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- Spring 2012
- Article
The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets
By: Roberto Charvel
This article shows how alternative assets could be a good way for banks to start providing more loans to firms in emerging markets and finance growth, while giving local institutional investors access to new asset types.
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Venture Capital;
Latin America;
Mexico;
Financial Intermediaries;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Hedge Fund;
Alternative Assets;
Development Economics;
Economic Growth;
Private Sector;
Economy;
Entrepreneurship;
Borrowing and Debt;
Capital;
Credit;
Equity;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America;
North America
Charvel, Roberto. "The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets." Journal of Private Equity 15, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 53–62.
John D. Dionne
John D. Dionne has been a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School since 2014 and is a recently retired Senior Managing Director and Senior Advisor to Blackstone. He is also Managing Partner of Franconia Capital, a... View Details
- May 2016
- Case
The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company’s stock price...
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Keywords:
Asda;
Costco;
David Glass;
Convenience Stores;
Discount Retailing;
Dollar Stores;
Doug McMillon;
E-commerce;
Online Retail;
General Merchandise;
Grocery;
Lee Scott;
Mike Duke;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Neighborhood Market;
Sam Walton;
Sam's Club;
Store Formats;
Supercenter;
Supermarket;
Warehouse Clubs;
Merchandising;
Walmart;
Wal-Mart;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Units;
Business Divisions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
For-Profit Firms;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Banks and Banking;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Global Range;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Business History;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employees;
Human Capital;
Labor Unions;
Wages;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Succession;
Brands and Branding;
Product Positioning;
Distribution;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Labor and Management Relations;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Mobile Technology;
Online Technology;
Web;
Web Sites;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Banking Industry;
United States;
Arkansas;
Bentonville
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016." Harvard Business School Case 716-426, May 2016.
- March 2000
- Case
Magdalena Yesil
By: Myra M. Hart and Mary Rotelli
Magdalena Yesil, investor and former entrepreneur, must decide whether to become a venture partner at US Venture Partners. This case discusses career progression, entrepreneurship, and deciding among career alternatives. Yesil's entrepreneurial experiences include...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Partners and Partnerships
Hart, Myra M., and Mary Rotelli. "Magdalena Yesil." Harvard Business School Case 800-350, March 2000.
- 16 Jun 2015
- News
Huge growth in China’s money funds poses risk
- 03 Nov 2014
- News
Activists Fall Short on Coaching Management
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
matters are too long. The response of investors who say they care about sustainability-and their numbers are large and growing-is that companies do a poor job in providing them with the information they need to take sustainability into...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2010
- News
Another View: Can Biotech Survive Icahn?
- October 2021
- Case
(180) Days of Quibi
By: David J. Collis and Terrence Shu
Mobile streaming app Quibi was ready to take the entertainment world by storm at its April 2020 launch. Backed by $1.75 billion, influential investors from Hollywood to Wall Street eagerly anticipated early success for this brainchild of Meg Whitman, former CEO of...
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Collis, David J., and Terrence Shu. "(180) Days of Quibi." Harvard Business School Case 722-377, October 2021.
- October 2023
- Case
Kevin O'Leary: Building a Brand in Shark-infested Waters
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
For more than fifteen years, successful Canadian entrepreneur and investor Kevin O’Leary had developed his brand into a global powerhouse. Since his first appearance on the Canadian television program Dragons’ Den in 2006 and his meteoric rise to stardom through the...
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Keywords:
Personal Brand;
Crisis;
Brands and Branding;
Entrepreneurship;
Crisis Management;
Social Media;
Public Opinion;
Power and Influence;
Financial Services Industry
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Kevin O'Leary: Building a Brand in Shark-infested Waters." Harvard Business School Case 824-095, October 2023.
- 12 Apr 2019
- News
Bond Market Turmoil Sparked E-Trading
- 16 Jan 2012
- News
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
which corporate and investor behavior is changing. We did so by analyzing data from more than 2,000 companies in 23 countries, and then ranked those countries based on the degree of integration of corporate environmental and social...
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 29 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model
- March 2022
- Case
Aldrich Capital Partners
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
By July 2016, the Aldrich Capital Partners team had spent over two years trying to raise their inaugural growth-equity fund. They had pitched to over 140 investors, but none had committed. Managing Partners Mirza Baig and Raz Zia each had extensive experience in the...
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Keywords:
Growth Equity;
Investment Evaluation;
Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Strategy;
Decision Making;
United States
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Aldrich Capital Partners." Harvard Business School Case 822-090, March 2022.
- 19 Jan 2013
- News
Is All This Stock Market Optimism a Red Flag?
- Article
Collection, Exploration and Analysis of Crowdfunding Social Networks
By: Miao Cheng, Anand Sriramulu, Sudarshan Muralidhar, Boon Thau Loo, Laura Huang and Po-Ling Loh
Crowdfunding is a recent financing phenomenon that is gaining wide popularity as a means for startups to raise seed funding for their companies. This paper presents our initial results at understanding this phenomenon using an exploratory data driven approach. We have...
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Cheng, Miao, Anand Sriramulu, Sudarshan Muralidhar, Boon Thau Loo, Laura Huang, and Po-Ling Loh. "Collection, Exploration and Analysis of Crowdfunding Social Networks." Proceedings of the International Workshop on Exploratory Search in Databases and the Web 3rd (2016): 25–30.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950
By: Aldo Musacchio
The early development of large multidivisional corporations in Latin America required much more than capable managers, new technologies, and large markets. Behind such corporations was a market for capital in which entrepreneurs had to attract investors to buy either...
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Keywords:
Voting;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Governance Controls;
Contracts;
Laws and Statutes;
Ownership Stake;
Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. "Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-053, January 2008.
- 23 Apr 2019
- Video
AlmaPact Final Pitch New Venture Competition 2019 Business Track
- 21 Feb 2018
- News