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  • September 2008 (Revised September 2010)
  • Case

Ithmar Capital

By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The founders of Ithmar Capital, a mid-market private equity fund targeting businesses in and addressing the Gulf Co-operation Council countries, are about to raise their third fund, targeting $1 billion. The firm's current strategy as demonstrated in Funds I ($70... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry
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Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Ithmar Capital." Harvard Business School Case 809-032, September 2008. (Revised September 2010.)
  • September 2018 (Revised August 2021)
  • Teaching Note

Blackstone at Age 30 and Blackstone at 35

By: Josh Lerner
This teaching note is meant to guide in the instruction of HBS No. 316-013 "Blackstone at 30" case. It examines the process of institutionalization and scaling in private equity and alternative investments more generally, looking specifically at how Blackstone's size... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Blackstone; Alternative Assets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business Growth and Maturation; Public Ownership; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Services Industry
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Lerner, Josh. "Blackstone at Age 30 and Blackstone at 35." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 819-053, September 2018. (Revised August 2021.)
  • 26 Feb 2020
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Think Twice Before You Invest in a Private-Equity Fund

  • 17 Oct 2024
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John Coates: Most Americans aren’t aware of how concentrated the financial sector has gotten

  • November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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Wallbox

By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Max Hancock
Enric Asunción co-founded Wallbox, a private EV charger company, in Spain in 2015. As CEO, Asunción transformed the company from a small start-up, focused on the European market, to a multimillion-dollar enterprise with offices on three continents. In 2021, a private... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Going Public; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Startups; Entrepreneurial Finance; Spain; United States; United Kingdom
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Rodríguez Arregui, Álvaro, and Max Hancock. "Wallbox." Harvard Business School Case 824-035, November 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
  • January 2007 (Revised May 2008)
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National Logistics Management: Founder Decisions

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Scott Taylor, CEO & founder of NLM, is a serial entrepreneur faced with an important decision. As his industry consolidates, he knows that his company must grow quickly, yet he believes he has reached the limit of what organic growth can achieve. Should he accept the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Supply Chain
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Elizabeth Collins. "National Logistics Management: Founder Decisions." Harvard Business School Case 807-125, January 2007. (Revised May 2008.)
  • March 2023
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Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission

By: Ethan Rouen, Dennis Campbell and Andrew Robinson
Pete Stavros was on a high after his latest experiment with employee ownership. As the head of industrial investments for KKR, Stavros orchestrated the sale of CHI Overhead Doors, which turned into KKR’s best investment in more than two decades and created $360 million... View Details
Keywords: Employee Ownership; Knowledge Sharing; Nonprofit Organizations
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Rouen, Ethan, Dennis Campbell, and Andrew Robinson. "Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission." Harvard Business School Case 123-079, March 2023.
  • 22 Feb 2013
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Mindful of Bubbles in a Boom for Deals

  • 11 Mar 2018
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SoftBank Looks to Invade Wall Street’s Turf

  • October 2009
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Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market

By: Julie Wulf
I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Capital Budgeting; Business Headquarters; Investment; Opportunities; Cost; Value; Motivation and Incentives; Equity
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Wulf, Julie. "Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 72, no. 1 (October 2009): 305–321.
  • September 2008
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Yucheng Technology

By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Chang Chen and Aldo Sesia
The founder and CEO of an IT company servicing the needs of the financial services industry in China needs to raise capital for the company to grow and survive. He has two options. He can try and obtain financing from private equity investors, or he can accept a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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Jin, Li, Li Liao, Chang Chen, and Aldo Sesia. "Yucheng Technology." Harvard Business School Case 209-048, September 2008.
  • February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
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Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum

By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Tad O'Malley has just started as an associate with Empire Investment Group. He must evaluate three investment opportunities facing the big leveraged buyout firm. All are global, but each pertains to different offices and each deal has different strengths and... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Investment; Strength and Weakness; Negotiation Deal; Personal Development and Career
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Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 808-125, February 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
  • April 1999 (Revised November 1999)
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Columbia Capital Corporation: Summer 1998

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Justin D. Wasik
In August 1998, the partners of Columbia Capital in Arlington, Va. made a decision about whether or not to raise an outside fund for venture capital investing. Columbia had begun in 1988 as a boutique investment bank focused on the telecommunications industry, but had... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Partners and Partnerships; Investment Funds; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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Hardymon, G. Felda, and Justin D. Wasik. "Columbia Capital Corporation: Summer 1998." Harvard Business School Case 899-255, April 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
  • May 2017
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Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz
Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Private Equity
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Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 217-064, May 2017.
  • 17 Sep 2024
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The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

Zoe Sun (MBA 2024) is a recent graduate from China. Prior to HBS, she worked at an Asia-focused private equity fund in Hong Kong. At HBS, she was Co-Chief Admissions Ambassador and Social Chair for Greater... View Details
  • February 2025
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Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (B)

By: Charles CY Wang and Billy Chan
For years, institutional investors had experienced very limited success in influencing the management of listed companies through shareholder activist campaigns in Korea. The common practice of circular ownership and public resentment toward foreign shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Public Equity; Stocks; Investment Activism; Music Entertainment; Corporate Governance; Success; Business and Shareholder Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; South Korea
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Wang, Charles CY, and Billy Chan. "Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 125-066, February 2025.

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    Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on families in business, and she is the creator of Demystifying the Family Enterprise, a course that explores... View Details

    • June 2022 (Revised November 2023)
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    Individual FoodService, Kelso, and Ken Sweder

    By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
    When and how much risk to take? In October 2020, Ken Sweder, CEO of Individual FoodService (“IFS”), contemplated this question as he evaluated a proposal to acquire Brady Industries, a distributor of janitorial and sanitation products. Sweder and his private equity... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Risk Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Value Creation; Business Divisions
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    Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Individual FoodService, Kelso, and Ken Sweder." Harvard Business School Case 822-144, June 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
    • 15 Apr 2015
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    New Enterprise Raises Record-Breaking $2.8 Billion Venture Fund

    • February 2025 (Revised May 2025)
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    Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (A)

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Billy Chan
    For years, institutional investors had experienced very limited success in influencing the management of listed companies through shareholder activist campaigns in Korea. The common practice of circular ownership and public resentment toward foreign shareholder... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Reporting; Public Equity; Stocks; Investment Activism; Music Entertainment; Corporate Governance; Success; Business and Shareholder Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; South Korea
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    Wang, Charles C.Y., and Billy Chan. "Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (A)." Harvard Business School Case 125-065, February 2025. (Revised May 2025.)
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