Publications

January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Return Logic, Inc. (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Follows three graduating HBS students as they build a business-to-business Internet venture and highlights the challenges they confront in structuring financing terms with venture capitalists. Requires students to carefully read a six-page term sheet to identify which... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Negotiation Deal; Entrepreneurship

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

Advanced Management Program and a founding member of Intel. Now executive vice president of that corporation, he is also president of Intel Capital, a corporate venture capital unit investing in companies in this country and companies... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

William E. LaMothe

LaMothe enabled Kellogg to capitalize on the health food consciousness of the 80’s by introducing new products, and, in so doing, he continued Kellogg’s 41-year run of increased sales. He is credited with dramatically expanding Kellogg’s... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

19 Jun 2014
News

Life Beyond The Elevator Pitch: Venture Capital's New Formulas

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

June 2025
Teaching Plan

SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea

By: Vikram S Gandhi and David Allen

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 325-013 View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Green Technology; Finance; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment; Investment Funds; Science-Based Business; Financial Services Industry; France; Paris; Italy

March 2001 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Identifying and Realizing Investments in Eastern Europe (A)

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Robert E. Kennedy and Laure Mougeot Strook

A Greek milling firm wants to invest in Eastern Europe. The case explores the firm's search strategy and its due diligence process after a potential investment, and considers how the company should structure its bid. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Financial Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe

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Finding Historical Financial Statements with Compustat

title="WRDS">WRDS. Choose Database Select Compustat - Capital IQ Under Tools in the lower right hand area select Complete Financial Statements (XLS) Step One: Date Range Select desired start and end years Step Two:... View Details

26 Mar 2015
News

Improving the environment through green spaces and commercial buildings

incredibly underrated place in terms of its built environment,” he says. “There’s a lot of phenomenal civic and cultural and event spaces and beautiful landscapes that outsiders just aren’t aware of.” The Partnership has just finished a $53 million View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

Silver Lining

Energy International, a company formed to manage its physical assets, which, as it happens, are actively being sought after by private-equity groups from around the world. Said Bhatnagar, who has since founded THOT Capital Group, an... View Details

Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Utilities

Career Coach

Jamal Eason

social media/LinkedIn profile review, and interview prep). Work Experience: U.S. Army (General Management), Bon-App Inc. (Product Management/Startup), Intel (Product Management/Product Marketing/Business Development/General Management), Intel View Details

Keywords: Technology

November 1989 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.--1988

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Set two years after a takeover attempt forced the company to restructure by leveraging up, selling assets, and repurchasing stock. The case affords an opportunity to analyze what effect the restructuring had on: 1) the cost of capital, 2) investment decisions, and 3)... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Restructuring; Assets; Cost of Capital; Investment; Competition; Rubber Industry

November 21, 2022
Article

Now You See Me, Now I'm Gone

By: Boris Groysberg, Derek Haas and Eric Lin

As undervalued performers become more visible, they also gain more options to leave their employers. View Details

Keywords: Retention; Technology Adoption; Human Capital; Employees; Personal Development and Career

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February 2011 (Revised July 2011)
Case

Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan

By: David F. Hawkins, Karthik Ramanna, Nobuo Sato and Mayuka Yamazaki

In a controversial decision, the Bank for International Settlements includes deferred tax assets as part of a bank's core capital. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Assets; Capital; Central Banking; Taxation; Banking Industry; Japan