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The United States and Their Constitution--1763-92 (Spanish version)
Moss, David A.Case HBS-707S30Economics1) the reasons why the American colonists rebelled against Britain (1763-1774); 2) the problems the new nation confronted during the War of Independence and under the Articles of Confederation (1775-1788); 3) the main issues taken up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787); and 4) the enormous challenges facing Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury in the first Washington Administration (1789-1792). A complete version o...Starting at €8.20
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Battle Over a Bank: Defining the Limits of Federal Power Under a New Constitution
Moss, David A.; Campasano, MarcCase HBS-716052-EEconomicsIn late February, 1791, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton submitted a report to President Washington defending his recent proposal for a national bank, which he hoped would bolster the American economy and assist the federal government in managing its finances. Congress had approved the plan, but some of the President's advisers warned that the federal government lacked the authority to establish a bank because the Constitution did not grant ...Starting at €8.20
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Pathfinder Capital
Sahlman, William A.; Janower, AndrewCase HBS-396067-EEntrepreneurshipTwo former consultants have raised a search fund and are looking for a company to buy and run. After eight months of looking at deals, they have just signed a letter of intent to buy the second largest book retail chain in Canada in a turnaround situation. They must now decide whether to go through with the deal and, if so, how to raise the necessary financing.Starting at €8.20
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-809004-EFinanceBy 2008, a number of the firm's early cleantech investments were showing promise, and the companies were starting to need significantly more money to create the massive scale required in the energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new fund that focused on later-stage investments?...Starting at €8.20
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Foro Energy (A)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-812136-EEntrepreneurshipForo Energy developed proprietary and patent-pending fiber-laser technologies that could disrupt existing processes and services for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. These breakthrough laser technologies were protected by a strong intellectual property (IP) portfolio, which provided Foro with the flexibility to pursue a number of different business models. The market potential for oilfield applications was large, as global s...Starting at €8.20
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TerraPower
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; Lassiter, Joseph B.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-813108-EEntrepreneurshipJohn Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations with other interested cleantech growth equity investors. ...Starting at €8.20
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The Deutsche Bank (A)
Moss, David A.Case HBS-708044-EFinanceFounded in 1870 to help finance surging German exports and imports, the Deutsche Bank soon moved into domestic banking. In fact, its founders aimed to create both a commercial bank and an investment bank under one roof--that is, a "universal bank." By the end of the nineteenth century, the Deutsche Bank was not only the largest bank in Germany, but also a strategic actor in the broader European market and, indeed, in the world economy. Over the f...Starting at €8.20
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The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures Trading
Moss, David A.; Kintgen, EugeneCase HBS-709044-EEconomicsIn 1730, Japanese merchants petitioned shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune to officially authorize trade in rice futures at the Dojima Exchange, the world's first organized (but unsanctioned) futures market. For many years, the Japanese government had prohibited the trade of futures bills because it was widely regarded as a form of gambling that caused rice prices to rise. However, when the price of rice fell to record lows in the late 1720s, the samurai (...Starting at €8.20
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The Pecora Hearings
Moss, David A.; Bolton, Cole; Kintgen, EugeneCase HBS-711046-EFinanceIn 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 Pecora, revealed how the country's most respected financial institutions knowingly misled investors as to the desirability of certain securities, engaged in irresponsible investment behavi...Starting at €8.20
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Financing Higher Education in Australia
Moss, David A.; Lo, StephanieCase HBS-711047-EFinanceEven before Australian lawmakers abolished university tuition in 1973, students in Australia had long benefited from low tuition and large government subsidies. By the early 1980s, however, the nation's universities faced growing budget challenges and an apparent shortage of capacity as demand for higher education surged. Policymakers, cognizant of a growing budget deficit as well as a hard-hitting recession, hesitated to provide increased fundin...Starting at €8.20