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Does the Law and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History?

By: Aldo Musacchio and John D. Turner
For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of financial markets and the concentration of ownership across countries is to a large extent the consequence of the legal system nations created or inherited decades or hundreds of years... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Business History; Financial Markets; Financial History; Business and Shareholder Relations; Law; Financial Services Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Brazil
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Musacchio, Aldo, and John D. Turner. "Does the Law and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History?" Special Issue on Law and Finance: A Business History Perspective. Business History 55, no. 4 (June 2013): 524–542.
  • June 1993 (Revised May 1995)
  • Teaching Note

Roosevelt Financial Group, Inc. TN

By: Mary E. Barth and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Finance; Financial Services Industry
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Barth, Mary E., and Krishna G. Palepu. "Roosevelt Financial Group, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 193-179, June 1993. (Revised May 1995.)
  • November 2012 (Revised October 2013)
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Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein (C)

By: Linda A. Hill and Dana Teppert
Robert van Brugge, CEO of Sanford C. Bernstein, a premier sell-side research firm, has recently appointed a new Director of Asian Research to lead the firm's Hong Kong office. Van Brugge wonders what advice he should give the new Director as the firm continues to... View Details
Keywords: Collaboration; Organizational Design; Talent Management; Leadership; Finance; Globalization; Organizational Culture; Financial Services Industry; Hong Kong
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Hill, Linda A., and Dana Teppert. "Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 413-085, November 2012. (Revised October 2013.)
  • September 2012 (Revised January 2013)
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Martin Smith: July 2012

By: Josh Lerner and Felda Hardymon
Martin Smith, a recently hired general partner at a Brazil-based venture capital firm, must decide among three deal opportunities. Each has different strengths (management, market, and technology) but each has its own weaknesses as well. He must also consider each deal... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Deal Choice; Venture Capital; Investments; Career Management; Management Teams; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost vs Benefits; Personal Development and Career; Financial Services Industry; Brazil
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Lerner, Josh, and Felda Hardymon. "Martin Smith: July 2012." Harvard Business School Case 813-067, September 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
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Benchmarking Against the Performance of High Profile 'Scandal' Firms

By: Emre Karaoglu, Tatiana Sandino and Randy Beatty
In recent years, several high profile firms engaged in accounting fraud that resulted in severe investor losses and erosion of trust in the capital markets. We examine high profile accounting "scandals" prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unlike most... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Ethics; Executive Compensation; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Karaoglu, Emre, Tatiana Sandino, and Randy Beatty. "Benchmarking Against the Performance of High Profile 'Scandal' Firms." American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Paper, July 2006.
  • May 2012
  • Technical Note

Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing

By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
Social Impact Investment is a rapidly expanding field, but terminology in the field is poorly defined and imprecise. This note suggests frameworks that help to clarify important dimensions of SII projects, distinguishing and clarifying key differences in approaches to... View Details
Keywords: Development Stage Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Instruments; Performance Measurement; Balanced Scorecard; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Research; Framework; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
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Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch". "Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing." Harvard Business School Technical Note 312-091, May 2012.
  • 2012
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How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Researchers and business leaders have long decried short-termism: the excessive focus of executives of publicly traded companies-along with fund managers and other investors-on short-term results. The central concern is that short-termism discourages long-term... View Details

Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Public Ownership; Performance Expectations; Economy; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Trust; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Salter, Malcolm S. "How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-094, April 2012.
  • April 2008
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Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization

By: Anne Donnellon and Dun Gifford Jr
Ken Winston, the regional sales manager at a securities brokerage firm, has reorganized his generalist salespeople into Key Account Teams (KAT) to increase sales of specialized, higher-margin fixed income products. Winston is also implementing a new corporate... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Fixed Costs; Group Dynamics; Human Resource Management; Compensation; Matrix Organization; Sales; Leading Teams; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Boston
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Donnellon, Anne, and Dun Gifford Jr. "Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-182, April 2008.
  • February 2012 (Revised December 2012)
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Sino-Forest (B)

By: David F. Hawkins
Excerpts from a hedge fund's report accusing a Chinese bond company of using fraudulent financial statements. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Crime and Corruption; Accounting Audits; Business Earnings; Financial Services Industry; China
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Hawkins, David F. "Sino-Forest (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 112-066, February 2012. (Revised December 2012.)
  • January 2012 (Revised February 2013)
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Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)'s Entry into the Retirement Market (TN)

By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and Timothy Gray
Keywords: Retirement; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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Cohen, Lauren, Christopher Malloy, and Timothy Gray. "Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)'s Entry into the Retirement Market (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 212-069, January 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
  • November 2011 (Revised January 2012)
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Google+

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Keywords: Web Services Industry
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Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Google+." Harvard Business School Case 512-032, November 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
  • February 1992 (Revised October 1996)
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CUC International, Inc. (A)

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
The case series examines the role of financial reporting and corporate finance policies as vehicles for communication between managers and outside investors. This case describes management's concern that the company's stock is undervalued because analysts viewed the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Stocks; Financial Management; Decisions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Management Style; Management Practices and Processes; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value; Financial Services Industry
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Palepu, Krishna G., and Paul M. Healy. "CUC International, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 192-099, February 1992. (Revised October 1996.)
  • June 2011
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PatientsLikeMe: An Online Community of Patients (TN)

By: Sunil Gupta and Jason Riis
Teaching Note for 511093. View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Social and Collaborative Networks; Health Disorders; Growth and Development; Product Launch; Web Services Industry
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Gupta, Sunil, and Jason Riis. "PatientsLikeMe: An Online Community of Patients (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 511-138, June 2011.
  • spring 1999
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Building a Company on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape

By: D. B. Yoffie and M. A. Cusumano
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Business Ventures; Web Services Industry
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Yoffie, D. B., and M. A. Cusumano. "Building a Company on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape." California Management Review 41, no. 3 (spring 1999): 8–28.
  • April 2011 (Revised March 2021)
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BANEX and the No Pago Movement (A)

By: Shawn Cole and Baily Blair Kempner
This case examines Grassroots Capital's decision of whether or not to continue investing in a Bolivian microfinance bank that is suffering financial distress. View Details
Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Political Risk; Microfinance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Government and Politics; Investment; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Bolivia
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Cole, Shawn, and Baily Blair Kempner. "BANEX and the No Pago Movement (A)." Harvard Business School Case 211-092, April 2011. (Revised March 2021.)
  • April 2011
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Online Portals: Searching and Shaping Opportunities

The case illustrates the strategic history of the internet portal business. View Details
Keywords: Business History; Opportunities; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry
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Gavetti, Giovanni M., and John Lafkas. "Online Portals: Searching and Shaping Opportunities." Harvard Business School Case 711-528, April 2011.
  • March 2011
  • Teaching Note

InnoCentive.com (A) (TN)

By: Karim R. Lakhani
Teaching Note for 608170. View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; System; Open Source Distribution; Competition; Web Services Industry
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Lakhani, Karim R. "InnoCentive.com (A) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 611-072, March 2011.
  • March 2011
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H Partners and Six Flags (B)

By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Gorzynski
Rehan Jaffer, the founder of hedge fund H Partners, is considering what to do with his investment in Six Flags. H Partners had invested a significant amount of the firm's capital in the senior bonds of U.S.-based Six Flags, following that company's bankruptcy filing. View Details
Keywords: Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Price; Acquisition; Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Funds; Opportunities; Bonds; Investment Activism; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Greenwood, Robin, and Michael Gorzynski. "H Partners and Six Flags (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 211-096, March 2011.
  • January 2011
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Matrix Capital Management (B)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane
Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details
Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry
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Baker, Malcolm P., and David Lane. "Matrix Capital Management (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 211-048, January 2011.
  • January 2011 (Revised June 2011)
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C): TED Spread and Swap Spread in November 2008

Investment manager Albert Mills confronts an apparent arbitrage opportunity during the global financial crisis of 2008 when he notices an unusually low-- and briefly negative-- thirty-year U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. Mills must decide if there is an... View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Financial Management; Investment Return; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Taliaferro, Ryan D., and Stephen Blyth. "Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C): TED Spread and Swap Spread in November 2008." Harvard Business School Supplement 211-051, January 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
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