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  • July 2024
  • Case

Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc
In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Interpersonal Communication; Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Investment Banking; Stock Options; Financial Markets; Initial Public Offering; Institutional Investing; Price Bubble; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Agreements and Arrangements; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Performance Expectations; Work-Life Balance; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Rank and Position; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Happiness; Reputation; Status and Position; Well-being; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Canada
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  • May 2025
  • Case

'Net Zero in Action': Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation

By: Lauren Cohen, Christina R. Wing and Sophia Pan
Elizabeth McGeveran, Vice President of Investments at the McKnight Foundation, reflected on how to effectively advance the organization’s net-zero strategy. The foundation had committed 10% of its endowment to building a portfolio of impact investments and was among... View Details
Keywords: Foundation; Impact Investing; ESG; Family Business; Forecasting and Prediction; Private Sector; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Institutional Investing; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Private Ownership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Issues; Sustainable Cities; Financial Services Industry; Minnesota; United States
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  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

agreement to give ownership of the Canal back to Panama in the 1970s was not a gesture of magnanimity, but because the strategic and economic value of ownership had since disappeared. In a surprise to those... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

S. Grossman, and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 512-026 When Diane Paulus, artistic director and CEO of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) first started in 2008, she attracted media coverage around an aesthetic that aimed to give the audience more View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

conditions. One of the key assumptions underlying this proposition is that financing and investment decisions are separable and independent. When this assumption holds, various financing decisions such as the firm's capital structure, its View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

create institutional pressure to spur performance improvement. By examining how organizational characteristics moderate establishments' responses to a prominent environmental information disclosure program, we provide among the first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 24

competition, which puts pressure on policymakers to improve institutions; information, which provides necessary knowledge to citizens that can help them push for improved governance; trade in institutions, which allows effective View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

government turns out to be different from that in the United States. It shows that big business emerged as a constructive player in environmental policy in the 1960s, when it persuaded the government to establish a joint research View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

participation by everyday folk in the capital markets was all but unheard of; Wall Street remained an exclusive investment preserve (some would say playground) for America's financial elite. But by making the ownership of securities easy... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

so-called "enrollment crisis" in IS education, especially with the generation of "digital natives" who have come of age in an environment crowded with engaging approaches to communication and entertainment that compete for their attention. The Role... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

Fahlenbrach Publication:Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (forthcoming) Abstract Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a challenge due to the endogeneity of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

with the sale deters CEOs from selling their equity. The effect of taxes remains significant even after controlling for other determinants of CEOs' sale of equity. We also find that taxable institutional investors and CEOs both respond to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

as Tom Nicholas suggests in a recent survey of the literature, while many scholars have documented the link between innovation and economic growth, a less well understood question is, "What drives innovation in the first place?" Historical work on View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

Tarun Khanna, and Ashutosh Varshney Publication:Economic & Political Weekly Abstract It is now widely accepted that the lower castes have risen in Indian politics. Has there been a corresponding change in the economy? Using comprehensive data on enterprise View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History? Authors:Musacchio, Aldo, and John D. Turner Publication:Business History Abstract For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of financial markets and the concentration of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

starts a premium vodka business, bringing in his cousin at an early stage, but with no initial discussion of the eventual split of equity or managerial control between the two. The article offers each man's case for his ownership stake in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

business model and analyzes how his firm evolved into a diversified business group. The research supports prevailing explanations of business groups, which identify the role of institutional voids, government policies, and contact... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14087 Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:Sharon Katz Abstract This study explores how firms' ownership structures affect their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

shifts in strategy with far-reaching consequences for the structure of industries, the way people behave, and the resources they use. Transformational reforms typically involve a decision to change a suite of institutional arrangements... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2024
  • Case

Nomad: A License to Bank

By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo
In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Initial Public Offering; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Leadership; Law; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; Service Industry; Brazil; United States; North America; Latin America
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