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  • 16 Jul 2020
  • News

Accounting for Real Change

environmental record. Cohen, who serves as chairman of the Portland Trust and the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at HBS, is a philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator. He is also the author of... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2004
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Hot Tip

If you think that Africa might have some overlooked investment opportunities, but don’t know how to follow up on your hunch, that’s where Cyrille Nkontchou (MBA 1997) can help. His London-based company, LiquidAfrica Holdings, is a... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • 01 Dec 2019
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What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter An estimated $30 trillion in assets worldwide—including half of all professionally managed assets in Europe—are already evaluated through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) or impact screens, leaving no doubt that... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter Arkle Venture capitalist. Spoken aloud, those two words have a ring of authority that seems to lift the profession above the realm of mere mortals. Headlines can confirm that otherworldly aura, with some View Details
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Investor Activism and Takeovers

By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor
Recent work documents large positive abnormal returns around the time that a hedge fund announces its activist intentions with a publicly listed firm. We show that these returns are largely explained by the ability of activists to force target firms into a takeover: In... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Public Ownership
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Greenwood, Robin, and Michael Schor. "Investor Activism and Takeovers." Journal of Financial Economics 92, no. 3 (June 2009): 362–375.
  • October 2005
  • Case

Portfolio & Partnership

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Explores issues around the portfolio management and partnership behavior in a venture capital setting. View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Strategy
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Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Portfolio & Partnership." Harvard Business School Case 806-036, October 2005.
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Bruce Gago

your goals & career path? In my first year, I was focused on continuing my career in private equity real estate, but in my second year, I identified an entrepreneurial opportunity to provide affordable rental housing in the midst of a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Real Estate; Services
  • 09 May 2014
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Giant Alibaba Sale Grew Out of '80s IPO Chaos and a Guy From Goldman

Keywords: Goldman Sachs; IPO; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • 11 May 2021
  • Blog Post

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

syndicates, the study says. Public companies also typically require more infrastructure and legal support to handle shareholder and regulatory demands. “For a lot of entrepreneurs, it's just about the term sheet and how much equity... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • November 2007 (Revised October 2009)
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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

In an activist role, the hedge fund Third Point LLC has three board seats and an ownership stake of 9.5% in Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Third Point believed that Ligand had a strong drug portfolio and pipeline but that it was... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Governing and Advisory Boards; Bids and Bidding; Ownership Stake; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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El-Hage, Nabil N., and Michael Gorzynski. "Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated." Harvard Business School Case 208-019, November 2007. (Revised October 2009.)
  • 05 May 2014
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Seeking A Fortune Through Search Funds

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
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Return Logic, Inc. (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Follows three graduating HBS students as they build a business-to-business Internet venture and highlights the challenges they confront in structuring financing terms with venture capitalists. Requires students to carefully read a six-page term sheet to identify which... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Negotiation Deal; Entrepreneurship
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Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Return Logic, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-167, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.)
  • 24 Feb 2014
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A Capital Idea for Small Business

Emeritus André Perold, who taught an investment management class and with whom Callaghan did research. Callaghan's subsequent career included portfolio management at Equitable Capital and hedge fund Odyssey Partners; small capitalization... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; crowd-funding; online communities; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • 01 Apr 2001
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Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan

providing new opportunities for Japanese investors and wider access to equity capital for emerging Japanese companies. In short, Saeki is challenging the old-boy network and forcing Japan’s button-down business culture to change. “My real... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • 17 Apr 2014
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York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition

firm is pioneering interventions in Sri Lanka that will help transform the nation. In the past two years, York Street Partners has arranged the largest private equity investment in a non-banking financial... View Details
Keywords: New Venture Competition; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • 17 Sep 2018
  • Blog Post

My Summer as a Venture Capitalist

me some standard interview questions, but then they asked, “what do you hope to learn and work on specifically?” I replied, “I want to source deals, see deal diligence, and work on investment theme development – specifically on enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Alumni Books

The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • April 1975 (Revised November 1984)
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Enzone Petroleum Corp.

By: Thomas R. Piper
A large integrated oil company is debating whether to switch from a single hurdle rate to multiple hurdle rates for project analysis purposes. Raises questions on: 1) determination of the cost of equity; 2) the usefulness of multiple hurdle rates to adjust for project... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Cost; Investment Return; Equity; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry
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Piper, Thomas R. "Enzone Petroleum Corp." Harvard Business School Case 275-113, April 1975. (Revised November 1984.)
  • October 2001 (Revised March 2003)
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Exxel Group, The: March 2001

By: Josh Lerner and Alberto Ballve
The Exxel Group, a leading Latin American buyout fund, faces a challenge when deciding whether and how to exit its largest investment. The capital markets are very weak, precluding an initial public offering. Undertaking a trade sale of the firm, however, proves to be... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
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Lerner, Josh, and Alberto Ballve. "Exxel Group, The: March 2001." Harvard Business School Case 202-053, October 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
  • June 2006
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Vignette: Bombay Tyre Manufacturing Ltd.

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Presents a U.S.-based investor who had taken a minority position in a publicly owned manufacturer in India. The company's controller is not performing and the stock price is suffering because of delayed and disappointing results. Removing the controller, however, is... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Equity; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Management; Investment Activism; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy
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Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Vignette: Bombay Tyre Manufacturing Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 806-207, June 2006.
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