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- September 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Supplement
Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (D)
By: Michael D. Kimbrough and F. Warren McFarlan
Kimbrough, Michael D., and F. Warren McFarlan. "Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 106-013, September 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- August 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Supplement
The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
Lorsch, Jay W., and Alexis Chernak. "The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 406-045, August 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
- December 2004 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Pacific Salmon Company, Inc.
By: Nabil N. El-Hage, Kenneth A. Froot and Christopher Edward James Payton
RRR, a $1 billion private equity fund, is trying to decide how much to bid for Pacific Salmon Inc. and how to finance the acquisition. View Details
Keywords: Food; Bids; Private Equity; Decision Making; Financing and Loans; Bids and Bidding; Acquisition; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., Kenneth A. Froot, and Christopher Edward James Payton. "Pacific Salmon Company, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 205-031, December 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
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: Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry
Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy. "The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-055, January 2008. (Winner of the Barclays Global Investors Award, Best Paper in Asset Pricing, European Finance Association 2007.)
- September 2004
- Supplement
Allianz-Dresdner Merger, The: An Interview with Dr. Holger Hatje
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Allianz-Dresdner Merger, The: An Interview with Dr. Holger Hatje." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 305-704, September 2004.
- April 2004
- Teaching Note
Peninsula Community Foundation (TN)
By: James E. Austin, Jane Wei-Skillern and Alexis Lefort
Teaching Note to (9-304-015). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- August 2003
- Teaching Note
CUC International, Inc. (A) (TN)
By: Paul M. Healy
Teaching Note for (9-192-099) View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- October 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Hermitage Fund, The: Media and Corporate Governance in Russia
William Browder, the top executive of the Hermitage Fund, the best-performing international equity fund over the last five years, attributed much of his funds' strong returns to its focus on shareholder activism and corporate governance. In 2001, he was putting this... View Details
Dyck, Alexander. "Hermitage Fund, The: Media and Corporate Governance in Russia." Harvard Business School Case 703-010, October 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- January 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Finova Group, Inc. (B), The
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry Fagan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Gilson, Stuart C., and Perry Fagan. "Finova Group, Inc. (B), The." Harvard Business School Case 202-096, January 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- September 2001 (Revised July 2003)
- Teaching Note
Adams Capital Management: March 1999 TN
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for (9-899-256). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- August 2001
- Teaching Note
CDC Capital Partners TN
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for (9-801-333). View Details
- July 2001 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
AdNet (A)
By: Ashish Nanda
Confronted by a business proposal that is remarkably similar to a project recently financed by a sister office, venture capitalist Monique LeMieux ponders what she should do. View Details
Nanda, Ashish, and Kimberly A. Haddad. "AdNet (A)." Harvard Business School Case 902-024, July 2001. (Revised August 2004.)
- January 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
COFIDIS
An offspring of French catalog marketer 3 Suisses, and a popular sponsor of Tour de France, Cofidis sells consumer credit over the phone, defying conventional banking with a product policy and a communication strategy that perfectly fits the company's comparative... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Marketing Communications; Competitive Advantage; Product; Credit; Financial Services Industry; France
Wathieu, Luc R. "COFIDIS." Harvard Business School Case 501-055, January 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- October 2000 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Individual and the Corporation, The: Kathy Levinson and E*TRADE (A)
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Susan Harmeling
Kathy Levinson, the president and COO of ETRADE and a lesbian mother of two children, must decide whether and how to participate in the "No on Knight" campaign. The campaign opposes California ballot proposition 22, which requires California to recognize only marriages... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Values and Beliefs; Decision Choices and Conditions; Gender; Diversity; Financial Services Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Susan Harmeling. "Individual and the Corporation, The: Kathy Levinson and E*TRADE (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-057, October 2000. (Revised January 2002.)
- September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Background Note
Note on Corporate Venture Capital, A
By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of corporate venture investment. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Note on Corporate Venture Capital, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 201-036, September 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
- April 2000 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
E-Loan: The CarFinance.com Acquisition
E-Loan is an online mortgage lender that acquired an auto-lending arm in August of 1999. This case examines E-Loan's purchase of CarFinance.com and highlights E-Loan's strategy-setting process. In addition, the case explores business development as a strategic process... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Hansen, Morten T., and Jeffrey Berger. "E-Loan: The CarFinance.com Acquisition." Harvard Business School Case 400-072, April 2000. (Revised June 2000.)
- January 2000 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Cachet Technologies
By: Paul A. Gompers and Howard Reitz
Describes the decision facing Danny Lewin, Jonathan Seelig, and Tom Leighton, the founders of Cachet Technologies, an MIT spin-out. The firm has done poorly in the annual MIT business plan competition and the founders have to decide whether to continue. View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Business Startups; Business Plan; Failure; Cooperative Ownership; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Howard Reitz. "Cachet Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 200-031, January 2000. (Revised March 2000.)
- October 1999 (Revised October 2004)
- Case
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (D)
By: Andre F. Perold
Supplements the (C) case. View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (D)." Harvard Business School Case 200-010, October 1999. (Revised October 2004.)
- January 1999 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Infox System GmbH
Apax, a private equity firm, has an opportunity to invest in a travel-related print-materials distribution business in Germany. Infox is typical of many buyout opportunities. One of the founders seeks to exit the business, and recently hired managers will have to... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Germany
Kuemmerle, Walter, M. Frederick Paul, and Chad S Ellis. "Infox System GmbH." Harvard Business School Case 899-061, January 1999. (Revised April 2004.)
- February 1997 (Revised May 1997)
- Background Note
Modern India
By: Tarun Khanna and Danielle J. Melito
Describes India's move from a controlled economy toward a more market-oriented one, commencing in 1991. Highlights the extent of changes in the product, capital, and labor markets, and the political situation at the central government, as these stood in 1995. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Systems; Economy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; India
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle J. Melito. "Modern India." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-108, February 1997. (Revised May 1997.)