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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Michael, another son, plans to attend upcoming programs. Concludes Chirchirillo, “With a strong team coming along for the future, and with over 50 percent return on equity and 17 percent increase in sales in 2010, I think we are moving in... View Details
- July 2024
- Case
Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO
By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc
In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Interpersonal Communication; Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Investment Banking; Stock Options; Financial Markets; Initial Public Offering; Institutional Investing; Price Bubble; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Agreements and Arrangements; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Performance Expectations; Work-Life Balance; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Rank and Position; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Happiness; Reputation; Status and Position; Well-being; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Canada
Satchu, Reza, Tom Quinn, and Andrew Kosc. "Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO." Harvard Business School Case 825-037, July 2024.
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
point out that they may benefit politically connected capitalists or bail out inefficient firms. We study the effect of loans and equity investments of the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) and find that they do not have any... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5
now also has an equity stake in the Bahamas' gaming and resort industry. The case explores the growing role of project financing by way of China's Export-Import Bank and its implications for business dealmaking and the competitiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10
GuthrieHarvard Business School Case 411-023 Mekong Capital, a private equity firm specializing in investing in Vietnam, had grown dramatically since its inception in 2002 and faced numerous organizational issues in 2007. There was a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007
their first private equity fund. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207067 Bankinter: Deploying the Mortgage Simulator to the Branches Harvard Business School Case 107-070 Describes how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
there are fewer governmental controls and safety nets than in other countries. The second quarter of this year provided a "correction" in U.S. equity markets, and a lot of dot-coms have become dot-bombs. Kane: We actually have... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
the Spanish superstar for the 2018 tournament after all. What is the best course of action? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518041 Harvard Business School Case 218-033 Tesla Motors (A): Financing Growth The case analyzes the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
produce—to tell a story while maintaining creative control over the project itself—is something Singer aspires to in the future. “You’re paid well as a screenwriter if you’re successful, but you don’t have equity in the company, so to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
(both MBA 1996) proposed the contest as a project for Professor Josh Lerner’s Venture Capital and Private Equity elective. “We looked at it as not just a theoretical paper for class but a sustainable plan,” says Wagonfeld, who was then... View Details
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Jonathan Shepherd
Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds of firms across these... View Details
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- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
516-013 Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics Vita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
Strollers.com, and Luggage.com. Co-founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine were considering making a major investment to build brand equity at the corporate level. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/812044-PDF-ENG Col. Joshua... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21
Collins Properties, must decide with its equity partner whether to continue funding the building's losses while trying to lease the vacant space, restructure the debt, or default on the loan and turn the building over to its lenders. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809109 Evaluating M&A Deals: Floors, Caps, and Collars Harvard Business School Note 209-138 As equity consideration has become more popular in acquisitions, so has the use of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2
equity firm, Silver Lake Partners, have made an offer for the company, which Dell Inc.'s board has accepted. The deal requires the vote of a majority of shareholders. Southeastern Asset Management, an investment firm and Dell Inc.'s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26
existed, but by 1939, there were over 88,000. Approximately half were joint stock firms, and these outperformed limited and unlimited partnerships on a return on equity basis, while also accounting for most of the aggregate profits. When... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
how to avoid them. He looks at whether it is a good idea to cofound with friends or relatives, how and when to split the equity within the founding team, and how to recognize when a successful founder—CEO should exit or be fired.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
ecosystem: Did you know that there are about 3,000 brokers in the US alone who specialize in brokering smaller firms? Or that there are private equity firms whose sole business is financing smaller firm entrepreneurs-through-acquisition?... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
Marketing—and a longtime attendee of the School’s Agribusiness Seminar—has closely tracked the industry’s ascent. He estimates that there’s some $2 billion invested in the space right now, with money flowing in from VCs, sustainable private View Details