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  • November 2019
  • Case

Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • February 2011 (Revised September 2016)
  • Case

Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid

By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nori Gerardo Lietz
In January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head of Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), needs to decide what to bid at an auction for Moneybookers Limited, one of the top three e-payment solution providers in Europe. However, approximately 70% of... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Private Equity; Investment; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Valuation; Europe; United States
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  • 17 Nov 2016
  • News

Wired for Innovation

Skelly stayed with Horizon until 2007, when he launched a bid for election to Congress as the Democratic nominee in the Seventh District of Texas. “Key issues for me were... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • September 2019
  • Case

Funding Sources for Science & Technology Start-ups in India

By: Tarun Khanna, Arjun Swarup and Rachna Tahilyani
India's start-up ecosystem is amongst the largest globally, with a variety of funding options from angel investors, venture capital and corporate venture capital to debt. Classic consumer focused start-ups which look to leverage technology have been able to raise... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Science; Information Technology; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; India; South Asia
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  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Hope for Reform Dims

felt like a scapegoat, Thain took the high road. “I still think the acquisition will be a good deal for Bank of America. It’s unfortunate how it was all handled.” On the day Thain spoke at HBS, View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

    U.S. Monetary Policy and Emerging Markets Credit Cycles

    Foreign banks’ lending to firms in emerging market economies is large and denominated predominantly in U.S. dollars. This creates a direct connection between U.S. monetary policy and EME credit cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME... View Details

    • 18 Jul 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

    Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
    Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
    • 01 Dec 2002
    • News

    Bad Times for Business

    find remedies. We may have a flurry of new regulations here and there, but we won't have genuine solutions for these problems that are not only causing scandals but are also... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons
    • 01 Dec 2008
    • News

    A Force for Good

    inspector for the government, and his mother raised their three children. During his years at Burnaby South High School, he didn’t establish himself as a member of any particular clique, instead associating... View Details
    Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank
    • 09 Apr 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

    savings and home equity loans, bank loans have been the critical source of capital for small businesses," Mills says. When Mills arrived at SBA in 2009, the nation was in... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Banking
    • 01 Dec 2011
    • What Do You Think?

    Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

    type of thinking Shalia commented: "I think the growth rate of large organizations slow(s) down precisely for this reason-not being able to separate decisions which need deliberations vs. quick decisions." Phillippe Gouambe was... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • August 2023 (Revised December 2023)
    • Case

    Money Fellows: The Quest for Expansion

    By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, Michael Chu and Ahmed Dahawy
    This case explores the opportunities and challenges associated with expanding the operations of a complex entrepreneurial business model. It highlights how cultural aspects of different geographies impact a startup's operational and economic models. The case also... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Geographic Scope; Business Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Egypt
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    • 01 Apr 1996
    • News

    Technology for Learning's Sake

    In an interview in last December's Bulletin Dean Kim B. Clark talked of launching "a profound transformation around information technology (IT)," an initiative that would earn for the School an unequaled reputation View Details
    Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
    • 23 Apr 2024
    • In Practice

    Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

    With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 01 Oct 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

    considered, including issuing tracking stock, doing a leveraged buyout, or repurchasing shares, would not have solved this underlying business problem. Chase Manhattan Bank and... View Details
    Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
    • 14 Oct 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Time that Government Reopens for Business

    Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of funding for the federal government. View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Aisner
    • 13 Dec 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Improving Public Health for the Poor

    Microfinance—essentially small loans that help impoverished individuals create jobs, small businesses, and stronger communities—may offer a window on new methods for widening access to healthcare View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
    • January 2016 (Revised November 2016)
    • Case

    Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone

    By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost
    CEO and Founder of Uber Technologies, Travis Kalanick, had made clear to investors and the public that expansion into China was one of his company's major priorities for 2016. Uber had already demonstrated remarkable capacity for rapid, global scaling, and for... View Details
    Keywords: China; Uber; Start-up Growth; Regulation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China
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    • 31 Oct 2018
    • News

    Pitching In for Female Leaders

    her path through international sports and investment banking to becoming a leading advocate for women in sports and business. “I ran View Details
    • 13 Feb 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    The Hidden Market for Babies

    "brave new world" had actually wanted governments to come in and regulate the market that technology had created. For about a year after the book's publication, I... View Details
    Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology