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- January 2017
- Supplement
T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
After deciding to oppose the Dell MBO, T. Rowe Price, together with other dissident Dell shareholders, sought appraisal of their shares in the Delaware courts. The appraisal process resulted in a significant increase in the price to be paid to dissenting shareholders... View Details
Keywords: Fiduciary Duties; Management Buy-out; Ethics; Valuation; Courts and Trials; Business and Shareholder Relations; Restructuring; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Delaware
Goldberg, Lena G. "T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-089, January 2017.
- September 2014 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Fresno's Social Impact Bond for Asthma
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
In 2014, Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) were quickly gaining popularity as an investment vehicle which joined together private investors and nonprofits to tackle social issues. Although numerous SIB projects and proposals had cropped up across the U.S. following the launch... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Health Care; Marketing; Bonds; Financing; Asthma; Air Pollution; Air Quality; Chronic Disease; Public Health; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Finance; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Fresno's Social Impact Bond for Asthma." Harvard Business School Case 515-028, September 2014. (Revised May 2017.)
- December 2010
- Teaching Note
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (TN)
By: C. Fritz Foley and Matthew Johnson
Teaching Note for 211032. View Details
- September 2008 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
By 2008, a number of the firm's early cleantech investments were showing promise, and the companies were starting to need significantly more money to create the massive scale required in the energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Marketing; Entrepreneurial Finance; New Product Development; Partnerships; Entrepreneurial Management; Venture Capital; Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Investment Funds; Environmental Sustainability; Product Development; Biotechnology Industry; Financial Services Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, William A. Sahlman, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 809-004, September 2008. (Revised July 2012.)
- June 2006 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Nephila: Innovation in Catastrophe Risk Insurance
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Michael Heinrich
At the cross-section of capital markets and the catastrophe insurance space stands the hedge fund Nephila. Nephila must decide how best to take advantage of the newly presented market opportunities post hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, and Rita. Nephila has a plethora of... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Investment Management; Uncertainty; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Bermuda
Froot, Kenneth A., and Michael Heinrich. "Nephila: Innovation in Catastrophe Risk Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 206-130, June 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
- April 2005
- Case
The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber
In 2005, the University of Chicago Investment office was deciding how much capital to allocate toward timber investing. Explores the challenges associated with optimal portfolio construction when one of the invested assets is illiquid with limited historical price... View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Hecht, Peter A., and David Mace. "The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber." Harvard Business School Case 205-101, April 2005.
- June 1990 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
H. Ross Perot
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "H. Ross Perot." Harvard Business School Case 390-210, June 1990. (Revised August 1992.)
- September 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds
By: Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Nathaniel Schwalb
After much internal debate, THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS of Denmark have decided to allocate a small percentage of their investment portfolio to impact investments. Cambridge Associates, one of the leading investment advisory firms in the world, has been engaged to assist... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Mission-Related Investing; Foundations; Investment; Venture Capital; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Investment Funds; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Denmark; Europe
Gandhi, Vikram, Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds." Harvard Business School Case 819-021, September 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note
HBS entered fiscal 2010 with an aggressive plan to reduce costs in anticipation of a prolonged period of diminished revenue in the wake of the global financial crisis. But when the books closed last June, the School’s View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
at-home services or take-home medications under the close supervision of a treatment professional. Many are taking advantage of the easing of telehealth restrictions to expand access and deliver services... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
University President A. Lawrence Lowell, who steered Doriot to HBS, a more suitable place for a young man who aspired to run a factory. Even though he had no friends or family in the United States, little money (the war left his father View Details
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
From HBO to HBS
Me. Or questions related to the financial services industry by looking at Inside Job." McGee mentioned his idea to HBS professor of management practice Arthur Segel, a good friend from their undergraduate... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; HBSO; HBS; faculty; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
companies with estimated annual revenues of $4 billion, is one of the world's most colorful business leaders. His oft-repeated message: "If your business isn't fun, it's ultimately going to be worthless to you." From its airline to View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Startup Balancing Act
a smaller and, potentially, leaner organization? 2. Would I enjoy working in an operating company rather than a professional services firm? All of this takes us back to my first day. After a mere few hours in the office, I was presenting... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Stephen Fuller Remembered
Executive Education courses ranging from organizational behavior and collective bargaining, to corporate responsibility and business policy. An associate dean from 1963 to 1969, he helped strengthen the School’s financial resources,... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
outfitter Timberland, begun in 1989 when City Year requested from Timberland fifty pairs of boots for its urban youth service corps, founded the previous year. The service corps program organizes youths from... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
James Cook University to open several new campuses, the first of which is in Brisbane. In recognition of her business acumen, she was recently appointed to the advisory board of Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World and to the board of directors of the Challenger... View Details
- Career Coach
Gavra Nwamadi
Gavra is a former Bain consultant and career-switcher into Private Equity, having secured a summer internship in PE during her RC year. She has extensive expertise in Management Consulting, particularly across EMEA where she has worked on several projects within the... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
left each meeting feeling like a better person,” Letelier recalls. Letelier launched SITAWI Finance for Good in 2008 to recapture that feeling—and to introduce new financial tools into Brazil’s nonprofit and impact sectors. “If you think... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
created so much financial devastation. The Curse of the Mogul: What’s Wrong with the World’s Leading Media Companies by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, and Ava Seave (MBA ’82) (Portfolio) In an industry built on celebrity, media... View Details