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  • February 2020 (Revised September 2021)
  • Supplement

Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (B)

By: Shawn Cole, Michael Norris and T. Robert Zochowski
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Mission-Related Investing; Philanthropy; Foundation; Endowments; Socially Responsible Investing; Investment; Institutional Investing; Investment Activism; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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Cole, Shawn, Michael Norris, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 220-027, February 2020. (Revised September 2021.)
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Investment Management

Professor Chacko's research looks into the portfolio choice decisions of individuals and institutions. He is particularly concerned with optimal portfolio choice and consumption decisions in a dynamic framework. His work looks at how economic agents make these... View Details
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Impact Investments

Mission Statement The Project on Impact Investments is dedicated to studying the universe of impact investors and portfolio companies that seek to generate social benefits alongside financial returns as well as creating the infrastructure... View Details
  • 09 Jul 2020
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A Conversation with Sir Ronald Cohen on Impact Investing

Keywords: impact investing; social enterprise
  • March 2018
  • Supplement

JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (B)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Local Economic Development; Workforce Development; Philanthropic Investment; Financial Institutions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Banking Industry; United States; Michigan
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Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 918-410, March 2018.
  • July 2012
  • Case

Generation Investment Management

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
Examines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Generation; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Welfare; Financial Services Industry; India; United Kingdom
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Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "Generation Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 613-002, July 2012.
  • November 1995 (Revised October 2000)
  • Case

Acme Investment Trust

By: Josh Lerner
Acme Investment Trust is considering investing in a private equity partnership that is seeking only 15% of the profits, instead of the standard 20%. The management fee requested, however, is higher than in its earlier fund. The pension managers must consider the... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Private Equity; Organizations; Investment Funds; Motivation and Incentives; Financial Services Industry
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Lerner, Josh. "Acme Investment Trust." Harvard Business School Case 296-042, November 1995. (Revised October 2000.)
  • February 2004 (Revised November 2012)
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Capital Investment Analysis

By: Dwight B. Crane and Josh Lerner
Teaches techniques of evaluating investment alternatives. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Investment Return
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Crane, Dwight B., and Josh Lerner. "Capital Investment Analysis." Harvard Business School Exercise 204-140, February 2004. (Revised November 2012.)
  • March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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The Annenberg Foundation: Promoting Diversity in the Investment Management Industry

By: Randolph B. Cohen and Johnson Elugbadebo
Keywords: Investment Management; Investing; Foundations; Fund Management; Diversity; Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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Cohen, Randolph B., and Johnson Elugbadebo. "The Annenberg Foundation: Promoting Diversity in the Investment Management Industry." Harvard Business School Case 224-065, March 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
  • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
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Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil

By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski
ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Global Warming; Impact Investment Funds; Hedge Fund Activism; Leadership Development; Business Model; Renewable Energy; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards
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Kramer, Mark, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Engine No. 1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil." Harvard Business School Case 222-028, October 2021. (Revised May 2023.)
  • September 2010 (Revised May 2012)
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Windward Investment Management

By: Luis M. Viceira and Ricardo Alberto De Armas
Windward Investment Management has experienced rapid growth in assets under management in just ten years, from under $30 million at year-end 1999 to $3.6 billion in 2010. Windward is one of the leading firms in the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) industry that... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Valuation; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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Viceira, Luis M., and Ricardo Alberto De Armas. "Windward Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 211-005, September 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
  • October 2002 (Revised March 2009)
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Foreign Direct Investment

By: Laura Alfaro and Esteban Clavell
Briefly reviews motivations and trends behind foreign direct investment and multinational corporations as well as the policy debate that surrounds them. View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Business and Government Relations
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Alfaro, Laura, and Esteban Clavell. "Foreign Direct Investment." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-018, October 2002. (Revised March 2009.)
  • May 1995 (Revised August 2008)
  • Background Note

Intercorporate Equity Investments

By: David F. Hawkins
Discusses accounting for intercorporate equity investments and the preparation of consolidated financial statements. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Investment; Financial Statements
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Hawkins, David F. "Intercorporate Equity Investments." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-237, May 1995. (Revised August 2008.)
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Investment Management Workshop

By: Luis M. Viceira
Investing and Strategic Decision-Making for Principals, Portfolio Managers, and Executives of Asset Management Firms

For nearly 50 years, the Investment Management Workshop (IMW) has convened the world's top principals, portfolio managers, and... View Details
  • April 2005
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The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber

In 2005, the University of Chicago Investment office was deciding how much capital to allocate toward timber investing. Explores the challenges associated with optimal portfolio construction when one of the invested assets is illiquid with limited historical price... View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry
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Hecht, Peter A., and David Mace. "The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber." Harvard Business School Case 205-101, April 2005.
  • December 1995 (Revised December 1995)
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Yale University Investments Office

By: Josh Lerner and Jay O. Light
Yale University's investment office was responsible for managing its endowment, which totaled nearly $4 billion in June 1995. Yale had developed a rather different approach to endowment management, including substantial investments in "less efficient" equity markets... View Details
Keywords: Assets; Private Equity; Investment; Investment Return; Management; Markets; Strategy; Education Industry
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Lerner, Josh, and Jay O. Light. "Yale University Investments Office." Harvard Business School Case 296-040, December 1995. (Revised December 1995.)
  • 2015
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Strategy-Proofness, Investment Efficiency, and Marginal Returns: An Equivalence

By: John William Hatfield, Fuhito Kojima and Scott Duke Kominers
We show that a mechanism induces an agent to make efficient ex ante investment choices if and only if it rewards that agent with his marginal surplus; additionally, for an ex post efficient mechanism, these properties are equivalent to strategy-proofness for the agent.... View Details
Keywords: Strategy-proofness; Investment Efficiency; Providing Marginal Rewards; Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Mechanisms; Mechanism Design; Market Design; Human Capital
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Hatfield, John William, Fuhito Kojima, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Strategy-Proofness, Investment Efficiency, and Marginal Returns: An Equivalence." Working Paper, January 2015.
  • October 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
In 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight countries, was acquired by The Rise Fund, one of the world’s largest private social impact investing funds, and by FS... View Details
Keywords: Investing; Investing For Impact; Ecotourism; COVID-19; Equity Financing; Strategy Formulation; Profitability; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Sustainability; Conservation Planning; Corporate Social Responsibility; Investment; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Financing and Loans; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Pandemics; Tourism Industry; Africa; Rwanda; Angola
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Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 321-020, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
  • December 1999
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Brierley Investments Limited

By: Paul M. Healy
Brierley's is an investment company that has performed poorly in the New Zealand market. Management has prepared a report of the intrinsic value of the company's investments. View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Evaluation; Investment; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; New Zealand
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Healy, Paul M. "Brierley Investments Limited." Harvard Business School Case 100-014, December 1999.
  • July 2003 (Revised January 2004)
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Carol Brewer's Investments

By: Richard S. Ruback and Julia Stevens
Following her husband's death in 1994, Carol Brewer took over the management of her family's investments. This case describes the decisions Brewer made during this process, including her choice to seek active account management, her selection of an investment firm, and... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Retirement; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Management; Personal Finance; Investment Banking; Investment Return
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Ruback, Richard S., and Julia Stevens. "Carol Brewer's Investments." Harvard Business School Case 204-017, July 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
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