Publications

May 2004 (Revised July 2005)
Teaching Note

ING Direct (TN)

By: James L. Heskett

Teaching Note to (9-804-167). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

February 2003 (Revised March 2011)
Background Note

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Valuation and Distribution in Private Equity

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Introduces the issues attendant to valuing privately held portfolios and distributing thinly traded stock. Although they have existed since the beginning of the formal venture capital industry, they have received increasing amounts of attention as the money invested in... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Stocks; Investment Portfolio; Valuation; Financial Services Industry

May 2002
Case

Venture Capital Fund Restructuring Vignettes (Abridged)

By: Paul A. Gompers

This case examines the changes in fund structures proposed by four venture capital firms in 2002: Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The venture capital market has experienced a major downturn, and these... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Motivation and Incentives; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry

April 2002 (Revised April 2002)
Teaching Note

A Note on Organizational Design at Yahoo! TN

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Teaching Note for (9-602-112). Includes color exhibits. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Web Services Industry

October 2001 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Acme Investment Trust: January 2001

By: Josh Lerner

The managers of a large corporate pension fund must decide whether to invest in a private equity fund that is offering a guaranteed rate of return of 20% on part of its portfolio. The background behind and implications of the guarantee are explored. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Private Equity; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry

August 2001
Teaching Note

Venture Capital Case Vignettes TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-801-408). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

August 2001
Teaching Note

Columbia Capital Corporation: Summer 1998 TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-899-255). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

August 2001
Teaching Note

CMGI: Organizational and Market Innovation TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-200-064). View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry

August 2001
Teaching Note

University Technology Ventures: October 2000 TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-201-043). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

June 2001
Case

Amazon.com in the Year 2001: The Question of Going Concern

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jeremy Cott

Supplements Amazon.com in the Year 2000. View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry

May 2001
Supplement

Korea Stock Exchange

By: Tarun Khanna

Features a presentation by In-Kie Hong of Korea Stock Exchange discussing the depth of the crisis, its origin, and its possible resolution in the end. In-Kie Hong addresses a class of MBA students at the Harvard Business School. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Stocks; Financial Services Industry; Korean Peninsula

April 2001
Supplement

Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Supplement)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Christina Ruth

Supplements the case. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

April 2001
Teaching Note

Monster.com TN

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dickson Louie and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note for (9-801-145). For book only - not listed on case. View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry

March 2001
Teaching Note

Reporting Income for Dot-coms TN

By: Paul M. Healy

Teaching Note for (9-101-013). View Details

Keywords: Web Services Industry

February 2001 (Revised October 2006)
Case

McDuffy, Arms & Ginsberg

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Describes the musings of the managing partner of a law firm as he returns from an executive education program. He thinks about the many issues confronting him and his firm. Teaching Purpose: To prepare executive education participants to return to their companies and... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership; Management; Legal Services Industry

February 2001
Supplement

Olympic Financial Ltd.

By: David F. Hawkins

To be used with (197-081). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

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December 2000
Background Note

Networked Utility Providers

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown

Defines and describes ways to categorize networked utilities, software "applets" such as RealNetwork's RealPlayer, Macromedia's Shockwave, and AOL's ICQ that are downloaded via the Internet. Networked utilities extend basic Web browser capability to allow users to... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Software; Web Services Industry

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December 2000 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Promise (A): Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan

Describes Promise, the third-largest consumer finance company in Japan. Promise was created in 1963 by an entrepreneur and has grown rapidly, especially in the 1990s when commercial banks struggled. Promise's core business consists of providing unsecured loans of up to... View Details

Keywords: Capital Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry; Japan

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December 2000
Background Note

Online Portals

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Sanjay Pothen

Describes the online portal business model. Analyzes the model, focusing on the tactics used to acquire new users, turn new users into repeat visitors, and monetize user traffic. Explains portals' revenue and cost drivers and their implications for pursuing aggressive... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Web Services Industry