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  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

investors provide a little funding and limited governance to an increased number of startups that they are more likely to abandon, but where initial experiments significantly inform beliefs about the future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

thought of as something that's investable for private equity. We see exciting young, growth companies, and we want to make them available to our limited partners." Hence, the creation of Causeway Media... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services
  • January 1986 (Revised August 1994)
  • Case

Citicorp--1985

Citicorp seeks to raise medium- or long-term funding and is considering floating rate versus fixed rate and domestic versus Eurodollar bonds. Case focuses on advantages/disadvantages of these different markets and discusses many of the innovative Floating Rate Notes... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry
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Mason, Scott P. "Citicorp--1985." Harvard Business School Case 286-053, January 1986. (Revised August 1994.)
  • March 1993 (Revised April 1998)
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Viscotech, Inc.

Focuses on the efforts of a small company to raise funds in a variety of ways. In the course of its efforts to raise equity capital, the company commits a number of SEC violations. The case includes an example of both a poor, aggressive offering circular and a tightly... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Equity; Financing and Loans; Lawfulness
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Roberts, Michael J. "Viscotech, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 393-117, March 1993. (Revised April 1998.)
  • January 1983 (Revised August 1988)
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Universal Robotics Corp.

Three former classmates are founding a company to design, develop, manufacture, and market industrial robots. Principal issues involve the sources, amount, and form of outside investment, the allocation of equity, and the terms and conditions under which outside funds... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Business Startups; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry
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Grousbeck, H. Irving. "Universal Robotics Corp." Harvard Business School Case 383-075, January 1983. (Revised August 1988.)
  • March 2001 (Revised November 2001)
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Merrill Lynch HOLDRS

By: Andre F. Perold and Simon E. Brown
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and HOLDRS (Holding Company Depositary Receipts) represent recent and highly successful capital market innovations. HOLDRS closely approximates a buy-and-hold strategy, and Merrill Lynch believes the product has significantly lower taxes... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Cost; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Taxation; Innovation and Invention; Product; Success; Expansion
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Perold, Andre F., and Simon E. Brown. "Merrill Lynch HOLDRS." Harvard Business School Case 201-059, March 2001. (Revised November 2001.)

    Paul A. Gompers

    Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
    Keywords: electronics; health care; high technology; information technology industry; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor; venture capital industry
    • February 2015
    • Supplement

    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.
    • June 2012
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    The Atavist: Reinventing the Book

    By: Mukti Khaire and Mary Tripsas
    Atavist, a start-up founded by journalists, publishes enhanced ebook singles as well as the software to create enhanced ebooks. The company is currently engaged in both publishing and software development, but as they raise funding and grow, must decide whether to... View Details
    Keywords: Disruptive Technology; Growth Strategy; Innovation; Publishing; Software Industry; Technological Change; Disruptive Innovation; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Publishing Industry
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    Khaire, Mukti, and Mary Tripsas. "The Atavist: Reinventing the Book." Harvard Business School Case 812-177, June 2012.
    • October 2009 (Revised October 2010)
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    Grove Street Advisors: September 2009

    By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Ann Leamon
    The investment committee of Grove Street Advisors, a pioneer in the provision of customized private equity funds-of-funds for pension fund clients, must decide how to respond to the market opportunities and challenges presented by the turmoil of 2008 and 2009. How can... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Expansion; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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    Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and Ann Leamon. "Grove Street Advisors: September 2009." Harvard Business School Case 810-064, October 2009. (Revised October 2010.)
    • Spring 2024
    • Article

    One Aspirational Future for India’s Higher Education Sector

    By: Tarun Khanna
    Several recent encouraging experiments in Indian higher education suggest a plausible aspirational path toward a more salubrious future than that suggested by an otherwise struggling system. Four case studies of privately conceived and funded universities each exhibit... View Details
    Keywords: Higher Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; India
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    Khanna, Tarun. "One Aspirational Future for India’s Higher Education Sector." Special Issue on Advances & Challenges in International Higher Education edited by Wendy Fischman, Howard Gardner & William C. Kirby. Daedalus 153, no. 2 (Spring 2024): 149–166.
    • November 1990 (Revised June 2004)
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    McDonald's and the Environment

    McDonald's decides to withdraw its polystyrene plastic packaging for sandwiches and hamburgers after years of defending itself against environmental critics. The decision occurs in the midst of a six-month Joint Task Force study, with the nonprofit Environmental... View Details
    Keywords: Announcements; Change Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    Livesey, Sharon M. "McDonald's and the Environment." Harvard Business School Case 391-108, November 1990. (Revised June 2004.)
    • 2012
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    Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Olivia Leskinen
    Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A) 2009 AL Fellow Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and seemed to address a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Entrepreneurs; Leadership Skills; Student Loan Crisis; Student Loans; Students; Low-income; Postsecondary Education; Debt-free; Income-share Agreements; ISA; College; Master’s Degree; Google; Purdue Research Foundation; Kanter’s Law; Elida Gonzalez; 13th Avenue; Ed Lowry; Flexibility; National Student Debt Jubilee Project; Fundraising; Difficult Middles; Investing In Student Success Act Of 2014; State Engagement; State Level; Pay It Forward; Student Movement; Tuition; Financing College; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Education; Higher Education; Financing and Loans; Social Enterprise
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    Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Olivia Leskinen. "Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 313-009, 2012. (Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
    • 07 Nov 2017
    • Blog Post

    Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

    At Harvard Business School, 42% of the MBA Class of 2019 are women, and the Women’s Student Association (WSA) is the largest club on campus. Women can face unique challenges in the workplace, and we often... View Details
    • July 2024
    • Case

    Stellar Development Foundation

    By: Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Scott Duke Kominers and George Gonzalez
    Blockchain pioneer Stellar Development Foundation oversees one of the earliest and largest crypto networks (Stellar) and the management of its native token XLM. The foundation partnered with cross-border payments provider MoneyGram to help on and off-ramp... View Details
    Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Payments; Business or Company Management; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Currency; Entrepreneurship; Technology Industry
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    Bernstein, Shai Benjamin, Scott Duke Kominers, and George Gonzalez. "Stellar Development Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 824-060, July 2024.
    • May 2022 (Revised December 2023)
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    Founder Collective

    By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
    Founder Collective ("FC") launched in 2009 with a clear mission: to be the most aligned fund for founders at the seed stage. In keeping with its mission, FC maintained smaller fund sizes and was not a lifecycle investor. By November of 2021, the seed market had become... View Details
    Keywords: Seed Investing; Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Investment; Competitive Strategy; Venture Capital
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    Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Founder Collective." Harvard Business School Case 822-129, May 2022. (Revised December 2023.)
    • 12 May 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Financing Payouts

    Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz
    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Financing Payouts

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin Schmalz
    We study the extent to which firms rely on the capital markets to fund their payouts. We find that 42% of firms that pay out capital also initiate debt or equity issues in the same year, resulting in 32% of aggregate payouts being externally financed. Most firms with... View Details
    Keywords: Payout Policy; Financing Decisions; Debt Issues; Equity Issues; Capital Structure; Decision Making; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance
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    Farre-Mensa, Joan, Roni Michaely, and Martin Schmalz. "Financing Payouts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-049, December 2014. (Revised December 2016.)
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    After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

    partners found that they could increasingly count on credit as a way of doing business, enabling them to acquire goods for American clients with far more capital than the company had. By 1860 the Heard & Co. purchases came to $1.5... View Details
    • 13 May 2016
    • News

    The finance sector is awash in pain, which could well be gain for the US economy

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