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- August 1997 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In March 1995, YPF (the former Argentine state-owned oil and gas utility, privatized in late 1993) acquired the Dallas-based Maxus Energy Corp., one of the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration companies. YPF's first acquisition is nearly bankrupt, with... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalization; Borrowing and Debt; Privatization; Managerial Roles; Energy Industry; Argentina; Texas
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform." Harvard Business School Case 398-005, August 1997. (Revised February 1999.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
unfamiliar with complex management, he proved a superlative administrator, with a sure sense of managerial hierarchies . Most of all, Hamilton wrote—hundreds, ultimately thousands of pages: orders, letters, reorganization plans, essays on strategy, ideas for View Details
- March 2011
- Article
Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans
By: Victoria Ivashina and Zheng Sun
Between 2001 and 2007, annual institutional funding in highly leveraged loans went up from $32 billion to $426 billion, accounting for nearly 70% of the jump in total syndicated loan issuance over the same period. Did the inflow of institutional funding in the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Financial Crisis; Credit; Debt Securities; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates; Investment
Ivashina, Victoria, and Zheng Sun. "Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans." Journal of Financial Economics 99, no. 3 (March 2011): 500–522.
- February 1992 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989
By: Peter Tufano
Japanese financial institutions' willingness to sell put options on the Nikkei Stock Average provides investment banks with the raw material from which to create a security that would allow U.S. investors to bet on falls in the Japanese Stock Market. The investment... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Investment Banking; Product Design; Globalized Markets and Industries; Japan; United States
Tufano, Peter. "Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989." Harvard Business School Case 292-113, February 1992. (Revised September 1995.)
- June 2007
- Exercise
EZAmuse Negotiation Background (A)
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
This is the background to an exercise in negotiation. A promising venture-capital-backed company, EZAmuse Communications, is raising a B round. Its existing backer, Reality Venture Partners, would like it to raise enough for six or nine months, when it will have... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Leadership Style; Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Product; Germany
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "EZAmuse Negotiation Background (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 807-007, June 2007.
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
years than it is today,” says Viceira, “and I think that is safer than betting on any one specific economy.” Related Reading: Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets View Details
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
with the task of fashioning an appropriate fiscal response. Bold recovery plans would seem to be in order, but how that response is financed holds great import for Japan's economic future. With government deficits equaling 10% of GDP, and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- December 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Note on Private Equity Securities, A
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of the primary securities used in private equity, their structures, and the economic motivation behind their designs. View Details
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Josh Lerner. "Note on Private Equity Securities, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-027, December 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
- September 1987
- Background Note
What Do Venture Capitalists Do?
Presents the results derived from 49 responses to a questionnaire mailed to 100 venture capitalists in late 1984. The purpose of the survey was to shed light on the relationship between venture capitalists and their portfolio companies. The survey revealed that the... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Recruitment; Surveys; Managerial Roles; Service Operations; Relationships; Service Industry
Sahlman, William A. "What Do Venture Capitalists Do?" Harvard Business School Background Note 288-015, September 1987.
- February 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Apax Partners and Xerium S.A.
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
In 2002, Apax Partners had to decide whether to accept a less-than-perfect offer for one of its portfolio companies or to refinance it. This company, a maker of paper industry consumables with a global presence, had been purchased in 1999 and performed extremely well... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business Exit or Shutdown; Borrowing and Debt; Investment; Cash Flow; Pulp and Paper Industry
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Apax Partners and Xerium S.A." Harvard Business School Case 804-084, February 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- May 1985 (Revised November 1990)
- Case
Spinnaker Software Corp.
Describes the problems faced by a company that has experienced remarkable growth, but growth which is below projections. The management must evaluate the company's position in the turbulent software industry. The two partners must then decide whether to cut back to... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Software; Information Technology Industry
Stevenson, Howard H. "Spinnaker Software Corp." Harvard Business School Case 385-252, May 1985. (Revised November 1990.)
- September 2010
- Article
Bank Lending During the Financial Crisis of 2008
This paper documents that new loans to large borrowers fell by 47% during the peak period of the financial crisis (fourth quarter of 2008) relative to the prior quarter and by 79% relative to the peak of the credit boom (second quarter of 2007). New lending for real... View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Financing and Loans; Credit; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Crisis; Banking Industry
Ivashina, Victoria, and David S. Scharfstein. "Bank Lending During the Financial Crisis of 2008." Journal of Financial Economics 97, no. 3 (September 2010): 319–338.
- August 2007
- Teaching Note
Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone (TN)
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note to 706057. View Details
- December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund
By: Victoria Ivashina and Andre F. Perold
In December 2008, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Rosetree Capital Management was evaluating the purchase of a pool of U.S. residential mortgages. The firm had formed an investment vehicle to acquire troubled residential mortgages... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Mortgages; Investment; Housing; Valuation; United States
Ivashina, Victoria, and Andre F. Perold. "Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund." Harvard Business School Case 209-088, December 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
- June 2009 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Busse Place
By: Arthur I Segel, William J. Poorvu, Richard Kessler, Justin Seth Ginsburgh and Eric Fleiss
Busse Corporate Center's largest tenant recently declared bankruptcy, leaving the building 38% occupied and significantly overleveraged. In a depressed suburban Chicago office market, Hannah Sanchez, the leasing agent, has to negotiate lease proposals with three... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Mortgages; Investment; Leasing; Property; Real Estate Industry; Chicago
Segel, Arthur I., William J. Poorvu, Richard Kessler, Justin Seth Ginsburgh, and Eric Fleiss. "Busse Place." Harvard Business School Case 209-154, June 2009. (Revised November 2020.)
- fall 2001
- Article
Structuring Loan Syndicates: A Case Study of the Hong Kong Disneyland Project Loan
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Esty, Benjamin C. "Structuring Loan Syndicates: A Case Study of the Hong Kong Disneyland Project Loan." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 14, no. 3 (fall 2001): 80–95.
- June 2013
- Article
Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production
By: Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam
We present a model that helps explain several past collapses of securitization markets. Originators issue too many informationally insensitive securities in good times, blunting investor incentives to become informed. The resulting endogenous scarcity of informed... View Details
Hanson, Samuel G., and Adi Sunderam. "Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production." Journal of Financial Economics 108, no. 3 (June 2013): 565–584. (Internet Appendix Here.)
- December 1989
- Article
Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company
By: George P. Baker and Karen Wruck
Baker, George P., and Karen Wruck. "Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company." Journal of Financial Economics 25 (December 1989).
- September 2003 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Emergence, Valhalla, and Orchid: Divergent Models for Venture Capital Funds
By: William A. Sahlman and Matthew Willis
Compares and contrasts three different venture capital funds from the perspective of a potential investor. The first fund has a technology-enabled services preference, the second a Mid-Atlantic region preference, and the third a seed round preference. Students are... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Information Technology; Venture Capital
Sahlman, William A., and Matthew Willis. "Emergence, Valhalla, and Orchid: Divergent Models for Venture Capital Funds." Harvard Business School Case 804-056, September 2003. (Revised January 2005.)