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  • 08 Sep 2008
  • HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • September 3, 2020
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How to Measure a Company’s Real Impact

By: Ronald Cohen and George Serafeim
Impact transparency will reshape capitalism. By shifting the pursuit of profit away from negligently creating problems to purposefully creating valuable solutions for the world, it will redefine success, so that its measure is not just money, but the positive impact we... View Details
Keywords: Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Impact Investment; Impact Investment Funds; Accountability; Accounting Information; Corporate Performance; Sustainability; Social Impact; Capitalism; Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Social Enterprise; Society
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Cohen, Ronald, and George Serafeim. "How to Measure a Company's Real Impact." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 3, 2020).
  • 07 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more... View Details
Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking
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problem, validating with users, building an MVP; (2) big tech recruiting - Madhav conducted over 50 interviews for candidate at Google; and (3) navigating hedge fund recruiting - understanding what View Details
  • October 2013 (Revised May 2014)
  • Supplement

The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal, Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
A proxy battle between a Canadian firm and a US hedge fund over a proposal to unify the firm's dual class share structure. View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Capital Structure; Investment Funds; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; United States
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White, Lucy, and Benjamin C. Esty. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal, Spreadsheet Supplement." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 214-704, October 2013. (Revised May 2014.)

    The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy

    Our novel evidence suggests that in the times of unusually low interest rates money market fund managers increased, on average, their portfolios’ risk. We also show... View Details

    • July 2003 (Revised June 2010)
    • Case

    FrontPoint Partners

    By: Jay O. Light
    A hedge fund platform, a new and unique kind of asset management firm, contemplates various client markets for its services. View Details
    Keywords: Asset Management; Investment; Demand and Consumers; Digital Platforms; Service Delivery; Financial Services Industry
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    Light, Jay O. "FrontPoint Partners." Harvard Business School Case 204-020, July 2003. (Revised June 2010.)
    • March 2001 (Revised April 2002)
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    Rent-Way, Inc. (A)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    The company uses the units of activity method to account for its rental inventory. A prominent hedge fund advisor recommends the company's stock be sold short. View Details
    Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Stock Shares; Fair Value Accounting; Quality; Investment Funds; Service Industry
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    Hawkins, David F. "Rent-Way, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-089, March 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
    • 30 Mar 2023
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    The Economics of Science: Turning Ideas into Applications

    • April 2000
    • Case

    Financing of Project Achieve, The (A)

    By: Mihir A. Desai
    An entrepreneur is forced to analyze the tradeoffs between different equity providers through a detailed analysis of venture financing terms and cash flow forecasts. The founder of a Web-based IMS for schools must negotiate a term sheet, determine funding needs, value... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Forecasting and Prediction; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Equity; Negotiation Deal; Valuation
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    Desai, Mihir A. "Financing of Project Achieve, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 200-042, April 2000.
    • 11 Mar 2014
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    The Looming Challenge of U.S. Competitiveness

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Professor Porter evaluated US competitiveness and its implications for Philadelphia. Host Dr. Mercedes Delgado, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management within the Fox School of Business, is a co-researcher on Professor Porter's work on innovation clusters and... View Details
    Keywords: Competitiveness; U.S. Competitiveness; Competition; Development Economics; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Philadelphia; United States
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    Porter, Michael E. "The Looming Challenge of U.S. Competitiveness." Innovation Leadership Speaker Series, Temple University, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, March 11, 2014.
    • July 2015
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    A Behavioral Model of the Popularity and Regulation of Demandable Liabilities

    By: Julio J. Rotemberg
    Overoptimism regarding one's ability to arrive early in a queue is shown to rationalize deposit contracts in which people can withdraw their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Banks and Banking
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    Rotemberg, Julio J. "A Behavioral Model of the Popularity and Regulation of Demandable Liabilities." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 7, no. 3 (July 2015): 123–152.
    • October 2005 (Revised September 2006)
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    Museum of Fine Arts Boston

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
    One of Boston's main cultural attractions, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), has experienced a steady decline of its core audience over the last decade. The museum's executive director attempted to bridge the shortfall by staging new, innovative, special exhibitions,... View Details
    Keywords: Product Marketing; Growth Management; Innovation Leadership; Capital; Financing and Loans; Service Operations; Consumer Behavior
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    Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Museum of Fine Arts Boston." Harvard Business School Case 506-027, October 2005. (Revised September 2006.)
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    Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances

    We argue that the stock of prior alliances between participants in the biotechnology sector forms a network that serves as a governance mechanism in interfirm transactions. To test how this network substitutes for other governance mechanisms, we examine how equity... View Details
    Keywords: Network Effects; Governance; Strategy; Alliances; Stocks; Market Transactions; Equity; Mortgages; Biotechnology Industry
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    Robinson, David, and Toby E. Stuart. "Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 23, no. 1 (April 2007): 242–273.
    • October 2019
    • Supplement

    Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)

    By: George Serafeim
    The (B) case describes Tingle and Pierre-Jacques’ decision to commit fully to Harlem Capital as their post-graduation job. The case explores the results of their fundraising efforts, new strategic partnerships, and how they plan to “build the market” in order to... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Gender Bias; Gender Inequality; Minority Representation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Investment Management; Investing; Inequality; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Equity; Mission and Purpose; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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    Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 120-041, October 2019.
    • July 2023 (Revised October 2024)
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    Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

    By: Paul M. Healy and Jung Koo Kang
    The case explores the challenges of revenue recognition and financial reporting for Stride Funding (Stride), a fintech startup that has disrupted the student loan market. Stride leveraged proprietary machine learning and financial models to underwrite alternative... View Details
    Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Compliance; Accrual Accounting; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Healy, Paul M., and Jung Koo Kang. "Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup." Harvard Business School Case 124-015, July 2023. (Revised October 2024.)
    • 22 Aug 2017
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    Investors as Stewards of the Commons?

    Keywords: by George Serafeim
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications for Financial Regulation

    By: Julio J. Rotemberg
    A model is developed that rationalizes contracts that give depositors the right to obtain funds on demand even when depositors intend to use these funds for consumption in the future. This is explained by depositor overoptimism regarding their own ability to collect... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Insurance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Consumer Behavior; Financial Services Industry
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    Rotemberg, Julio J. "A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications for Financial Regulation." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16620, December 2010.
    • June 2006 (Revised January 2012)
    • Case

    Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)

    By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
    Teena Lerner started her own hedge fund firm in 2001 after nearly 20 years as a star biotechnology analyst and hedge fund manager. After the start-up phase, her firm became highly profitable. In 2004, however, one of her four analysts lost a lot of money for the firm.... View Details
    Keywords: Managerial Roles; Investment Funds; Performance; Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry
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    Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-088, June 2006. (Revised January 2012.)
    • May 2010
    • Supplement

    Tremblant Capital Group Exhibits (CW)

    By: Robin Greenwood
    Brett Barakett, CEO and founder of Tremblant Capital Group, a New York-based hedge fund, must decide what to do with his fund's position in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which has dropped in value by more than 40 percent in recent months. Tremblant is a hedge fund... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Stocks; Investment Funds; Consumer Behavior; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; New York (state, US)
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    Greenwood, Robin. "Tremblant Capital Group Exhibits (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 210-710, May 2010.
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