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  • February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (A)

By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon
This case (A), and its related cases (B-E), establish a setting to discuss an M&A transaction and some of the key legal contracts that are associated with it. In 2010, private equity backed food manufacturer Pierre Foods is contemplating the acquisition of a key... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation; Complexity
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Subramanian, Guhan, and Mike Harmon. "Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (A)." Harvard Business School Case 919-022, February 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
  • September 2006
  • Supplement

Medco Energi Internasional (CW)

In late 2004, Hilmi Panigoro, CEO of the publicly traded Indonesian oil company Medco Energi Internasional, is striving to regain majority control of the company his brother Arifin founded in 1980. The Asian financial crisis of 1999 led to a major restructuring that... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Family Business; Financing and Loans; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; Indonesia; Singapore
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Villalonga, Belen, Raphael Amit, and Christopher Hartman. "Medco Energi Internasional (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 207-702, September 2006.

    Vikram Gandhi

    Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details

    Keywords: financial services
    • May 2007
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    Capital Flows and Capital Goods

    By: Laura Alfaro and Eliza Hammel
    Studying the relation between equity market liberalization and imports of capital goods, we examine one channel through which international financial integration can promote growth. For the period 1980–1997, we find that after controlling for other policies and... View Details
    Keywords: Cash Flow; Equity; Financial Markets; Economy; Distribution Channels; Machinery and Machining; Capital
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    Alfaro, Laura, and Eliza Hammel. "Capital Flows and Capital Goods." Journal of International Economics 72, no. 1 (May 2007): 128–150. (Link to working paper version.)
    • November 2022
    • Case

    Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo
    This case teaches key success factors for both startup and established MedTech firms. It examines how to structure a firm to maximize innovation and financial returns with organizational structures that better align the incentives for the different skill sets... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Success; Innovation Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Market Entry and Exit; Financial Strategy; Business Model; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Technology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ben Creo. "Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 323-043, November 2022.
    • 10 Sep 2010
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    The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

    Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Financial Services
    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors

    By: Luis M. Viceira and Zixuan (Kevin) Wang
    This paper conducts a theoretical and empirical investigation of global portfolio diversification for long-horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and transitory discount rate shocks to asset prices and returns. An increase in the cross-country... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Risk and Uncertainty; Diversification; Capital Markets; Global Range
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    Viceira, Luis M., and Zixuan (Kevin) Wang. "Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-085, March 2017. (Revised July 2018.)
    • December 2008
    • Article

    Style Investing and Institutional Investors

    By: Kenneth A. Froot and Melvyn Teo
    This paper explores institutional investors' trades in stocks grouped by style and the relationship of these trades with equity market returns. It aggregates transactions drawn from a large universe of approximately $6 trillion of institutional funds. To analyze style... View Details
    Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Behavioral Finance; Stocks; Investment Return; Market Transactions; Performance Expectations; Personal Characteristics; Financial Services Industry
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    Froot, Kenneth A., and Melvyn Teo. "Style Investing and Institutional Investors." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 43, no. 4 (December 2008): 883–906. (Revised from: Equity Style Returns and Institutional Investor Flows, Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 04-048, June 2004.)

      Bank Capital and the Low Risk Anomaly

      Minimum capital requirements are a central tool of banking regulation. Setting them balances a number of factors, including any effects on the cost of capital and in turn the rates available to borrowers. Standard theory predicts that, in perfect and efficient... View Details
      • July 2007 (Revised August 2010)
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      JP Morgan Partners - Cabela's Inc.

      JP Morgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase, owned 15% of Cabela's, Inc., a hunting and fishing equipment retailer in the U.S. In June of 2003, founders Dick and Jim Cabela wanted to liquidate some of their holdings. However, Cabela's was not... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Ownership Stake; Retail Industry; United States
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      El-Hage, Nabil N., and Michael J. Roberts. "JP Morgan Partners - Cabela's Inc." Harvard Business School Case 208-026, July 2007. (Revised August 2010.)
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      Sell-Side Analysts and Corporate Spinoffs

      This study investigates the information content and accuracy of analyst reports written about companies that are about to undertake equity spinoffs.  This research is among the first to provide a detailed look at the extent to which analysts evaluate upcoming... View Details
      • October 2020
      • Case

      TowerBrook: ESG in Action (A)

      By: Victoria Ivashina, Brian Trelstad and Meaghan Conway
      This case is the first of a two-part series that follows Ramez Sousou and his team at TowerBrook Capital Partners as they face a challenging investment decision in February of 2013. Since its founding, TowerBrook has prided itself on its purpose-driven investing... View Details
      Keywords: ESG; Finance; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Value Creation; Investment; Decision Making
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      Ivashina, Victoria, Brian Trelstad, and Meaghan Conway. "TowerBrook: ESG in Action (A)." Harvard Business School Case 221-045, October 2020.
      • March 2011
      • Supplement

      Countrywide plc (CW)

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      One of the world's leading investors in distressed companies, Oaktree Capital Management is contemplating a "loan to own" investment in the debt f Countrywide plc, a financially troubled residential real estate agent based in the U.K. Only sixteen months earlier,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Assets; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Portfolio; Crisis Management; Strategy; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; United Kingdom
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Countrywide plc (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 211-714, March 2011.
      • February 2018
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      Structural GARCH: The Volatility-Leverage Connection

      By: Robert F. Engle and Emil N. Siriwardane
      During the financial crisis, financial firm leverage and volatility both rose dramatically. Consequently, institutions are being asked to reduce leverage in order to reduce risk, though the effectiveness depends upon the role of capital structure in volatility. To... View Details
      Keywords: Leverage; Credit Risk; Crisis Management; Equity; Volatility; Credit; Risk Management; Financial Crisis
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      Engle, Robert F., and Emil N. Siriwardane. "Structural GARCH: The Volatility-Leverage Connection." Review of Financial Studies 31, no. 2 (February 2018): 449–492.
      • September 2006 (Revised June 2007)
      • Case

      3i Group plc: May 2006

      By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
      Since 2004, Philip Yea, the first outsider ever to lead 3i Group, one of Europe's largest publicly listed private equity firms, has been trying to help the far flung organization become more of a streamlined partnership even as it functions around the globe. As he... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Globalized Firms and Management; Alignment; Partners and Partnerships; Public Ownership; Employees; Goals and Objectives; Financial Services Industry
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      Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "3i Group plc: May 2006." Harvard Business School Case 807-006, September 2006. (Revised June 2007.)
      • 30 Sep 2015
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      The Problem of Too Much Talent

      • 29 Jul 2013
      • News

      Monarchs versus managers

      • September 2016
      • Case

      Hotel Vertu: Analyzing the Opportunity in the Boutique Hotel Industry

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts DBA
      Two soon-to-be MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah, Georgia, Yvonne D'Arcy and Elisabeth Whiting face questions about career issues, planning, financing, and the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Planning; Accommodations Industry
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts DBA. "Hotel Vertu: Analyzing the Opportunity in the Boutique Hotel Industry." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-501, September 2016.
      • July 1991
      • Case

      Pioneer Petroleum Corp.

      By: Richard S. Ruback
      Pioneer is an integrated oil company. Its operations include exploration and development, production, transportation, and marketing. The case focuses on Pioneer's cost of capital calculations and its choice between a single company-wide cost of capital or divisional... View Details
      Keywords: Cost of Capital; Energy Industry; Mining Industry
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      Ruback, Richard S. "Pioneer Petroleum Corp." Harvard Business School Case 292-011, July 1991.
      • May 2008 (Revised March 2009)
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      SKS Microfinance

      By: Shawn A. Cole and Theresa Chen
      Vikram Akula, CEO of SKS Microfinance, seeks a venture capital investment to fund his firm. SKS, one of the largest and fastest growing microfinance institutions in India, is a profitable, for-profit institution with a social mission. In what is one of the first... View Details
      Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; India
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      Cole, Shawn A., and Theresa Chen. "SKS Microfinance." Harvard Business School Case 208-137, May 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
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