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  • December 1997 (Revised September 1998)
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Yale University Investments Office: November 1997

By: Josh Lerner
David Swensen, chief investment officer at Yale University, reviews the $6 billion endowment strategy, which places an unusually heavy emphasis on private equity and other illiquid securities. Changing market conditions in November 1997 cause him to rethink... View Details
Keywords: Change; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Marketing Strategy; Strategy; Education Industry
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Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: November 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-077, December 1997. (Revised September 1998.)
  • 31 Oct 2021
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Kominers’s Conundrums: Can You Escape the Conjurer’s Curse?

  • 05 May 2021
  • News

Are Ceos Living up to the Pledges They Made after George Floyd’s Murder?

  • October 2000 (Revised December 2008)
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Doyle's Dealmaking Dilemma (A): Negotiating the Job Search

By: James K. Sebenius
MBA student Doyle Williams searches for his ideal job in a private equity group and uses his negotiation skills to try to attain the best possible compensation package. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Job Search; Negotiation Process; Personal Development and Career
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Sebenius, James K. "Doyle's Dealmaking Dilemma (A): Negotiating the Job Search." Harvard Business School Case 801-229, October 2000. (Revised December 2008.)
  • 06 Sep 2017
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Staples finalizes its sale, beginning a new chapter

  • October 2008 (Revised August 2010)
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The Christmas Eve Closing

By: Peter Tufano
In 2002, two homeowners in Massachusetts are deciding whether to refinance their home less than two years after taking out an initial mortgage and a subsequent home equity line of credit. View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Personal Finance; Consumer Behavior; Banking Industry; Massachusetts
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Tufano, Peter, and Andrea Ryan. "The Christmas Eve Closing." Harvard Business School Case 209-043, October 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
  • May 2004 (Revised May 2006)
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AsiaInfo: The IPO Decision

The cofounder and CEO of AsiaInfo, a Chinese system integrator that built 70% of China's Internet backbone, must decide whether to list equity in the United States to fund future growth. Describes the company and the decision. A rewritten version of a previous case. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Initial Public Offering; Growth Management; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Equity; Information Technology Industry; China; United States
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Roberts, Michael J., and Donald N. Sull. "AsiaInfo: The IPO Decision." Harvard Business School Case 804-183, May 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
  • 11 Sep 2020
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James Mwangi

James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya’s Equity Bank, which has one of the largest customer bases of any bank in Africa, explains his bank’s determination to remain neutral in the highly polarized Kenyan political environment. View Details
  • February 2015
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MuMaté Tool: Evaluating Financing Alternatives

By: Joseph B. Fuller
"MuMaté Tool: Evaluating Financing Alternatives" walks students through the considerations in allocating equity amongst the members of a startup's founding team. This exercise is designed to be used in conjunction with: Shikhar Ghosh, Joseph B. Fuller, Thomas E.... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Business Startups; Equity
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Fuller, Joseph B. "MuMaté Tool: Evaluating Financing Alternatives." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 315-701, February 2015.
  • February 2025 (Revised May 2025)
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Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (A)

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Billy Chan
For years, institutional investors had experienced very limited success in influencing the management of listed companies through shareholder activist campaigns in Korea. The common practice of circular ownership and public resentment toward foreign shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Public Equity; Stocks; Investment Activism; Music Entertainment; Corporate Governance; Success; Business and Shareholder Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; South Korea
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Wang, Charles C.Y., and Billy Chan. "Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (A)." Harvard Business School Case 125-065, February 2025. (Revised May 2025.)
  • March 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time

By: Michael Chu
ACCION International has been a major innovator in microfinance for 30 years. Reviews organizational context under which key industry-shaping concepts were developed (from peer group lending, guarantee funds, equity investment funds, and regulated commercial banking... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Equity; Microfinance; Employee Relationship Management; Non-Governmental Organizations
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Chu, Michael. "ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time." Harvard Business School Case 304-095, March 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
  • 25 Mar 2016
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Jim Southern, Founding Partner, Pacific Lake Partners

  • August 2003
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When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity-Dependent Firms

By: Malcolm Baker, Jeremy Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler
We use a simple model of corporate investment to determine when investment will be sensitive to non-fundamental movements in stock prices. The key cross-sectional prediction of the model is that stock prices will have a stronger impact on the investment of firms that... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Price; Investment; Equity; Forecasting and Prediction; Rank and Position; Markets
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Baker, Malcolm, Jeremy Stein, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity-Dependent Firms." Quarterly Journal of Economics 118, no. 3 (August 2003): 969–1006.
  • July 2008 (Revised November 2012)
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG

By: Noam Wasserman and Deepak Malhotra
Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement." Since then, Michael has found an angel investor and has worked non-stop on the business, while one co-founder... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Participants; Agreements and Arrangements; Business Startups; Ownership Stake
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Wasserman, Noam, and Deepak Malhotra. "UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-022, July 2008. (Revised November 2012.)
  • July 2008 (Revised November 2012)
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for MICHAEL

By: Noam Wasserman and Deepak Malhotra
Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement." Since then, Michael has found an angel investor and has worked non-stop on the business, while one co-founder... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Participants; Agreements and Arrangements; Business Startups; Ownership Stake
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Wasserman, Noam, and Deepak Malhotra. "UpDown: Confidential Instructions for MICHAEL." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-021, July 2008. (Revised November 2012.)
  • December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
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Poland's A2 Motorway

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA) is a consortium of 18 firms that won a concession to build and operate Poland's first private toll road. In June 2000, AWSA's chief financial officer, Wojciech Gebicki, is preparing for a meeting with the projects' lead bankers to... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Projects; Construction Industry; Transportation Industry; Poland
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Poland's A2 Motorway." Harvard Business School Case 202-030, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
  • November 1995 (Revised October 2000)
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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.)
  • November 2006 (Revised July 2021)
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Kerr-McGee

By: Robin Greenwood and André Perold
Activist investors Carl Icahn and Barry Rosenstein acquire a stake in Oklahoma-based company Kerr-McGee. They demand two board seats and ask the company to make several operational and financial changes, including the repurchase of equity and divestiture of their... View Details
Keywords: Investment Activism; Restructuring; Equity; Investment; Management; Governance Controls; Corporate Strategy; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; United States
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Greenwood, Robin, and André Perold. "Kerr-McGee." Harvard Business School Case 207-020, November 2006. (Revised July 2021.)

    Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook

    The 5th edition of Lerner's Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook continues to present the important historical cases of private equity while incorporating a number of new relevant and timely cases from previous best-selling issues. It... View Details
    • March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
    • Case

    3i Group plc

    By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
    Brian Larcombe, CEO of 3i Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms and one of the few publicly listed ones, is deciding how best to use his firm's international network to deliver superior returns to shareholders. This case presents 3i's history and... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Networks; Private Equity; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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    Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "3i Group plc." Harvard Business School Case 803-020, March 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
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