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  • June 2007 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

Zoots - Financing Growth (A)

By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Todd Krasnow
Traces the genesis and founding of Zoots, the largest chain of dry cleaning establishments in the U.S. Founded by some of the founders of the very successful Staples chain, the company raises a very large amount of capital without fully proving its business model, and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Return; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation; United States
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Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Todd Krasnow. "Zoots - Financing Growth (A)." Harvard Business School Case 807-139, June 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
  • September 2006
  • Case

Stedman Place: Buy or Rent?

By: Andre F. Perold and David S. Scharfstein
A couple has to decide whether to continue renting a townhouse or buy the one next door. Allows for a discussion of net present value, internal rate of return, and the costs and benefits of homeownership. View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Asset Pricing; Investment Return; Housing; Family Ownership; Renting or Rental; Valuation
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Perold, Andre F., and David S. Scharfstein. "Stedman Place: Buy or Rent?" Harvard Business School Case 207-063, September 2006.
  • 08 Jan 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

determine which format, large or intimate, is the best fit for your goals. Making the Investment in Recruiting An emerging trend in Private Equity recruiting is the use of the summer internship as a feeder for full-time hiring. The... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • 03 Feb 2021
  • News

Power Play

Courtesy Rahul Advani Courtesy Sara Graziano Courtesy Chris Smith Courtesy Rahul Advani Courtesy Sara Graziano Courtesy Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1997, focused on the energy sector, he thought... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon

    Rick Grinnell

    Rick Grinnell is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, focusing on investments in AI-enabled security and enterprise infrastructure. Rick has led investments and serves on the Board of... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital
    • July 2013
    • Article

    Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity

    By: C. Fritz Foley and William R. Kerr
    This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Transfer; Innovation; Ethnic Networks; Patents; Diasporas; Ethnicity; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Research and Development; Foreign Direct Investment; Innovation and Invention; United States
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    Foley, C. Fritz, and William R. Kerr. "Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity." Management Science 59, no. 7 (July 2013): 1529–1544.
    • March 2001 (Revised November 2001)
    • Case

    Merrill Lynch HOLDRS

    By: Andre F. Perold and Simon E. Brown
    Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and HOLDRS (Holding Company Depositary Receipts) represent recent and highly successful capital market innovations. HOLDRS closely approximates a buy-and-hold strategy, and Merrill Lynch believes the product has significantly lower taxes... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Markets; Cost; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Taxation; Innovation and Invention; Product; Success; Expansion
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    Perold, Andre F., and Simon E. Brown. "Merrill Lynch HOLDRS." Harvard Business School Case 201-059, March 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
    • 24 Apr 2014
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    From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'

    co-creator of the concept. Born in Egypt and now living in England, Cohen became interested in social capital and philanthropy in 2000 when he led the UK Treasury’s Social Investment Task Force. He subsequently was involved in a variety... View Details
    • spring 1973
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    Management of Commercial Bank Government Security Portfolios: An Optimization Approach Under Uncertainty

    By: D. B. Crane and Stephen P. Bradley
    Keywords: Management; Banks and Banking; Government and Politics; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty
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    Crane, D. B., and Stephen P. Bradley. "Management of Commercial Bank Government Security Portfolios: An Optimization Approach Under Uncertainty." Journal of Bank Research 4, no. 1 (spring 1973).
    • October 1993
    • Supplement

    The Analyst's Dilemma (B)

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
    Supplements the (A) case. View Details
    Keywords: Investment Banking; Ethics; Risk and Uncertainty; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry
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    Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "The Analyst's Dilemma (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 394-057, October 1993.
    • Profile

    Ameel Somani

    career in business." After graduating from college, Ameel pursued investment banking. "It was a good fit, because it allowed me to think about many different businesses," he says. As an analyst at CIBC, "I learned to... View Details
    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    The 'IKEA Effect': When Labor Leads to Love

    By: Michael I. Norton, Daniel Mochon and Dan Ariely
    In a series of studies in which consumers assembled IKEA boxes, folded origami, and built sets of Legos, we demonstrate and investigate the boundary conditions for what we term the "IKEA effect&"—the increase in valuation of self-made products. Participants saw their... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Labor; Resource Allocation; Valuation
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    Norton, Michael I., Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely. "The 'IKEA Effect': When Labor Leads to Love." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-091, March 2011.
    • April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
    • Case

    Risk Management at Apache

    After initiating a hedging strategy, Apache Corp. is interested in revisiting its decision to determine if hedging is value-adding. This case investigates how the company initially decided to hedge against commodity price risk and how it implemented its hedging... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Investment; Corporate Finance
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    Meulbroek, Lisa K., and Puja Malhotra. "Risk Management at Apache." Harvard Business School Case 201-113, April 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
    • March 2020
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    Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior

    By: Akash Chattopadhyay, Matthew D. Shaffer and Charles C.Y. Wang
    After decades of deprioritizing shareholders' economic interests and low corporate profitability, Japan introduced the JPX-Nikkei400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's "best-run" companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable of its large and liquid... View Details
    Keywords: JPX-Nikkei 400 Index; Status Incentives; Return On Equity; Capital Efficiency; Social Norms; Index Inclusion; Reputation Incentives; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Governance; Behavior; Investment Return; Status and Position; Japan
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    Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior." Journal of Financial Economics 135, no. 3 (March 2020): 704–724.
    • July 2008 (Revised February 2009)
    • Case

    (PRODUCT) RED (A)

    By: Youngme E. Moon, Michael I. Norton and David Chen
    Describes the launch and initial results of the (PRODUCT) RED campaign, a social marketing initiative conceived by U2's Bono and Bobby Shriver to combat AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The company licensed the (RED) brand to partner companies, which initially included Gap,... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Social Enterprise; Africa
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    Moon, Youngme E., Michael I. Norton, and David Chen. "(PRODUCT) RED (A)." Harvard Business School Case 509-013, July 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
    • September 2004
    • Teaching Note

    Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Valuation and Distribution in Private Equity (TN)

    By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
    Teaching Note to (9-803-161). View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Distribution; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Stocks
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    Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Valuation and Distribution in Private Equity (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 805-049, September 2004.
    • November 2003
    • Article

    The Maturity of Debt Issues and Predictable Variation in Bond Returns

    By: Malcolm Baker, Robin Greenwood and Jeffrey Wurgler
    The maturity of new debt issues predicts excess bond returns. When the share of long-term debt issues in total debt issues is high, future excess bond returns are low. This predictive power comes in two parts. First, inflation, the real short-term rate, and the term... View Details
    Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Investment Return; Financial Markets; Forecasting and Prediction
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    Baker, Malcolm, Robin Greenwood, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "The Maturity of Debt Issues and Predictable Variation in Bond Returns." Journal of Financial Economics 70, no. 2 (November 2003): 261–291.
    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns

    By: Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson
    We show that the credit quality of corporate debt issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately affect the... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Credit; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Bonds; Market Design; Cost of Capital; Mathematical Methods; System Shocks
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    Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel G. Hanson. "Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-065, January 2011. (Revised September 2012, Internet Appendix Here.)
    • March 2009
    • Supplement

    Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde

    By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Marie Dessain and Sarah Abbott
    In mid-2007 the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group, having elected to file for bankruptcy under a newly-enacted French insolvency law, awaits the outcome of a vote by creditors and shareholders. At least 50% of the shareholders must approve the plan, however they... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Valuation; Assets; Investment Funds; Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Outcome or Result; France
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    Gilson, Stuart C., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Sarah Abbott. "Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-113, March 2009.
    • June 2008
    • Teaching Note

    Transparent Value LLC (TN)

    By: Sharon P. Katz and Krishna G. Palepu
    Teaching Note for [108098]. View Details
    Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Valuation; Stocks; Price; Performance Expectations; Cash Flow; Revenue; Business Startups; Investment Funds; Product Launch; Financial Services Industry
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    Katz, Sharon P., and Krishna G. Palepu. "Transparent Value LLC (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 108-098, June 2008.
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