Publications

August 2012
Teaching Note

Messer Griesheim (A) (Abridged) and (B) (TN)

By: Josh Lerner and Eva Lutz

Teaching Note for 813-018 and 809-057 View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Energy; Family Ownership; Energy Industry; Europe

December 2004 (Revised January 2006)
Case

Simon's Hostile Tender for Taubman (A)

Simon Property Group launched a hostile tender offer for upscale Taubman Centers. This case discusses issues of Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) valuation, financial policy, and corporate governance, as Robert Taubman and his company's independent directors must... View Details

Keywords: Capital Structure; Valuation; Investment; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Real Estate Industry

Alex was named to the national Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list. He has taught venture capital law at Boston University School of Law and is a regular speaker at client trainings on everything from raising... View Details

Keywords: Legal

September 2024
Case

Comun: Partners in Peril

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Alexis Lefort

In spring 2023, Abiel Gutierrez and Andres Santos, co-founders of Comun, faced a critical decision at their fintech startup serving Latino immigrants. Having launched their product the previous year, they experienced rapid growth but encountered rising fraud and... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Business Development; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Latin America; United States

February 2010 (Revised January 2014)
Supplement

CommonAngels (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kaitlyn Simpson

This case discusses changes in CommonAngels' investment model and organization between 2005 and 2009. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Organizational Structure; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry

Web

Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds | Baker Library

Help Center Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds How can I create a list of start-up or venture capital backed companies in a particular industry? In View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

push into other countries more quickly. "Building a functioning multinational firm is a huge challenge. There are many that underestimate it." A strong rise in both venture capital and private... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

Profile

Tyler Todd

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I love my engineering background, but my long-term goals of senior management and running my own company necessitated that I learn how to make sound business decisions. While you can learn finance or accounting basics... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

Profile

Patrick Connolly

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? In my life before business school, I was a concert pianist and music theorist-disciplines that require truly deep, vertical expertise. My decision to attend HBS was consciously designed to broaden my intellectual... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

March 2003
Background Note

A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model

By: Jay O. Light

Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc. View Details

Keywords: History; Analytics and Data Science; Cost of Capital; Negotiation; Capital; Business Model; Economic Systems; Machinery and Machining; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Startups; Equity

January 2008
Teaching Note

Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II (TN)

By: Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for [808052]. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; China

June 1995
Teaching Note

Basic Industries TN

By: Joseph L. Bower

Teaching Note for (9-313-121). View Details

Keywords: Policy; Capital Budgeting; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizations; Business Conglomerates; Technology; Construction Industry

Portrait Project

Kari Gerster

I am opportunistic – I figure it out as I go along. In high school, I did not predict that I'd spend college studying art and literature in the Berkshire Mountains. In college, I never guessed that I'd work in venture View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Funding His Purpose

money,” Letelier says, and the grants that typically power nonprofits don’t typically offer organizations the flexibility of the financial products available to for-profit companies, which can mean everything from bootstrapping and commercial bank loans to View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

institutions. What was your biggest flop? I’ve had numerous flops. In the venture capital business, that’s a given. How do you relax? Walking, reading, travel. I used to surf and golf; now I work out at a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

October 2007 (Revised November 2007)
Case

Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds

By: Luis M. Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

Provides an overview of the Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) industry and highlights the leadership role that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has played in this developing asset class. BGI launched its first ETFs under the iShares brand name in 2000, and by mid-2007 BGI was... View Details

Keywords: History; Venture Capital; Asset Management; Stocks; Investment Funds; Leading Change; Expansion; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Global Strategy; Financial Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe