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Beneficial State Bank (A): Organization and Measurement of Social Impact
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn ForoughiCase SGSB-SI134A-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn November 2004, as presidential hopeful John Kerry conceded the presidential race to George W. Bush, husband and wife team and Democratic supporters Tom Steyer (MBA ’83) and Kat Taylor (JD/MBA ’86) found themselves at an impasse in their political endeavors. The lost presidential bid was not only disappointing but left the couple seeking out new avenues to benefit from their time, passion, and energy. For Taylor, the idea of a beneficial ban...Starting at €8.20
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Beneficial State Bank (A): Organization and Measurement of Social Impact - Teaching Note
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn ForoughiTeaching Note SGSB-SI134ATN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn November 2004, as presidential hopeful John Kerry conceded the presidential race to George W. Bush, husband and wife team and Democratic supporters Tom Steyer (MBA ’83) and Kat Taylor (JD/MBA ’86) found themselves at an impasse in their political endeavors. The lost presidential bid was not only disappointing but left the couple seeking out new avenues to benefit from their time, passion, and energy. For Taylor, the idea of a beneficial ban...Starting at €0.00
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Exercise 1: Business Characteristics and Financial Statement Relationships
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn ForoughiCase SGSB-A211-EAccounting and ControlEffective financial statement analysis requires an understanding of a firm’s economic characteristics. The relations between various financial statement items provide evidence of many of these economic characteristics. This case presents the “common-size” condensed annual (2012) balance sheet and income statements for five firms in the Software and Services industry, a subset of the Information Technology sector, and four firms in the Retailing...Starting at €8.20
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Exercise 1: Business Characteristics and Financial Statement Relationships - Teaching Note
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn ForoughiTeaching Note SGSB-A211TN-EAccounting and ControlEffective financial statement analysis requires an understanding of a firm’s economic characteristics. The relations between various financial statement items provide evidence of many of these economic characteristics. This case presents the “common-size” condensed annual (2012) balance sheet and income statements for five firms in the Software and Services industry, a subset of the Information Technology sector, and four firms in the Retailing...Starting at €0.00
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Exercise 2: Industry Characteristics and the Statement of Cash Flows
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn ForoughiCase SGSB-A212-EAccounting and ControlDifferent industries present different trends in cash flows. At the same time, firms within the same industry but at different stages of the firm or product life cycle will have significantly different breakdowns for each section of the cash flow statement. This case presents common-size statements of cash flows for 10 firms in various industries. All amounts in the common-size statements of cash flows are expressed as a percentage of cash ...Starting at €8.20
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Exercise 2: Industry Characteristics and the Statement of Cash Flows - Teaching Note
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn ForoughiTeaching Note SGSB-A212TN-EAccounting and ControlDifferent industries present different trends in cash flows. At the same time, firms within the same industry but at different stages of the firm or product life cycle will have significantly different breakdowns for each section of the cash flow statement. This case presents common-size statements of cash flows for 10 firms in various industries. All amounts in the common-size statements of cash flows are expressed as a percentage of cash ...Starting at €0.00
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Exercise 3: Earnings Management and the Financial Statement
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn ForoughiCase SGSB-A213-EAccounting and ControlEffective financial statement analysis allows for the identification of lower quality earnings and potential earnings management. This case contains two separate cases within the Management Services and Information Technology Services industries. Each case presents a series of clues along with originally reported common-size financial statements and selected notes compiled from the financial statements for two competing firms in these two indus...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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The Fox Islands Wind Project (A)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Corcoran, James; Gazor, Max; Hogarty, Dylan; Somers, Alexander H., Jr.Case HBS-810129-EEntrepreneurshipThe market for electricity on the Fox Islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, Maine is unique and costly for residents. Historically, electricity prices on the islands had been three times the national average because of the high cost of importing electricity via an underwater cable and maintaining the distribution network on the islands. George Baker, a professor at Harvard Business School, decided to lower the energy costs of the island's reside...Starting at €8.20
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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana; Richardson, Evan; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812133-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had ...Starting at €8.20