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      • July 2020
      • Case

      Mortgage Backed Securities and the Covid-19 Pandemic

      By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Luis M. Viceira and Dean Xu
      In April 2020, global financial markets were still reeling as the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across the world. Global equity markets had initially fallen by 30% in response to the pandemic, and high-yield credit markets had dropped by nearly 20%. In contrast,...  View Details
      Keywords: Covid-19; Mortgage-backed Securities; Health Pandemics; Financial Markets; Assets; Resource Allocation; Financial Instruments; Decision Making
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      Siriwardane, Emil N., Luis M. Viceira, and Dean Xu. "Mortgage Backed Securities and the Covid-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 221-010, July 2020.
      • April 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment

      By: Victoria Ivashina, Michael Harmon and Terrence Shu
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 219-018. This case is a setting to discuss “loan to own” investment strategy that is often pursued by distressed investors. The aftermath of the 2007 financial crisis left many companies with poor liquidity and limited ability to obtain...  View Details
      Keywords: Distress Investing; Investment; Debt securities; Strategy; Restructuring
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      Ivashina, Victoria, Michael Harmon, and Terrence Shu. "Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 220-083, April 2020.
      • April 2020
      • Supplement

      Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
      This case is a setting to discuss “loan to own” investment strategy that is often pursued by distressed investors. The aftermath of the 2007 financial crisis left many companies with poor liquidity and limited ability to obtain credit. One of these companies was Pierre...  View Details
      Keywords: Distress Investing; Investment; Debt securities; Strategy; Restructuring
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Terrence Shu. "Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 220-715, April 2020.
      • August 2019
      • Case

      Subscription Lines Dilemma

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
      This case follows a fictional managing partner of a private equity firm, as she contemplates whether to utilize subscription lines of credit in her firm’s funds. Subscription lines are revolving lines of credit secured by commitments from a fund’s investors. Private...  View Details
      Keywords: Private equity; Credit; Strategy
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Terrence Shu. "Subscription Lines Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 220-025, August 2019.
      • May 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Tesla, Inc. in 2018

      By: Siko Sikochi and Suraj Srinivasan
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-013. The case facilitates a discussion about corporate governance and its role in achieving sustainable profitability and driving long-term shareholder value. The discussion can focus on such questions as what constitutes good governance,...  View Details
      Keywords: Public Company; Corporate Governance; Governing And Advisory Boards; Cost Vs Benefits
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      Sikochi, Siko, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Tesla, Inc. in 2018." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-101, May 2019.
      • August 2018 (Revised June 2019)
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      Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Mike Harmon
      This case is a setting to discuss “loan to own” investment strategy that is often pursued by distressed investors. The aftermath of the 2007 financial crisis left many companies with poor liquidity and limited ability to obtain credit. One of these companies was Pierre...  View Details
      Keywords: Distress Investing; Investment; Debt securities; Strategy; Restructuring
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Mike Harmon. "Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment." Harvard Business School Case 219-018, August 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
      • August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
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      Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)

      By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet and Christine Johnson
      In May 2018, Berkshire Hathaway announced an unprecedented loss of more than $1 billion for the first quarter of 2018. Warren Buffett blamed this loss on the new accounting rules for equity securities which he criticized. In the case ‘Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire...  View Details
      Keywords: Equity Securities; Fasb; Fair Value Accounting; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Financial Services Industry
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      Heese, Jonas, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet, and Christine Johnson. "Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 119-030, August 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
      • June 2018
      • Case

      Burton Sensors, Inc.

      By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
      Burton Sensors presents a realistic situation where a small, rapidly growing, and profitable temperature sensor original equipment manufacturer (OEM) reaches its debt capacity and seeks equity financing to sustain high growth. The president of the company must decide...  View Details
      Keywords: Financing And Loans; Acquisition; Investment; Financial Strategy; Decision Choices And Conditions
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      Fruhan, William E., and Wei Wang. "Burton Sensors, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-539, June 2018.
      • February 2018
      • Case

      Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments

      By: John Macomber and Pippa Tubman Armerding
      The so-called “infrastructure finance gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and...  View Details
      Keywords: Pension Fund Investing; Infrastucture; Emerging Markets; Power/energy; Credit Enhancement; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Investment Funds; Emerging Markets; Nigeria; Africa
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      Macomber, John, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments." Harvard Business School Case 218-071, February 2018.
      • February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
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      Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

      By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
      This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,...  View Details
      Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; Payg; Microfinance; Mfi; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; equity; Private equity; Financial Instruments; Debt securities; Stock Shares; Financing And Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
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      Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Amram Migdal. "Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment." Harvard Business School Case 318-003, February 2018. (Revised August 2018.)
      • October 2017 (Revised April 2019)
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      Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs

      By: Karen Mills, Dennis Campbell and Aaron Mukerjee
      Eastern Bank is a 200-year-old New England mutual bank with a community focus. Eastern specializes in small business lending, having made strategic investments to become the top SBA lender in New England in the midst of the Great Recession, when other banks were...  View Details
      Keywords: Banks And Banking; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Management
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      Mills, Karen, Dennis Campbell, and Aaron Mukerjee. "Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs." Harvard Business School Case 318-068, October 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
      • September 2017 (Revised February 2019)
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      Blackstone's GSO Capital: Crosstex Investment

      By: Victoria Ivashina, John D. Dionne and Jeffrey Boyar
      This case focuses on the Blackstone credit arm, GSO Capital as it evaluated a proposal for an equity investment into the distressed company, Crosstex Energy L.P., an integrated midstream energy company, that was hit hard by declining natural gas prices during the 2008...  View Details
      Keywords: Distress Investing; Rescue Financing; Investment; Borrowing And Debt; Financial Condition
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      Ivashina, Victoria, John D. Dionne, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Blackstone's GSO Capital: Crosstex Investment." Harvard Business School Case 218-008, September 2017. (Revised February 2019.)
      • September 2017 (Revised November 2019)
      • Case

      Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund

      By: Emil Siriwardane, Juliane Begenau and Yuval Gonczarowski
      Nickol Hackett, chief investment officer of the Cook County Pension Fund, is responsible for investing the fund’s $9 billion worth of assets on behalf of the employees of Cook County, Illinois. Like many other defined-benefit pensions at the time, the Cook County...  View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Decision Choices And Conditions
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      Siriwardane, Emil, Juliane Begenau, and Yuval Gonczarowski. "Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 218-030, September 2017. (Revised November 2019.)
      • July 2017
      • Supplement

      Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts (B)

      By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
      The case examines the aftermath of the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners acquisition of Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and hotel operator, from a private equity (PE) competitor, Apollo Global Management.  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity Financing; Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities; Cmbs; Secondary Buyouts; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Exit Or Shutdown; Finance; Borrowing And Debt; Cost; Cost Of Capital; equity; Private equity; Financial Instruments; Debt securities; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment And Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; North And Central America; United States
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      Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 818-024, July 2017.
      • July 2017
      • Case

      Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor

      By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
      The case examines the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners investment decision regarding whether to acquire Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and hotel operator, from a private equity (PE) competitor, Apollo Global Management. The case...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity Financing; Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities; Cmbs; Secondary Buyouts; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Finance; Borrowing And Debt; Cost; Cost Of Capital; equity; Private equity; Financial Instruments; Debt securities; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment And Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; North And Central America; United States
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      Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor." Harvard Business School Case 818-023, July 2017.
      • April 2016 (Revised February 2017)
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      Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube

      By: Stuart C. Gilson, John D. Dionne and Sarah L. Abbott
      In May 2013, senior managers of GSO Capital Partners, an $80 billion credit-oriented investment firm owned by The Blackstone Group, are considering what to do next with their investment in the senior secured debt of Eastman Kodak Company. Once a great company and an...  View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Financial Strategy; Investment; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., John D. Dionne, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 216-707, April 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
      • August 2015 (Revised February 2017)
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      Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube

      By: Stuart C. Gilson, John D. Dionne and Sarah L. Abbott
      In May 2013, senior managers of GSO Capital Partners, an $80 billion credit-oriented investment firm owned by The Blackstone Group, are considering what to do next with their investment in the senior secured debt of Eastman Kodak Company. Once a great company and an...  View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Finance; Strategy; Investment; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., John D. Dionne, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube." Harvard Business School Case 216-006, August 2015. (Revised February 2017.)
      • August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
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      Molycorp: Issuing the 'Happy Meal' Securities (B)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
      Molycorp, the Western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expansion in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. After reporting lower than expected...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Strategy; Convertible Debt; Uncertainty; Startup; Growth; Rare Earth Minerals; Capital Structure; Valuation; Mining; Hedge Funds; Short Selling; Equity Capital; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Metals And Minerals; equity; Capital; Debt securities; Stock Shares; Financial Management; Mining Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Canada; California
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Molycorp: Issuing the 'Happy Meal' Securities (B)." Harvard Business School Case 215-014, August 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
      • March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
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      Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing

      By: Karim R. Lakhani, Katja Hutter and Greta Friar
      This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding model for small investors to access commercial real estate in Colombia, then tries out the model in the U.S. U.S....  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation; Real Estate; Crowdfunding; Crowdsourcing; Digital Innovation; Commercial Real Estate; Online Platforms; Disruption; Transformation; Design; Assets; equity; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Online Technology; Real Estate Industry; Latin America; New York (state, Us); United States
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      Lakhani, Karim R., Katja Hutter, and Greta Friar. "Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing." Harvard Business School Case 614-064, March 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
      • February 2014
      • Background Note

      Raising Startup Capital

      By: Jeffrey Bussgang
      Entrepreneurs typically focus their full energies on business-building. But raising capital is a core part of building a valuable business. Developing expertise in raising capital is more than a necessary evil, it is a competitive weapon. Master it and you will be in a...  View Details
      Keywords: Fund Raising; Venture Capital; Venture Capital Term Sheet; Venture Creation/development; Venture Investing; Venture Philanthropy; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Jumpstart Our Business Startups (jobs) Act; Non-equity Financing; Convertible Notes; Convertible Debt; Debt Financing; Raising Capital; National Venture Capital Association; Venture Capital Firm Compensation; Crowdfunding; Crowd-funding; Startup; Start-up; Startup Management; Startups; Angel Investors; Angels; Accelerator; Venture Capital; Financing And Loans; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Bussgang, Jeffrey. "Raising Startup Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 814-089, February 2014.
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