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- January 1983 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
Universal Robotics Corp.
Three former classmates are founding a company to design, develop, manufacture, and market industrial robots. Principal issues involve the sources, amount, and form of outside investment, the allocation of equity, and the terms and conditions under which outside funds...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Business Startups;
Corporate Finance;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry
Grousbeck, H. Irving. "Universal Robotics Corp." Harvard Business School Case 383-075, January 1983. (Revised August 1988.)
- August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Universal Circuits, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
The manager of international finance of a major U.S. electronics company is concerned about the exposure of the firm to changes in exchange rates. Of particular concern is the exposure of operations to changes in real exchange rates. The teaching objectives include: 1)...
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Keywords:
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
International Finance;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Business Plan;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Electronics Industry;
United States
Piper, Thomas R. "Universal Circuits, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 286-006, August 1985. (Revised July 1991.)
- April 1965
- Case
Universal National Co.
Anthony, Robert N. "Universal National Co." Harvard Business School Case 113-032, April 1965.
- 29 Oct 2014
- HBS Seminar
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University
- December 2006 (Revised December 2007)
- Case
The Vanderbilt University Endowment (2006)
By: Andre F. Perold and William T. Spitz
As with many modern-day large pools of capital, the Vanderbilt University endowment is significantly invested in alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and natural resources. The endowment's investment committee chair is attempting to...
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Keywords:
Higher Education;
Asset Management;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Investment Portfolio;
Risk Management
Perold, Andre F., and William T. Spitz. "The Vanderbilt University Endowment (2006)." Harvard Business School Case 207-062, December 2006. (Revised December 2007.)
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
In a prestigious appointment with strong HBS overtones, Professor Robert C. Merton has been named the first incumbent of a new Harvard University Professorship named for John and Natty McArthur, the former Dean of HBS and his wife. View Details
- October 2015 (Revised August 2019)
- Background Note
Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times
By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and Yuanzhuo Wang
The rapid growth in quantity and quality of universities in China since 1978 is the most recent evolution in a long history of higher education. From as early as the Tang Dynasty, academies existed to prepare scholars for the civil service examination, but by the...
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Keywords:
Non-profit Management;
University Administration;
University Faculty;
University Curriculum;
Education Reform;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Management;
Higher Education;
History;
Governance;
Education Industry;
China
Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-066, October 2015. (Revised August 2019.)
- 25 Oct 2016
- News
Karen Mills, Sr. Fellow Harvard University
- 2024
- Working Paper
Economic Budgeting for Endowment-Dependent Universities
By: John Y. Campbell, Jeremy C. Stein and Alex A. Wu
To understand their financial position, universities need to understand the long-term implications of their operating revenues and costs in relation to the financial assets they have available. Standard budgeting procedures that focus on one or two years at a time and...
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Campbell, John Y., Jeremy C. Stein, and Alex A. Wu. "Economic Budgeting for Endowment-Dependent Universities." Working Paper, March 2024.
- 27 Apr 2016
- HBS Seminar
Eli Finkel, Northwestern University
- 07 Oct 2015
- HBS Seminar
Emily Oster, Brown University
- 14 Nov 2014
- HBS Seminar
John Zhou, Harvard University
- 13 Nov 2015
- HBS Seminar
Thummim Cho, Harvard University
- 05 Dec 2014
- HBS Seminar
Gianpaolo Parise, Harvard University
- 09 Apr 2015
- HBS Seminar
Bruce Kogut, Columbia University
- 21 Nov 2014
- HBS Seminar
Laszlo Sandor, Harvard University
- 31 Oct 2014
- HBS Seminar
David Smalling, Harvard University
- 31 Oct 2011
- HBS Seminar
Maria Ogneva, Stanford University
- 09 May 2014
- HBS Seminar