goyal

In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management. The activist had criticized Dow’s recent performance and advocated that the company split itself to maximize... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry

February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad

The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Philadelphia

March 2005 (Revised June 2005)
Background Note

Arbitration between Foreign Investors and Host Governments

By: Louis T. Wells Jr. and Regina Garcia-Cuellar

Explains the emergence of international arbitration as an option for foreign investors with disputes with governments of emerging markets. Presents issues about whether arbitration will remain acceptable to countries and governments. View Details

Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Emerging Markets; Government and Politics

February 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

In-Q-Tel

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon, Kevin Book and Ann Leamon

The Central Intelligence Agency establishes a venture-enabled fund, In-Q-Tel, to allow it to access cutting-edge technologies. Fund managers face a variety of difficulties, some similar to those facing other institutionally affiliated venture funds and some unique. View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Problems and Challenges; Government Administration; Public Administration Industry; United States