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- 10 Feb 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Investing in Improvement: Strategy and Resource Allocation in Public School Districts
- 28 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking
Director and Career Coach Renee Pappastratis – Recruiting Relations Manager Kurt and Renee work closely with students interested in banking and assist investment banks with their recruiting strategy. They bring a combined 18 years of... View Details
- 2001
- Working Paper
When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity Dependent Firms
By: Malcolm Baker, Jeremy Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler
We use a simple model of corporate investment to determine when investment will be sensitive to non-fundamental movements in stock prices. The key cross-sectional prediction of the model is that stock prices will have a stronger impact on the investment of firms that... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, Jeremy Stein, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity Dependent Firms." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 8750, December 2001. (First draft in 2001.)
- June 2018 (Revised November 2020)
- Course Overview Note
Investing: Risk, Return & Impact
By: Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
Cole, Shawn, Vikram S. Gandhi, and Caitlin Reimers Brumme. "Investing: Risk, Return & Impact." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 219-005, June 2018. (Revised November 2020.)
- 2012
- Other Unpublished Work
Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Copyright Scope on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures
By: Josh Lerner and Greg Rafert
Our analysis seeks to understand the impact of changes in copyright scope on investment in new firms. We begin by analyzing the investment effects of the Cartoon Network, et al. v. Cablevision decision in the U.S. and court rulings in France and Germany on venture... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Investment; Business Startups; Copyright; France; Germany; United States; European Union
Lerner, Josh, and Greg Rafert. "Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Copyright Scope on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures." 2012.
- 1987
- Chapter
Evaluating Foreign Investment with Special Reference to Southeast Asia
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Performance Evaluation; Developing Countries and Economies; Asia
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Evaluating Foreign Investment with Special Reference to Southeast Asia." In Direct Foreign Investment: Costs and Benefits, edited by Richard D. Robinson. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. (Also in Chinese Academy of Social Science paper series (in Chinese) and reprinted in T. H. Moran (ed.), Governments and Transnational Corporations (London and New York: Rutledge, 1993), pp. 285-308.)
- February 2013 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
Assured Guaranty
By: Robin Greenwood, Adi Sunderam and Jared Dourdeville
Nate Katz at Yokun Ridge Capital Management is evaluating an investment in Assured Guaranty, a municipal bond insurance company that is trading at a discount to book value. View Details
Keywords: Value Investing; Investments; Valuation; Insurance; Behavioral Finance; Financial Services Industry
Greenwood, Robin, Adi Sunderam, and Jared Dourdeville. "Assured Guaranty." Harvard Business School Case 213-100, February 2013. (Revised November 2016.)
- December 1985
- Article
An Empirical Analysis of the Interfirm Equity Investment Process
By: W. Mikkelson and R. S. Ruback
Mikkelson, W., and R. S. Ruback. "An Empirical Analysis of the Interfirm Equity Investment Process." Journal of Financial Economics 14, no. 4 (December 1985): 523–553.
- 1990
- Article
The Institutionalization of Wealth: Changing Patterns of Investment Decision-Making
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- Article
Ten Year Sunset Rule for Healthcare Regulation Is a Nonstarter and Discouragement to Post-COVID-19 Investment
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Eugene Schneller
U.S. healthcare delivery has not benefitted from the same productivity growth as many other service industries, such as bricks and mortar retailing, a loss that has gravely diminished cost control and access. Regulatory capture, which creates barriers to venture... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; COVID-19; Regulation; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Investment
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Eugene Schneller. "Ten Year Sunset Rule for Healthcare Regulation Is a Nonstarter and Discouragement to Post-COVID-19 Investment." Journal of Health Care Finance 47, no. 4 (Spring 2021). (Special Commentary.)
- Article
Managing the Unknowable: The Effectiveness of Early-stage Investor Gut Feel in Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions
By: Laura Huang and Jone L. Pearce
Using an inductive theory-development study, a field experiment, and a longitudinal field test, we examine early-stage entrepreneurial investment decision making under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Building on existing literature on decision making and risk in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Emotions; Performance Effectiveness
Huang, Laura, and Jone L. Pearce. "Managing the Unknowable: The Effectiveness of Early-stage Investor Gut Feel in Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions." Administrative Science Quarterly 60, no. 4 (December 2015): 634–670.
- 1987
- Chapter
The Institutionalization of Wealth: Changing Patterns of Investment Decision-Making
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- March 2009 (Revised February 2011)
- Background Note
Note: Fair Value Accounting for Investments in Debt Securities
The note describes how fair value accounting applies to debt securities that are classified by financial institutions as (1) "trading" securities, (2) "available for sale" securities, or (3) "hold to maturity" securities. It explains the hierarchy for inputs used in... View Details
Fruhan, William E. "Note: Fair Value Accounting for Investments in Debt Securities." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-134, March 2009. (Revised February 2011.)
- 2003
- Chapter
Chains of Ownership, Regional Tax Competition, and Foreign Direct Investment
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Chains of Ownership, Regional Tax Competition, and Foreign Direct Investment." In Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector of Industrial Countries, edited by Heinz Herrmann and Robert Lipsey, 61–98. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2003.
- July – August 1998
- Article
Investment Opportunities as Real Options: Getting Started on the Numbers
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Investment Opportunities as Real Options: Getting Started on the Numbers." Harvard Business Review 76, no. 4 (July–August 1998): 51–67.
- July 2022
- Article
Busting the Myths Around Public Investment in Clean Energy
By: Jonas Meckling, Joseph Aldy, Matthew Kotchen, Sanya Carley, Daniel Esty, Peter Raymond, Bella Tonkonogy, Charles Harper, Gillian Sawyer and Julia Sweatman
Keywords: Energy Policy
Meckling, Jonas, Joseph Aldy, Matthew Kotchen, Sanya Carley, Daniel Esty, Peter Raymond, Bella Tonkonogy, Charles Harper, Gillian Sawyer, and Julia Sweatman. "Busting the Myths Around Public Investment in Clean Energy." Nature Energy 7, no. 7 (July 2022): 563–565.
- 19 Oct 2009
- News