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  • September 2003
  • Case

Growing Up in China: The Financing of BabyCare Ltd.

By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
The CFO of this infant nutritional products company must choose among competing financing offers. The interplay of Chinese legal and customs restrictions and venture capitalists' bargaining techniques challenge the CFO to navigate a tricky negotiation and to devise a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Working Capital; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; China
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Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Growing Up in China: The Financing of BabyCare Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 204-029, September 2003.
  • January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark Wiseman, Senior Vice President of the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Capital; Financial Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Canada
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Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board." Harvard Business School Case 809-073, January 2009. (Revised April 2009.)
  • 25 Jan 2024
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Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

Persistence. Teamwork. Grit and grace in victory and defeat. Intercollegiate varsity sports may build such skills that employers prize—and that later propel former players into management roles faster than their classmates, suggests a recent study tracking the careers... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • November 2011
  • Compilation

VCPE Strategy Vignettes: 2012

By: Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon and Lisa Strope
This compilation of five vignettes depicts common challenges confronting venture capital and leveraged buyout groups. They range from when to deviate from a strategy and how to manage an inept but well-connected executive to equity splits among founders and whether to... View Details
Keywords: Strategy
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Lerner, Josh, Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon, and Lisa Strope. "VCPE Strategy Vignettes: 2012." Harvard Business School Compilation 812-073, November 2011.
  • 11 Jun 2018
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Leadership and the Climate Change Challenge

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By: Charles C.Y. Wang
In the area of equity valuation, Professor Wang explores how firm fundamentals and valuation models can be used to understand expected return variation, with a focus on valuation-implied cost of capital and its use as a proxy for expected returns. In his study of... View Details
  • 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

Business School Case 218-078 Jaguar Capital S.A.S., Take the Money and Run? In January 2014, Tomas Uribe and Rodrigo Sanchez-Rios of Jaguar Capital S.A.S. (Jaguar or Jaguar Capital), were considering an... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • February 2002 (Revised March 2002)
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Battery Ventures

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon, Nitin Gupta and Sameer Bharadwaj
Todd Dagres, general partner of Battery Ventures, reflects on his firm's organization and its effectiveness in one particular deal. One of the perennial challenges of venture capital is the scaling of the firm. Usually regarded as a craft industry, venture firms tend... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Structure; Financial Services Industry
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Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon, Nitin Gupta, and Sameer Bharadwaj. "Battery Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 802-159, February 2002. (Revised March 2002.)
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    • December 1998 (Revised January 1999)
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    Carver Consulting Co.

    By: William J. Bruns Jr.
    The managing partner of a relatively new consulting firm is concerned because training costs at the firm's new training center are higher than expected. Analysis of actual costs compared to those expected is required. In addition, he is considering capitalizing some... View Details
    Keywords: Cost Management; Training; Management Systems; Consulting Industry
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    Bruns, William J., Jr. "Carver Consulting Co." Harvard Business School Case 199-006, December 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
    • September 1986 (Revised February 1991)
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    Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division

    Describes events occurring over a three-year period in a division of Graves Industries. The division is being squeezed for profit, and managers in the division get involved in some fraudulent financial reporting schemes involving revenues and capitalization of... View Details
    Keywords: Earnings Management; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Financial Reporting
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    Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-047, September 1986. (Revised February 1991.)
    • 15 Dec 2021
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    The 49 Most Fascinating, Mind-Blowing, Challenging, Hilarious, and Urgent Titles of the Year

    • November 2009 (Revised August 2010)
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    NovoCure Ltd.

    By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty
    Venture capitalist William Doyle must raise $35 million for a portfolio company with a promising, novel cancer therapy, just as global capital markets are imploding in the fall of 2008. NovoCure, Ltd., has developed an electrical-field-based therapy, called Tumor... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Technological Innovation; Financial Services Industry
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    Sahlman, William A., and Sarah Flaherty. "NovoCure Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 810-045, November 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
    • 07 Nov 2017
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    New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

    were essential, and radical corporate social responsibility concepts were pursued by some firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53419 forthcoming Capitalism Beyond Mutuality New Prospects for... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 2023
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    Deeply Responsible Business.: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? This book examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business. Should... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ecuation; Socially Responsible Investing; Business Education; Ethics; Leadership; Business History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Religion; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Banking Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Computer Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Education Industry; Fashion Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United Kingdom; Germany; United States; Japan; India; Latin America
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    Jones, Geoffrey. Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023.
    • February 2017
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    Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee

    By: Steven Rogers and Alterrell Mills
    The case highlights the role of minority chambers of commerce and the background of Eve Hall, a well-regarded multi-sector leader asked to revive Wisconsin's African-American chamber. This case study examines the lending options that a minority chamber of commerce... View Details
    Keywords: Business Organization; Business Plan; Change Management; Demographics; Diversity Characteristics; Ethnicity Characteristics; Race Characteristics; Investment Fund; Cost Of Capital; Banks And Banking; Micro Finance; Interest Rates; Business Or Company Management; Management Styles; Management Succession; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Leadership Change; Business And Community Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Wealth And Poverty; Organizations; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Decision Choices and Conditions; Employment Industry; Public Administration Industry; Financial Services Industry; Service Industry; United States; Wisconsin
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    Rogers, Steven, and Alterrell Mills. "Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Case 317-076, February 2017.
    • 2014
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    Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World

    By: John P. Kotter
    Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter. It's a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Organizational Structure
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    Kotter, John P. Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World. Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
    • December 1999
    • Case

    Sendwine.com

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Charmaine C Ess and Ann A. O'Hara
    Sendwine.com, an online retailer of premium gifts of wine by the bottle, faced decisions about its growth strategy in mid-1999. Mike Lannon, president and founder, had established his company as a prominent player in an increasingly crowded field. But with success came... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Luxury; Diversification; Internet; Web Services Industry
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    Eisenmann, Thomas R., Charmaine C Ess, and Ann A. O'Hara. "Sendwine.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-211, December 1999.
    • February 2011 (Revised June 2013)
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    Businesses for Sale by Briggs Capital, 2010

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    Briggs Capital was a regional mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that helped owners to sell their small firms. The case presents a company that was for sale in the fall of 2010—a troubled manufacturer of post and beam style homes and log homes. Using the actual... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Financial Condition; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Boston
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    Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Businesses for Sale by Briggs Capital, 2010." Harvard Business School Case 211-088, February 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
    • 13 Jun 2013
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