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  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

often conflicting. This case highlights these conflicts and stressors from all perspectives, providing unique insights and offering potential options. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/114009-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-043 Private View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

Party City In 2005, Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm specializing in growth equity, was one year into their ownership of Amscan, the market leader of designed, manufactured, and distributed decorated party goods and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9

Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Stable category meanings act as institutions that facilitate market exchange by providing bases for comparison and valuation. Yet little is known about meaning construction in new categories or how meaning translates into View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

international equity markets, with a highly significant average slope coefficient of 1.05. In sharp contrast, standard factor-model-based proxies fail to exhibit predictive power internationally. We show analytically and empirically that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Payton and Shweta Bagai
This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; VC; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Equity; Cash Flow; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Information Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships; Information Infrastructure; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208088 Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) Harvard Business School Note 208-113 This lesson integrated Merton's (1974) contingent claims model of debt and equity claims... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

valuation of $200 million and debating changes to them that will allow them to grow their business. Ensuring that their marketing dollars were being spent efficiently was critical to the data-driven management team and proving to be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

Abstract—This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies across sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and their relationship to the funds' organizational structures. SWFs seem to engage in a form of trend chasing, since they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

business. In addition to the valuation and financing issues, the leadership team must decide whether shifting from the firm's current B2B business model (manufacturing and processing dairy products) to a more B2C business model (a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
  • Supplement

Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; VC; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Cash Flow; Equity; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Information Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships; Information Infrastructure
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  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

  PublicationsHow Much Is Sweat Equity Worth? Authors:Marquis, Christopher, and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 12 (December 2012) Abstract The article presents a case study of a business decision related to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=3985220&R=112702-MMC-ENG&conversationId=189822 China Magic Going Home Li Jin, Zhihong Yi, and Jun JiangHarvard Business School Case 211-036 The largest Chinese energy company is thinking about a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Scholes. "The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities." Journal of Political Economy 81 (May/June 1973): 637-654. Black, Fischer, and Myron S. Scholes. "The Valuation of Option Contracts and a Test of Market Efficiency." Journal of... View Details
  • 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

business environment or used along with any individual case. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308063 Corrections Corp. of America Harvard Business School Case 107-071 This case illustrates a comprehensive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/919401-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-055 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40 In 2018, private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice celebrated its 40th anniversary and its 20th year under... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 9, 2007

is well documented that the venture capital industry is highly volatile and that much of this volatility is associated with shifting valuations and activity in public equity markets. This paper examines how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

credit. In return, the investors would receive a large share of Shurgard's equity and control of its board, which could force a public offering in less than two years. The decision focuses on whether Shurgard Europe should accept the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

which other online upstarts such as Amazon.com changed retail and Square changed the small business payments business. A few factors account for the rapid growth of the entrants. First, institutional debt and equity investors have been... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services
  • 12 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 12, 2006

Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407057 Factors That Influence Cross-Border Equity Investment Harvard Business School Note 107-020 Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

and return unused capital to his investors. With the passing of each venture, he has learned about forming founding teams, splitting equity with his co-founders, hiring executives to work for him, and when to take outside funding. Now,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace