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- April 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Adams Capital Management: March 1999
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Bill Wasik
On February 24, 1999, the advisory board of Adams Capital Management convened for its quarterly meeting at the firm's headquarters. One point on the agenda: whether or not to proceed with due diligence on an investment in Three Points, a maker of Internet-based team... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Systems; Investment; Goals and Objectives; Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Bill Wasik. "Adams Capital Management: March 1999." Harvard Business School Case 899-256, April 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- February 1998
- Case
Security Capital Group Incorporated
By: Jay O. Light, William J. Poorvu and Elizabeth McLoughlin
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Light, Jay O., William J. Poorvu, and Elizabeth McLoughlin. "Security Capital Group Incorporated." Harvard Business School Case 898-175, February 1998.
- 2005
- Chapter
Microfinance: The Next Ten Years
By: Michael Chu
A review of the history of commercial microfinance and a view on the key developments in the next decade. View Details
- August 1997
- Case
Industry.Net (D)
By: Das Narayandas and Christine Steinman
Keywords: Web Services Industry
Narayandas, Das, and Christine Steinman. "Industry.Net (D)." Harvard Business School Case 598-038, August 1997.
- August 1997
- Case
Industry.Net (C)
By: Das Narayandas and Christine Steinman
Keywords: Web Services Industry
Narayandas, Das, and Christine Steinman. "Industry.Net (C)." Harvard Business School Case 598-037, August 1997.
- June 1988 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Primerica Corp. (A): How American Can Discovered Primerica
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Primerica Corp. (A): How American Can Discovered Primerica." Harvard Business School Case 588-066, June 1988. (Revised May 1989.)
- February 1998 (Revised January 1999)
- Case
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (C)
A year after Rob Parson's manager decided to postpone Parson's promotion, Parson's new manager Gary Stuart faces the decision of promotion again. Stuart considers whether the efforts Parson had made were sufficient. Teaching purpose: To explore managerial problems... View Details
Keywords: Management; Personal Development and Career; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry
Burton, M. Diane. "Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (C)." Harvard Business School Case 498-056, February 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
- March 1996
- Case
Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B) (Abridged)
By: John J. Gabarro and Samantha Graff
Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 496-050, March 1996.
- August 2004
- Article
Appearing and Disappearing Dividends: The Link to Catering Incentives
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We document a close link between fluctuations in the propensity to pay dividends and catering incentives. First, we use the methodology of Fama and French (J. Finan. Econ. (2001)) to identify a total of four distinct trends in the propensity to pay dividends... View Details
Keywords: Dividends; Payout Policy; Catering; Dividend Premium; Investor Sentiment; Investment Return; Motivation and Incentives; Trends; Stocks; Financial Services Industry
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Appearing and Disappearing Dividends: The Link to Catering Incentives." Journal of Financial Economics 73, no. 2 (August 2004): 271–288.
- 1993
- Chapter
Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital
- August 1997 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
A major trust company attempts to implement a major software system while simultaneously reengineering business processes. Providian Trust, a previously non-IT intensive organization, must completely reposition its management of technology to deal with IT's new... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Financial Institutions; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Financial Services Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-008, August 1997. (Revised June 1999.)
- March 1995
- Case
E. F. Hutton: Cash Management Crisis (B): The Bell Report
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "E. F. Hutton: Cash Management Crisis (B): The Bell Report." Harvard Business School Case 395-174, March 1995.
- September 1994
- Case
Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Deryck Maughan, a vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at Salomon Brothers, learns that his superiors have been less than candid about their knowledge of bidding improprieties by the firm's government trading desk. He must decide what, if anything, he should... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Crime and Corruption; Rank and Position; Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-044, September 1994.
- August 1994
- Case
E.F. Hutton (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "E.F. Hutton (C)." Harvard Business School Case 395-006, August 1994.
- August 1994
- Case
E.F. Hutton (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "E.F. Hutton (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-004, August 1994.
- May 1994
- Teaching Note
BayBank Boston TN
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
Teaching Note for (9-393-095). View Details
- May 1986 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
MBAs at Merrill Lynch
By: George C. Lodge
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Lodge, George C. "MBAs at Merrill Lynch." Harvard Business School Case 386-194, May 1986. (Revised July 1986.)
- July 2012
- Case
Generation Investment Management
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
Examines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Generation; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Welfare; Financial Services Industry; India; United Kingdom
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "Generation Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 613-002, July 2012.
- August 2020
- Background Note
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
This Note has two parts. The first part (A) explores how U.S. private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly available... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Financial Services Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Holly Fetter. "U.S. Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (A)." Harvard Business School Background Note 321-036, August 2020.
- August 2020
- Background Note
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
This is the second part of a two-part note. The first part (A) explores how US private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Financial Services Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Holly Fetter. "U.S. Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 321-037, August 2020.