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- Career Coach
Imam Akinlade
Imam wants to help students think critically about their career paths and what really maters most to them, Having gained significant experience in consulting, impact investing and clean energy before HBS; and exploring several career...
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- Teaching Interest
Strategies for Value Creation (MBA Course)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
SVC is a capstone course that integrates topics from finance, strategy, and leadership. It is intentionally cross-functional and designed to force integration at the end of the MBA program. Students develop a value creation mindset and learn that value creation is an...
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- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
The Pecora Hearings
By: David Moss, Cole Bolton and Eugene Kintgen
In 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Senate Banking Committee began a much-publicized investigation of the nation's financial sector. The hearings, which came to be known as the Pecora hearings after the Banking Committee's lead counsel Ferdinand... View Details
- September 2019
- Case
Dementia Discovery Fund
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick
The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Investment Funds;
Mission and Purpose;
Recruitment;
Health Care and Treatment;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts;
London;
England
Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Sarah Gulick. "Dementia Discovery Fund." Harvard Business School Case 820-045, September 2019.
- 15 Apr 2010
- News
European Corporate Governance Institute Fellow
- February 2015
- Case
TouchTunes and the Connected Digital Jukebox Platform
By: Alan MacCormack and Noah Fisher
The case describes innovation and new product development at TouchTunes, the leader in the Digital Jukebox market. In March 2013, after releasing its innovative "Virtuo" jukebox developed in collaboration with frog design, TouchTunes was at a crossroads. Having...
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- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets Authors:Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner, and David Scharfstein Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming). (Earlier...
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Martha Lagace
- March 2016 (Revised January 2023)
- Teaching Note
Carla Ann Harris at Morgan Stanley
This case follows Carla Ann Harris, an African-American executive on Wall Street, from her childhood to the eve of her 20th year at Morgan Stanley. In addition to her professional identity as an investment banker, Harris is also an accomplished gospel singer, an...
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Arthur I Segel
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- May 2006 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Codon Devices
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and David Kiron
In December 2005, 40-year-old John Danner was about to make his first presentation to the board of directors of Codon Devices, a one-year-old biotechnology start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After a month as the company's CEO, Danner was prepared to lay out...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Venture Capital;
Intellectual Property;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Genetics;
Competitive Advantage;
Science-Based Business;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Biotechnology Industry;
Cambridge
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and David Kiron. "Codon Devices." Harvard Business School Case 806-198, May 2006. (Revised June 2006.)
- May 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
AirFox (A): Embracing the Blockchain and an ICO
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Edward B. Berk and Nate Schwalb
In summer 2017, Victor Santos, CEO of AirFox, considered whether to pivot his startup towards a new product built with blockchain—a quickly growing technology at the time. AirFox was an early stage startup that sold Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to small telecom...
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Keywords:
Blockchain;
Cryptocurrency;
Initial Coin Offering;
ICO;
Business Startups;
Finance;
Currency;
Strategy;
Decision Making;
United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Edward B. Berk, and Nate Schwalb. "AirFox (A): Embracing the Blockchain and an ICO." Harvard Business School Case 818-097, May 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
- December 2008 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
TravelCenters of America
By: Robin Greenwood, Daniel Jacob Goldberg and James Quinn
A New York-based hedge fund must decide whether to invest in TravelCenters of America (TA), a recent spin-off from a U.S.-based real estate investment trust. The case confronts students with the question: To what extent is this spin-off opportunity attractive from a...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Investment;
Valuation;
Real Estate Industry;
Travel Industry;
United States
Greenwood, Robin, Daniel Jacob Goldberg, and James Quinn. "TravelCenters of America." Harvard Business School Case 209-030, December 2008. (Revised July 2010.)
- Career Coach
Alejandro Maldonado
Alejandro (HBS '08) has spent most of his career in the areas of direct investing and strategy, with a recent focus on human capital leadership and development. He has had experience in investment banking at...
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- July 2020
- Case
CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (A)
By: Victoria Ivashina and Yury Kapko
This two-part case series follows CSL Capital’s 2009 investment in the greenfield manufacturing company, Patriot Proppants. CSL, a recently established investment firm, employs a unique investment model, funding new ("green field") energy service businesses that serve...
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Yury Kapko. "CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (A)." Harvard Business School Case 220-094, July 2020.
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 30 Oct 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials
Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: October 30, 2019 - December 27, 2019
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- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 12 Jun 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials
Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: June 12, 2019 - July 10, 2019
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- 9 AM – 9 AM EST, 14 Nov 2018
HBX Entrepreneurship Essentials
Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: November 14, 2018 - December 12, 2018
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Kevin P. Mohan
Kevin P. Mohan joined the Negotiation unit at Harvard Business School in 2012. He teaches Negotiation and Deals in the MBA program, in the Owners, Presidents, and Managers program, and in a number of other Executive Education programs at Harvard. He also... View Details
- October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving
By: Christina R. Wing, Zeshan Gondal and Brittany L. Logan
This case explores the work of Özyeğin Social Investments, founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin, one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs. With a focus on education, health, gender equality, rural development, and disaster relief in Turkey, Özyeğin Social Investments and the...
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Keywords:
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Family Business;
Business Model;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Social Enterprise;
Turkey
Wing, Christina R., Zeshan Gondal, and Brittany L. Logan. "Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving." Harvard Business School Case 624-054, October 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- September 1994 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Hamilton Test Systems, Inc.
By: William A. Sahlman and Norman Klein
The protagonists must decide whether to invest in an auto emissions testing company as the first investment in the leveraged buyout fund they recently formed. Issues of how to raise the needed equity capital and how to structure the acquisition are emphasized.
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment;
Service Industry;
Auto Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Norman Klein. "Hamilton Test Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-017, September 1994. (Revised May 2010.)