A curated list of some of my favorite articles and case studies on finance, entrepreneurship, strategy, governance and ethics.
Finance
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance:
New Venture Financing, HBS 9-802-131
Funding New Ventures: Valuation, Financing, HBS 9-806-058
Deal Structure and Deal Terms, HBS 9-806-085
A Note on Valuation in Entrepreneurial Ventures, HBS 9-298-082
SpiffyTerm, Inc., SM86
Neverfail Computing, BAB069
Zipcar: Refining the Business Model, HBS 9-803-096
Term Sheet Negotiations for Trendsetter, Inc., HBS 9-801-358
Walnut Venture Associates (A), HBS 9-899-062
Walnut Venture Associates (B), HBS 9-899-063
Walnut Venture Associates (C), HBS 9-899-064
Walnut Venture Associates (D), HBS 9-899-097
Corporate Finance:
International Business Corporation (A), HBS 9-100-032
Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 13th ed., Brigham and Ehrhardt
Organic Profit:
Bridge the Gap Between Strategy and Tactics with Magic Matrix, HBS 9-999-008
The Magic Matrix: Products and Accounts, HBS 588006
Understanding Costs:
Salem Telephone Company, HBS 5-104-088
Forecasting and Valuation:
United Parcel Service’s IPO, HBS 9-103-015
Diversification, CAPM and the Cost of Equity, HBS 9-276-183
Corporate Valuation and Market Multiples, HBS 9-206-039
Strategic Transactions:
Marriott Corporation (A), HBS 9-394-085
VacationSpot.com & Rent-A-Holiday, HBS 9-800-334
Ethics and Governance
Managing Oneself, HBR 0501K
Tone at the Top: An Ethics Code for Directors, JO Business Ethics, 58
How Well-Run Boards Make Decisions, HBR 84 (11)
Food Lion, Cases StratMgmt
Why Good Companies Go Bad, HBR OnPoint 4320
Enron, IMD164
Financial Reporting at Molex, Inc. (A), HBS 9-105-082
Strategy
Introduction to Strategy
Hitt, Ireland and Hoskisson, Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization (9th Edition), ISBN 0538753099.
Robin Hood, Case 22
Building Your Company’s Vision, HBR 96501
What is Strategy, HBR 96608
The External Environment
How Industries Change, HBR 0410E
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy, HBR 0801E
Chinese Fireworks Industry, Ivey 99M031
The Internal Environment
Competing on Capabilities: The New Rules, HBS 92209
Starbucks, Ivey 98M006
Strategy Formulation Introduction
Can You Say What Your Strategy Is?, HBR 0804E
Are You Sure You Have a Strategy?, AOME, 2001, 15:4
Netflix, HBS 9-607-138
Differentiation and Diversification
To Diversify or Not to Diversify. HBS 97608
Discovering New Points of Differentiation, HBS 97408
From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy, HBR 87307
Diversification Strategy, HBS 382129
Pepsico’s Bid, HBS 9-209-071
Online Restaurant Promotions, HBS 9-909-034
Strategic Transactions and Mature Markets
When to Walk Away from a Deal, HBR 0404F
Strategy as Revolution, HBS 96405
Rules to Acquire By, HBR 0709J
Revitalize Mature Co., HBS 9-999-015
Global Strategy
When You Shouldn’t Go Global, HB R0812E
Managing Differences, HBR 0703C
Go Global or No, HBR 0106A
L’Oreal, HBS 9-805-086
Strategy in Dynamic Markets
The Discipline of Innovation, HBR 0208F
Shaping Strategy in a World of Constant Disruption, HBR 0810E
The Quest for Resilience, HBS OnPoint 4910
Value Innovation: a leap into the blue ocean, JO Business Strategy (26) 4
Apple, HBS 9-708-480
Strategic Execution
Turning Goals into Results, HBS 3960
Strategic Intent, HBR 0507N
Using the Balanced Scorecard, HBR 0707M
The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution, HBR 0806C
Understanding Power in Organizations, California Mgmt Review, Winter 1992
Structure is not Organization, McKinsey Quarterly, Summer 1980
On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B, AOMJ 18(4):769-783.
The Best-Laid Incentive Plans, HBR 0301A
Seven Ways to Fail Big, HBR 0809F
Creating Competitive Disadvantage, AOME, 1999, 13:3
Strategy and Society, HBR R0612D