Publications

March 2021
Supplement

CashDrop (B2)

By: Rembrand Koning, Paul A. Gompers and Sarah Gulick

After the events in CashDrop A, Jarrid Tingle and Henri Pierre-Jacques, the founders of Harlem Capital partners, worried that Ruben Flores-Martinez, CashDrop’s founder, would take another offer while he waited for them to officially make an offer. HCP traditionally... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Online Technology; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
Supplement

Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein

In March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders—including Juno’s 2019 partner—were not... View Details

September 2019
Case

Dementia Discovery Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick

The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Mission and Purpose; Recruitment; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; London; England

2015
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Grace Sza-Hua Chen and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and addressed a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from his years in investment banking. His nonprofit was called 13th Avenue... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Higher Education; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Leading Change; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

July 2012
Supplement

Generation Investment Management, Video

By: Sandra J. Sucher

Examines the Investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details

Keywords: Leadership And Managing People; Accountability; Investment Management; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Development Economics; Natural Environment; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

June 2001
Teaching Note

Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey TN

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Teaching Note for (9-300-114). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Turkey

February 2001 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Apax Partners and Dialog Semiconductor: March 1998

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Antonio Alvarez-Cano and Borja Martinez

Apax Partners is considering a complex buyout of a semiconductor manufacturer. The firms must assess in a compressed timeframe the complex technological, financial, and operational risks that the proposed transaction poses. View Details

Keywords: Market Transactions; Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Time Management; Production; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

Profile

Dan Vallone

You graduated from West Point, which is famous for leadership, and served as an infantry officer for five years. What did HBS add to your understanding of leadership? In the military, I was accustomed to thinking five to ten years in advance. After two years at HBS,... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

second year,” he says. Gardner has built Kyruus into an industry leader in providing search, scheduling, and data management services for health systems. Simplifying the Process “We don’t define what is right for the patients. Our job is... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

have no identifying documents at all, and yet multiple documents are required to access government services, such as ration cards for subsidized food. Indians without the necessary documents are often denied services or resort to bribing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2011
News

Mr. Start-Up

is reaching lots of people a primary motivation? I want to build products that people love. I’m a capitalist at heart: I believe entrepreneurs who create useful products or services are contributing something of benefit to society.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions Author:Anette Mikes Periodical:International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management (in press): 1027-1056... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

workstations, and related support services. Bradley's PSG had played an important role in HP's financial success over the previous three years. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509010 IBM: The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 2024
Supplement

GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (B)

By: Joseph Pacelli and Sarah Mehta

This case accompanies “GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (A),” no. 124-005. It provides an update on pertinent events from 2021 to 2023. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Markets; Value; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

September 2010 (Revised March 2013)
Case

Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL): Bridging the SME Early-Stage Finance Gap

By: Josh Lerner, Eli Talmor, Ananth Vyas Bhimavarapu and Thibaud Simphal

The CEO of the company set up to manage a British government effort to promote the venture capital industry considers the progress made to date, as well as how the program can be adjusted. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom

January 2008
Teaching Note

Pacifica Residencial S.A. (TN)

By: Nicolas Retsinas

Teaching Note for [207094]. View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Brazil

August 2010 (Revised February 2011)
Case

Highland Capital Partners: Investing in Cleantech

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and David Kiron

One day during the summer of 2008, Paul Maeder, co-founder and general partner of Highland Capital Partners (HCP), was walking with his wife around Reykjavik, Iceland, marveling at how clean the city felt and at the widespread use of naturally occurring geothermal... View Details

Keywords: Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Global Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry