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- 12 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity: Reply to Ayash and Rastad
- May 2005 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Henry McCance
Before he accepts the new CEO position, Dick Williams wants founder Lew Cirne to step down as chairman. While considering Williams' incredible demand, Cirne reflects on everything he has already given up to get Wily Technology to this point. He agreed to step down as...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Succession
Wasserman, Noam T., and Henry McCance. "Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology." Harvard Business School Case 805-150, May 2005. (Revised October 2007.)
- January 2007
- Case
Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
The three founding partners of Gobi Partners, a venture capital fund investing in early start IT and digital media companies in China, are planning to raise a second fund. The first $51.75 million fund is close to being entirely invested and the portfolio companies are...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Investment Funds;
Financial Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
China
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II." Harvard Business School Case 807-093, January 2007.
- June 2000 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Nissan Motor Company
By: Thomas R. Piper and Jeremy Cott
Senior executives of Nissan and Renault are considering a major investment in Nissan by Renault. An important consideration is whether a major restructuring of Nissan's operations will be possible, given the value placed on lifetime employment and the impact on...
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Piper, Thomas R., and Jeremy Cott. "Nissan Motor Company." Harvard Business School Case 200-067, June 2000. (Revised January 2003.)
- February 2011
- Article
Dividend Taxes and International Portfolio Choice
By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) of 2003. An open-economy after-tax capital asset...
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Keywords:
Dividends;
Portfolio Choice;
Taxes;
Tax Treaties;
Foreign Portfolio Investment;
Taxation;
Lawfulness;
Economy;
Price;
Equity;
Stocks;
Investment Portfolio;
Opportunities;
Behavior;
United States
Desai, Mihir, and Dhammika Dharmapala. "Dividend Taxes and International Portfolio Choice." Review of Economics and Statistics 93, no. 1 (February 2011): 266–284.
- August 2006 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
SUN Brewing (A)
The Khemka family of India, founders, managers, and majority owners of Russia-based SUN Brewing, faces a difficult decision in 1998. Following the rouble's massive devaluation in August 1998, the stock price of SUN Brewing, which is publicly listed on the Luxemburg...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Capital Markets;
Financing and Loans;
Emerging Markets;
India;
Russia
Villalonga, Belen, and Raphael Amit. "SUN Brewing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 207-022, August 2006. (Revised June 2010.)
- 11 Sep 2020
- Video
James Mwangi
James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya’s Equity Bank, which has one of the largest customer bases of any bank in Africa, explains the challenges faced by his bank as it expanded into neighboring countries, especially lack of infrastructure, security and politics
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- August 2023
- Supplement
Parexel (B): The Future of the CRO Industry
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo
How should Parexel respond to the rapidly changing environment in clinical research, now that it is owned by a private equity firm and its founder is no longer with the firm?
Parexel, a major clinical research organization, has experienced substantial... View Details
Parexel, a major clinical research organization, has experienced substantial... View Details
- December 2006 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The managing partners of two private equity firms are hoping to forestall a third bidding round for a target company, the European beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes. As they wait to meet with the CEO, they revisit their assumptions on the deal and review the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Negotiation Deal;
Negotiation Process;
Partners and Partnerships;
Valuation;
Europe
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal." Harvard Business School Case 807-005, December 2006. (Revised May 2008.)
- February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank
By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia and Jianyi Wu
Shenzhen Development Bank, China's first publicly traded company, was undergoing the non-tradable share reform. Its current controlling shareholder, private equity firm Newbridge Capital LLC, needs to negotiate with its diverse minority shareholders to find a...
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Keywords:
Capital;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Corporate Governance;
Managerial Roles;
Emerging Markets;
Negotiation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Conflict of Interests;
Banking Industry;
China
Jin, Li, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia, and Jianyi Wu. "Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 211-080, February 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- July 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Digitas (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
Raises issues about how the nature and function of a board changes as its company moves from ownership by its employees (including the founder) to ownership by a private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman, to public ownership. Teaching Purpose: To consider changes in...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Behavior;
Organizations;
Employee Ownership;
Public Ownership
Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "Digitas (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-023, July 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- September 2009
- Case
One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The case provides the reader with a detailed investment memorandum from the local Indian operating partner, and the reader must...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Partners and Partnerships;
Urban Development;
Real Estate Industry;
Chennai;
United States
Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Justin Seth Ginsburgh. "One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)." Harvard Business School Case 210-024, September 2009.
- November 2010
- Case
Morgan Asset Management
By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah Abbott
It is 2010 and Guillermo Araoz, the equity research director at Morgan Asset Management (MAM), is considering his research budget for the year. Due to recent declines in the equity markets and MAM's sale of its mutual funds business, MAM has seen a decline in its...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Asset Management;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Resource Allocation;
Research and Development;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Sarah Abbott. "Morgan Asset Management." Harvard Business School Case 411-058, November 2010.
- August 2007 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Pinnacle Ventures
By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind
Describes a prospective "venture debt" loan to a new venture from the perspective of Patrick Lee, a principal at Pinnacle Ventures. Forces students to grapple with the nature of financial risk in the start-up firm and assess the prospective risks and returns to a...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Venture Capital;
Investment Return;
Business Startups;
Financial Services Industry
Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Elizabeth Kind. "Pinnacle Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 808-048, August 2007. (Revised February 2008.)
- April 1989 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
ProTech, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
A company is considering the elimination of a product line. As part of that consideration, it must develop possible strategies for closing the division, and identify the economic and non-economic implications of the strategy. The situation is complicated by the...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Decision Making;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Equity;
Problems and Challenges
Piper, Thomas R. "ProTech, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 289-054, April 1989. (Revised March 1993.)
- September 2009
- Supplement
One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (B)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The B case provides the reader with due diligence observations, which reveal numerous potential problems with the investment....
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Markets;
Emerging Markets;
Problems and Challenges;
Partners and Partnerships;
Valuation;
Real Estate Industry;
Chennai;
United States
Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Justin Seth Ginsburgh. "One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 210-027, September 2009.
- June 2005 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Yamanote Kaikan
By: Robin Greenwood, Arthur I Segel and Joshua Katzin
In 2001, James O'Connell, president of Holyoke Japan, an affiliate of Larson Capital, a distress debt private equity firm, wants to bid on a 90 billion yen loan currently in default by the borrower, Sanjo Enterprises, for a popular wedding and banquet facility with an...
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Greenwood, Robin, Arthur I Segel, and Joshua Katzin. "Yamanote Kaikan." Harvard Business School Case 205-084, June 2005. (Revised May 2008.)
- Research Summary
Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 (BOOK)
In my first book manuscript, Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals... View Details
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
social networks in the form of school ties—bonds formed based on attendance at a common educational institution—helped equity analysts outperform on stock recommendations when the analysts enjoyed an educational link with a company's...
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- 2017
- Chapter
Innovation Policies
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation, but has not examined how this affects which projects principals will start. We demonstrate that failure tolerance has an equilibrium price – in terms of an investor’s...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Investing;
Abandonment Option;
Failure Tolerance;
Innovation and Invention;
Venture Capital;
Attitudes;
Investment;
Failure
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Innovation Policies." In Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms. Vol. 37, edited by Jeffrey Furman, Annabelle Gawer, Brian Silverman, and Scott Stern, 37–80. Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.