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  • February 2025
  • Case

Hyperscaling Dreams: Ualá's Path from Startup to Fintech Champion

By: Juan Alcácer and Manuel Franck
Ualá, a fintech startup founded in Argentina in 2017 by Pierpaolo Barbieri, aimed to increase financial inclusion in Latin America through a digital platform linked to a prepaid card. After rapid success in Argentina, it expanded into Mexico and Colombia, acquiring... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Leadership; Venture Capital; Talent and Talent Management; Strategy; Credit; Business Startups; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Banking Industry; Argentina; Mexico; Colombia; Latin America
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  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
  • Web

Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research

in Africa, Asia, and Latin America throughout recent decades. Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Because AI is only half the answer, the Digital Data Design Institute’s (D^3) global leaders in translational science connect problem... View Details
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

http://people.hbs.edu/evandensteen/OnlineDocs/PP10_MS_EVdS_Culture%20Clash.pdf   Working PapersThe Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms Authors:Raphael Amit, Yuan Ding, Belén Villalonga, and Hua... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2000
  • Case

Wit Capital: Evolution of the Online Investment Bank (B)

Describes the evolution of Wit Capital from its origins as a small brewery to an online investment bank advising both small technology-based companies seeking to raise capital and large companies seeking to acquire Internet companies, as well as offering retail... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Service Delivery; Investment Banking; Entrepreneurship
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  • Program

Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital

responsible for small funds Entrepreneurs who are seeking private financing Families and institutions in the process of raising their first fund or considering private equity investing Angel investors who... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Finance
  • February 1992 (Revised September 1995)
  • Case

Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989

By: Peter Tufano
Japanese financial institutions' willingness to sell put options on the Nikkei Stock Average provides investment banks with the raw material from which to create a security that would allow U.S. investors to bet on falls in the Japanese Stock Market. The investment... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Investment Banking; Product Design; Globalized Markets and Industries; Japan; United States
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  • 23 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

change in the social awareness of investors in the past decade. "The number of investors who care about this kind of performance has increased dramatically in the last 10 years," Serafeim says. "Right now... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Reinventing State Capitalism

    In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

    • 13 Oct 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

    For the last decade or so financial institutions have relied increasingly and excessively on short-term financing, risky business that could quickly go south when a souring economy made it impossible for firms to roll over their... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services
    • 17 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees

    to consumers’ reluctance to change vendors, and the ability to sell more products to this seemingly captive group. “A lot of startups are incorporating subscription models into their business plans, partly because investors are pushing... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Information; Information Technology

      Lauren H. Cohen

      Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
      • 22 Jul 2020
      • Blog Post

      Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

      institutional racism to become so entrenched in American life. Although the past few months have been difficult on myself and other members of the Black community, I am cautiously optimistic that the BLM movement can create lasting and... View Details
      • October 2019 (Revised February 2025)
      • Case

      A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      Ellen J. Kullman, the retired Chairman and CEO of DuPont, describes how she guided the storied science and technology company through a contentious proxy battle with activist investor Trian Partners, which acquired DuPont shares in 2013 and sought to break up the... View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Transformation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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      Podcast - Business & Environment

      investments and commercial impact funding, to scale business models in underdeveloped markets where traditional investors hesitate. Jacqueline also shares examples of companies solving food insecurity and extreme climate risks for... View Details
      • Web

      Finance - Faculty & Research

      investor heterogeneity. Using several measures from survey data, we document substantial heterogeneity, implying meaningful lower bounds on price impacts. The bounds align closely with reduced-form estimates from a variety of... View Details
      • 28 Jun 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and their Implications for Economic Performance

      Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio & Sergio G. Lazzarini
      • April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
      • Case

      Leveraged Loans 2007

      By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
      The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following many years of low realized volatility (less than 4% per annum), an index of leveraged loans had fallen over 5% in the month of July. A sudden drop in capital market prices for an asset class... View Details
      Keywords: History; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Financial Crisis; Market Transactions; Disruption; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      • 26 Mar 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: March 26

      Minority Shareholder: Firm-level Implications of Equity Purchases by the State By: Inoue, Carlos F.K.V., Sergio G. Lazzarini, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract—In many countries, firms face institutional voids that raise the costs of doing... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 10 Apr 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: April 10, 2007

      School Case 207-084 Following a successful model in Europe, JP Morgan has introduced a set of five U.S. retail mutual funds with an investment philosophy and marketing strategy grounded in behavioral finance. The asset management group believes that understanding View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace