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2015
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: John Dubinsky and the St. Louis Contractor Loan Fund

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

In May 2015 prominent leaders in St. Louis were celebrating the launch of the Contractor Loan Fund (CLF), a $10 million revolving loan fund meant to help area minority and women-owned construction contractors grow their businesses. John Dubinsky, the leader behind the... View Details

Keywords: Minority-owned Businesses; Women-owned Businesses; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; Leadership; Construction Industry; Banking Industry

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Fixed NAVs and Costly Puts: US Money Market Mutual Funds (with Peter Tufano)

US money market mutual fund investors have been granted an implicit put option that allows them to sell or redeem their shares at a fixed price of $1.00, regardless of the market value of the portfolio. We describe the institutional features that give rise... View Details

30 Mar 2017
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Public Funding Essential for Advances in Biomedical Research

September 2021
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Pacific Lake and the Rise of Professional Capital in Search Funds

By: Jason Pananos, Jay Davis, Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

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September 30, 2020
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How Nonprofit Foundations Can Sustainably Fund Disease Research

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti

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December 2018 (Revised March 2020)
Teaching Note

Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund

By: Emil Nuwan Siriwardane

Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-030. View Details

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August 2015
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Novantas and Deposit Funding at First Regional Bank

By: David Scharfstein

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

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June 2011 (Revised January 2012)
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Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu

Teaching Note for 311137. View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; China; United States

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24 Jul 2008
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Business School, China Fund open office in Shanghai

14 Jan 2013
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Why Money Market Funds Are Still Safe Investments

October 2005 (Revised December 2006)
Background Note

Funding New Ventures: Valuation, Financing, and Capitalization Tables

Explains the concept of implied valuation--i.e., the valuation that can be inferred from a financing event--and how such valuations and financings are represented in a "cap" or capitalization table for a new venture. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Valuation; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans

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22 Jan 2008
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Harvard Business School Announces Life Sciences Fellowship Fund

22 Oct 2013
News

Harvard Business School‘s Startup Funding Program Announces First–Round Winners

20 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World?

Keywords: Re: Rebecca M. Henderson & George Serafeim; Financial Services

11 Feb 2020
News

UBS Scrambles to Stanch Outflows at Flagship Property Fund

2005
Working Paper

Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements

By: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter and Jeffrey Wurgler

We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual fund managers based on the earnings announcement returns of the stocks that they hold and trade. Relative to standard approaches, this approach focuses on an especially informative subset of the returns data,... View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Asset Management; Business Earnings; Forecasting and Prediction; Competency and Skills

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Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds

How can I create a list of start-up or venture capital backed companies in a particular industry? In Capital IQ: Mouse over menu for Screening and select Screening > Companies. Select an industry,... View Details