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Enpara.com: Digital Bank at a Crossroad
Gupta, Sunil; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-518030-EMarketingIn March 2017, Elsa Pekmez Atan (MBA 2004), was wondering about the future of Enpara.com, a digital-only banking platform of QNB Finansbank. Since its launch in October 2012, Enpara had been successful in attracting over 600,000 customers by appealing to digital savvy, middle-class customers that QNB Finansbank was lacking for a long time. By the end of 2016, it accounted 16% of QNB Finansbank's deposits. With the support of the top management, A...Starting at €8.20
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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An IPO in India, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-809018-EFinanceTeaching Note for [807095].Starting at €0.00
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Oriental Fortune Capital: Building a Better Stock Exchange
Lerner, Josh; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-811105-EFinanceWhen ChiNext opened in October 2009 as the second tier market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), it aimed to provide Chinese entrepreneurs with equity capital and to facilitate the exits of venture capital firms and other investors which had previously relied on the New York, London, and Hong Kong markets for public offerings. A year into ChiNext's operation, Dr. Wei Chen, Chairman and founder of Oriental Fortune Capital, one of the fastest-g...Starting at €8.20
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Hony, CIFA, and Zoomlion: Creating Value and Strategic Choices in a Dynamic Market, Teaching Note
Lerner, JoshTeaching Note HBS-812068-EFinanceTeaching Note for 811-032.Starting at €0.00
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Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)
Ivashina, Victoria; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-218021-EFinanceIn summer of 2010, Murat avu o lu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group's investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM, avu o lu focused on institutionalizing and implementing value creation work streams in Mars. While transforming an entrepreneurial company into an institutionalized firm, avu ...Starting at €5.74
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Blackstone's Investment in Intelenet
Lerner, Josh; Bapat, Sandeep; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-213036-EEntrepreneurshipThree years had passed since Blackstone's investment in Intelenet Global Services, their third largest investment in India. Great progress had been made, but now a new challenge loomed. Globank, a large global bank, was Intelenet's largest customer. Intelenet's contract with Globank was set to expire in the next seven months, and all of Intelenet's assets and people working on the account, would move to Globank. Amit Dixit, managing director at t...Starting at €8.20
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Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm
Srinivasan, Suraj; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-117033-EAccounting and ControlIn March 2010, Burak Dalg n (HBS MBA 2004) led private equity firm Darby's investment in S rma, a local Turkish water and beverage company. S rma was owned and managed by members of two Turkish business families. The existing management, while being highly entrepreneurial, had paid less attention to managing the company in a professional manner, leading to a highly leveraged balance sheet and a significant need for financing. After the investm...Starting at €8.20
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Fetchr: A New Way of Last Mile Delivery
Narayanan, V.G.; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-119018-EAccounting and ControlBy mid-2016, five years of aggressive growth had transformed Fetchr from a small logistics startup to a 1,000-employee, full-fledged last-mile delivery company operating across four countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Already beneficiaries of the largest Series A round to the Middle East from an American firm, CEO Idriss Al Rifai and the Fetchr team had ambitions of raising another $40 million in Series B and deliberated continu...Starting at €8.20
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Hony Capital and Jushi Group
Lerner, Josh; Bernstein, Shai; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-820040-EFinanceHony Capital, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm based in China, is investing in a subsidiary of Jushi Group, a Chinese company that is one of the world's largest fiberglass producers. The specific project will build a plant in the United States. In this case, students consider the value Hony can provide to Jushi, and must also determine how Hony will eventually exit the transaction, given the complexity around its structure.Starting at €8.20
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Hony Capital and Jushi Group, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Bernstein, Shai; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-820073-EFinanceThis teaching note accompanies HBS case 820-040, Hony Capital and Jushi Group. John Zhao, CEO of Hony Capital, a China-based private equity (PE) firm with more than $12 billion under management, is considering his firm's investment in Jushi Group, the world's largest fiberglass manufacturer. The transaction has a number of unusual qualities: it is in the unlisted subsidiary of a publicly listed China-based company; Jushi's majority shareholder is...Starting at €0.00