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- April 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Adams Capital Management: March 1999
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Bill Wasik
On February 24, 1999, the advisory board of Adams Capital Management convened for its quarterly meeting at the firm's headquarters. One point on the agenda: whether or not to proceed with due diligence on an investment in Three Points, a maker of Internet-based team... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Systems; Investment; Goals and Objectives; Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Bill Wasik. "Adams Capital Management: March 1999." Harvard Business School Case 899-256, April 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
corporations rely on information planning and control systems and processes that are designed to help management make sound strategic choices and ensure efficient implementation of those decisions. "They do this by allocating scarce View Details
- August 2000 (Revised July 2002)
- Background Note
Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Capital Expenditures (CAPEX)
A technical note that defines capital expenditures (CAPEX). View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Capital Expenditures (CAPEX)." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-123, August 2000. (Revised July 2002.)
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Root Capital (TN)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
Teaching Note for [510035]. View Details
- February 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Corporate Venture Capital at Eli Lilly
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Ron Laufer and David Lane
Reviews the role of corporate venture capital and its history at Eli Lilly. Also presents a challenging venture investment opportunity. View Details
Hamermesh, Richard G., Ron Laufer, and David Lane. "Corporate Venture Capital at Eli Lilly." Harvard Business School Case 806-092, February 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- April 1998
- Case
Advent Israel Venture Capital Program, The
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky
Explores the decision by Advent, an international venture capital firm, to start a fund focused on Israel. Advent must decide who to hire to run the fund and how much money to raise. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Global Strategy; Recruitment; Expansion; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Israel
Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky. "Advent Israel Venture Capital Program, The ." Harvard Business School Case 298-072, April 1998.
- 13 Apr 2020
- News
Reimagining Capitalism (with Rebecca Henderson)
- Fall 2017
- Article
Strengthening and Streamlining Bank Capital Regulation
We propose three core principles that should inform the design of bank capital regulation. First, wherever possible, multiple constraints on the minimum level of equity capital should be consolidated into a single constraint. This helps to avoid a distortionary... View Details
Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, and Adi Sunderam. "Strengthening and Streamlining Bank Capital Regulation." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Fall 2017). (Internet Appendix Here.)
- October 1998
- Case
Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (B)
By: Andre F. Perold and Robert Howard
Farallon Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in risk arbitrage, has taken significant long and short positions in MCI Communications and British Telecommunications, respectively, in the belief that the proposed merger of these firms will be... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Investment; Risk Management; Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Robert Howard. "Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (B)." Harvard Business School Case 299-021, October 1998.
- 29 Jul 2010
- News
Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award
- September 2021 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa
By: Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Francesco Tronci
Harambe was a non-profit organization whose mission was to build an ecosystem to identify promising young African entrepreneurs and provide them access to training, markets, capital, and support networks. From 2007 to 2021, Harambe had grown to a network of 367... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Model; Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Startups; Capital; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Networks; Developing Countries and Economies; Emerging Markets; Africa; South Africa
Sikochi, Anywhere (Siko), Dilyana Karadzhova Botha, and Francesco Tronci. "Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 122-021, September 2021. (Revised February 2023.)
- 17 Aug 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
- March 1980 (Revised October 1980)
- Background Note
Financial Leverage, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Cost of Equity Capital
Demonstrates how the capital asset pricing model can be used to estimate the impact of financial leverage on the cost of equity capital. The levering and unlevering of betas are illustrated. Also presents a methodology for decomposing the cost of equity into its three... View Details
Mullins, David W., Jr. "Financial Leverage, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Cost of Equity Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 280-100, March 1980. (Revised October 1980.)
- 2021
- Article
Venture Capital Booms and Startup Financing
By: William Janeway, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
We review the growing literature on the relationship between venture capital booms and startup financing, focusing on three broad areas: First, we discuss the drivers of large inflows into the venture capital asset class, particularly in recent years—which are related... View Details
Janeway, William, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Venture Capital Booms and Startup Financing." Annual Review of Financial Economics 13 (2021): 111–127.
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
Making Stakeholder Capitalism a Reality
- September 2024
- Teaching Note
Brown Capital Management
By: Luis M. Viceira and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 222-002. View Details
- December 2000 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Pine Street Capital
A technology hedge fund is trying to decide whether and/or how to hedge equity market risk. Its hedging choices are short-selling and options. The fund has just gone through one of the most volatile periods in NASDAQ's history, it is trying to decide whether it should... View Details
Chacko, George C., and Eli Strick. "Pine Street Capital." Harvard Business School Case 201-071, December 2000. (Revised February 2002.)
- March 1994
- Background Note
Capitalism or What?
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. "Capitalism or What?" Harvard Business School Background Note 794-127, March 1994.
- 03 Nov 2020
- News