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  • December 2007 (Revised April 2009)
  • Teaching Note

Adams Capital Management: Fund IV (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Keywords: Financial Management; Investment
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  • September 2021
  • Case

Brown Capital Management

By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Sarah Mehta
Set in July 2021, this case looks at several growth strategies under consideration at Brown Capital, the second-oldest Black-owned asset management firm in the U.S. Since its 1983 founding, Baltimore-based Brown Capital has specialized in small company growth... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Race; Finance; Equity; Public Equity; Stocks; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employee Ownership; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States; Maryland; Baltimore
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  • 14 Mar 2014
  • News

NFL Players Association Will Independently Fund Medical School Research Initiative

  • 12 Feb 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services
  • June 2006 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

Nephila: Innovation in Catastrophe Risk Insurance

By: Kenneth A. Froot and Michael Heinrich
At the cross-section of capital markets and the catastrophe insurance space stands the hedge fund Nephila. Nephila must decide how best to take advantage of the newly presented market opportunities post hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, and Rita. Nephila has a plethora of... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Investment Management; Uncertainty; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; Bermuda
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  • March 1992 (Revised November 1993)
  • Case

Beta Management Co.

A manager of a small investment company has been successfully using index funds for limited market timing. Growth has allowed her to move into picking stocks. She is considering two small and highly variable listed stocks, but is concerned about the risk that these... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Stocks; Financial Services Industry
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  • September 2010 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

Windward Investment Management

By: Luis M. Viceira and Ricardo Alberto De Armas
Windward Investment Management has experienced rapid growth in assets under management in just ten years, from under $30 million at year-end 1999 to $3.6 billion in 2010. Windward is one of the leading firms in the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) industry that... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Valuation; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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  • Awards

William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research

By: Malcolm P. Baker
Won the William F. Sharpe Award for Best Paper in 2011 for his paper with Lubomir Litov, Jessica A. Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler, “Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements” (Journal of Financial and... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • News

Satchu Launches Bold New Investment Fund

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • News

The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation

A Resource for the Next Big Idea, and More The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation is instrumental in bringing innovative projects to life at the School. Recent successful HBS initiatives that are advancing View Details
  • 27 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing

This fall, Harvard Business School launched its first Impact Investment Fund Course after a successful pilot in the Spring of 2021. The fund expands access to affordable, flexible financing for Black, Brown,... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

FAQ: How is research funded at HBS?

www.hbs.edu/faculty. All research at HBS is funded internally, without the constraints of traditional external grant funding, thanks to alumni support and income from Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing. This unique View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • January 2015 (Revised September 2017)
  • Case

Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)

By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Shannon Gombos
The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in investment decisions. At Barclays Capital, Omar Selim... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; ESG; Social Business; Entrepreneurs; Scaling; Emerging Market Entrepreneurship; Not For Profit; Entrepreneurial Finance; Mentoring; Business Networks; Hybrid Nonprofit Funding; Investing; Investment Management; Asset Management; Values and Beliefs; Religion; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry; Europe; Germany; United Kingdom
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    Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

    Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details
    • July 2014
    • Case

    Thompson Asset Management

    By: William Fruhan and John Banko
    Thompson Asset Management (TAM) is a small investment advisory and asset management firm in Jacksonville, Florida, with about $100 million in assets under management in two different funds. Since starting the firm in 2009, the CEO and founder Allison Thompson has had a... View Details
    Keywords: Small Business; Asset Management; Expansion; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry; Florida
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    • September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
    • Case

    MAYA Capital

    By: Robert F. White, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
    MAYA Capital co-founders Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro raised $41.5 million through a series of closings for their early-stage Latin American venture capital fund. The two women had met for the first time in mid-2016 when Lemann was contemplating scaling her angel... View Details
    Keywords: Early Stage; Portfolio Construction; Fund Management; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Strategy; Business Startups; Management; Investment Funds; Latin America
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    • May 2017
    • Case

    Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund

    By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley
    Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Public Sector; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Governance; Government Administration; Employee Relationship Management; Compensation and Benefits; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Experience and Expertise; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Recruitment; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Attitudes; Trust; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
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    • May 2018
    • Case

    The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
    Keywords: Data Analytics; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Cost vs Benefits; Investment Return; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Leadership; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Goals and Objectives; Marketing Communications; Performance; Programs; Projects; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Genetics; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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    • 09 Jan 2023
    • News

    Alumna Leads Biggest Ever Debut for a Woman-led Hedge Fund

    Photo via Surgo Foundation Photo via Surgo Foundation Mala Gaonkar (MBA 1996) kicked off the new year with the debut of her hedge fund SurgoCap Partners, whose $1.8 billion under management made it the... View Details
    Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
    • 04 Dec 2019
    • News

    Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

    the VC world, sitting on the other side of the table, that she realized the extent of the funding problem that female founders were facing. It was bizarre, Dodi thought. She knew that a diversity of views meant a higher return on... View Details