International Entrepreneurial Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

potential US car buyers to have mixed feelings about the brand, given that it has received taxpayer support to survive during the financial crisis. On the international front, GM is less saddled with negative perceptions, especially in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

relative to local firms. In countries with weak capital markets and burdensome regulatory regimes, multinational firms can use their internal capital and product markets to access global resources while local firms can't. In effect, these... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

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Global - Global Activities 2020

HBS faculty can quickly get insights into global developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and how different nations and companies are grappling with it,” says Lynn Paine, a Baker Foundation Professor and senior associate dean for View Details

Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

decision-making played a key role in how law is created and understanding law in action. My time as a clerk at the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda and at the Israel Supreme Court exposed me to judicial decision-making processes.... View Details

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

capitalists influences their investment success. We are trying to understand the drivers of success in new ventures and venture firms more generally. On the first front, we are exploring questions such as what makes up an effective board of directors for an View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

capital, and because many smallholders don't have clear title to their land—and therefore no collateral—banks are loath to lend them the funds they need. To unlock financing for his initiative, Masha turned to his friend Ladi Balogun (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

12 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 12

debt issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately affect the financing costs... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

ideas across academic communities. The Predictive Value of Accruals and Consequences for Market Anomalies Authors:Francois Brochet, Seunghan Nam, and Joshua Ronen Publication:The Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

traditional forms of career advancement. After eight years with the company, he decided to go to HBS. “The idea came from my time as an intern at Digital Equipment Corp. in the United States while I was a university student,” he said. He... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

Leadership, intellect, entrepreneurial savvy, interest in community service, good old-fashioned school spirit - these are some of the defining characteristics of the MBA Class of 1996. And while it's impossible to show the depth and... View Details

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

can really help ‘put a face to a name’ when the job opportunity does come up.” Gandhi: “The rules of the music industry today change every few months. The best way to learn about the industry is to get active in music in whatever capacity you are able to! A scrappy and... View Details

07 Nov 2014
News

Investing for the Long Term in Education

opportunity to be successful “Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant, so we continue to work on civic engagement and strengthening our democracy. And he also believed that, if people spoke to each other more and understood each other more, then we could end wars. So that’s... View Details

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per Strömberg Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

data analysis and metrics tracking. ArcelorMittal and the private sector during the Ebola crisis Spring 2016 | Focus: Healthcare; International Development Team: Sarah Nam and Sisi Pan Description: The Ebola outbreak in 2013-16 devastated... View Details

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

at certain times, it is not a one-size-fits-all model." Corporate Venturing And Internal Contests The Architecture of Innovation suggests that the solution to shortcomings with private-sector R&D funding may lie in marrying the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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William Donaldson | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital Cities/ABC Joseph O’Donnell... View Details

September 2008
Article

What T. R. Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-1937

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu

The Panama Canal was one of the largest public investments of its time. In the first decade of its operation, the canal produced significant social returns for the United States. Most of these returns were due to the transportation of petroleum from California to the... View Details

Keywords: History; Development Economics; International Relations; Investment Return; Negotiation Deal; Panama; United States

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15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

and international markets. With only 0.5% of the cocoa's world production, was it worth the effort to try and establish a country-of-origin image for Venezuelan chocolate? If so, how could El Rey go about it? Purchase this case:... View Details