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      Patient Capital: The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term Investing

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
      There has never been a greater need for long-term investments. And it is increasingly unlikely that the public sector will be willing or able to fill the gap. Those best positioned to address the long-run needs are likely to be the pools of capital in the hands of...  View Details
      Keywords: Long-term Investing; Large Investors; Capital; Investment; Strategic Planning; Problems And Challenges; Opportunities; Society
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Josh Lerner. Patient Capital: The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term Investing. First ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019.
      • November 2018
      • Teaching Note

      The Tax Man: Taxes in Private Equity Real Estate

      By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-077. This teaching note provides the back up analysis for the various alternatives to be considered in choosing the optimal investment structure for the real estate acquisition. It contrasts the interests of the tax exempt investors...  View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate; Alternative Investment Structures; Taxation; Private Equity; Property; Acquisition; Conflict Of Interests; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms
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      Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "The Tax Man: Taxes in Private Equity Real Estate." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 219-017, November 2018.
      • September 2018
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      Granite Equity Partners

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
      This case follows Rick Bauerly, CEO of Minnesota-based Granite Equity Partners, a private equity firm that specialized in buying out retiring business owners in the Minnesota community. In 2007, Granite Equity was considering an investment in Tyrell Corp. (name...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity Exit; Investing; Fund Exit; Fund Management; Wealth Management; Liquidity; Buyout; Exit Strategy; Preferred Shares; Convertible Notes; Finance; Private Equity; Investment; Asset Management; wealth; Management; Financial Liquidity
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Granite Equity Partners." Harvard Business School Case 219-040, September 2018.
      • August 2018
      • Case

      Christine Lagarde

      By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat
      For a modular presentation of the same material, please see “Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls” (HBS No. 419-017), “Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant” (HBS No. 419-018), and “Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF” (HBS No. 419-019)....  View Details
      Keywords: Power And Influence; Leadership; Gender; Change; Personal Development And Career; Power And Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change
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      Battilana, Julie, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas, and Noemie Assenat. "Christine Lagarde." Harvard Business School Case 419-016, August 2018.
      • June 2018 (Revised February 2019)
      • Teaching Note

      Home Nursing of North Carolina

      By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
      In 2011, immediately after graduating HBS, Ari Medoff began a self-funded search for a small firm to buy and run as its CEO. After just three month of searching, he identified Home Nursing of North Carolina (HNNC), a home care agency based in Greensboro, NC, as a...  View Details
      Keywords: Small Firms Management; Acquisition; Negotiation Process; Investment; Small Business; Management; Personal Development And Career
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      Ruback, Richard S., Royce Yudkoff, and Ahron Rosenfeld. "Home Nursing of North Carolina." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-130, June 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
      • February 2018
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      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 December 2019)
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      The Tax Man: Taxes in Private Equity Real Estate

      By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Timothy J. Becker, Ricardo Andrade and Sayiddah F. McCree
      In January 2018, Caelan Langan, an associate at KSW Partners LLC (“KSW”), was asked by Katherine Scott, the partner for whom he worked, to recommend a proposed structure to acquire a prominent office building in San Francisco for their most recent fund. Caelan was...  View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate; Alternative Investment Structures; Property; Acquisition; Private Equity; Investment; Management; Taxation; Policy
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      Lietz, Nori Gerardo, Timothy J. Becker, Ricardo Andrade, and Sayiddah F. McCree. "The Tax Man: Taxes in Private Equity Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 218-077, February 2018. (Revised December 2019.)
      • 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.)
      • September 2017
      • Case

      Christine Lagarde

      By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat
      The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the government of France and as the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The case highlights the challenges and opportunities she faced...  View Details
      Keywords: Power And Influence; Leadership; Gender; Change; Personal Development And Career; Power And Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change
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      Battilana, Julie, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas, and Noemie Assenat. "Christine Lagarde." Harvard Business School Case 418-007, September 2017.
      • April 2017 (Revised February 2020)
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      Restructuring Ukraine

      By: Kristin Mugford, Seema Amble and Tian Feng
      In June 2015, Ukraine found itself struggling with a volatile and devalued currency, dramatically diminished foreign reserves, and a projected financing shortfall of $40 billion. Ukraine’s new government sought to return the nation to stability following political...  View Details
      Keywords: Exchange Rates; Politics; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Insolvency And Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Economy; Currency Exchange Rate; Banks And Banking; Economic Slowdown And Stagnation; Bonds; sovereign Finance; Capital Markets; Credit; Debt Securities; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Government And Politics; Ukraine
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      Mugford, Kristin, Seema Amble, and Tian Feng. "Restructuring Ukraine." Harvard Business School Case 217-049, April 2017. (Revised February 2020.)
      • March 2017 (Revised March 2019)
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      Ant Financial (A)

      By: Feng Zhu, Ying Zhang, Krishna G. Palepu, Anthony K. Woo and Nancy Hua Dai
      Headquartered in Hangzhou (China), Ant Financial has grown into a fintech “Unicorn.” The fintech empire that the company established spanned verticals such as mobile and online payment (Alipay), money market fund (Yu’e Bao), wealth management (Ant Fortune),...  View Details
      Keywords: Growth And Development Strategy; Global Strategy; Finance; Opportunities; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry
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      Zhu, Feng, Ying Zhang, Krishna G. Palepu, Anthony K. Woo, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ant Financial (A)." Harvard Business School Case 617-060, March 2017. (Revised March 2019.)
      • March 2017 (Revised June 2019)
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      Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?

      By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Ricardo Andrade and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
      In April 2012, Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Brazilian conglomerate EBX, believing the company to be undervalued by the public markets. Shortly thereafter, however, EBX and its multiple business lines began to spiral downward. Hani...  View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Conglomerates; Investing; Corporate Structure; International; sovereign Finance; Business Conglomerates; Investment; Financing And Loans; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Economy; Brazil; Abu Dhabi
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      Lietz, Nori Gerardo, Ricardo Andrade, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?" Harvard Business School Case 217-065, March 2017. (Revised June 2019.)
      • October 2016
      • Technical Note

      Sovereign Wealth Funds

      By: Sophus A. Reinert and Julie Kheyfets
      Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; sovereign Finance; Investment funds
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      Reinert, Sophus A., and Julie Kheyfets. "Sovereign Wealth Funds." Harvard Business School Technical Note 717-003, October 2016.
      • March 2016 (Revised August 2016)
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      CreditEase: Taking Inclusive Finance Online

      By: Michael Chu, John S. Ji and Nancy Hua Dai
      The world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lender annually disbursing over a million loans totaling $10 billion, China’s CreditEase, must decide whether to IPO in the NYSE its online lending platform, Yirendai, before the year-end window closes in 2015. Yirendai sought to...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Or Company Management; Online Technology; Financing And Loans; Credit; Growth And Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; China
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      Chu, Michael, John S. Ji, and Nancy Hua Dai. "CreditEase: Taking Inclusive Finance Online." Harvard Business School Case 316-151, March 2016. (Revised August 2016.)
      • August 2015
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      Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks

      By: Victoria Ivashina, David S. Scharfstein and Jeremy C. Stein
      A large share of dollar-denominated lending is done by non-U.S. banks, particularly European banks. We present a model in which such banks cut dollar lending more than euro lending in response to a shock to their credit quality. Because these banks rely on wholesale...  View Details
      Keywords: Banks; Global Banks; Credit Supply; Dollar Funding; International Finance; Banks And Banking; Banking Industry
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      Ivashina, Victoria, David S. Scharfstein, and Jeremy C. Stein. "Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks." Quarterly Journal of Economics 130, no. 3 (August 2015): 1241–1281.
      • August 2014
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      What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?

      By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Stephen P. Zeldes
      We conduct and analyze two large surveys of hypothetical annuitization choices. We find that allowing individuals to annuitize a fraction of their wealth increases annuitization relative to a situation where annuitization is an "all or nothing" decision. Very few...  View Details
      Keywords: Annuity; Pension; Retirement Income; Framing; Annuities; Retirement
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      Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Stephen P. Zeldes. "What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?" Special Issue on NBER Pensions. Journal of Public Economics 116 (August 2014): 2–16.
      • June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
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      Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014

      By: Luis Viceira and Emily A. Chien
      In the Spring of 2014, Rudy Adolf, CEO and founder of Focus Financial, and the two other co-founders of the firm are considering alternative growth strategies to solidify Focus Financial's position as a leading aggregator of independent wealth management firms in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Growth And Development Strategy; Business Model; Financial Services Industry
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      Viceira, Luis, and Emily A. Chien. "Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014." Harvard Business School Case 214-103, June 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
      • June 2014
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      Frictions in Shadow Banking: Evidence from the Lending Behavior of Money Market Funds

      By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
      We document the consequences of money market fund risk taking during the European sovereign debt crisis. Using a novel data set of security-level holdings of prime money market funds, we show that funds with large exposures to risky Eurozone banks suffered significant...  View Details
      Keywords: Investment funds; Financial Crisis; Europe
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      Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "Frictions in Shadow Banking: Evidence from the Lending Behavior of Money Market Funds." Review of Financial Studies 27, no. 6 (June 2014): 1717–1750.
      • February 2014 (Revised August 2015)
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      The Estate Tax Debate

      By: Matthew Weinzierl, Katrina Flanagan and Valerie Galinskaya
      Per dollar of revenue, no tax policy generates more sound and fury than the taxation of estates. To supporters, the tax is a break on the concentration of wealth and power and an easy way to fund redistribution. To opponents, the tax is an unjust punishment of the...  View Details
      Keywords: Atkinson-stiglitz; Optimal Capital Taxation; Bequest Motives; Taxation; Family And Family Relationships; Property
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      Weinzierl, Matthew, Katrina Flanagan, and Valerie Galinskaya. "The Estate Tax Debate." Harvard Business School Case 714-032, February 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
      • April 2013 (Revised February 2018)
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      Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches

      By: Sophus A. Reinert
      In early 2013, Norway was by many accounts the world’s most developed country; it topped various indices for everything from democracy to happiness, had a comprehensive welfare state, and massive oil revenues endowed it with a substantial, and growing, Sovereign Wealth...  View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Welfare State; Natural Resources; Internationalization; Dutch Disease; Happiness; Macroeconomics; Energy Sources; Values And Beliefs; sovereign Finance; Immigration; Welfare; Energy Industry; Norway
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      Reinert, Sophus A. "Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches." Harvard Business School Case 713-061, April 2013. (Revised February 2018.)
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