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Taking Private Equity Public: The Blackstone Group
Milone, Kristin; Loutskina, Elena; Frank, Mary MargaretCase DARDEN-C-2327-EAccounting and ControlOn the eve of the Blackstone Group’s much anticipated initial public offering (IPO), a Wall Street portfolio manager contemplates his commitment to purchase 20,000 units at $31.00 each. As one of the largest IPOs in recent history and the first major PE fund to go public in the United States, the offering had stirred up significant media and congressional interest, some of which was potentially damaging for the PE industry. Even taking the uncert...Starting at €8.20
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Fannie Mae's Data Dynamics
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Loutskina, Elena; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Yemen, Gerry; Boatright, BenjaminCase DARDEN-QA-0903-EDecision AnalysisThis case uses one of Fannie Mae’s credit-risk transfer instruments (CRT) to explore its data set platform and predict loan defaults through machine learning algorithms. The CRT, called Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS), issued bonds valued on the performance of preselected pools of mortgages. The material works well to unfold natural language processing using Python. Through a three-class series, students will learn to wrangle data, experience...Starting at €8.20
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Goldman Sachs Goes to Rikers Island
Loutskina, Elena; Frank, Mary Margaret; Yemen, Gerry; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-F-1807-EFinanceYi Hua, the leader of an impact-investing initiative at Goldman Sachs, was examining a new financial arrangement in a proposed public-private partnership called the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond (SIB). The proposed SIB was the result of a partnership between Goldman Sachs, the New York City (NYC) Department of Correction, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)-MDRC, Osborne Association (Osborne), and the Vera ...Starting at €8.20
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Citrix Systems, Inc.: A Fight Worth Fighting? - Teaching note
Loutskina, Elena; Adkins, ThomasTeaching Note DARDEN-F-2049TN-EFinanceIn December 2021, Valiant Capital Partners (VCP) is in the middle of bidding for Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix), to take the company private via a leveraged buyout (LBO). The auction of the renowned desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) company had attracted a number of bidders. VCP's initial bid of $15 billion ($92 per share) had allowed the fund to move to the final bidding round. Now with broader access to the company and its management, VCP has to revis...Starting at €0.00
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Citrix Systems, Inc.: A Fight Worth Fighting?
Loutskina, Elena; Shah, JigarCase DARDEN-F-2049-EFinanceIn December 2021, Valiant Capital Partners (VCP) is in the middle of bidding for Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix), to take the company private via a leveraged buyout (LBO). The auction of the renowned desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) company had attracted a number of bidders. VCP's initial bid of $15 billion ($92 per share) had allowed the fund to move to the final bidding round. Now with broader access to the company and its management, VCP has to revis...Starting at €8.20
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Citrix Systems, Inc.: A Fight Worth Fighting?
Loutskina, Elena; Shah, JigarCase DARDEN-F-2049FinanceIn December 2021, Valiant Capital Partners (VCP) is in the middle of bidding for Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix), to take the company private via a leveraged buyout (LBO). The auction of the renowned desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) company had attracted a number of bidders. VCP's initial bid of $15 billion ($92 per share) had allowed the fund to move to the final bidding round. Now with broader access to the company and its management, VCP has to revis...Starting at €8.20
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Stop the Innovation Wars
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisArticle HBS-R1007F-ESpecial teams dedicated to innovation initiatives inevitably run into conflict with the rest of the organization. The people responsible for ongoing operations view the innovators as undisciplined upstarts. The innovators dismiss the operations people as bureaucratic dinosaurs. It's natural to separate the two warring groups. But it's also dead wrong, say Tuck Business School's Govindarajan and Trimble. Nearly all innovation initiatives build on ...Starting at €8.20
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AB InBev’s Dividend Decision - Teaching note
Loutskina, Elena; Adkins, ThomasTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1907TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1907Starting at €0.00
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Changing the Management Model: Fostering Reverse Innovation Through Local Growth Teams
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-9194BC-EChapter 4 of "Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere" shows you how to pursue specific projects in order to capitalize on the global shift of innovation to the developing world and take advantage of the opportunities those innovations represent in the developed world. This chapter also explains the importance of "local growth teams" that can leverage global resources to create clean-slate innovations in emerging markets. The cha...Starting at €8.20
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Changing the Mind-Set: Organizing Your Business for Innovation in Emerging Markets
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-9193BC-EChapter 3 of "Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere" shows leaders how to reshape their global organizations to capitalize on the shift of innovation to the developing world. This chapter explains how to move the right people, resources, and power to those locations where growth is happening, as well as how to transition the organizational culture from "exporting to emerging markets" to "innovating for emerging markets." *About...Starting at €8.20