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  • September 2023 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

ReMo Energy: Sizing Up Investors

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Tom Quinn
In 2023, executives with ReMo Energy (founded 2020) were deciding which size ammonia plant to build as their first project. Their innovative model produced ammonia—useful for making fertilizer and for energy storage—from renewable energy, and they had received funding... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Design; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Goods and Commodities; Size; Infrastructure; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Technological Innovation; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Boston
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  • 21 Feb 2018
  • News

Investing in Tech That’s Worth the Wait

  • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
  • Case

Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin
In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important... View Details
Keywords: Water; Pricing; Nonprofit Organizations; Projects; Price; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; Equity; Green Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Africa; Dubai
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  • January 2009 (Revised December 2017)
  • Case

Who Broke the Bank of England?

By: Niall Ferguson and Jonathan Schlefer
In the summer of 1992, hedge fund manager George Soros was contemplating the possibility that the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) would break down. Designed to pave the way for a full-scale European Monetary Union, the ERM was a system of fixed exchange rates... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry; European Union
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  • October 2019
  • Supplement

Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)

By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
The (B) case describes Tingle and Pierre-Jacques’ decision to commit fully to Harlem Capital as their post-graduation job. The case explores the results of their fundraising efforts, new strategic partnerships, and how they plan to “build the market” in order to... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Gender Bias; Gender Inequality; Minority Representation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Investment Management; Investing; Inequality; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Equity; Mission and Purpose; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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  • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
    • April 2005 (Revised October 2006)
    • Case

    David Berman

    By: Ananth Raman, Vishal Gaur and Saravanan Kesavan
    Examines the decision of a hedge fund manager who is considering investing in a retail stock. The protagonist is concerned about the retailer's inventory level. Explores the relationship between the retailer's inventory and future earnings--and, hence, the relationship... View Details
    Keywords: Business Earnings; Stocks; Price; Supply Chain Management; Investment
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    • 05 Sep 2017
    • News

    Will fintech create a small-business-loan utopia?

    • June 2008 (Revised February 2013)
    • Case

    Vignettes on Governance of Private Equity Firms

    By: G. Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon and Eugenia Adofo
    In a series of vignettes, Nigella Hardy-Smyth of an international development agency that invests in emerging markets private equity firms must decide how to handle various situations that arise. As a member of the Limited Partner Advisory Board of each of the five... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships
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    • 28 Jul 2015
    • News

    Will Congress Move Ahead on Highway Funding?

    • 30 Jun 2019
    • News

    Open-Plan Work Spaces Lower Productivity And Employee Morale

    • 10 Jul 2023
    • Video

    Advice to Underestimated Entrepreneurs

    • January 2011
    • Supplement

    Matrix Capital Management (C)

    By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane
    Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details
    Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry
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    • 19 Jul 2019
    • News

    How To Innovate Inside Large Organizations

    • February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    CalPERS Private Equity 2.0

    By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Alys Ferragamo
    Yup Kim, the Head of Investments, Private Equity at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), reflected on the pension fund’s private equity strategy. In July of 2022, the fund was in the midst of a multi-year turnaround strategy with the goal to... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Retirement; Leadership; Strategy; Public Sector
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    • 07 May 2014
    • Video

    Maureen Harrington - Making A Difference

    • August 2013 (Revised December 2017)
    • Supplement

    Harold Mills at ZeroChaos (B)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Maurice L. Kuykendoll II
    After leading a management buy-out, Harold Mills transformed ZeroChaos into a global staffing enterprise. Poised to raise additional capital to fund the company's next phase of growth, he was also confronting the liquidity demands of his early-stage investors and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    • August 2013
    • Case

    Harold Mills at ZeroChaos (A)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Maurice L. Kuykendoll II
    After leading a management buy-out, Harold Mills transformed ZeroChaos into a global staffing enterprise. Poised to raise additional capital to fund the company's next phase of growth, he was also confronting the liquidity demands of his early-stage investors and... View Details
    Keywords: Legal Aspects Of Business; Law; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Finance
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    • November 2010 (Revised August 2016)
    • Case

    The Changing Face of Angel Investing

    By: William A. Sahlman and Evan Richardson
    Angel investors Ram Shriram, Mike Maples, Eric Paley, James Geshweiler, and Jim Southern discuss their investment philosophies and the changing landscape of angel investing. Questions include: • How has angel investing changed in the last few years? • How do you... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Venture Capital; Investment Funds
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