Publications

2010
Working Paper

A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance

By: Andrea Ryan, Gunnar Trumbull and Peter Tufano

This article describes the consumer finance sector in the US since World War II. We first define the sector in terms of the functions delivered by firms (payments, savings/investing, borrowing, managing risk, and providing advice.) We provide time series evidence on... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Mortgages; Personal Finance; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; United States

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04 Mar 2016
News

Bridging the Gap Between Faith and Finance

John Cortines John Cortines John Cortines and Greg Baumer (both MBA 2015) are lifelong member of evangelical Christian churches. At HBS, they began to consider what their religion teaches about money and how to bridge the perceived divide between, as the Deseret News... View Details

January 1994
Case

Evolving Finance Function: Judy C. Lewent at Merck & Co., Inc.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

This case examines the career path of Merck's CFO, Judy C. Lewent, as a way of tracing changes over time in Merck's finance function. It describes the adoption of innovative quantitative analytical models, changes in job definitions and in the organization of the... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Mathematical Methods; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry

November 1997 (Revised August 1998)
Case

Palm Computing, Inc. 1995: Financing Challenges

By: Myra M. Hart and Stephanie Dodson

The president, Donna Dubinsky, and the chairman and founder, Jeff Hawkins, discuss an opportunity to sell their company to U.S. Robotics. They must weigh this option versus accepting venture capital funding, partnering with a large company that could provide... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Business Exit or Shutdown; Decision Choices and Conditions; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry

Feb 2014
Case

Finding the Money: An Overview of Infrastructure Finance Challenges and Opportunities

This overview describes how the United States funds and finances infrastructure investment to maintain its economic competitiveness. It considers the roles of taxpayers, users, government allocators and lenders, and private investors in... View Details

June 2024
Supplement

Financing Matillion’s Scaleup (B2): Dharmesh Thakker

By: Ray Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli and Ramana Nanda

(B2): Dharmesh Thakker confidential information for term sheet negotiation. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Entrepreneurial Finance

June 2024
Supplement

Financing Matillion’s Scaleup (B1): Matthew Scullion

By: Ray Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli and Ramana Nanda

(B1): Matthew Scullion confidential information for term sheet negotiation. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Entrepreneurial Finance

February 2018 (Revised March 2020)
Teaching Note

Signet Jewelers: Assessing Customer Financing Risk

By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher

Teaching Note for HBS No. 117-038. View Details

April 2004
Supplement

Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios

By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel L. Loeb and Mark Veblen

Spreadsheet to (9-203-005). Download only. View Details

August 2003
Teaching Note

Pharmacyclics: Financing Research and Development (TN)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and Richard S. Ruback

Teaching Note for (9-201-056). View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

March 2005
Case

Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia

In 2003, a Namibian entrepreneur was deciding how to finance and manage the risks of an ecotourism, nature reserve, venture project. Explores the challenges facing an entrepreneur operating in an emerging market with imperfect local financial and legal institutions. View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship

July 2003
Teaching Note

Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy (TN)

By: Benjamin C. Esty

Teaching Note for (5-202-045). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Pennsylvania

September 1982
Case

Chemical Bank: Financing the World's Fair

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27 Mar 2017
News

Lauren Cohen: Harvard’s Powerlifting Finance Prof

20 Jul 2022

International Perspective Series: Financing the MBA

Join a member of the HBS MBA Financial Aid team to learn about funding opportunities for international students at HBS as well as information on the visa process. View Details

10 Jun 2014
News

Finance Minister Addresses Canada-US Energy Concerns

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

12 Jul 2017
News

What Jane Austen and Mel Brooks Can Teach Us About Finance

Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship

Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship explores the exciting world of active investing and lays out in a clear and readily accessible way their key features, ways of doing business and likely evolution. The book follows the... View Details

2010
Book

A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy

By: Amar Bhide

Our prosperity requires the enterprise of innumerable individuals and businesses who exercise their imagination and judgment—and bear responsibility for outcomes. And it is through dialogue and relationships that widespread enterprise is fostered, not merely prices in... View Details

Keywords: Recession; Banking; Banks; Finance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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