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  • September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
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MAYA Capital

By: Robert F. White, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
MAYA Capital co-founders Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro raised $41.5 million through a series of closings for their early-stage Latin American venture capital fund. The two women had met for the first time in mid-2016 when Lemann was contemplating scaling her angel... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage; Portfolio Construction; Fund Management; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Strategy; Business Startups; Management; Investment Funds; Latin America
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White, Robert F., Carla Larangeira, and Pedro Levindo. "MAYA Capital." Harvard Business School Case 822-038, September 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
  • September 2018
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Granite Equity Partners

By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
This case follows Rick Bauerly, CEO of Minnesota-based Granite Equity Partners, a private equity firm that specialized in buying out retiring business owners in the Minnesota community. In 2007, Granite Equity was considering an investment in Tyrell Corp. (name... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Exit; Investing; Fund Exit; Fund Management; Wealth Management; Liquidity; Buyout; Exit Strategy; Preferred Shares; Convertible Notes; Finance; Private Equity; Investment; Asset Management; Wealth; Management; Financial Liquidity
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Granite Equity Partners." Harvard Business School Case 219-040, September 2018.
  • July 2018 (Revised January 2021)
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RunKeeper

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case examines the focus of an early stage company and how venture capital can distort a founder’s view. It encompasses issues such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage Funding; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Health Industry
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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "RunKeeper." Harvard Business School Case 819-020, July 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
  • 02 Jul 2020
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Pro VC Health Pulse: Fighting Health-Care Fraud, New Playbook for Disease-Focused Nonprofits, Rhode Island Backs Data Collective Bio Fund

  • April 2024
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Fee Variation in Private Equity

By: Juliane Begenau and Emil N. Siriwardane
We study how investment fees vary within private-capital funds. Net-of-fee return clustering suggests that most funds have two tiers of fees, and we decompose differences across tiers into both management and performance-based fees. Managers of venture capital funds... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; Fee Dispersion; Search And Negotiation Frictions; Private Equity; Investment Funds
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Begenau, Juliane, and Emil N. Siriwardane. "Fee Variation in Private Equity." Journal of Finance 79, no. 2 (April 2024): 1199–1247.
  • March 2013
  • Teaching Note

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Barbarians at the Gate or White Knights of Globalization? (TN)

By: Aldo Musacchio
Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Sovereign Finance; Globalization; Emerging Markets
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Musacchio, Aldo. "Sovereign Wealth Funds: Barbarians at the Gate or White Knights of Globalization? (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 713-075, March 2013.
  • October 2019
  • Teaching Note

Granite Equity Partners

By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
This teaching note accompanies HBS case 219-040, “Granite Equity Partners,” which follows the private equity firm as it evaluates the potential acquisition of Tyrell Corp., a Minnesota-based quality control biomaterials company. Granite Equity’s fund was different from... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Exit; Investing; Fund Exit; Fund Management; Wealth Management; Liquidity; Buyout; Exit Strategy; Preferred Shares; Convertible Notes; Finance; Private Equity; Investment; Asset Management; Wealth; Management; Financial Liquidity; Minnesota; United States
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Terrence Shu. "Granite Equity Partners." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-062, October 2019.
  • April 2022 (Revised August 2022)
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Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank

By: Jonas Heese
In 2013, two employees debated whether to blow the whistle on their employer, Bell Bank, after completing an internal review that revealed undisclosed conflicts of interest. Bell Bank’s Asset Management business disproportionately invested clients’ money in Bell Bank’s... View Details
Keywords: Whistleblower; Whistleblowing; Mutual Funds; Conflicts Of Interest; Decision Making; Decisions; Judgments; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Financial Management; Investment; Investment Funds; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Law; Legal Liability; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Perspective; Trust; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
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Heese, Jonas. "Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank." Harvard Business School Case 122-022, April 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
  • June 27, 2017
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Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs —and It Affects How Much Funding They Get

By: Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark Conley and E. Tory Higgins
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Kanze, Dana, Laura Huang, Mark Conley, and E. Tory Higgins. "Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs —and It Affects How Much Funding They Get." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 27, 2017).
  • July 2015
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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015

By: F. Warren McFarlan
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McFarlan, F. Warren. "Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-006, July 2015.
  • 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.)
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Institutional Corporate Bond Pricing

By: Ishita Sen, Lorenzo Bretscher, Lukas Schmid and Varun Sharma
We propose an equilibrium corporate bond pricing model that accommodates the heterogeneity in institutional investors' preferences and mandates in an empirically tractable way. Our model, estimated on rich holdings data, quantifies investors' preferences and demand... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Bonds; Demand Systems; Insurance Companies; Mutual Funds; Liquidity; Bonds; Price; Investment Funds
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Sen, Ishita, Lorenzo Bretscher, Lukas Schmid, and Varun Sharma. "Institutional Corporate Bond Pricing." Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming).
  • June 2012
  • Technical Note

Foreign vs. Local Funds: A Note on the Dynamics of the Private Equity Industry in China

By: Li Jin and Benjamin Y. Lee
Keywords: Fundraising; Investment Management; Foreign Funds; Portfolio Management; Local Funds; Private Equity; Valuation; Investment Portfolio; China
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Jin, Li, and Benjamin Y. Lee. "Foreign vs. Local Funds: A Note on the Dynamics of the Private Equity Industry in China." Harvard Business School Technical Note 212-108, June 2012.
  • 2014
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Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships

By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih
Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Firm Performance; Public-private Partnership Funding; Translational Research; Small And Medium Enterprises; Partners and Partnerships; Public Sector; Private Sector; Performance; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention
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Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih. "Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-058, January 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
  • July 2015 (Revised March 2021)
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Proxy Contest at DuPont

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Emily McTague
On January 9, 2015, Nelson Peltz of Trian Fund Management launched a proxy fight for four out of the twelve seats on the DuPont board. The fund had previously published a public letter addressed to shareholders outlining its proposal to break the company into three... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Hedge Fund; Activist Investing; Activist Investors; Proxy Fight; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry; United States
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Emily McTague. "Proxy Contest at DuPont." Harvard Business School Case 416-005, July 2015. (Revised March 2021.)
  • March 2014 (Revised February 2015)
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Loki Capital Management

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Shikhar Ghosh and Matthew Preble
In December 2013, Michael Kane was preparing to launch his start-up's first hedge fund. While pleased with the development of the business, he wanted to address a few lingering issues before going any further. He debated whether or not to fire the company's chief... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Hedge Funds; Equity Split; Fundraising; Investor Clientele; Team Building; Human Resource Management; Human Capital; Human Resources; Equity; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Fuller, Joseph B., Shikhar Ghosh, and Matthew Preble. "Loki Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 814-049, March 2014. (Revised February 2015.)
  • December 2020
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George Soros: The Stateless Statesman

By: Geoffrey Jones and Grace Ballor
Keywords: Philanthropy; Democracy; Hedge Fund; Populism; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Finance; Financial Services Industry; Europe; Hungary; North and Central America; United Kingdom
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Grace Ballor. "George Soros: The Stateless Statesman." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 321-094, December 2020.
  • July 2024
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The Passive-Ownership Share Is Double What You Think It Is

By: Alex Chinco and Marco Sammon
Each time a stock gets added to or dropped from a benchmark index, we ask: “How much money would have to be tracking that index to explain the huge spike in rebalancing volume we observe on reconstitution day?” While index funds held 16% of the US stock market in 2021,... View Details
Keywords: Indexing; Passive Investing; Exchange-traded Funds (ETFs); Russell Reconstitution Day; Trading Volume; Information-based Asset Pricing; Investment Funds; Asset Pricing
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Chinco, Alex, and Marco Sammon. "The Passive-Ownership Share Is Double What You Think It Is." Journal of Financial Economics 157 (July 2024).
  • March 2018
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Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
In 2015, activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lackluster financial performance,... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Investing; Activist Investing; Technology; CEO Turnover; Hedge Fund Activism; Benchmarking; Corporate Governance; Information Technology; Investment Activism; Performance Improvement; Management Succession; United States
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk." Harvard Business School Case 118-086, March 2018.
  • September 2021
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021

By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 821-125. View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Strategy; Capital Markets
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Lerner, Josh. "The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 822-036, September 2021.
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