Publications

August 2001
Teaching Note

Intel 64 Fund TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-800-351). View Details

Keywords: Computer Industry

23 Jun 2015
Blog Post

What is SVMP?

and opportunity in business education. During their week on campus, SVMP students are taught by HBS faculty through the renowned case method. Participants spend evenings analyzing real-business cases, and use morning study groups and... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

(HBS Press, 2008), by BusinessWeek editor Spencer E. Ante. What follows is an excerpt adapted from the book. Venture capital has existed in one form or another since the earliest days of commercial activity. The Spanish monarchy and... View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

July 2024
Teaching Note

The Israeli Innovation Authority: Decision-Making in a Time of Uncertainty

By: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Sabrina T. Howell

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 824-198. View Details

September 2013
Article

Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing

By: Lily H. Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner

Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all private equity investments. Their market share is highest during peaks of the private equity market, when the parent banks arrange more debt financing for in-house transactions yet have the lowest exposure to... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

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January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
Case

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark Wiseman, Senior Vice President of the... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Capital; Financial Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Canada

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August 2008
Teaching Note

Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for [808125]. View Details

Keywords: Investment; Opportunities; Leveraged Buyouts; Personal Development and Career; Resource Allocation

May 2008
Teaching Note

Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for [807005]. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

May 2004 (Revised October 2007)
Background Note

Best Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Describes investment decision-making processes, based on interviews with 56% of the top 38 venture capital firms in the country. Discusses some implications for the future growth of the industry. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Venture Capital; Investment; Industry Growth

April 2004
Case

Case Vignette: The Salesman Saga

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

A venture capitalist faces a situation in which a struggling portfolio company has found a promising vice president of sales through a recruitment agency. The candidate would be an excellent fit for another one of the investor's companies--one that is doing much... View Details

Keywords: Salesforce Management; Corporate Governance; Venture Capital; Ethics; Recruitment

April 2004 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Montagu Private Equity (B)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

November 2003 (Revised March 2005)
Teaching Note

Martin Smith: May 2002 (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note to (9-802-160). View Details

January 2003 (Revised June 2003)
Case

Adams Capital Management: March 2002

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

In March 2002, the five partners of Adams Capital Management (ACM), a venture capital firm investing in information technology telecommunications with $700 million under management, gathered to discuss whether they should change their strategy in view of the prolonged... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Business or Company Management; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry

December 2002 (Revised November 2003)
Case

Tympani Board, The

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Mike Tarkington, a partner at Reality Venture Partners, must recommend a course of action to his colleague, Steve Bonhomme. Bonhomme is trying to decide whom he should put on the board of a company that is acquiring one of Reality's portfolio companies. Reality will... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Equity; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Finland; United States

August 2001
Teaching Note

Investitori Associati: Exiting the Savio LBO (A) and (B) TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-299-048) and (9-299-106). View Details

August 2001
Teaching Note

Francisco Partners TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-200-063). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

August 2001
Teaching Note

Yale University Investments Office: July 2000 (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-201-048). A rewritten version of an earlier teaching note. View Details

Keywords: Education Industry