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Avid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809086-EEntrepreneurshipThe CEO of a promising biotech company must decide how to respond to the macro-economic slump of late 2008. He had planned to pursue an aggressive schedule moving the firm's Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease imaging compounds through clinical trials and into the market. This involved expanding the firm's facilities and headcount and he planned to fund this by taking venture debt. Although clinical trial data is extremely encouraging, questions ...Starting at €8.20
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Grove Street Advisors: September 2009
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810064-EFinanceThe investment committee of Grove Street Advisors, a pioneer in the provision of customized private equity funds-of-funds for pension fund clients, must decide how to respond to the market opportunities and challenges presented by the turmoil of 2008 and 2009. How can they shift their strategy to fill new market niches, or should they stay with their successful approach thus far, even though the market is getting crowded? The case also presents b...Starting at €8.20
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Bay Partners (B) (Abridged)
Lerner, Josh; Rhodes-Kropf, MatthewCase HBS-214042-EFinanceAbridged supplement for case 213102, for instructors to wish to have students review in class.Starting at €5.74
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Texas Teachers and the New Texas Way
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Viceira, Luis M.; Dionne, John D.; Burbank, NathanielCase HBS-214091-EFinanceIn 2011 Britt Harris, the Chief Investment Officer for the $107.4 billion Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), was considering whether to pursue strategic partnerships with a group of large private equity firms. After spending four years aggressively moving the fifth largest pension fund in the United States into alternative asset classes, Harris felt that TRS shouldn't just participate in private equity funds as a typical limited partner. ...Starting at €8.20
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1242-EIn summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldiers to Liberia. "Mission i...Starting at €8.20
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia, Epilogue
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1252-EEpilogue to case KS1242. In summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldie...Starting at €8.20
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Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1253-EEconomicsOn April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African American male, died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police. In response to his death, which occurred less than a year after a similar incident in Ferguson, Missouri, protestors mobilized daily in Baltimore to vocalize their frustrations, including what they saw as law enforcement's long-standing mistreatment of the African American community. Then, on April 27, following Gray's funeral, riots...Starting at €8.20
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Brazos Partners and the Tri-Northern Exit, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielTeaching Note HBS-814057-EFinanceTeaching Note for 813157.Starting at €0.00
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The Impact of Waves in Venture Capital and Private Equity, Module Note for Instructors
Rhodes-Kropf, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-814084-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €0.00
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VCPE Strategy Vignettes I, II, and 2012, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielTeaching Note HBS-814086-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 811043, 811054, and 812073.Starting at €0.00