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- 2023
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Private Equity Financing
The goal of this chapter is to understand the common practices of PE funds’ structure and funding. The chapter covers three topics. First, it gives an overview of the traditional private equity (PE) financing structure; then, it discusses other investment vehicles like...
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Ivashina, Victoria. "Private Equity Financing." Chap. 4 in Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance. 1, edited by B. Espen Eckbo, Gordon M. Phillips, and Morten Sorensen, 139–160. Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Finance. Elsevier BV, 2023.
Arthur I Segel
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- October 1993 (Revised January 1994)
- Supplement
Japan (A), Supplement
By: Bruce R. Scott
In an economy marked by severe inflation, a balance of payments problem, and large investment needs for modernization, the Minister of Finance has been asked to design a remedial program that cannot include borrowing abroad. He does so, and the case describes the...
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Keywords:
Design;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Inflation and Deflation;
Borrowing and Debt;
Policy;
Outcome or Result;
Problems and Challenges;
Programs
Scott, Bruce R. "Japan (A), Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 394-066, October 1993. (Revised January 1994.)
- 27 Jun 2019
- News
Long-Term Investing, Short-Term Thinking
- June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund
By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Decisions;
Capital;
Investment Banking;
Investment Funds;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Wealth;
Expansion;
Financial Services Industry;
China;
United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Xiaoyu Gu. "Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund." Harvard Business School Case 311-137, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Property Rights and Urban Form
By: Simeon Djankov, Edward L. Glaeser, Valeria Perotti and Andrei Shleifer
How do the different elements in the standard bundle of property rights, including those of possession and transfer, influence the shape of cities? This paper incorporates insecure property rights into a standard model of urban land prices and density, and makes...
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Djankov, Simeon, Edward L. Glaeser, Valeria Perotti, and Andrei Shleifer. "Property Rights and Urban Form." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28793, May 2021.
- 04 Oct 2019
- News
GPIF’s Hiromichi Mizuno’s Term Is Extended for Six Months
- 20 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers
- July 2021
- Case
Bessemer Venture Partners: Century Fund
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In July of 2021, Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) contemplated the future of its growth investing practice, known as “Century.” While still relatively new as a focused initiative, BVP’s growth investing already had significant momentum. The fund’s investment pace had...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Financial Institutions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment Banking;
Competitive Strategy;
Public Sector;
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Acquisition
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Bessemer Venture Partners: Century Fund." Harvard Business School Case 822-009, July 2021.
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
acquired than those in a control sample. We argue that the combination of hedge funds' short investment horizons and their large positions in target firms makes M&A the only attractive exit option. The results also suggest that hedge...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2017
- News
Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?
- 21 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China
Michelle A. Kinch
Michelle Kinch's research uses both laboratory and field experiments to examine how firms can more productively build relationships with customers by understanding and influencing their operating behavior. Her research agenda has begun with an investigation of the...
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- September 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy
By: Christopher Marquis, Andrew David Klaber and Bobbi Thomason
The founders of B Lab are on a mission to create a new sector of the economy and are specifically focused on a three objectives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations (B=Benefit) that legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include...
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Keywords:
Economic Sectors;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Policy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Social Enterprise;
Value Creation
Marquis, Christopher, Andrew David Klaber, and Bobbi Thomason. "B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy." Harvard Business School Case 411-047, September 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- March 2017
- Case
SKS Microfinance (Abridged)
By: Shawn 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...
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Keywords:
For-Profit Firms;
Venture Capital;
Microfinance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry;
India
Cole, Shawn, and Theresa Chen. "SKS Microfinance (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 217-069, March 2017.
- February 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Korea First Bank (A)
In December 1999, Newbridge Capital, an equity investment fund based in San Francisco, successfully negotiated with the Korean government to acquire a controlling interest in Korea First Bank. It was the first time a foreign financial institution acquired a Korean...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Participants;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Acquisition;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
San Francisco;
South Korea
Huang, Yasheng, and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro. "Korea First Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 701-022, February 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- 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...
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Keywords:
Small Business;
Asset Management;
Expansion;
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Services Industry;
Florida
Fruhan, William, and John Banko. "Thompson Asset Management." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-565, July 2014.
- 19 Jan 2012
- News
A choice of models: Theme and variations
- 14 Nov 2017
- News