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- March 2021 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu
In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how Southern Bancorp should continue to grow....
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Keywords:
Racial Wealth Gap;
Banks and Banking;
Growth and Development;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Going Public;
Investment Return;
Social Issues;
Wealth and Poverty;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
Arkansas
Henderson, Rebecca M., Brian Trelstad, and Eren Kuzucu. "Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp." Harvard Business School Case 321-099, March 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
- Web
Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership...
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- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
corporate executives, government officials, and journalists, for allegedly spreading false rumors online about the market’s stability. And in a turnabout, authorities also announced they will not institute more interventions to rescue the...
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- July 2011
- Article
The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking
By: Victoria Ivashina and Anna Kovner
This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships on the terms of their syndicated loans. Using a sample of 1,590 loans financing private equity sponsored leveraged buyouts between 1993 and 2005, we find that bank relationships are an...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Private Equity;
Banks and Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Interest Rates;
Investment Return;
Relationships;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Ivashina, Victoria, and Anna Kovner. "The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking." Review of Financial Studies 24, no. 7 (July 2011): 2462–2498.
- 13 Nov 2014
- Blog Post
Finance Conference Recap
Over 400 attendees registered for the event, which featured three keynote speakers and six panels through the course of the day. The opening speaker was Mr. Doug Braunstein, current Vice Chairman at J.P. Morgan Chase. With experience in View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- News
Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize
accelerate the development of innovative solutions and help position Harvard University as the preeminent institution in health care and life sciences," said Dean Nohria. "With the generous support of the Bertarelli Foundation, we hope...
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- March 2008
- Supplement
Carlyle Japan (C)
By: David B. Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
This is a supplement to the (A) and (B) cases. It documents the shift in Carlyle's networking strategy. The firm decreased its focus on building contacts in commercial banking an increased instead the focus on building more contacts with industry directly.
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Banks and Banking;
Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Supply and Industry;
Networks;
Japan
Godes, David B., Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Carlyle Japan (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-094, March 2008.
- May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Teleswitch (C)
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Investment Banking;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Wireless Technology;
Manufacturing Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Teleswitch (C)." Harvard Business School Case 898-209, May 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Teleswitch (B)
Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Investment Banking;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Wireless Technology;
Manufacturing Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Teleswitch (B)." Harvard Business School Case 898-208, May 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
engineering Koning’s research might be sobering to the cities and institutions that invest in startup-focused events and programs in the hopes of stirring innovation and prosperity. Even if a fledgling...
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by Danielle Kost
- February 1997 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Harrington Financial Group
By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
In early 1997, Harrington Bank, a small Indiana savings and loan (thrift) wondered what its next move should be. Harrington was acquired in 1988 by the principals of Smith Breeden Associates, a money-management and consulting firm specializing in the application of...
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Price;
Risk Management;
Mortgages;
Contracts;
Asset Management;
Investment;
Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C., and Alberto Moel. "Harrington Financial Group." Harvard Business School Case 297-088, February 1997. (Revised April 1997.)
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Spring, and years of weak oil prices. Leveraging deep local knowledge, strong relations in the region, and a “PE investment approach in public equity markets,” Ajeej had outperformed its benchmark regional stock indices and attracted...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 2022
- Working Paper
Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulatory Frictions and Cross-Subsidies
By: Ishita Sen, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva and Sangmin Oh
We study the consequences of state-level price (rate) regulation for U.S. homeowners' insurance, a $15 trillion market that provides households protection against climate losses. Using two distinct identification strategies and novel data on regulatory filings and ZIP...
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Keywords:
Climate Risk;
Homeowners' Insurance;
Price Controls;
Financial Regulation;
Cross-subsidization;
Climate Change;
Household;
Insurance;
Price;
Governance Controls;
Financial Institutions;
United States
Sen, Ishita, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, and Sangmin Oh. "Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-077, June 2024. (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Finance. SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3762235, June 2022)
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
An International Perspective
engineering science from the California Institute of Technology, Waite spent several years with the Royal Dutch Shell Group in a variety of technical and project management roles in Norway, the Netherlands, the United States, and Egypt. A...
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Roger B. Smith
Smith made sweeping changes at the auto giant, which had become complacent in its success and was losing share to foreign imports. Smith instituted a barrage of controversial changes at GM that included forming strategic joint ventures...
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Keywords:
Automotive & Aerospace
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
to spot potentially underpriced stocks, and major stock indexes and institutional investors lean on the metric as well. Yet, in an examination of thousands of stocks over a period of nearly 40 years, Wang and colleagues find that the...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
discusses how institutions can be developed which focus the uncoordinated actions of individual households and firms as well as voters and politicians on good, rather than bad, overall outcomes. Such View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
professionals and institutions in building better financial futures. The Sustainable Investing team is focusing on a variety of environmental, social, and governance projects, including the launch of a new...
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- Web
Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
the process and structuring considerations that the Ford Foundation grappled with to set up their Mission Related Investment Program. Key Themes: Knowing how much to ask for and when can sometimes be as important as the ask itself. Making...
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- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
facilitating face-to-face interactions can provide information that impacts the formation of scientific collaborations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-023.pdf Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on View Details
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Sean Silverthorne