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July 2002
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Asset Accumulation, Interdependence and Technological Change: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery

By: Stefan Thomke and Walter Kuemmerle

Keywords: Assets; Information Technology; Change; Health

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Simona Stancov Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

06 Sep 2016
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Horse-Powered Healing

Finance strategist Elizabeth Coit (MBA 1991) took her career in an unexpected direction six years ago, when she became executive director of the Morning Dove Therapeutic Riding Center in Zionsville, Indiana. “At some point, I decided I... View Details

08 Mar 2017
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A Steady Voice in Difficult Times

Denise Welsh (MBA 1981) is a pediatric chaplain at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a second career after having spent many years in the finance field. In this video, she talks about her role in the intensive care unit and the impact of... View Details

July 2002 (Revised December 2002)
Case

Phase Two: The Pharmaceutical Industry Responds to AIDS

By: Debora L. Spar

Describes how major pharmaceutical firms changed their strategy and pricing policies in the years 2000 to 2002 to respond to the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa. View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Health Pandemics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Africa

April 2009
Case

Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Alexander Romney

Intermountain Healthcare is a 21-hospital integrated delivery system serving Utah and southern Idaho that is nationally recognized for its highly structured approach to managing the quality of clinical care. This case describes Intermountain's system for improving... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Standards; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry; Idaho; Utah

09 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Aggregate and Firm-Level Stock Returns During Pandemics, in Real Time

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Anusha Chari, Andrew Greenland, and Peter K. Schott

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

1971, JD/MBA 1978). Now Fisher is also on the board of Easterly Government Properties, and she’s launching two additional businesses: FitMoney, a nonprofit K–12 financial literacy program, and a health IT company that is still in the... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

500 C-Suite Benjamin N. Roth Natalia Rigol Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Deal-Making in the New Information and AI Economy Zoe Cullen Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Finance) Raymond Kluender Spring 2025... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Outside-the-box innovation for off-the-grid energy

sustainably. It has substantial advantages over alternatives—and it works!” Through an “Energy as a Service” financing model, even the poorest communities will be able to afford reliable electricity for irrigation, education, View Details

12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments

fundamental issues.” —Àlvaro Rodríguez-Arregui (MBA 1995) After founding a microfinance investment fund called the Dignity Fund in 2005 with Elizabeth Collet Funk (MBA 1996), she started Elevar in 2008, widening the investment scope to include housing, education, and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Finance; Finance

August 2020 (Revised December 2020)
Case

Latam Airlines and COVID-19: Seeking Bankruptcy Protection in the United States

By: Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Larrain, Carlos Vilches and Sarah Jeong

On May 26, 2020, Latam Airlines became the largest airline in the world to be driven to bankruptcy by COVID-19. With a complex debt structure and international investor composition, the company decided to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States, which... View Details

Keywords: Airlines; Pandemic; Coronavirus Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Air Transportation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Capital Markets; Strategy; Latin America; Chile; United States

2020
Working Paper

Bankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Jialan Wang, Jeyul Yang, Benjamin Iverson and Raymond Kluender

We examine the impact of the COVID-19 economic crisis on business and consumer bankruptcies in the United States using real-time data on the universe of filings. Historically, bankruptcies have closely tracked the business cycle and contemporaneous unemployment rates.... View Details

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Financial Distress; COVID-19; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Crisis; Health Pandemics; United States

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July 2003 (Revised December 2003)
Case

Investment Policy at New England Healthcare

By: Jay O. Light, Luis M. Viceira and Akiko M. Mitsui

The Investment Committee of New England Healthcare must decide how to invest three long-term investment pools: a long-term, endowment-type fund and two pension plans. In particular, the committee is evaluating whether the two pension funds--one is a "final salary"... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Asset Management; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Policy; Taxation; Health Industry; England

March 2006
Teaching Note

Investment Policy at New England Healthcare (TN)

By: Luis M. Viceira

Keywords: Investment Funds; Health Industry