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  • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
With its $3 billion investment in Chinese state bank China Construction Bank, Bank of America--the second U.S. bank behind Citigroup in terms of assets and market capitalization--was one of several foreign banks directly participating in China's banking sector reform.... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Banking Industry; China; United States
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Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank." Harvard Business School Case 706-031, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
  • October 2010
  • Supplement

Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein (B) (Abridged)

By: Linda A. Hill and Dana Teppert
Sanford C. Bernstein, a premier sell-side research firm, is expanding globally, and has recently opened an office in Hong Kong. Global Director of Research Robert van Brugge must consider how best to organize the firm's research department to enhance cross-sector and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Global Strategy; Perspective; Adaptation; Expansion; Organizational Culture; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Financial Services Industry; Hong Kong
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Hill, Linda A., and Dana Teppert. "Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-066, October 2010.
  • October 2010 (Revised December 2010)
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Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein (A) (Abridged)

By: Linda A. Hill and Dana Teppert
Sanford C. Bernstein, a premier sell-side research firm, is expanding globally, and has recently opened an office in Hong Kong. Global Director of Research Robert van Brugge must consider how best to organize the firm's research department to enhance cross-sector and... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Hong Kong
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Hill, Linda A., and Dana Teppert. "Global Expansion at Sanford C. Bernstein (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 411-063, October 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
  • January 2018
  • Supplement

OldTown Berhad

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte
In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares and... View Details
Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Malaysia; Coffee; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Free Cash Flow (FCF); Multiples; Bidding Premia; Netherlands; Tender Offer; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Food; Investment Return; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Malaysia; Netherlands; Singapore; Asia
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Greg Saldutte. "OldTown Berhad." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 218-714, January 2018.
  • September 2004 (Revised September 2006)
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Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?

Harley-Davidson manufactures and sells motorcycles. It also provides financing for retail purchases and dealer stock. Although Harley's performance has been very strong, analysts and the press have questioned its use of a special-purpose entity to sell securities... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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Miller, Gregory S., and Jacob Cohen. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?" Harvard Business School Case 105-027, September 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
  • August 2024
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The Walt Disney Company: Management Guidance

By: Joseph Pacelli and James Weber
In November 2023, financial analyst Aurora Fee was forecasting The Walt Disney Company’s earnings and stock price, with the goal of providing an investment recommendation to her clients. Disney, one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies, had just... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Accounting; Investment; Communication; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Earnings; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Pacelli, Joseph, and James Weber. "The Walt Disney Company: Management Guidance." Harvard Business School Case 125-027, August 2024.
  • November 2021 (Revised February 2022)
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Advent International and Walmart Brazil's Deal

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo
Advent International, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, must decide whether to acquire Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil or not. Although Walmart Brazil is losing cash at a rapid pace, Advent thinks it has a solid plan to recover the company’s finances.... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Acquisition; Decision Making; Risk Management; Retail Industry; Brazil
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Ivashina, Victoria, Ruth Costas, and Pedro Levindo. "Advent International and Walmart Brazil's Deal." Harvard Business School Case 222-047, November 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
  • November 1993
  • Supplement

Sierra On-Line (C): The Insiders' Perspective, An Interview with Ken and Roberta Williams

Presents the insiders' perspective using an interview format. Ken and Roberta Williams, Sierra's founders, discuss issues raised in the (A) and (B) cases and present their vision to become the world leader in educational software. Teaching Purpose: Analysts typically... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Management Teams; Education Industry
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Wilson, G. Peter, and Elizabeth H. McNair. "Sierra On-Line (C): The Insiders' Perspective, An Interview with Ken and Roberta Williams." Harvard Business School Supplement 194-051, November 1993.
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

  Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    William C. Vrattos

    Bill Vrattos is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches Investment Strategies, a course on public market investing in the elective curriculum. He also co-teaches Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems, where he mentors student groups on... View Details

    • 13 Apr 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: April 13

    led to the emergence of new industrial clusters around the world. In this paper, we examine how "first nature" location fundamentals and "second nature" agglomeration economies jointly determine the global landscape of... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • January 2018
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    OldTown Berhad

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte
    In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares, and... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Malaysia; Coffee; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Free Cash Flow (FCF); Multiples; Bidding Premia; Netherlands; Tender Offer; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Food; Investment Return; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Malaysia; Netherlands; Singapore; Asia
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    Esty, Benjamin C., and Greg Saldutte. "OldTown Berhad." Harvard Business School Case 218-058, January 2018.
    • November 2010
    • Article

    Beyond the Deal: Wage a 'Negotiation Campaign'

    By: James K. Sebenius
    While negotiation scholars primarily take the individual transaction as the "unit of analysis," this article characterizes the (new) concept of a "negotiation campaign" in which a number of individual deals must be put together, often on multiple "fronts," to realize a... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Management Practices and Processes; Value; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Sales; Partners and Partnerships; Venture Capital
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    Sebenius, James K. "Beyond the Deal: Wage a 'Negotiation Campaign'." Negotiation 13, no. 11 (November 2010).
    • January 2008 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    Fortress Investment Group

    By: Malcolm Baker, Carlos M. Galvez and James Quinn
    CEO Wesley Edens and the five Fortress principals are contemplating a move unprecedented in the industry: becoming the first hedge fund and private equity firm to complete an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This case examines potential reasons for a leading... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Public Equity; Initial Public Offering; Investment Funds; Going Public; Valuation; Financial Services Industry
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    Baker, Malcolm, Carlos M. Galvez, and James Quinn. "Fortress Investment Group." Harvard Business School Case 208-080, January 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
    • August 2019 (Revised November 2022)
    • Case

    Paradigm Capital Value Fund

    By: Luis M. Viceira and Elena Corsi
    Karl Jan Erick Hummel had founded Paradigm Capital Value Fund in 2007 together with Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Greenwald, an expert in value investing and now chairman of the fund. The fund followed the principles of value investing to their target... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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    Viceira, Luis M., and Elena Corsi. "Paradigm Capital Value Fund." Harvard Business School Case 220-014, August 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
    • June 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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    Accounting for Loans at SoFi Technologies

    By: Joseph Pacelli and Michael Norris
    At the release of its first quarter earnings report on May 1, 2023, digital bank SoFi beat its earnings guidance by 25%. On May 2, Wedbush Securities analyst David Chiaverini issued a report downgrading the stock. A second downgrade followed from Chiaverini on May 15.... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Valuation; Stocks; Banking Industry; United States
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    Pacelli, Joseph, and Michael Norris. "Accounting for Loans at SoFi Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 124-057, June 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
    • August 2016 (Revised January 2017)
    • Case

    Accounting for the iPhone Upgrade Program (A)

    By: Jonas Heese, Krishna G. Palepu, H. David Sherman and Monica Baraldi
    On September 9, 2015, Apple Inc. announced the “iPhone Upgrade Program,” a new way to purchase iPhone models 6s and 6s Plus in Apple’s retail stores throughout the U.S. Next to the strategic implications of the Upgrade Program, financial analysts tried to understand... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Apple Inc.; iPhone 6s; International Accounting; Electronics Industry; California; United States
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    Heese, Jonas, Krishna G. Palepu, H. David Sherman, and Monica Baraldi. "Accounting for the iPhone Upgrade Program (A)." Harvard Business School Case 117-020, August 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
    • June 1995
    • Case

    Banc One Corporation (A)

    As Banc One's use of derivatives had proliferated, investors and analysts had expressed increasing concern about the size of derivative portfolios, the potential sensitivity of their value to interest rate swings, and the lack of standardized reporting on their use.... View Details
    Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Investment Banking; Financial Reporting; Annual Reports; Banking Industry
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    Barth, Mary E., and Dale Coxe. "Banc One Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-207, June 1995.
    • December 1994 (Revised October 2009)
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    AES Honeycomb (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah C. Mavrinac
    Senior managers of the AES Corp., an independent power producer, must decide whether to drop the company's emphasis on corporate values and revamp organizational controls as advised by investment analysts and outside counsel. The company is recovering from an incident... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Energy Generation; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; United States
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    Paine, Lynn S., and Sarah C. Mavrinac. "AES Honeycomb (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-132, December 1994. (Revised October 2009.)
    • October 2012
    • Case

    Hill Country Snack Foods Co.

    By: W. Carl Kester and Craig Stephenson
    Hill Country Snack Foods, located in Austin, Texas, manufactures, markets, and distributes snack foods and frozen treats. The CEO is passionate about maximizing shareholder value and believes in keeping tight control over costs and operating the business as efficiently... View Details
    Keywords: United States; Financial Strategy; Debt Management; Retail Trade; Risk Management; Food; Capital Structure; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Texas
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    Kester, W. Carl, and Craig Stephenson. "Hill Country Snack Foods Co." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-517, October 2012.
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