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  • April 2015 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

Yale University Investments Office: February 2015

By: Josh Lerner
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, real estate—given the impact of the recent market turmoil. The case explores the risks... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Resource Allocation; Investment; Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Property; Private Equity
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Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: February 2015." Harvard Business School Case 815-124, April 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
  • 05 Jan 2011
  • Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

ruling can outlaw work that was previously supported by the government. Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen. Great People Abandon Promising Projects The projects are less important than the people, particularly people who... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • February 1996 (Revised May 1996)
  • Teaching Note

Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund (TN)

By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Keywords: City; Investment Funds; Florida
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Perold, Andre F., and Wai Lee. "Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 296-071, February 1996. (Revised May 1996.)
  • 02 Apr 2018
  • News

Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?

  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

A Legacy of Investment

donated the entire cost of building the campus in the 1920s. In the 1930s, the “Two Hundred Fifty Associates” funded research and case-writing activities threatened by the Great Depression. Post-World War II support from John D.... View Details
Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 28 Oct 2020
  • News

Harvard Business School Collaborates on Impact Investing Data Collection

  • March 2002
  • Article

Do After-tax Returns Affect Mutual Fund Inflows?

Keywords: Taxation; Investment
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Bergstresser, Daniel B., and James Poterba. "Do After-tax Returns Affect Mutual Fund Inflows?" Journal of Financial Economics 63, no. 3 (March 2002): 381–414.
  • 21 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

Fund Management, HBS students are motivated to propel the success of those businesses. Meet Bridges Fund Management Founded in 2002, Bridges, the UK-based impact investing... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • December 2024
  • Supplement

Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good (B)

By: Ray Kluender, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Roth and Nicole Tempest Keller
In 2017, Core Innovation Capital invested $725,000 in Hugo Insurance, a pay-as-you-drive auto insurance startup targeting the non-standard market. Core followed with $300,000 in 2019 during a Seed II round. By 2022, Hugo founder, David Bergendahl, sought $10 million in... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Insurance; Measurement and Metrics; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
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Kluender, Ray, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Roth, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 825-094, December 2024.
  • May 2018
  • Case

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
Keywords: Data Analytics; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Cost vs Benefits; Investment Return; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Leadership; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Goals and Objectives; Marketing Communications; Performance; Programs; Projects; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Genetics; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund." Harvard Business School Case 818-045, May 2018.
  • 13 Jul 2020
  • News

Roles Foundations Play in Shaping Impact Investing

  • March 2018
  • Case

Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
In 2015, activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lackluster financial performance,... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Investing; Activist Investing; Technology; CEO Turnover; Hedge Fund Activism; Benchmarking; Corporate Governance; Information Technology; Investment Activism; Performance Improvement; Management Succession; United States
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk." Harvard Business School Case 118-086, March 2018.
  • 01 Feb 2002
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Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs

about making money and investing, but it's also about entrepreneurship. Having half of our society somewhat inhibited in their access to capital is a bad thing." Higgins cochaired the forum with HBS professor Myra M. Hart. With venture View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • August 2022 (Revised November 2024)
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Boston Impact Initiative: Investing in Local Change

By: Emily R. McComb, Amy Klopfenstein and Mel Martin
In fall 2021, Aliana Piñeiro, impact director at Boston Impact Initiative (BII) discovered that an entrepreneur the organization was considering for an investment had failed to disclose pre-existing debt with another lender. Although the business scored highly on BII’s... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Society; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Wealth; Poverty; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
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McComb, Emily R., Amy Klopfenstein, and Mel Martin. "Boston Impact Initiative: Investing in Local Change." Harvard Business School Case 323-012, August 2022. (Revised November 2024.)
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

Photo by iStock Investors in global equity markets have traditionally hedged their bets, casting their investments far and wide across the world. That way, if the market in one country or region stagnated (think Japan in the 1990s or... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • October 2008
  • Article

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy
This paper uses social networks to identify information transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Information Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Announcements; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Asset Pricing; Governing and Advisory Boards
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Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy. "The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns." Journal of Political Economy 116, no. 5 (October 2008): 951–979. (Winner of the Barclays Global Investors Award, Best Paper in Asset Pricing, European Finance Association 2007.)
  • 18 Nov 2014
  • News

Helping foreign countries invest wisely

Dora Vardis (MBA 1994), managing director in the foreign exchange division of Citigroup, works with sovereign wealth funds and central banks to create successful investments for their countries. (Published... View Details
  • December 2008 (Revised October 2010)
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Paul Capital Partners: Secondary Limited Partnership Investing

By: David S. Scharfstein
This case examines the proposed purchase by Paul Capital Partners of a limited partnership (LP) interest in a private equity fund. Paul Capital has a fund dedicated to buying these "secondary" LP interests. The case is intended as a vehicle for discussing the secondary... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Investment; Private Equity; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Interests; Markets; Debates; Financial Services Industry
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Scharfstein, David S. "Paul Capital Partners: Secondary Limited Partnership Investing." Harvard Business School Case 209-089, December 2008. (Revised October 2010.)
  • June 2017 (Revised November 2020)
  • Teaching Note

Tableau

By: Boris Vallee and Botir Kobilov
Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-045. View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Long-short Equity; Growth Investing; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment; Valuation; Technology; Technology Industry; Waltham
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Vallee, Boris, and Botir Kobilov. "Tableau." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 217-074, June 2017. (Revised November 2020.)
  • 04 Apr 2018
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology
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