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  • 01 May 2013
  • News

George H. Strong, MBA 1951

Barney, Ecuadorian Corporation, Arthur D. Little, American Medicorp, and Universal Health Services as “checkered,” he says he can’t think of a better way to prepare for the dynamic responsibilities that he encountered in the investment... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2015
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Looking to Rwanda’s Future

When Jonathan Goldstein (MBA 1990) first traveled to Rwanda in 2002 to talk about venture capital with President Paul Kagame’s cabinet, he was surprised to find the cabinet members “weren’t requesting immediate investments or handouts.”... View Details
  • August 1993 (Revised October 1993)
  • Case

Dimensional Fund Advisors: 1993

By: Jay O. Light
A small California-based money manager is now offering specialty products for institutional investors based upon recent financial research findings. View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Investment; Financial Services Industry; California
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Light, Jay O. "Dimensional Fund Advisors: 1993." Harvard Business School Case 294-025, August 1993. (Revised October 1993.)

    Christina Melas-Kyriazi

    Christina joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2021, where she focuses on early-stage investments in fintech and commerce.   Christina was previously Head of Product for Consumer Foundations at Affirm, where she led a team of product managers... View Details
    • 26 Nov 2019
    • News

    Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time

    Source: Greenwood Source: Greenwood Professor Robin Greenwood notes that faculty members across Harvard have long been exploring the behavioral perspective on financial market bubbles and financial crises. Five years ago, a group formed to examine key issues in greater... View Details
    Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
    • 01 Jun 2008
    • News

    Smartphones Get Smarter

    When Apple’s Steve Jobs announced a new licensing deal for Microsoft software that makes Apple’s iPhone more attractive to businesspeople, venture capitalist John Doerr (MBA ’76) of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers was also on hand, the New York Times reported (March... View Details
    Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
    • 21 Jul 2015
    • News

    James Rothenberg dies at 69

    Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
    • 19 Jun 2014
    • News

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

    Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
    • 06 Oct 2013
    • News

    The Short-Seller Stands Tall

    Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
    • 01 Sep 2010
    • News

    The Natural World

    TERCEK: A tight strategic focus. Courtesy The Nature Conservancy Two years ago, Mark Tercek (MBA ’84) left his job at Goldman Sachs to become head of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the habitat-preserving organization that has some 3,700 employees worldwide (as well as... View Details
    Keywords: Conservation; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
    • 23 Feb 2011
    • News

    A Capitalist in China

    Kuhns: Wrote the book on Chinese business realities. When it comes to investing in China, financier and industrialist John Kuhns (MBA ’77) looks backward to see the way forward. “I have always invested in... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • January 2022
    • Background Note

    The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
    This note provides background information on a French law (“the Florange law”) passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term shareholdings. The note describes the law, what led to it, the reactions it evoked, and similar initiatives in other... View Details
    Keywords: Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Policy; Rights; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; France
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    Wang, Charles C.Y., and Tonia Labruyere. "The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?" Harvard Business School Background Note 122-065, January 2022.
    • 01 Dec 2018
    • News

    Preparing Global Leaders

    and diverse business issues,” he says. Wahl, an investor based in Oslo, Norway, was cofounder and partner of the private equity firm IK Investment Partners Ltd. from 1989 to 2009. Presently he runs Stromstangen AS, a privately owned View Details
    • 01 Dec 2016
    • News

    Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel

    in 2011 “The best way to book bus tickets,” aggregating information on a half-million bus routes in 63 countries. Winner of the 2014 Alumni New Venture Competition’s Best Investment category, Busbud has debuted a product that allows third... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • February 2021 (Revised September 2022)
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    Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy

    By: David J. Collis and Caeden Brynie
    This library case examines the rise of shareholder activism in recent years, particularly in the public eye, and analyzes its effects on corporate strategy, growth, and shareholder value. It looks at three contemporary targets of shareholder activism in particular—Bed... View Details
    Keywords: Shareholder; Shareholder Activism; Board; Board Of Directors; Hedge Fund; Hedge Fund Activism; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    Collis, David J., and Caeden Brynie. "Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 721-437, February 2021. (Revised September 2022.)
    • February 2008 (Revised February 2009)
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    The International Finance Corporation's Grassroots Business Initiative

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
    Grassroots Business Initiative was set up to financially assist small enterprises engaged in creating social value. Three years later, Harold Rosen, its creator, wished to explore an alternative funding model to provide it with scale and sustainability. View Details
    Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Investment Funds; Social Enterprise
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    Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Katharine Lee. "The International Finance Corporation's Grassroots Business Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 508-063, February 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
    • November 2005 (Revised November 2005)
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    Massachusetts General Hospital and the Enbrel Royalty

    By: David S. Scharfstein and Darren R. Smart
    Massachusetts General Hospital is considering selling its royalty interest in Enbrel, Amgen's blockbuster drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. In assessing whether to sell, and at what price, the hospital must determine its value to a potential buyer as well... View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Price; Investment Return; Capital; Value; Revenue; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Massachusetts
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    Scharfstein, David S., and Darren R. Smart. "Massachusetts General Hospital and the Enbrel Royalty." Harvard Business School Case 206-075, November 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    The Retail Habitat

    By: Toomas Laarits and Marco Sammon
    Retail investors trade hard-to-value stocks. Controlling for size, stocks with a high share of retail-initiated trades are composed of more intangible capital, have longer duration cash-flows and a higher likelihood of being mispriced. Consistent with retail-heavy... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Retail Trade; Intangible Capital; Mispricing; Investment; Valuation; Business Earnings
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    Laarits, Toomas, and Marco Sammon. "The Retail Habitat." Working Paper, October 2024.
    • 2017
    • Chapter

    Globalization in Historical Perspective

    By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Geoffrey Jones
    This chapter explores the role that firms have played over time in promoting international trade and investment. It takes a chronological perspective and is organized around a first wave of globalization from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1920s and a second wave... View Details
    Keywords: International Business; International Marketing; History; Marketing; Investment; Trade; Globalization
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    Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Geoffrey Jones. "Globalization in Historical Perspective." Chap. 3 in The Laws of Globalization and Business Applications, by Pankaj Ghemawat, 56–81. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
    • December 1999 (Revised January 2002)
    • Background Note

    Overview of the Project Finance Market, An

    By: Benjamin C. Esty, Suzanne I. Harris and Kathleen G. Krueger
    This case introduces the field of project finance and supplies a statistical overview of the project finance market as of the mid=to late 1990s. It consists of four sections. The first section defines project finance and contrasts it with other well-known forms of... View Details
    Keywords: Markets; Investment; Projects; Project Finance
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    Esty, Benjamin C., Suzanne I. Harris, and Kathleen G. Krueger. "Overview of the Project Finance Market, An." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-028, December 1999. (Revised January 2002.)
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