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  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

decision to launch a hedge fund in India, and the first years of the venture. It also profiles Nirva Patel and describes how they met, married, and managed the transition to a new life in Mumbai, including... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

its diverse geographies and business lines? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/112097-PDF-ENG Man Group (A) Robert C. Pozen and Thomas M. ClayHarvard Business School Case 312-128 The Man Group was a huge and successful UK-based View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

The New Space Race

are parked at all the Walmarts in the world, so hedge funds can [then] long or short the stock without waiting for the quarterly reports. It’s another way to monetize those images.” Balance sheets can take... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2542242   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 215-037 Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

Authors:Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford Abstract This paper studies the cost of capital for alternative investments. We document that the risk profile of the aggregate hedge fund universe can be accurately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Sizing Up Social Impact

challenges in creative ways: "The Robin Hood Foundation" (with Catherine Ross). Created by hedge fund and investment managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

entrepreneurs wielding private capital, the new one is driven by professional investors working for or on behalf of deep-pocketed institutions, like pension funds and endowments. Even individual investors can buy a piece of the action.... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

invest in fixed income securities, public equities, and alternative assets such as hedge funds, real estate, or private equity. What are the costs and benefits of each asset class? Should the funding status... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

Business School Case 413-126 "Hess Corporation On January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer, which owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

also considers how to classify some of the different assets. It highlights the issues around allocations across different subclasses, e.g., among venture capital, hedge funds, and real assets. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Michael Depatie

gradually give up operating excellence, because it gets in the way of growth. How has the economic downturn affected Kimpton’s growth strategy? It’s definitely a big opportunity. Over the last couple of years we raised two funds with a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-029 'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

of the class discussion, which enables students to reflect on concrete managerial implications of the analysis. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/918041 Harvard Business School Case 118-047 PrimeStone Capital and dormakaba London-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

compared to the outsized results of private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund investment banking professionals, consulting partners have asked, “Why not us?” While there was once an acceptance that... View Details
Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting
  • 01 Dec 2008
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Seth Klarman

earning Klarman entry into the Alpha magazine Hedge Fund Hall of Fame. The firm has grown from 3 to 100 employees. A consummate team player, Klarman rarely uses his private office, choosing instead to sit at... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008

this offer. In light of this recent news, the two private equity firms had come back to the Board with a revised offer. Now the Board must decide if it thinks the new proposal will satisfy the institutional shareholders, one of which is an activist View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

of investment because of whims: Investment managers or hedge fund managers can pull the money out of one country and put it into another or into gold or dollars. And if a lot of investors do this at once,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

deliver or a better way to deliver existing goods and services. They are funded by donors, many of them poor or anonymous. Yet these attributes should not be unfamiliar to economists. Development NGOs, like domestic nonprofits, can be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Starks at InSiL Therapeutics (B) This case accompanies the (A) case from Anthony Starks's perspective. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617030-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-045 Tableau Matrix Capital Management, a long-short... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne