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Corporate Restructuring and Governance in East Asia

Economic Development and Political Change in China: village elections, grassroots governance, and township finance and fiscal politics View Details
  • August 2000 (Revised August 2003)
  • Case

Cox Communications, Inc., 1999

This case focuses on how much external financing a firm needs and what securities the firm should issue to raise this financing. Cox Communications is a major player in the cable industry, which is consolidating due to technological changes/capabilities brought about... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Telecommunications Industry
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Chacko, George C., and Peter Tufano. "Cox Communications, Inc., 1999." Harvard Business School Case 201-003, August 2000. (Revised August 2003.)
  • May 2010
  • Teaching Note

Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy (Brief Case)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
Teaching Note for 4199. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; International Business; Subsidiaries, Leadership; Project Management; Multinational Corporations; Implementing Strategy; Management; International Finance; Leadership; Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Labor Unions; Organizational Culture; Projects
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Bartlett, Christopher A., and Benjamin H. Barlow. "Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 104-200, May 2010.

    Ishita Sen

    Ishita Sen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit. She teaches the Finance I course in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Sen’s research focuses on financial intermediation, asset pricing, and insurance markets. In her current... View Details

    • March 2018
    • Teaching Note

    Project Titan at Northrop Grumman

    By: C. Fritz Foley, Lauren G. Pickle, David Lane and F. Katelynn Boland
    Teaching Note for HBS No. 215-001. In March of 2011, Northrop Grumman divested shipbuilding assets through the spin-off of Huntington Ingalls Industries. This case reviews many of the key questions faced by Northrop's CEO, CFO, and top management team during this... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Reorganization; Spin Off; Asset Sales; Managing Portfolios Of Businesses; Managing Change; Diversification; Change Management; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    Foley, C. Fritz, Lauren G. Pickle, David Lane, and F. Katelynn Boland. "Project Titan at Northrop Grumman." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-103, March 2018.
    • February 1991 (Revised July 1994)
    • Case

    Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company

    A junior portfolio manager at a major life insurance company must choose among various public and private debt alternatives in connection with the funding of a new Guaranteed Investment Contract. The case serves as an introduction to life insurance companies as... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Management; Insurance; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry
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    Moore, Ronald W. "Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 291-030, February 1991. (Revised July 1994.)
    • May 2021
    • Teaching Note

    BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit

    By: Aiyesha Dey
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 120-042 View Details
    Keywords: BlackRock; Investment Management; Stewardship Codes; Stewardship Role Of Institutions; ESG; Purpose; Corporate Purpose; Investment; Asset Management; Corporate Governance; Mission and Purpose; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Deshpandé, Rohit, Aiyesha Dey, and George Serafeim. "BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 121-089, May 2021.
    • May 2012
    • Technical Note

    Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing

    By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
    Social Impact Investment is a rapidly expanding field, but terminology in the field is poorly defined and imprecise. This note suggests frameworks that help to clarify important dimensions of SII projects, distinguishing and clarifying key differences in approaches to... View Details
    Keywords: Development Stage Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Instruments; Performance Measurement; Balanced Scorecard; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Research; Framework; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
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    Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch". "Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing." Harvard Business School Technical Note 312-091, May 2012.
    • January 2014
    • Technical Note

    A Note on Funding Digital Innovation Startups

    By: Karim Lakhani, Michael Norris and Andrew Otazo
    This note provides information on the state of startup financing in Silicon Valley in 2013. It details different avenues startups have to raise funding, including venture capital, corporate venture capital, angel investors, incubators, and crowdfunding. View Details
    Keywords: Startup; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Angel Investors; Accelerator; Crowdfunding; Silicon Valley; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; California
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    Lakhani, Karim, Michael Norris, and Andrew Otazo. "A Note on Funding Digital Innovation Startups." Harvard Business School Technical Note 614-039, January 2014.

      Kristin W. Mugford

      Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community. She previously served as Faculty Chair for field-based learning and... View Details

      • April 2002 (Revised February 2003)
      • Module Note

      Teaching Project Finance: An Overview of the Large-Scale Investment Course

      By: Benjamin C. Esty
      Large-Scale Investment is a case-based course about project finance for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a single-purpose industrial... View Details
      Keywords: Projects; Financing and Loans
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      Esty, Benjamin C. "Teaching Project Finance: An Overview of the Large-Scale Investment Course." Harvard Business School Module Note 202-086, April 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
      • November 2011
      • Article

      Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation

      By: Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Yuhai Xuan
      This article examines the impact of the divergence between corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights on firms' external finance constraints via generalized method of moments estimation of an investment Euler equation.  Using a large sample of U.S.... View Details
      Keywords: Ownership; Social Enterprise; Reputation; Cash Flow; Annuities; Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Reporting; Accounting Audits; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Lin, Chen, Yue Ma, and Yuhai Xuan. "Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation." Journal of Financial Economics 102, no. 2 (November 2011): 416–431.
      • 15 Aug 2014
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      Getting a handle on inversion

      • February 2023
      • Article

      Climate Solutions Investments

      By: Alex Cheema-Fox, George Serafeim and Hui (Stacie) Wang
      An increasing number of companies are providing products and services that help reduce carbon emissions in the economy. We develop a methodology to identify those companies and create a sample of publicly listed climate solutions companies allowing us to study their... View Details
      Keywords: Decarbonization; Climate Finance; Climate Impact; Climate Risk; Environment; Sustainability; Carbon Emissions; Electric Vehicles; Energy; Renewables; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Emerging Markets; Investment Portfolio
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      Cheema-Fox, Alex, George Serafeim, and Hui (Stacie) Wang. "Climate Solutions Investments." Journal of Portfolio Management 49, no. 3 (February 2023): 72–96.
      • Spring 2014
      • Article

      Attracting Long-Term Investors Through Integrated Thinking and Reporting: A Clinical Study of a Biopharmaceutical Company

      By: Andrew Knauer and George Serafeim
      Faced with a large percentage of investors that chase short-term returns, companies could benefit by attracting investors with longer-term horizons and incentives that are more consistent with the long-term strategy of the company. The managers of most companies take... View Details
      Keywords: Investing; Asset Management; Long-term Investing; Short-termism; Sustainability; Integrated Reporting; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Pharmaceuticals; Leadership; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Investment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Finance; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Knauer, Andrew, and George Serafeim. "Attracting Long-Term Investors Through Integrated Thinking and Reporting: A Clinical Study of a Biopharmaceutical Company." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 26, no. 2 (Spring 2014): 57–64.
      • July 1982 (Revised August 2006)
      • Background Note

      Tax Factors in Business Combinations

      By: Henry B. Reiling
      Discusses the theory and rules governing the taxation of business combinations (mergers and acquisitions). Related information from state corporate law, federal securities law, accounting, and finance is also provided. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
      Keywords: Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Law
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      Reiling, Henry B. "Tax Factors in Business Combinations." Harvard Business School Background Note 283-015, July 1982. (Revised August 2006.)
      • August 2010
      • Case

      Flash Memory, Inc.

      By: William E. Fruhan and Craig Stephenson
      The CFO of Flash Memory, Inc. prepares the company's investing and financing plans for the next three years. Flash Memory is a small firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of solid state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for the computer and electronics... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting; Financial Management; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; United States
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      Fruhan, William E., and Craig Stephenson. "Flash Memory, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-230, August 2010.
      • July 2021
      • Article

      Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness

      By: Jody Grewal, Clarissa Hauptmann and George Serafeim
      As part of the SEC’s revision of Regulation S-K, many investors proposed the mandatory disclosure of sustainability information in the form of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. However, progress is contingent on collecting evidence regarding which... View Details
      Keywords: Voluntary Disclosure; Accounting Standards; Sustainability; Nonfinancial Information; Corporate Social Responsibility; Stock Price Informativeness; Synchronicity; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Accountability; Stocks; Price; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Accounting; Standards
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      Grewal, Jody, Clarissa Hauptmann, and George Serafeim. "Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness." Journal of Business Ethics 171, no. 3 (July 2021): 513–544.

        Brian K. Baik

        Brian Baik is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum.

        Professor Baik studies how information, financial reporting, and... View Details

        Keywords: private equity (LBO funds); venture capital industry
        • November 2017 (Revised April 2019)
        • Case

        Summa Equity: Building Purpose-Driven Organizations

        By: George Serafeim
        In 2015, Reynir Indahl left top Nordic private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to found Summa Equity (Summa). After long contemplation following the financial crisis, Indahl was convinced the financial system was producing negative externalities and that the current... View Details
        Keywords: Corporate Purpose; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Social Impact; Investment Management; Management Practices; Innovation; Voice; Environmental Impact; Private Equity; Social Enterprise; Finance; Capital Markets; Management Practices and Processes; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; Norway; Sweden; Scandinavia
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        Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "Summa Equity: Building Purpose-Driven Organizations." Harvard Business School Case 118-028, November 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
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