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- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
It's a much believed assumption in the retail world: If you're going to compete on the basis of low cost, then you can't afford to invest in your employees. Extensive training—who has the time to give? Regularly scheduled hours?—way too... View Details
- 17 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Going the Distance for Investment Excellence
financial analyst position with Goldman Sachs in mortgage trading and investment banking—but not until first earning a GMAT score he felt would later secure his acceptance at HBS. “In those seven weeks after graduation I did little but... View Details
- November 2013
- Case
Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Nicole Shomair, Vernon Beckford and Lisa Strope
After an unusual round of doubles in May 2011, real estate investor Bobby Turner, Managing Partner, Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund (CACSFF) and Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Canyon Capital Realty Advisors, found himself at a loss for words. Turner was... View Details
Keywords: Charter Schools; Real Estate; Fund Raising; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Real Estate Industry; United States
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Nicole Shomair, Vernon Beckford, and Lisa Strope. "Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools." Harvard Business School Case 214-033, November 2013.
- November 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Background Note
When Investing and Social Objectives Meet
By: Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Introduces students to a group of investors and stakeholders who evaluate firms at least partially on factors other than eventual investment payoff. Focuses on investors who evaluate and attempt to impact firms' ethical, corporate governance, or other "societal"... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Investment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations
Miller, Gregory S., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "When Investing and Social Objectives Meet." Harvard Business School Background Note 106-043, November 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- February 1982 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Travelers Investment Management Co.
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "Travelers Investment Management Co." Harvard Business School Case 182-210, February 1982. (Revised March 1984.)
- June 2000
- Case
Intel Capital: The Berkeley Networks Investment
By: Henry W. Chesbrough and David Lane
Discusses how Intel Corp. uses corporate venture capital to explore new technologies in new markets. Intel combines external investments with internal research and development. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Investment; Research and Development; Semiconductor Industry
Chesbrough, Henry W., and David Lane. "Intel Capital: The Berkeley Networks Investment." Harvard Business School Case 600-069, June 2000.
- September 2016 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Generation Investment Management: 2016
By: Shawn Cole and Tony L. He
Cole, Shawn, and Tony L. He. "Generation Investment Management: 2016." Harvard Business School Case 217-031, September 2016. (Revised May 2019.)
- 1993
- Chapter
Motivations for Foreign Investment
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Motivations for Foreign Investment." In The International Political Economy of Direct Foreign Investment. 2 vols. Edited by B. Gomes-Casseres and D. B. Yoffie. London, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993. (This is adapted from Third World Multinationals: The Rise of Foreign Investment from Developing Countries, pp. 67-89.)
- Article
Investment in Commercial Construction
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Investment in Commercial Construction." Review of Economics and Statistics 47, no. 3 (August 1965).
- April 1984
- Exercise
Present Value Investment Problems
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Present Value Investment Problems." Harvard Business School Exercise 184-182, April 1984.
- August 1993
- Case
ARCO Investment Management Company
By: Jay O. Light and James O. Sailer
Light, Jay O., and James O. Sailer. "ARCO Investment Management Company." Harvard Business School Case 294-027, August 1993.
- June 1990
- Article
Herd Behavior and Investment
By: David S. Scharfstein and Jeremy Stein
Scharfstein, David S., and Jeremy Stein. "Herd Behavior and Investment." American Economic Review 80, no. 3 (June 1990): 465–479.
- September 2022 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Esas Group: Investing Together, Staying Together
By: Christina R. Wing and Alpana Thapar
This case opens in June 2022, after Esas Group, one of Turkey’s largest family-owned investment firms, implements a series of changes to professionalize the business and help transition family members from operators to responsible investors. In December 2019, the Group... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Transition; Business or Company Management; Organizational Structure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Governance; Financial Services Industry; Turkey
Wing, Christina R., and Alpana Thapar. "Esas Group: Investing Together, Staying Together." Harvard Business School Case 623-027, September 2022. (Revised September 2024.)
- 1991
- Chapter
Japanese Foreign Direct Investment
By: K. A. Froot
- July 1996 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation
By: Clayton Christensen
Focuses on the difficulty established companies face when confronted with disruptive technological innovations. The power that their prior asset investments, their cost structures, and their customers have in constraining their investment and innovation decisions are... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Assets; Cost; Investment; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Mining Industry; Real Estate Industry
Christensen, Clayton. "Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 697-020, July 1996. (Revised August 2017.)
- December 1997 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Yale University Investments Office: November 1997
By: Josh Lerner
David Swensen, chief investment officer at Yale University, reviews the $6 billion endowment strategy, which places an unusually heavy emphasis on private equity and other illiquid securities. Changing market conditions in November 1997 cause him to rethink... View Details
Keywords: Change; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Marketing Strategy; Strategy; Education Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: November 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-077, December 1997. (Revised September 1998.)
- June 1990
- Article
Herd Behavior and Investment
Scharfstein, David, and Jeremy Stein. "Herd Behavior and Investment." American Economic Review 80, no. 3 (June 1990): 465–479.
- Teaching Interest
Large-Scale Investment (LSI, MBA Elective Curriculum)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Large-Scale Investment (LSI) is a case-based course about project finance that is designed for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- News