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- June 1996
- Case
Pathfinder Capital
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Two former consultants have raised a search fund and are looking for a company to buy and run. After eight months of looking at deals, they have just signed a letter of intent to buy the second largest book retail chain in Canada in a turnaround situation. They must...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Financing and Loans;
Venture Capital;
Change;
Decisions
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "Pathfinder Capital." Harvard Business School Case 396-067, June 1996.
- 19 May 2015
- News
Small Business Lending: The World Has Changed
- December 2010
- Case
Financing Higher Education in Australia
By: David A. Moss and Stephanie Lo
Even before Australian lawmakers abolished university tuition in 1973, students in Australia had long benefited from low tuition and large government subsidies. By the early 1980s, however, the nation's universities faced growing budget challenges and an apparent...
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Keywords:
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Higher Education;
Borrowing and Debt;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Education Industry;
Australia
Moss, David A., and Stephanie Lo. "Financing Higher Education in Australia." Harvard Business School Case 711-047, December 2010.
- February 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
SAIF: May 2004
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
The Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) team has just learned that the price at which its portfolio company, the Chinese gaming firm Shanda, was planning to go public must be reduced. As a result, the partners think through the entire genesis of the deal and the...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Initial Public Offering;
Price;
China;
United States
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "SAIF: May 2004." Harvard Business School Case 805-091, February 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- 18 May 2022
- News
10 Teams Tackle Climate Change
- 09 Jan 2013
- News
Why women should have more political power
- Teaching Interest
Venture Capital and Private Equity (MBA)
By: Josh Lerner
The growth of private equity internationally has been dramatic, to the point that the asset class has been both lauded as the savior and vilified as the cause of our current economic malaise. Over the past two decades, private equity- ranging from venture capital to... View Details
- 21 Oct 2022
- News
An Introduction to BiGS
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
helping public schools improve their curricula and their methods of working with disadvantaged children. Doerr is cofounder of the New Schools Venture Fund (NSVF), a venture...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena
fund for young US technology companies. He is now the founding cochairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a leading venture philanthropy firm supporting early-stage social enterprises making a...
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- October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa
By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin
In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important...
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Keywords:
Water;
Pricing;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Projects;
Price;
Decision Making;
Social Enterprise;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Equity;
Green Technology;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Africa;
Dubai
Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha, and Esel Çekin. "Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa." Harvard Business School Case 522-043, October 2021. (Revised May 2023.)
- 2008
- Chapter
The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
This paper summarizes the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement savings outcomes. After outlining the salient features of the various sources of retirement income in the U.S., the paper presents the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement...
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Keywords:
Saving;
Financial Condition;
Retirement;
Investment Funds;
Microeconomics;
Outcome or Result;
Government and Politics;
Financial Institutions;
Macroeconomics;
United States
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States." In Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas, edited by Stephen J. Kay and Tapen Sinha, 59–87. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
- 22 Dec 2020
- News
Dove: Maintaining a Brand with Purpose
Fintech Borrowers: Lax-Screening or Cream-Skimming?
Financial markets have recently witnessed a disruptive force: the rise of online intermediaries and, more generally, fintech companies, i.e., firms that apply technology to improve financial activities. Fintech companies have targeted the consumer credit market,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
State Street’s SHE: Investing in Women Leaders
- 16 Jan 2013
- News
George Says Dell Going Private `Is a Stretch'
Philippe van der Beck
Philippe van der Beck is an Assistant Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Finance I course in the MBA required curriculum. Philippe’s research interests are in empirical asset pricing, sustainable finance, and structural estimation....
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- September 1985 (Revised January 1986)
- Case
Peter Wendell
Contains a description of a decision confronting an employee of IBM in late 1981. Should he leave IBM to become head of a new venture capital fund which will specialize in technology investments? The case is designed to expose students to the nature of the opportunity...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Jobs and Positions;
Opportunities;
Valuation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Resignation and Termination;
Venture Capital;
Financial Services Industry;
Computer Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Peter Wendell." Harvard Business School Case 286-008, September 1985. (Revised January 1986.)
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
no one has access to their data. Gerdeman: Can you discuss the new methods that are being developed to accommodate the role of users in innovation, including crowdfunding platforms to access funding for...
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by Dina Gerdeman