Publications

07 Nov 2016
News

The Business of Saving Old Buildings

Roger Webb (MBA 1961) is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Architectural Heritage Foundation in Boston and was instrumental in launching Preservation Massachusetts, a statewide nonprofit historic... View Details

10 Mar 2016
News

Can Doug Lemov Save US Soccer?

approach to classroom teaching, his method for soccer education doesn’t rely on drills that focus on “rote” learning: “The thing that makes elite players is decision making,” Lemov told me. “They need to integrate not just how to do something but whether, when, View Details

April 1997
Article

A Case Study of Organizational Form and Risk Shifting in Savings and Loan Industry

By: B. C. Esty

Keywords: Organizations; Financial Institutions; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry

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September 2012 (Revised July 2014)
Case

Blackstone's Investment in Intelenet

By: Josh Lerner, Sandeep Bapat and Rachna Tahilyani

Three years had passed since Blackstone's investment in Intelenet Global Services, their third largest investment in India. Great progress had been made, but now a new challenge loomed. Globank, a large global bank, was Intelenet's largest customer. Intelenet's... View Details

Keywords: India; Blackstone; Private Equity; Financial Services Industry; India

December 1989
Article

LDC Debt: Forgiveness, Indexation, and Investment Incentives

By: K. A. Froot, D. Scharfstein and J. Stein

Keywords: Debt Reduction; Chapter 7; Default; Debt Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt

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16 Jan 2018
News

Luis Viceira: Activism, Indexing, and the Investment Management Workshop (IMW)

March 2021
Case

Yale Investments Office: November 2020

By: Josh Lerner, Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo

David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, real estate, natural resources—given the impact of the COVID-19... View Details

Keywords: University Endowment; Asset Allocation; Real Estate; Equities; Fixed Income; COVID-19; Asset Management; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Natural Resources; Resource Allocation; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Health Pandemics; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Energy Industry; Connecticut

November 2007 (Revised January 2013)
Case

Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

Describes the economic development of Indonesia from independence after World War II to 2006 and the post-Suharto period. The coverage of the post-Suharto period provides evidence of how political and economic conditions are intertwined after a change in the political... View Details

Keywords: History; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Policy; Foreign Direct Investment; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia

1996
Other Unpublished Work

Investment and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

By: Amer Bisat, Mohamed A. El-Erian, Mahmoud El-Gamal and F. Mongelli

May 1998
Teaching Note

Apex Investment Partners (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Josh Lerner

Teaching Note for (9-296-028) and (9-296-029). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry

December 2000 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Putnam Investments

By: Andre F. Perold and Harlan P. Carere

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

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November 1987 (Revised March 1988)
Case

Citicorp's Investment Bank and Vickers da Costa

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March 2018
Case

Transportation Infrastructure Investment and Low U.S. Growth

By: Julio J. Rotemberg

August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz

This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut

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First time investments in private equity and M&A.

How do I find first time investments in private equity? Use LSEG Workspace to identify first time private equity investments: Click on the Search Tools tab and select Private Equity/VC. Change the Entity... View Details

05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

Summing Up What Role Will Management Play in Saving US Health Care? The verdict is in, according to respondents of this month's column: Problems confronting health care in the US are much larger and broader... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

26 Mar 2018
News

A cooling-off period on handgun purchases nationwide would save lives

Article

Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program

By: Michael Anne Kyle, J. Michael McWilliams, Mary Beth Landrum, Bruce E. Landon, Paul Trompke, David J. Nyweide and Michael E. Chernew

OBJECTIVES: Understanding variation in spending across organizations, rather than across geographic areas, is important because care is delivered by organizations and interventions increasingly focus on organizations. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are... View Details

Keywords: Medicare; Accountable Care Organizations; ACOs; Health Care and Treatment; Spending; Analysis

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July 2022 (Revised September 2024)
Case

York Capital and Enovix

By: William Vrattos, Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo

In June 2020, Jeremy Blank prepared for a meeting with his fellow partners at York Capital to discuss an investment he had championed in Enovix, a company developing a state-of-the-art, silicon-based battery. Early-stage technology companies, like Enovix, were not... View Details

Keywords: Investment Evaluation; Partners and Partnerships; Investment Portfolio; Judgments; Opportunities