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Gautam Kaul

John C. and Sally S. Morley Professor of Finance
University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business

Gautum’s research focuses on the behavior of stock and bond prices in the U.S. and other developed countries. His interests include asset pricing models, market microstructure and the time-series behavior of stock prices. Gautam recently used computer-intensive methodologies to gauge the effectiveness of trading strategies commonly proposed on Wall Street and in academic literature.

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Good Capital

by Gautam Kaul, Lauren Foukes

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 05/2011 Product ID#: 1-429-172 Length: 13pages

Fourth Place Winner of the NextBillion 2011 Case Writing Competition Kevin Jones, cofounder of social investment firm Good Capital, is considering possible expansion strategies for Good Capital. He has three main options: raising a second fund, expanding their SOCAP conference to help develop the impact investing indu...

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Rainforest Expeditions

by Gautam Kaul, Kate Elliott

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 10/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-799 Length: 16pages

2004 marked the 15th anniversary of the founding of the ecotourism company Rainforest Expeditions (RFE). A decade and a half of experience led the company’s cofounders, Eduardo Nycander and Kurt Holle, to gain international exposure and praise for their environmentally and socially responsible business practices in the...

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Acumen: Valuing Social Venture (B)

by Gautam Kaul

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 10/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-872 Length: 6pages

This case is a follow-on to the case, "Acumen Fund: Valuing a Social Venture" (#1428788). This case modifies some of the assumptions in the original case and challenges students to use real options to value the ambulance venture. The original case is needed to understand this case.

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Acumen: Valuing Social Venture (A)

by Gautam Kaul

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 05/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-788 Length: 28pages

Acumen Fund is a social venture capital fund that primarily supports ventures that deliver goods and services to the poor. This support involves using a variety of financial vehicles, such as debt and equity, to develop sustainable and scalable social ventures. In this case, Acumen Fund is performing a due diligence on...