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- August 2022 (Revised August 2023)
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NOW PT (A): Should We Invest?
By: George A Riedel, Amy Klopfenstein and Mel Martin
In fall 2021, a team of students from the HBS Impact Investing Fund considered Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical Therapy (NOW PT) for a potential investment. Dr. Banks, the founder of NOW PT, drove to visit patients. She sought an investment from the fund to open a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Buildings and Facilities; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts
Riedel, George A., Amy Klopfenstein, and Mel Martin. "NOW PT (A): Should We Invest?" Harvard Business School Case 323-009, August 2022. (Revised August 2023.)
- March 2021
- Supplement
CashDrop (B1)
By: Rembrand Koning, Paul A. Gompers and Sarah Gulick
After the events in CashDrop A, Flores-Martinez received two concrete offers from VC funds for his startup business, CashDrop. This case describes the tensions between the two funds: a traditional VC fund who would offer Flores-Martinez a prestigious platform, and a... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Illinois
Koning, Rembrand, Paul A. Gompers, and Sarah Gulick. "CashDrop (B1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-052, March 2021.
- March 2021
- Supplement
CashDrop (B2)
By: Rembrand Koning, Paul A. Gompers and Sarah Gulick
After the events in CashDrop A, Jarrid Tingle and Henri Pierre-Jacques, the founders of Harlem Capital partners, worried that Ruben Flores-Martinez, CashDrop’s founder, would take another offer while he waited for them to officially make an offer. HCP traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Online Technology; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
Koning, Rembrand, Paul A. Gompers, and Sarah Gulick. "CashDrop (B2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-053, March 2021.
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Supplement
Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein
In March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders—including Juno’s 2019 partner—were not... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Judgments; Education; Higher Education; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Negotiation; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Types; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Schwartzstein, Joshua, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power." Harvard Business School Supplement 921-033, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- September 2019
- Case
Dementia Discovery Fund
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick
The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Mission and Purpose; Recruitment; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; London; England
Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Sarah Gulick. "Dementia Discovery Fund." Harvard Business School Case 820-045, September 2019.
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Grace Sza-Hua Chen and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and addressed a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from his years in investment banking. His nonprofit was called 13th Avenue... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Higher Education; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Leading Change; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Grace Sza-Hua Chen, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-049, 2015. (Advanced Leadership Pathways.)
- July 2012
- Supplement
Generation Investment Management, Video
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Examines the Investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details
Keywords: Leadership And Managing People; Accountability; Investment Management; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Development Economics; Natural Environment; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Sucher, Sandra J. "Generation Investment Management, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 612-704, July 2012.
- June 2001
- Teaching Note
Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey TN
Teaching Note for (9-300-114). View Details
- February 2001 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Apax Partners and Dialog Semiconductor: March 1998
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Antonio Alvarez-Cano and Borja Martinez
Apax Partners is considering a complex buyout of a semiconductor manufacturer. The firms must assess in a compressed timeframe the complex technological, financial, and operational risks that the proposed transaction poses. View Details
Keywords: Market Transactions; Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Time Management; Production; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, Antonio Alvarez-Cano, and Borja Martinez. "Apax Partners and Dialog Semiconductor: March 1998." Harvard Business School Case 201-044, February 2001. (Revised March 2001.)
- June 1999 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
Guidant Corporation: Shaping Culture Through Systems
By: Robert Simons and Antonio Dávila
Teaching Note for (9-198-076). View Details
- April 1985 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Lou Gerstner
By: John J. Kao
Describes Lou Gerstner and his approach to managing entrepreneurship and organizational change at American Express Travel Related Services Company. Mr. Gerstner is chairman and CEO of the firm. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Kao, John J. "Lou Gerstner." Harvard Business School Case 485-176, April 1985. (Revised November 1987.)
- Profile
Dan Vallone
You graduated from West Point, which is famous for leadership, and served as an infantry officer for five years. What did HBS add to your understanding of leadership? In the military, I was accustomed to thinking five to ten years in advance. After two years at HBS,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Removing Barriers
Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012) Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012), a principal at Focus Financial Partners in New York City, believes everyone qualified to attend HBS should have that ability, regardless of where they come from or their View Details
- 06 Dec 2022
MBA Program & Admissions Virtual Information Session
This online information session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office and will include a short presentation on the HBS MBA experience, admissions process, and financial aid offerings. The information session is primarily... View Details
- 29 Nov 2022
MBA Program & Admissions Virtual Information Session
This online information session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office and will include a short presentation on the HBS MBA experience, admissions process, and financial aid offerings. The information session is primarily... View Details
- 25 Oct 2022
MBA Program & Admissions Virtual Information Session
This online information session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office and will include a short presentation on the HBS MBA experience, admissions process, and financial aid offerings. The information session is primarily... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
MBA Program & Admissions Virtual Information Session
This online information session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office and will include a short presentation on the HBS MBA experience, admissions process, and financial aid offerings. The information session is primarily... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
MBA Program & Admissions Virtual Information Session
This online information session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office and will include a short presentation on the HBS MBA experience, admissions process, and financial aid offerings. The information session is primarily... View Details
Sosthenes Behn
In 1933, after his brother’s death, Behn took sole control over International Telephone and Telegraph, the company he and his brother, Hernand Behn, co-founded. Behn devised a financial formula by which ITT was able to weather the severe... View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 24 Mar 2022
MBA Program & Admissions Virtual Information Session
This online information session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office and will include a short presentation on the HBS MBA experience, admissions process, and financial aid offerings. The information session is primarily... View Details