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  • November 2001 (Revised December 2002)
  • Case

Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter
Genzyme, a tracking stock pioneer, has used its innovative capital structure as a way to frame and grow its R&D-intensive business. Facing the question of how best to integrate a new acquisition into its tracking stock structure, Genzyme's top management is forced to... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Conflict of Interests; Stocks; Capital Structure; Research and Development; Corporate Governance; Biotechnology Industry
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Salter, Malcolm S. "Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)." Harvard Business School Case 902-023, November 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
  • September 2020
  • Case

Blackstone: Crocs Investment

By: Victoria Ivashina, John D. Dionne and Terrence Shu
This case follows Prakash Melwani (HBS MBA '86), CIO of Blackstone's Private Equity Group, and his teams’ investment in the footwear company Crocs. Instead of a traditional secondary offering, Crocs opted for a unique deal structure by taking Blackstone's cash in a... View Details
Keywords: Private Investment In Public Equity; PIPE Deal; Investment; Brands and Branding; Strategy
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Ivashina, Victoria, John D. Dionne, and Terrence Shu. "Blackstone: Crocs Investment." Harvard Business School Case 221-023, September 2020.
  • January 1991 (Revised October 1993)
  • Background Note

Note on Bank Loans

Describes traditional bank lending product, the role of the lending officer, credit evaluation, and the structuring of credit facilities and loan agreements. View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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Mason, Scott P. "Note on Bank Loans." Harvard Business School Background Note 291-026, January 1991. (Revised October 1993.)
  • March 1996 (Revised July 1996)
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Service Corporation International

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber
The CFO of a high-growth company in the low-growth and fragmented funeral services industry must decide how to optimize capital structure and earnings growth while maximizing the company's market value. View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Value Creation; Business Growth and Maturation; Consolidation; Industry Growth; Capital Structure; Expansion; Service Industry; United States; North and Central America
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Craig F Schreiber. "Service Corporation International." Harvard Business School Case 296-080, March 1996. (Revised July 1996.)
  • January 2017 (Revised November 2018)
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Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil

By: Julie Battilana, Marissa Kimsey, Falko Paetzold and Priscilla Zogbi
Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering innovative and scalable solutions to enhance the lives of low-income Brazilians, while aiming to simultaneously generate... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Social Performance Measurement; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment Funds; Social Enterprise; Brazil
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Battilana, Julie, Marissa Kimsey, Falko Paetzold, and Priscilla Zogbi. "Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 417-051, January 2017. (Revised November 2018.)
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Investing: Risk, Return and Impact (MBA)

By: Shawn A. Cole

This is an investing/finance course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for... View Details

  • December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Poland's A2 Motorway

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA) is a consortium of 18 firms that won a concession to build and operate Poland's first private toll road. In June 2000, AWSA's chief financial officer, Wojciech Gebicki, is preparing for a meeting with the projects' lead bankers to... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Projects; Construction Industry; Transportation Industry; Poland
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Poland's A2 Motorway." Harvard Business School Case 202-030, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
  • July 2010
  • Technical Note

Note on the Banking Industry

By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner
This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the banking industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm." View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business or Company Management; Industry Structures; Banking Industry; United States
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Rose, Clayton S., and Scott Waggoner. "Note on the Banking Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 311-011, July 2010.
  • September 2017 (Revised January 2025)
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Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs

By: Christopher Stanton, Shikhar Ghosh, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
This case is about Tinder. It discusses different business models and ways of structuring the initial team. With a $6 million investment from IAC/Interactive in 2010, Dinesh Moorjani founded Hatch Labs to build mobile apps. His mission was to attract entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Returns; Incubator; Mobile App; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Model; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Talent and Talent Management; Valuation; Equity; Finance; United States; North America
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Stanton, Christopher, Shikhar Ghosh, Allison Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs." Harvard Business School Case 818-026, September 2017. (Revised January 2025.)
  • 2003
  • Article

Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Course Overview

By: Josh Lerner
This paper describes a course exploring the private equity industry, "Venture Capital and Private Equity". The goals of this article are two-fold: to make the structure and content of the class available to a broader audience beyond the audience of MBAs and executives... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity
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Lerner, Josh. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Course Overview." International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education 1, no. 3 (2003): 359–384.
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending

By: Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda
We use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks—where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions—give larger loans to small firms and those with "soft... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Financing and Loans; Industry Structures; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Mexico
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Canales, Rodrigo, and Ramana Nanda. "A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-101, June 2008. (Revised January 2011, August 2011.)
  • June 1992
  • Case

Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William A. Teichner
A group of investors is considering buying the sequel rights for a portfolio of feature films. They need to determine how much to offer to pay and how to structure a contract with one or more major U.S. film studios. The case contains cash flow estimates for all major... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Debt Securities; Contracts; Cash Flow; Valuation; Capital Budgeting; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States
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Luehrman, Timothy A., and William A. Teichner. "Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project." Harvard Business School Case 292-140, June 1992.
  • September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
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Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner
As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Bids and Bidding; Opportunities; Business Subsidiaries; Strategy; Valuation; Equity; Electronics Industry
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Harry Gruner. "Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 287-023, September 1986. (Revised July 2001.)
  • March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
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Turner Construction Company: Project Management Control Systems

By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
After providing a brief overview of Turner Construction Co.'s structure and project work, the case gives a detailed description of its project management control system, the IOR system. In addition to explaining the mechanics of the IOR system, the case identifies the... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Cost Management; Performance Evaluation; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Planning; Management Systems; Management Teams; Construction Industry
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Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Turner Construction Company: Project Management Control Systems." Harvard Business School Case 190-128, March 1990. (Revised October 1999.)
  • September 1994 (Revised April 1995)
  • Case

Banque Paribas: Paribas Derives Garantis

In March 1993, the management of Paribas Capital Markets is making a final review of the proposal to set up Paribas Derives Garantis (PDG), a special-purpose subsidiary of Compagnie Financiere de Paribas (CFP), that would guarantee derivative products offered by Banque... View Details
Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Business Subsidiaries; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry
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Mason, Scott P., and Kuljot Singh. "Banque Paribas: Paribas Derives Garantis." Harvard Business School Case 295-008, September 1994. (Revised April 1995.)
  • July 2010
  • Technical Note

Note on the Insurance Industry

By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner
This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the Insurance industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm." View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Business or Company Management; Industry Structures; Insurance Industry; United States
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Rose, Clayton S., and Scott Waggoner. "Note on the Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 311-012, July 2010.
  • November 2013 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

Massachusetts Pay-for-Success Contracts: Reducing Juvenile and Young Adult Recidivism

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Lisa A. Chase
The case describes the nature of juvenile recidivism in Massachusetts and explores the potential structure of a privately funded, publicly guaranteed pay-for-success contract. View Details
Keywords: Social Impact Bonds; Pay-for-success; Social Innovation; Juvenile (Prison) Recidivism; Homelessness; Bonds; Social Issues; Public Administration Industry; Massachusetts
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Lisa A. Chase. "Massachusetts Pay-for-Success Contracts: Reducing Juvenile and Young Adult Recidivism." Harvard Business School Case 514-061, November 2013. (Revised March 2015.)
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Ms. Fedyk's main research interests lie at the intersection of asset pricing and behavioral finance, with a particular focus on information and belief formation. Her job market paper is part of a broader research agenda on the way in which information is incorporated... View Details
  • December 2002 (Revised October 2013)
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Williams, 2002

By: Joshua Coval, Robin Greenwood and Peter Tufano
Williams, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based firm in various energy businesses, must decide whether to accept a financing package offered by Berkshire Hathaway and Lehman Brothers. The proposed one-year credit facility would provide the firm with financial resources in a... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Crisis Management; Credit; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Financial Instruments; Energy Industry; United States
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Coval, Joshua, Robin Greenwood, and Peter Tufano. "Williams, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 203-068, December 2002. (Revised October 2013.)
  • June 2021
  • Case

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021

By: Josh Lerner, Reza Satchu and Alys Ferragamo
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest pools of investment capital in the world and follows a rigorous “Total Portfolio Framework” in its approach to investment management. In April of 2021, John Graham was just two months into his role... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Strategy; Capital Markets; Financial Strategy; Investment; Asset Management; Financial Institutions; Private Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Assets; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Canada
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Lerner, Josh, Reza Satchu, and Alys Ferragamo. "The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021." Harvard Business School Case 821-125, June 2021.
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