2. Award Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability PaperAwards Excerpted from site: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/socialenterprise/experientiallearning/papers/csrpapers The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & Sustainability paper awards are available to ColumbiaMBA students who are interested in research work connected to specific U.S. or internationalcompanies or organizations. Projects with consulting firms are also eligible. Students may submitpapers which are also eligible for course credit, or connected to independent studies, internships orother paid/unpaid employment prior to graduation. This research work should result in a rigorouspaper which focuses on and analyzes a topic related to CSR, sustainability, corporate citizenship, orsocial impact management issues. Sabrina Huff '06 interned with Altura Capital. Her paper, “Emerging Manager Programs: A Sustainable Model for the Growth and Development of Minority and Women-Owned InvestmentManagement Firms” considers the trend of double-bottom line investing in this field and itsimplications for the returns on investment portfolios of large institutional investors.
3. Writing Sample Private Equity and the Olympian Effort to Clean the Air in China2008-04-28 As the world moves closer to the 8/8/08 Olympic games in China, concerns increase over the air quality of Beijing. Air pollutionlargely stemming from car travel in an out of the bustling city and from emissions from manufacturing facilities may make airconditions less than ideal for exerting athletic events. The increase in car registrations signals increased car usage that contributes to smog over the city. There are measures in effectto control air pollution by the influx of traffic - permissioning of even and odd license plates on alternating days and theexpansion of the subways (1). Among the manufacturing facilities, Capital Steel [Shougang Group], is ranked as the highestsingle polluter (2). The Shougang Group has pledged to reduce smoke and dust emissions by opening an energy-efficient plantin the Caofeidian's industrial area in October of 2008 (3). In line with other environmental efforts, the Asian Development Bank has committed $100 million of seed capital to 5 clean energy private equity funds launched in Asia - MAP Clean Energy Fund, China Environment Fund III (CEF III), GEF South Asia Clean Energy Fund (GEF-SA), Asia Clean Energy (ACE) Fund and China Clean Energy Capital (CECC). Fund managers hope to raise$1.2 billion for clean energy initiatives in addition to the $20 million allocation from the ADB. Three of these funds - CEF, ACE,and CECC - specifically target clean energy development in China. The targeted fund sizes are as follows: CEF III - $200-250 million for 15-20 clean energy investments in China. ACE - $200 million for approximately 15 investments throughout Asia (Indonesia, South Korea, India and China). The Chinastrategy is focused on rehabilitating power plants. CECC - $100-150 million for eight to 12 investments of $5 million to $30 million for renewable and energy efficiency projects inChina (4). Sources: 1. Caijing - Annual Edition 2. Ibid. 3. China Daily (http://www.chinadaily.net/olympics/2008-01/07/content_6374896.htm) 4. World Business Council for Sustainable Development (https://www.wbcsd.org/Plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?ObjectId=Mjk2MjQ)
4. Financial Model CA SA Optimization Model (Revised).xls]Market Share Simulation - A - Cell: C24Forecast: Market Share Anti-Gripal Summary: Display Range is from -8.50% to 14.33% % Entire Range is from -11.80% to 20.17% % After 10,000 Trials, the Std. Error of the Mean is 0.04% Statistics: Value Trials 10000 Mean 2.90% Median 2.86% Mode --- Standard Deviation 4.43% Variance 0.20% Skewness 0.04 Kurtosis 2.92 Coeff. of Variability 1.53 Range Minimum -11.80% Range Maximum 20.17% Range Width 31.97% Mean Std. Error 0.04% Crystal Ball Academic Edition Forecast: Market Share Anti-Gripal Not for Commercial Use 10,000 Trials Frequency Chart 9,911 Display ed .023 225 .017 168.7 .011 112.5 .006 56.25 .000 0 -8.50% -2.80% 2.91% 8.62% 14.33% % CA SA Optimization Model (Revised).xls]Market Share Simulation - A - Cell: C24 Forecast: Market Share Anti-Gripal (cont'd) Percentiles: Percentile % 0% -11.80% 10% -2.81% 20% -0.85% 30% 0.54% 40% 1.75% 50% 2.86% 60% 4.04% 70% 5.20% 80% 6.61% 90% 8.63% 100% 20.17% End of Forecast
5. Financial Model S&P / Case-Shiller Home Price Index For The NYC Metro Area February 1, 1994 to February 1, 2009 225.00 200.00175.00150.00125.00 100.00 75.00 50.00 FHFA MSA All-Transactions Index For NYC, White Plains, Wayne-NJ Metro Area 1st Quarter 1994 to 1st Quarter 2009 300 275250225 200 175 150 125100 75 50
6. Real Estate Openhouse Gallery Corporate Sponsorship Marketing of special events PUREESTATE Ipanema House Soho (NYC) Properties Brokering Properties Financing for commercial redevelopment
7. Real Estate Confidential Client Financing and Funding Suite of Luxury Hotels Analysis of financials for$100M MBO
