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- June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
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Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014
By: Luis Viceira and Emily A. Chien
In the Spring of 2014, Rudy Adolf, CEO and founder of Focus Financial, and the two other co-founders of the firm are considering alternative growth strategies to solidify Focus Financial's position as a leading aggregator of independent wealth management firms in the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Financial Services Industry
Viceira, Luis, and Emily A. Chien. "Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014." Harvard Business School Case 214-103, June 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
- 27 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages
- Web
Measuring Sentiment & Expectations - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Measuring Sentiment & Expectations Download Data Set in Excel Credit Market Sentiment: High Yield Share Greenwood and Hanson developed the High Yield Share as a measure of credit market sentiment . The measure takes on high values... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
funding but also entrench best corporate governance practices while accelerating wealth creation and distribution, leading to better social cohesion," says Oteh. Previously, her distinguished international career included serving as group treasurer and vice president... View Details
- March 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Fleet Financial Group Sponsorship of Monet in the 20th Century
By: Stephen A. Greyser and David Crockett
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Fleet Financial Group's sponsored the Monet in the 20th Century exhibition, the world's largest, in 1998. The case chronicles the solicitation of a large corporate sponsor, as well as the growth and development of their... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Finance; Product Development; For-Profit Firms; Partners and Partnerships; Arts; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Massachusetts
Greyser, Stephen A., and David Crockett. "The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Fleet Financial Group Sponsorship of Monet in the 20th Century." Harvard Business School Case 502-059, March 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- January 2001 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
BP Amoco (B): Financing Development of the Caspian Oil Fields
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
British Petroleum and Amoco were the two largest members of the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC), an 11-firm consortium that was spending $10 billion to develop oil fields in the Caspian Sea. As of March 1999, AIOC had completed a $1.9 billion development... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Policy; Capital Budgeting; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom; Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "BP Amoco (B): Financing Development of the Caspian Oil Fields." Harvard Business School Case 201-067, January 2001. (Revised May 2010.)
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019
expenses in fiscal 2019. Consequently, controlling IT costs is an important financial priority for the School. Initiatives currently underway include shifting toward reliance on software as a service platforms and away from custom... View Details
- Web
Creating the Modern Financial System - Course Catalog
financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer... View Details
- 2007
- Article
Convictions, Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions
By: Anette Mikes
Making sense of operational risk practices in the financial services sector is a challenge. There is a temptation to explain the wide variety of approaches as a characteristic of the early stage of development in which the genre resides.Based on the evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Conflict and Resolution; Organizations; Financial Services Industry
Mikes, Anette. "Convictions, Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions." International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management 7, no. 8 (2007): 1027–1056.
- January 2008
- Article
Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman and Willy C. Shih
Most companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices.... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Prejudice and Bias; Value Creation
Christensen, Clayton M., Stephen P. Kaufman, and Willy C. Shih. "Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008).
- 2024
- Working Paper
Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
By: Shawn Cole, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders and Tristan Reed
We provide the first evidence on the long-run returns to private equity in emerging and frontier markets using the cash flows from every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation across 130 countries over 58 years. Risk-adjusted returns are... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Investment; Emerging Markets; Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Return
Cole, Shawn, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders, and Tristan Reed. "Long-Run Returns to Private Equity in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-138, June 2021. (Revised September 2024. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27870, September 2024)
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Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
development challenges facing India and other emerging economies, through impact investing in areas such as affordable housing, financial inclusion, and access to energy. The other is VSG Capital Advisors,... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) Course Number 1416 Professor C. Fritz Foley Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam NOTE: Because there is considerable overlap between the fall course, Corporate... View Details
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) started Asha Impact to bring together successful business leaders and entrepreneurs to help India’s poor with affordable housing, financial inclusion, and access to energy. “India has 400 million people within the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
cooperatively owned grocery store. In my work, I primarily organized our outreach efforts with several foundations and community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and strategized ways for us to... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Web
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog
to you even if you’ve worked in finance. We will develop a set of tools that will be valuable in evaluating banks, nonbank financial intermediaries, and fintechs. We will also examine when things go terribly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
What if it were possible to accurately predict and maybe even prevent the next global financial crisis? Harvard’s Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability (BFFS) Project, conceived at HBS and launched in... View Details
- Web
From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020
Financials From the Chief Financial Officer 1ms Our fiscal 2020 financial performance tells a story with two distinct chapters: July 2019 through mid-March 2020, when HBS... View Details
- October 2007
- Teaching Note
Transforming Korea Inc: Financial Crisis and Institutional Reform (TN)
By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
Teaching Note for 708007. View Details