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  • June 2013
  • Teaching Note

Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads

By: Jim Sharpe and Michael Norris
This is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813120. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Private Equity Exit; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Sales; Equity; Acquisitions; Roll-up; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Salesforce Management; Price; Distribution Industry; Industrial Products Industry; New England; United States
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Sharpe, Jim, and Michael Norris. "Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 813-126, June 2013.
  • 2011
  • Other Unpublished Work

Do Public and Private Firms Behave Differently? An Examination of Investment in the Chemical Industry

By: Albert W. Sheen
I compare the capacity expansion decisions of U.S. public and private producers of seven commodity chemicals from 1989-2006. I find that private firms invest differently, and more efficiently, than public firms. Specifically, private firms are more likely than public... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Chemicals; Investment; Public Ownership; Chemical Industry; United States
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Sheen, Albert W. "Do Public and Private Firms Behave Differently? An Examination of Investment in the Chemical Industry." July 2011.
  • August 2021
  • Teaching Note

Yale University Investments Office: November 2020

By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 821-074. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; University Endowment; Asset Allocation; Connecticut
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Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: November 2020." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 822-031, August 2021.
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003

By: Sergio G. Lazzarini and Aldo Musacchio
There is a growing literature comparing the performance of private vs. state-owned companies. Yet, there is little work examining the effects of having the government as a minority shareholder of private companies. We conduct such a study using data for 296 publicly... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Ownership Stake; State Ownership; Private Ownership; Performance Evaluation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Brazil
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Lazzarini, Sergio G., and Aldo Musacchio. "Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-073, January 2011. (**Winner of the Prize for the Best Paper Presented at the Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2011.)
  • June 2014
  • Supplement

ISS/AS The Buyout—spreadsheet supplement

By: Lucy White
Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; European Union
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White, Lucy. "ISS/AS The Buyout—spreadsheet supplement ." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 214-715, June 2014.
  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

security services to companies in South Africa, other African countries, and parts of Europe. In the case, Gray has recently undergone a financial restructuring with the help of private equity firm Brait... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Brazos Partners and the Tri-Northern Exit

By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank
Randall Fojtasek, a partner at the Dallas-based Brazos Private Equity Partners, must decide whether now is the time to sell his firm's investment in Tri-Northern Distribution. Brazos, a middle-market leveraged buyout group, created the company two years earlier through... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Exit; LBO; Leveraged Buyout Transaction; Texas; Security; Brazos; Tri-Northern; Tri-Ed; Northern Video; Private Equity; Partners and Partnerships; Distribution; Leveraged Buyouts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; Distribution Industry; Texas
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Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and Nathaniel Burbank. "Brazos Partners and the Tri-Northern Exit." Harvard Business School Case 813-157, March 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
  • May 2021
  • Article

Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics

By: Efraim Benmelech, Janice Eberly, Dimitris Papanikolaou and Joshua Krieger
Investment in intangible capital such as R&D has increased dramatically since the 1990s. However, productivity growth remains sluggish in recent years. One potential reason is that a significant share of the increase in intangible investment is geared toward consumer... View Details
Keywords: Drug Development; Research and Development; Investment Return; Demographics; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Benmelech, Efraim, Janice Eberly, Dimitris Papanikolaou, and Joshua Krieger. "Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics." AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (May 2021): 336–340.
  • 2001
  • Manual

Venture Capital and Private Equity: An Instructor's Manual

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Information
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Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. Venture Capital and Private Equity: An Instructor's Manual. 2nd ed. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
  • January 2019
  • Teaching Note

Innova Capital: The Transition

By: Josh Lerner, Nori Gerardo Lietz and Terrence Shu
Teaching Note for HBS No. 813-064. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Succession Planning; Finance; Eastern Europe; Poland
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Lerner, Josh, Nori Gerardo Lietz, and Terrence Shu. "Innova Capital: The Transition." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 819-085, January 2019.
  • May 2012
  • Supplement

Brennan Warranty Corporation (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Keywords: Private Equity; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Mergers And Acquisitions
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Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Brennan Warranty Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 212-075, May 2012.
  • October 2013
  • Supplement

HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A) Courseware

By: Paul A. Gompers
This courseware is to be used with HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A), HBS No. 214018. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Negotiations; Finance; Valuation; Europe
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Gompers, Paul A. "HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A) Courseware." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 214-706, October 2013.
  • August 2013
  • Supplement

HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (B-1): Nic Humphries

By: Paul A. Gompers, Karol Misztal and Joris Van Gool
Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Negotiations; Finance; Valuation; Europe
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Gompers, Paul A., Karol Misztal, and Joris Van Gool. "HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (B-1): Nic Humphries." Harvard Business School Supplement 214-019, August 2013.
  • March 2014 (Revised September 2015)
  • Case

ACA and the Union Bank Acquisition

By: Josh Lerner and Nathaniel Burbank
Okey Enelamah is the CEO of the African Capital Alliance (ACA), a private equity firm based in Nigeria. ACA has spent more than a year arranging a $500 million consortium bid to acquire and recapitalize Union Bank, Nigeria's sixth largest bank. Several weeks before the... View Details
Keywords: Nigeria; African Capital Alliance; Africa; Bank Capital; ACA; Union Bank; Development Finance Institutions; Capital Alliance Private Equity; Private Equity; Central Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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Lerner, Josh, and Nathaniel Burbank. "ACA and the Union Bank Acquisition." Harvard Business School Case 814-080, March 2014. (Revised September 2015.)
  • September 2012 (Revised January 2013)
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Martin Smith: July 2012

By: Josh Lerner and Felda Hardymon
Martin Smith, a recently hired general partner at a Brazil-based venture capital firm, must decide among three deal opportunities. Each has different strengths (management, market, and technology) but each has its own weaknesses as well. He must also consider each deal... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Deal Choice; Venture Capital; Investments; Career Management; Management Teams; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost vs Benefits; Personal Development and Career; Financial Services Industry; Brazil
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Lerner, Josh, and Felda Hardymon. "Martin Smith: July 2012." Harvard Business School Case 813-067, September 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
  • September 2012
  • Supplement

United Capital Partners (B)

By: Paul A. Gompers, J. Daniel Kim and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
This case continues the discussion started in the (A) case about a proposed growth equity investor in a Russian fashion retail chain. View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Growth Equity; Private Equity; Fashion Industry; Financial Services Industry; Retail Industry; Russia
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Gompers, Paul A., J. Daniel Kim, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. "United Capital Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 213-045, September 2012.
  • October 2019 (Revised June 2022)
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Toys 'R' Us: Come Buy My Toys

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Erica Segall, Alejandro Botto and Terrence Shu
Keywords: Private Equity; Retail; Finance; Leveraged Buyout; Leverage; Leveraged Buyouts; Bankruptcy
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Lietz, Nori Gerardo, Erica Segall, Alejandro Botto, and Terrence Shu. "Toys 'R' Us: Come Buy My Toys." Harvard Business School Case 220-023, October 2019. (Revised June 2022.)
  • September 2020
  • Case

Summit Partners: Independent Vetcare

By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
This case follows Summit Partners, a leading growth equity firm, as it evaluates an investment opportunity in IVC, a veterinary care group in the U.K. market. The case allows students to articulate and evaluate the investment thesis of this transaction. Additionally,... View Details
Keywords: Growth Equity; Investment Evaluation; Private Equity; Investment; Decision Making; Valuation
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Terrence Shu. "Summit Partners: Independent Vetcare." Harvard Business School Case 221-024, September 2020.
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Putting Skin in the Game: Managerial Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking

By: Jan Bouwens and Arnt Verriest
This paper examines the relation between managerial ownership and bank risk exposure for a large sample of international financial institutions. We seek empirical evidence suggested by theories concerning conflicts between managers and owners over risk-taking. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Equity Ownership; Financial Risk; Banks; Motivation and Incentives; Risk Management; Employee Ownership; Corporate Governance; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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Bouwens, Jan, and Arnt Verriest. "Putting Skin in the Game: Managerial Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-070, February 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
  • September 2016
  • Article

Disproportional Control Rights and the Bonding Role of Debt

By: Aiyesha Dey, Valeri Nikolaev and Xue Wang
We examine the governance role of debt in the context of U.S.-based dual class ownership structures. We hypothesize that the use of debt alleviates the conflict between shareholder classes by balancing the power of controlling insiders. We document that dual class... View Details
Keywords: Dual Class; Private Debt; Debt Covenants; Bonding Mechanisms; Ownership Type; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt
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Dey, Aiyesha, Valeri Nikolaev, and Xue Wang. "Disproportional Control Rights and the Bonding Role of Debt." Management Science 62, no. 9 (September 2016): 2581–2614.
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