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APG Group: Managing Pensions for the Future
Viceira, Luis M.; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-214087-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Paradigm Capital Value Fund
Viceira, Luis M.; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-220014-EFinanceKarl Jan Erick Hummel had founded Paradigm Capital Value Fund in 2007 together with Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Greenwald, an expert in value investing and now chairman of the fund. The fund followed the principles of value investing to their target universe: publicly traded companies with market capitalization between 100 million and 4.5 billion based in Germany, the Nordic countries, the U.K., and Ireland. Hummel and Greenwal...Starting at €8.20
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Shelley Capital and the Hedge Fund Secondary Market
Viceira, Luis M.; Corsi, Elena; Dittrich, RuthCase HBS-211112-EFinanceAn advisory company has to decide how to sell their client's hedge fund holdings in the secondary market, and thinks about their future. Shelley Capital was a a European advisory company operating in the hedge fund secondary market, a market that boosted in 2008 with the world financial crisis. Shelley had identified four final bidders for the $84.5 million portfolio of illiquid hedge fund holdings that one of their clients had commissioned them ...Starting at €8.20
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The Capitalist's Dilemma
Christensen, Clayton M.; van Bever, Derek C.M.Article HBS-R1406C-EEconomicsSixty months after the 2008 recession ended, the economy was still sputtering, producing disappointing growth and job numbers. Corporations seemed stuck: Despite low interest rates, they were sitting on massive piles of cash and failing to invest in new initiatives. In this article, a leading innovation expert and his HBS colleague explore the reasons for this sluggishness. The crux of the problem, they say, is that investments in different types...Starting at €8.20
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Models of Endowment Management: King's College, Cambridge
Chambers, David; Dimson, Elroy; Viceira, Luis M.; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-216023-EFinanceOne of the University of Cambridge's Colleges evaluates different asset management options for its endowment fund. The King's College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in the UK, had most of its endowment invested in equity index funds. Its committee was to discuss whether they should overhaul their investment strategy. The college had three options. One was to invest in a new pooled fund created by the University, i...Starting at €8.20
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Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption
Christensen, Clayton M.; Wang, Dina; van Bever, Derek C.M.Article HBS-R1310F-EStrategyConsulting's fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years: Very smart outsiders go into organizations for a finite period of time and recommend solutions for the most difficult problems confronting their clients. But at traditional strategy-consulting firms, the share of work that is classic strategy has sharply declined over the past 30 years, from 60% or 70% to only about 20%. What accounts for this trend? Disruption is com...Starting at €8.20
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Africa's New Generation of Innovators
Christensen, Clayton M.; Ojomo, Efosa; van Bever, Derek C.M.Article HBS-R1701K-EEntrepreneurshipWith a young, urbanizing population, abundant natural resources, and a growing middle class, Africa seems to have all the ingredients necessary for huge growth. Nevertheless, a number of multinationals have recently left the continent, discouraged by widespread corruption, a lack of infrastructure and ready talent, and an underdeveloped consumer market. Some innovators, however, have succeeded by building franchises to serve poorer consumer segme...Starting at €8.20