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  • 20 Nov 2014
  • News

When Activist Investors Aim at Strong Companies

  • March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market

By: Paul A. Gompers and Ahmed Dahawy
Karim Nour, the founder of Kashat, an Egyptian nano-lending fintech company, is contemplating how to manage the growth of his startup. Over the summer of 2022, Kashat's loan disbursements had grown by nearly 40%, fueled by macroeconomic instability in Egypt. However,... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Capital; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Egypt
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The Effect of Dividends on Consumption

By: Malcolm Baker, Stefan Nagel and Jeffrey Wurgler
Classical models predict that the division of stock returns into dividends and capital appreciation does not affect investor consumption patterns, while mental accounting and other economic frictions predict that investors have a higher propensity to consume from... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Investment Return; Economics; Stocks; Capital; Business Earnings; Investment Portfolio; Investment Funds; Cost; Saving
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
    • Module Note

    Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module I

    By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
    Provides an overview of a module that focuses on how private equity funds are raised and structured. View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment Funds
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    • 14 Sep 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: September 14, 2010

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/IPRImit.pdf Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector Authors:Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda Publication:In America's Energy Innovation Problem Abstract We examine the extent to which venture... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2018
    • Case

    David Hysong and SHEPHERD Therapeutics

    By: Ananth Raman, John Masko and Aldo Sesia
    In 2016, David Hysong, at age 27, found out he had a rare, incurable cancer. Rather than wait around to die, Hysong, a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, decided to launch a biotechnology company called Shepherd Therapeutics to development treatments for his... View Details
    Keywords: Cancer; Therapeutics; Drugs; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Product Development; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges
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    • Career Coach

    Peter Platzer

    market. Having re-invented his career path multiple times, he is particularly adept in helping individuals navigate career changes also later in life. Work Experience: Entrepreneurship (CEO and co-founder of a space exploration company), View Details
    Keywords: Investment Management; Investment Management; Investment Management; Investment Management; Investment Management; Investment Management
    • 09 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Unilever—A Case Study

    This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
    • Research Summary

    Formulating technology commercialization strategies

    Even if young organizations succeed in acquiring the specialized talent necessary to further develop a recently-discovered technology, they may face an uncertain path in commercializing the original invention. Initial conceptions of what might constitute a useful... View Details

    • January 2018 (Revised January 2021)
    • Case

    Colombia's 4G Road Program: The Pacífico 3 Bond Offer

    By: John Macomber, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal
    Colombia conceived its 4G (Fourth Generation) Road Program to try to attract $17 billion from the private sector for investment in toll roads. The nation had also created the National Infrastructure Agency of Colombia (ANI) to oversee multiple investments, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Private Public Partnerships; Infrastructure; Projects; Finance; Emerging Markets; Colombia
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    • June 2010 (Revised November 2013)
    • Case

    Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.

    By: Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein
    After nearly violating its loan covenants in 2009, Momentive Performance Materials, backed by its financial sponsor Apollo Global Management, took a variety of actions to restructure its debt. The restructuring steps included an open market repurchase of publicly held... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Financing and Loans
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    • December 2017 (Revised July 2020)
    • Case

    Opportunity Growth at Grupo Torre Médica

    By: Juan Alcácer, J. Ramon Lecuona-Torras and Katherine Grozier
    Senior management must make a decision for how to grow their search fund to reach the final margins for investors. View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Growth Management; Decision Making; Strategy; Mexico; Latin America
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    • February 2021 (Revised October 2021)
    • Case

    Collab Capital

    By: Natalia Rigol, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Mitchell Weiss
    Founded in 2020 by Jewel Burks Solomon and her partners, Barry Givens and Justin Dawkins, Collab Capital was a new investment firm built on two pillars: first, it would identify and support ventures founded by Black entrepreneurs, a group underrepresented in... View Details
    Keywords: Black Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Race; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; Atlanta
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    • May 2021
    • Article

    Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability

    By: Amrita Ahuja, Susan Athey, Arthur Baker, Eric Budish, Juan Camilo Castillo, Rachel Glennerster, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Canice Prendergast, Christopher M. Snyder, Alex Tabarrok, Brandon Joel Tan and Witold Wiecek
    Vaccinating the world’s population quickly in a pandemic has enormous health and economic benefits. We analyze the problem faced by governments in determining the scale and structure of procurement for vaccines. We analyze alternative approaches to procurement, arguing... View Details
    Keywords: Vaccines; Procurement; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Cooperation
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    • 26 Jan 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Rise and Fall of Demand for Securitizations

    Keywords: by Sergey Chernenko, Samuel G. Hanson & Adi Sunderam
    • October 2008 (Revised November 2010)
    • Case

    NEC Electronics

    By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
    Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment Return; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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    • October 2011 (Revised August 2017)
    • Case

    PunchTab, Inc.

    By: Ramana Nanda, William R. Kerr and Lauren Barley
    PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2011, that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile applications developers, and brands. Founder/CEO Ranjith Kumaran must make strategic decisions about how to fund... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Funds; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; San Francisco
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    What Do State-Owned Development Banks Do? Evidence from BNDES, 2002–09

    By: Sergio G. Lazzarini, Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello and Rosilene Marcon
    Defendants of state-owned development banks emphasize their role in reducing capital constraints and fostering productive investment; detractors point out that they may benefit politically connected capitalists or bail out inefficient firms. We study the effect of... View Details
    Keywords: State Capitalism; Development Banks; Industrial Policy; Banking Industry; Brazil
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    • July 2009 (Revised July 2009)
    • Case

    Delphi Corp. and the Credit Derivatives Market (A)

    By: Stuart C. Gilson, Victoria Ivashina and Sarah Abbott
    In 2005, Jane Bauer-Martin, a hedge fund manager, is considering what she should do with the fund's large investment in the publicly traded bonds of Delphi Corp., a financially troubled auto parts supplier. Delphi is General Motor's key auto parts supplier, and, like... View Details
    Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Bonds; Financial Management; Risk Management
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