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  • February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
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Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank

By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia and Jianyi Wu
Shenzhen Development Bank, China's first publicly traded company, was undergoing the non-tradable share reform. Its current controlling shareholder, private equity firm Newbridge Capital LLC, needs to negotiate with its diverse minority shareholders to find a... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Private Equity; Investment; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Negotiation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Banking Industry; China
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Jin, Li, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia, and Jianyi Wu. "Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 211-080, February 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
  • 30 Oct 2013
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  • September 2009
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One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The case provides the reader with a detailed investment memorandum from the local Indian operating partner, and the reader must... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Chennai; United States
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Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Justin Seth Ginsburgh. "One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)." Harvard Business School Case 210-024, September 2009.
  • February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
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Financing Growth in Family and Closely Held Firms

By: Belen Villalonga
This note describes the second of four modules in Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms, an elective MBA course at Harvard Business School. The note analyzes the pros and cons of different equity financing options that are available to family firms such... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance; Business Growth and Maturation
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Villalonga, Belen. "Financing Growth in Family and Closely Held Firms." Harvard Business School Module Note 209-014, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
  • 19 May 2008
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Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

social networks in the form of school ties—bonds formed based on attendance at a common educational institution—helped equity analysts outperform on stock recommendations when the analysts enjoyed an educational link with a company's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • November 2021 (Revised February 2022)
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Advent International and Walmart Brazil's Deal

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo
Advent International, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, must decide whether to acquire Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil or not. Although Walmart Brazil is losing cash at a rapid pace, Advent thinks it has a solid plan to recover the company’s finances.... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Acquisition; Decision Making; Risk Management; Retail Industry; Brazil
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Ivashina, Victoria, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. "Advent International and Walmart Brazil's Deal." Harvard Business School Case 222-047, November 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
  • September 2006 (Revised January 2008)
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ABRY Partners and F+W Publications

After acquiring F+W Publications from a rival private equity firm, ABRY Partners became increasingly convinced that they had been deceived by the sellers about the profitability of the company. ABRY must determine whether they were deliberately misled, what courses of... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Private Equity; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Preparation
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El-Hage, Nabil N., and Christopher Edward James Payton. "ABRY Partners and F+W Publications." Harvard Business School Case 207-010, September 2006. (Revised January 2008.)
  • June 2005 (Revised May 2008)
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Yamanote Kaikan

By: Robin Greenwood, Arthur I Segel and Joshua Katzin
In 2001, James O'Connell, president of Holyoke Japan, an affiliate of Larson Capital, a distress debt private equity firm, wants to bid on a 90 billion yen loan currently in default by the borrower, Sanjo Enterprises, for a popular wedding and banquet facility with an... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Price; Bids and Bidding; Competition; Japan
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Greenwood, Robin, Arthur I Segel, and Joshua Katzin. "Yamanote Kaikan." Harvard Business School Case 205-084, June 2005. (Revised May 2008.)
  • February 2000 (Revised April 2005)
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Gray Security: Building a South African Services Firm

Describes Gray Security Services, an entrepreneurial South African firm that has recently gone through a financial restructuring with the help of Brait Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Gray provides complete security services to companies in South Africa, other... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Entrepreneurship; Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry; South Africa
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Kuemmerle, Walter, William J. Coughlin Jr., and Chad S Ellis. "Gray Security: Building a South African Services Firm." Harvard Business School Case 800-193, February 2000. (Revised April 2005.)
  • March 2009 (Revised November 2009)
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WL Ross and Plascar

By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer
How can distressed investors take advantage of the procedures governing an international bankruptcy? Wilbur L. Ross, chairman and CEO of the private equity firm WL Ross & Co., LLC, has the opportunity to bid for debt and equity claims on Plascar Industria e Comercio... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries
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Foley, C. Fritz, and Linnea Meyer. "WL Ross and Plascar." Harvard Business School Case 209-091, March 2009. (Revised November 2009.)
  • December 2014 (Revised October 2015)
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Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE

By: David Fubini, Joshua Margolis and Kerry Herman
Susie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE—the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO—from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a successful product line, and savvy private equity investors, NIC+ZOE seems perfectly... View Details
Keywords: Clothing; Fashion; Fashion Design; Leadership; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Private Equity; Decision Making; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Fubini, David, Joshua Margolis, and Kerry Herman. "Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE." Harvard Business School Case 415-043, December 2014. (Revised October 2015.)

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    Archie Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, where he currently teaches Venture Capital and Private Equity, Field... View Details

    • October 2006 (Revised September 2014)
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    Summit Partners - The FleetCor Investment (A)

    By: Michael J. Roberts
    Part of a 3-case series in which students get to see the unfolding of due diligence on private equity (buy out) deal. In this, the A case, the deal team has negotiated a letter of intent with FleetCor, a firm that operates a fuel payment network for vehicle fleets.... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Investment; Negotiation Offer; Service Industry
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    Roberts, Michael J. "Summit Partners - The FleetCor Investment (A)." Harvard Business School Case 807-033, October 2006. (Revised September 2014.)
    • March 2024
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    Funderbeam: Teaming Up or Going Alone?

    By: Paul A. Gompers, Elena Corsi and Orna Dan
    Funderbeam, a global platform founded in Estonia to enable start-ups to run private syndications and secondaries while offering liquidity for private equity investors, was at a crossroads. Over its ten-year run, the company had expanded its services and areas of... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Business Exit or Shutdown; Transition; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Ownership Stake; Expansion; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Estonia; Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom; Singapore
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    Gompers, Paul A., Elena Corsi, and Orna Dan. "Funderbeam: Teaming Up or Going Alone?" Harvard Business School Case 224-076, March 2024.
    • October 2018 (Revised February 2018)
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    Masayoshi Son and the Vision Fund

    By: Tom Nicholas, Ramana Nanda and Benjamin N. Roth
    In October 2016, SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese conglomerate giant caused a significant shock to the worldwide market for venture capital and private equity by announcing the Vision Fund, the largest tech investment fund in the world at close to $100 billion. The... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy
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    Nicholas, Tom, Ramana Nanda, and Benjamin N. Roth. "Masayoshi Son and the Vision Fund." Harvard Business School Case 819-041, October 2018. (Revised February 2018.)
    • 10 Nov 2010
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    A New Era for Raiders

    • 11 Oct 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

    years, the buyout team sells its stakes in these firms. "This exit can be accomplished through a sale to a strategic buyer, such as a corporation, or to another private equity group. But in many of the... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services
    • October 2007
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    The Influence of Financial Statement Recognition and Analyst Coverage on the Market's Valuation of R&D Capital

    By: Michael D. Kimbrough
    Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 141 (SFAS No. 141)'s requirement that an acquirer in a business combination estimate the fair value of the target's separately identifiable assets and liabilities (including research and development capital) provides a rare... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Value Creation; Fair Value Accounting; Research and Development; Financial Statements; Capital
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    Kimbrough, Michael D. "The Influence of Financial Statement Recognition and Analyst Coverage on the Market's Valuation of R&D Capital." Accounting Review 82, no. 5 (October 2007): 1195–1225.
    • January 2015
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    Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa and Stephanie Siu
    The case discusses the trade-offs associated with the different exit options that private equity firm Brentwood Associates contemplated for its investment in Zoës Kitchen during the summer of 2013: an IPO, a sale to a strategic or financial acquirer, or waiting a few... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry; California
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    Farre-Mensa, Joan, and Stephanie Siu. "Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen." Harvard Business School Case 815-102, January 2015.
    • 10 Apr 2015
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    General Electric looks to get out of the banking business

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