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- 22 Sep 2020
- News
Hedge Funds Reject Central Banker Criticism on Volatility
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
pilot program in 1991 has now provided more than $18 billion in grants worldwide. “Things have changed dramatically since then,” says Coady, who, after four years at the World Bank, went on to work with the biodiversity investment fund... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Dec 2010
- News
Harvard Business School Launches Fund for Student Start-Ups
- October 2003
- Case
Financing Biodiversity Conservation by the Global Conservation Fund
By: Mihir A. Desai and Julia Stevens
The Global Conservation Fund is an international nonprofit organization with a $100 million endowment and an exclusive focus on land preservation. The fund and its director must decide which projects to fund over the next year and what financing mechanism to use.... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Protection; Project Evaluation; Environmental Sustainability; Projects; Finance; Decision Making; Financial Instruments; Nonprofit Organizations
Desai, Mihir A., and Julia Stevens. "Financing Biodiversity Conservation by the Global Conservation Fund." Harvard Business School Case 204-019, October 2003.
- May 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund
By: Andre F. Perold and Sanjay Bhatnagar
Perold, Andre F., and Sanjay Bhatnagar. "Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund." Harvard Business School Case 294-116, May 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
common struggle for firms to get innovation investments right, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. On one hand, firms large enough to house their own research labs too often... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2016
- Working Paper
Liquidity Transformation in Asset Management: Evidence from the Cash Holdings of Mutual Funds
By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
We study liquidity transformation in mutual funds using a novel dataset on their cash holdings. To provide investors with claims that are more liquid than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically, they hold substantial... View Details
Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "Liquidity Transformation in Asset Management: Evidence from the Cash Holdings of Mutual Funds." Harvard Business School Project on Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Working Paper, No. 2016-01, July 2016. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22391, July 2016.)
- 19 Sep 2010
- News
How stop-and-go science funding puts the brakes on progress
- February 2017
- Case
Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee
By: Steven Rogers and Alterrell Mills
The case highlights the role of minority chambers of commerce and the background of Eve Hall, a well-regarded multi-sector leader asked to revive Wisconsin's African-American chamber. This case study examines the lending options that a minority chamber of commerce... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business Plan; Change Management; Demographics; Diversity Characteristics; Ethnicity Characteristics; Race Characteristics; Investment Fund; Cost Of Capital; Banks And Banking; Micro Finance; Interest Rates; Business Or Company Management; Management Styles; Management Succession; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Leadership Change; Business And Community Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Wealth And Poverty; Organizations; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Decision Choices and Conditions; Employment Industry; Public Administration Industry; Financial Services Industry; Service Industry; United States; Wisconsin
Rogers, Steven, and Alterrell Mills. "Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Case 317-076, February 2017.
- 2023
- Working Paper
Do Active Funds Do Better in What They Trade?
By: Marco Sammon and John J. Shim
We develop two new, simple measures to quantify active fund decisions at the individual position level. The intuition is to separate passive rebalancing induced by flows and position changes from active rebalancing decisions. We find that additive active rebalancing --... View Details
Sammon, Marco, and John J. Shim. "Do Active Funds Do Better in What They Trade?" Working Paper, November 2023.
- October 2020
- Article
The Elasticity of Science
By: Kyle Myers
This paper identifies the degree to which scientists are willing to change the direction of their work in exchange for resources. Data from the National Institutes of Health are used to estimate how scientists respond to targeted funding opportunities. Inducing a... View Details
Myers, Kyle. "The Elasticity of Science." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12, no. 4 (October 2020): 103–134.
- December 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
The Fidelity Growth Company Fund
By: Samuel Hanson
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-090. View Details
- January 1975 (Revised October 1980)
- Case
Stanford University: The Annual Fund
Lovelock, Christopher H. "Stanford University: The Annual Fund." Harvard Business School Case 575-071, January 1975. (Revised October 1980.)
- Fast Answer
Infrastructure funds and project finance
Where do I find information on infrastructure investments and project finance? LSEG Workspace includes a project finance screening tool that allows searching by initiative type, geography, and cost. On the homepage, type ‘Infrastructure 360’ into the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund
Nine HBS student-led teams received grants in March averaging $5,000 to $7,000 to launch and test their start-up business ideas. A total of $50,000 was made available through the pilot Minimum Viable Product View Details
Keywords: awards
- April 1980 (Revised February 1982)
- Case
National Instrument Company Pension Fund (B)
By: Jay O. Light
Keywords: Investment Funds
Light, Jay O. "National Instrument Company Pension Fund (B)." Harvard Business School Case 280-089, April 1980. (Revised February 1982.)
- October 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Provides an overview of the Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) industry and highlights the leadership role that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has played in this developing asset class. BGI launched its first ETFs under the iShares brand name in 2000, and by mid-2007 BGI was... View Details
Keywords: History; Venture Capital; Asset Management; Stocks; Investment Funds; Leading Change; Expansion; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Global Strategy; Financial Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe
Viceira, Luis M., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds." Harvard Business School Case 208-033, October 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- 27 Jan 2019
- News
Harvard study questions benefits of fund manager diversity
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
success to the support he received from his wife, who typed every paper he wrote. Now the proud grandparents of thirteen, the Haweses are active in the Mormon Church. Last year they created an endowment at Brigham Young University's... View Details
- September 2015 (Revised February 2016)
- Supplement
Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack
By: Richard L. Nolan
No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a shareholder activist attack and its aftermath—a saga that spanned 5 years. The cases outline the activist playbook in... View Details
Nolan, Richard L. "Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack." Harvard Business School Supplement 916-405, September 2015. (Revised February 2016.)